US 12,015,877 B2
Automatic configuration of a plurality of cameras
Roman Lauer, Waldkirch (DE)
Assigned to SICK AG, Waldkirch (DE)
Filed by Sick AG, Waldkirch (DE)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/217,712.
Claims priority of application No. 20167184 (EP), filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0306597 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 7/181 (2013.01) [H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for the automatic configuration of a plurality of cameras that each have an image sensor, an illumination, and a communication interface and together record objects in a detection zone by partially overlapping, mutually complementary fields of view, wherein the cameras are connected via their communication interfaces to form a network, wherein the cameras produce sample recordings while selected ones of the cameras selectively activate their illumination and a check is made for the respective cameras with reference to the sample recordings whether they detect the active illumination and thus there is a proximity relationship to a camera having active illumination, and wherein a relative arrangement of the cameras with respect to one another is determined from the proximity relationship of the respective camera to the camera having active illumination.