{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8478049","patent":{"patent_number":"US-8478049","title":"Method for fixed-rotation and rotation-independent image correlation","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2010-04-29T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2013-07-02T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G06V"],"num_claims":25,"abstract":"A circlet is defined as a compact angle representation expressing, at a given pixel comprised in the first image, the direction of change of pixel intensity. A method of locating a feature of interest includes the steps of: acquiring a first image of a feature of interest to a user; generating a learned circlet image from the first image; saving one or more sets of learned circlets corresponding to one or more selected probes; acquiring a second image of the feature of interest; generating a target circlet image from the second image; and correlating the learned circlet image and the target circlet image."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Method for fixed-rotation and rotation-independent image correlation","description":"A circlet is defined as a compact angle representation expressing, at a given pixel comprised in the first image, the direction of change of pixel intensity. A method of locating a feature of interest","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8478049","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8478049","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Method for fixed-rotation and rotation-independent image correlation\" (US-8478049). https://patentable.app/patents/US-8478049","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8478049","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-8478049","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-30T15:35:40.732Z"}