Image analysis indexing apparatus and methods

Claim 3

An image analysis system scanning an image in a field of view, comprising: means for storing positional data related to each point identifiable to groups of points within the field of scan; means for releasing as a function of a point within the field of scan data which was generated during a scan of that point within the field of view; and means for identifying the released data to a group identified by the point for which the data was released.

Claim 4

An image analysis system scanning an image in a field of view, comprising: means for storing positional data related to each point identifiable to groups of points within the field of scan; means for releasing as a function of a point within the field of scan data which was generated during a scan of that point within the field of view; and means for identifying the released data to a group identified by the point for which the data was released.

Claim 5

An image analysis system for scanning a field of view, comprising: means for storing data related to a point correlated to a group of such points within the field of view; and means for identifying data generated during a scan of the field of view at a position corresponding to the stored data related to the point correlated to the group of points.

Claim 6

An image analysis system for scanning a field of view, comprising: means for storing data related to a point correlated to a group of such points within the field of view; and means for identifying data generated during a scan of the field of view at a position corresponding to the stored data related to the point correlated to the group of points.

Claim 7

An image analysis system employing line-to-line storage of data generated as a function of scanned images, comprising: memory means for storing the image related data during the scan line; memory control means controlling the release of image related data from the memory means on a subsequent scan line in such a manner that the sequence of the released data corresponds to the sequence of the stored data such that the time of data release is independent of the time of data storage.

Claim 8

An image analysis system employing line-to-line storage of data generated as a function of scanned images, comprising: memory means for storing the image related data during the scan line; memory control means controlling the release of image related data from the memory means on a subsequent scan line in such a manner that the sequence of the released data corresponds to the sequence of the stored data such that the time of data release is independent of the time of data storage.

Claim 9

An image analysis system performing compound measurements derived from two or more measurements extracted from different fields of scan on each of a number of objects within a field of scan, comprising: means for performing, during a first field of scan, measurements on individual objects within the field of scan; means for performing on a second field of scan a different measurement on the objects within the field of scan; storage means for storing the measurements from each of the field of scans; and measurement processing means for processing for each object the measurements from each of the field of scans to form a compound meaurement.

Claim 10

An image analysis system performing compound measurements derived from two or more measurements extracted from different fields of scan on each of a number of objects within a field of scan, comprising: means for performing, during a first field of scan, measurements on individual objects within the field of scan; means for performing on a second field of scan a different measurement on the objects within the field of scan; storage means for storing the measurements from each of the field of scans; and measurement processing means for processing for each object the measurements from each of the field of scans to form a compound meaurement.

Claim 11

In an image analysis system for performing measurements on objects in the field of view for selecting qualified points conditional upon the value of the measurement, comprising: means for providing measurement values on objects during a field of scan by extracting data at predetermined points within and during the field of scan; means for storing the measurement values extracted during the field of scan; means for comparing the stored measurement values with a predetermined value to select qualified points from the predetermined points; and controlling the generation of measurement data on a subsequent scan as function of the data extracted from the qualified points.

Claim 12

In an image analysis system for performing measurements on objects in the field of view for selecting qualified points conditional upon the value of the measurement, comprising: means for providing measurement values on objects during a field of scan by extracting data at predetermined points within and during the field of scan; means for storing the measurement values extracted during the field of scan; means for comparing the stored measurement values with a predetermined value to select qualified points from the predetermined points; and controlling the generation of measurement data on a subsequent scan as function of the data extracted from the qualified points.

Claim 13

In an image analysis system, a method of extracting data from a field of view and an image of an object in the field of view using repeated scans of the image, comprising the steps of: providing a relatively stationary image in a field of view during respective fields of scan of the field of view; generating data describing points within the field of view; storing the data describing the points within the field of view; identifying the points to the image of the object within the field of view; scanning the image of the object in the field of view a multiplicity of times; generating video data as a function of the video signal of the scanned image of the object in the field of view for each scan of the object; and identifying generated video data to an object as a function of the relationship of the points within the field of view to the image of the object.

Claim 14

In an image analysis system, a method of extracting data from a field of view and an image of an object in the field of view using repeated scans of the image, comprising the steps of: providing a relatively stationary image in a field of view during respective fields of scan of the field of view; generating data describing points within the field of view; storing the data describing the points within the field of view; identifying the points to the image of the object within the field of view; scanning the image of the object in the field of view a multiplicity of times; generating video data as a function of the video signal of the scanned image of the object in the field of view for each scan of the object; and identifying generated video data to an object as a function of the relationship of the points within the field of view to the image of the object.