Non-visible Light Imaging for False Color Rendering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional imaging systems struggle to capture sufficient detail of objects with non-grayscale colors using visible light, as they rely on color perception which may not provide adequate feature extraction for prototype or sample articles.
Innovation Solution
An imaging system utilizing non-visible light to obtain image information, which includes a camera and a computer that extracts features such as shape, size, edges, depth, and texture, and generates a colorless image for visual presentation, allowing for the production of articles in any desired color while maintaining detailed feature capture.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If visible light is used for photographing objects with non-grayscale colors, then color information is captured, but feature extraction (shape, size, edges, depth, texture) is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the wavelength parameter of light from visible to non-visible spectrum. By using non-visible light (such as infrared or ultraviolet) instead of visible light, the imaging system captures structural features (shape, size, edges, depth, texture) more effectively while eliminating color information interference, thus resolving the contradiction between feature extraction quality and imaging simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts only the necessary structural features (shape, size, edges, depth, texture) from the image data while deliberately excluding color information. This extraction approach allows the system to focus on capturing detailed features without the complications of color processing, maintaining simplicity while improving feature extraction quality
2Loss of information
If grayscale colors are used for prototype articles, then feature capture is improved, but color versatility is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a colorless structural copy of the article using non-visible light imaging. This copy captures all essential structural features (shape, size, edges, depth, texture) without including color information. The colorless image serves as a versatile base that can be later rendered in any desired color, thus maintaining feature detail capture while enabling color versatility
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from capturing color information (one dimension) to capturing structural information in multiple dimensions (shape, size, edges, depth, texture). By moving to a different informational dimension that emphasizes structure over color, the system achieves both detailed feature capture and color flexibility through subsequent false color rendering
3Measurement precision
If non-visible light is used for imaging, then feature extraction quality is improved, but conventional equipment compatibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies conventional imaging equipment to handle non-visible light while maintaining the basic camera structure. By making the imaging system multi-functional (capable of both visible and non-visible light imaging), the system achieves improved feature extraction accuracy without requiring completely new specialized equipment, thus reducing the perceived complexity barrier
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the capture of detailed features of articles in non-grayscale colors, facilitating false color rendering and improved visual presentation without color information, thus addressing the limitations of conventional imaging systems.
Implementation Method 1
obtaining image information associated with the article from an imaging system using non-visible light
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for obtaining image information of features of a sample article using non-visible light is described. In one embodiment, a visible light filter is used on a camera to block out the visible light spectrum. The non-visible light is used to generate a colorless image of the sample article that includes the features of the sample article without the color information. Subsequent false color rendering of all or portions of the colorless image can be used to generate a visual representation of the sample article having a desired false color. The false color rendering of the sample article can be used in a catalog, brochure, website, advertisement, or any other publication or visual presentation.