Claims
- 1. A method of processing images of a golf ball having reflective markers comprising the steps of:
capturing at least one bright image of the golf ball; dividing the image into a plurality of pixels; assigning a color to each pixel, the assigned color being either a first color if the pixel has a brightness above a predetermined threshold level or another color if the pixel has a brightness below the predetermined threshold level; connecting adjacent pixels of the first color to form bright areas; corresponding the pixels to identify the reflective markers on the object; and calculating the location of the markers from the at least one image.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/270,665, filed Oct. 16, 2002, now pending, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/566,803 filed on May 8, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,488,591, which is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/156,611 filed on Sep. 18, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,241,622, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
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