1. A seed of the hybrid corn variety 980002, produced by crossing a first plant of variety 6RC172 with a second plant of variety DS-046358, wherein representative seed of said varieties 6RC172 and DS-046358 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-4448 and PTA-9052, respectively.
2. A plant of the hybrid corn variety 980002 grown from the seed of claim 1.
3. A plant part of the plant of claim 2.
4. A method of producing hybrid corn seed comprising crossing a plant of variety 6RC172 with a plant of variety DS-046358, wherein representative seed of variety 6RC172 and variety DS-046358 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-4448 and PTA-9052, respectively.
5. The method of claim 4, defined as comprising pollinating a plant of inbred variety 6RC172 with pollen from a plant of variety DS-046358.
6. A method for producing corn grain, comprising growing the plant of claim 2 until grain is produced and collecting the grain.
7. A method of introducing a heritable trait into hybrid corn variety 980002 comprising the steps of:
(a) crossing a first plant of a first inbred corn variety selected from the group consisting of variety 6RC172 and variety DS-046358 with another corn plant that heritably carries the trait to produce progeny plants, at least some of which heritably carry the trait, wherein representative samples of seed of variety 6RC172 and variety DS-046358 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-4448 and PTA-9052, respectively;
(b) selecting progeny plants that heritably carry the trait;
(c) crossing selected progeny plants with another plant of the first inbred corn variety to produce next-generation progeny plants at least some of which heritably carry the trait;
(d) selecting next-generation progeny plants that heritably carry the trait and exhibit morphological and physiological characteristics of the first inbred corn variety;
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times to produce at least a first selected progeny plant that heritably carries the trait and exhibits essentially all of the morphological and physical characteristics of the inbred corn variety; and
(f) crossing a progeny plant of step (e) with a plant of the other inbred corn variety of the group consisting of varieties 6RC172 and DS-046358 to produce a plant comprising the heritable traits and essentially all of the characteristics of hybrid corn variety 980002 when grown under the same environmental conditions.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the heritable trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising repeating steps (a)-(f) at least once to introduce at least a second trait into hybrid corn variety 980002, wherein the at least a second trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
10. A plant produced by the method of claim 7.
11. A method of introducing a desired trait into hybrid corn variety 980002 comprising the steps of:
(a) introducing a transgene conferring the desired trait into a variety selected from the group consisting of 6RC172 and DS-046358 to produce a transgenic plant heritably carrying the desired trait, wherein representative seed of said varieties 6RC172 and DS-046358 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-4448 and PTA-9052, respectively; and
(b) crossing the transgenic plant or an isogenic progeny plant thereof with a plant of the other inbred corn variety to produce seed of the hybrid corn variety 980002 that heritably carries and expresses the transgene and otherwise has essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of hybrid corn variety 980002 when grown under the same environmental conditions.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
13. The method of claim 11, further comprising repeating steps (a) and (b) at least once to introduce at least a second trait into hybrid corn variety 980002, wherein the at least a second trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
14. A plant produced by the method of claim 13.
15. A method of producing a corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety 980002, comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with a second corn plant to produce a progeny corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety 980002.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for measuring interpupillary distance, the method comprising the steps of:
producing three dimensional spatial depth data from a range imaging sensor of a range imaging depth camera device to a person within a field of view of the range imaging sensor;
capturing two dimensional color data of the object with a color imaging sensor of the range imaging depth camera device;
uploading said three dimensional spatial data and said two dimensional color data to a computing device;
mapping X, Y coordinates of the three dimensional spatial depth data with X, Y coordinates of the two dimensional color data through use of device specific mapping relationships between the range imaging depth sensor and the color imaging sensor; and
utilizing the range imaging sensor to automatically locate X, Y, and Z coordinate positions of the left and right pupils of the person where the X and Y coordinate positions are centered on the pupil and the Z coordinate position is a distance from a plane located at the range imaging sensor to the surface of the left and right pupil.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying said two dimensional color data in the form of an image on a display communicatively connected to said computing device.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the computing device is further configured to provide indicators on the display that show estimated location points for the pupils of the person, wherein said estimated location points are based, at least in part, on said X, Y, and Z coordinate positions of the left and right pupils of the person.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said computing device prompts the person to move the estimated location points for the pupils of the person.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is configured with a touch screen display.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the computing device receives signals relating to where the person touches the touchscreen and determines confirmation of the person with respect to the location of the pupils of the person in said two dimensional color data.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of presenting a virtual image of the person wearing a pair of glasses, wherein the glasses are sized in conjunction with said X, Y, and Z coordinate positions of the left and right pupils of the person.
8. A method for measuring interpupillary distance, the method comprising the steps of:
producing three dimensional spatial depth data from a range imaging sensor of a range imaging depth camera device to a person within a field of view of the range imaging sensor;
capturing two dimensional color data of the object with a color imaging sensor of the range imaging depth camera device;
uploading said three dimensional spatial data and said two dimensional color data to a computing device;
mapping X, Y coordinates of the three dimensional spatial depth data with X, Y coordinates of the two dimensional color data through use of device specific mapping relationships between the range imaging depth sensor and the color imaging sensor; and
identifying X and Y pixel coordinate positions of a left and right pupil in the two dimensional color data,
developing a pre-defined extrinsic linear relationship that defines image scale as a function of depth from the color imaging sensor to the person by using constant intrinsic parameters of the color imaging sensor;
computing image scale using the extrinsic linear relationship and the averaged measured depth data (Z coordinate) to the left and right pupils;
calculating a distance between centers of the left and right pupils using the image scale and number of pixels between the centers of the left and right pupil.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of displaying said two dimensional color data in the form of an image on a display communicatively connected to said computing device.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the computing device is further configured to provide indicators on the display that show estimated location points for the pupils of the person, wherein said estimated location points are based, at least in part, on said X, Y, and Z coordinate positions of the left and right pupils of the person.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein said computing device prompts the person to move the estimated location points for the pupils of the person.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein the computing device is configured with a touch screen display.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the computing device receives signals relating to where the person touches the touchscreen and determines confirmation of the person with respect to the location of the pupils of the person in said two dimensional color data.
14. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of presenting a virtual image of the person wearing a pair of glasses, wherein the glasses are sized in conjunction with said X, Y, and Z coordinate positions of the left and right pupils of the person.
15. A range imaging depth system, comprising:
a range imaging sensor for producing three dimensional spatial depth data;
a color imaging sensor for capturing two dimensional color data; and
a pupil distance calculator unit for incorporating device specific relationship information between the three dimensional spatial depth data and the two dimensional color data to map X,Y coordinates of the three dimensional spatial depth data with X, Y coordinates of the two dimensional color data.
16. The system of claim 15, further comprising a display communicatively connected to said pupil distance calculator unit, said display configured to display said two dimensional color data in the form of an image.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the display provides indicators that show estimated location points for the pupils of the person, wherein said estimated location points are based, at least in part, on said X, Y, and Z coordinate positions of the left and right pupils of the person.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein said pupil distance calculator unit prompts the person, via the display, to move the estimated location points for the pupils of the person.
19. The system of claim 15, further comprising a touch screen display.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein the pupil distance calculator unit is configured to receive signals relating to where the person touches the touch screen display and determines confirmation of the person with respect to the location of the pupils of the person in said two dimensional color data.