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Pyramid processor for building large-area, high-resolution image by parts

US4797942A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 1987
Grant dateJan 10, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T3/40
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technique, employing image-processing pyramids, which is capable of combining a plurality of small-area high-resolution sub-images, such as may be derived from an array of television cameras, into a single large-area high-resolution image, with substantially no introduction by such processing of image-artifacts in the combined single image.

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