Method and system for digital image acquisition and continuous zoom display from multiple resolutional views using a heterogeneous image pyramid representation
US6681056B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T3/40
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention allows a user to construct a collection of resolutionally non-uniform, captured digital image views of static scene, thereby defining the more interesting sections of the scene for viewing. The invention provides a system and a method for continuous zooming and display of composite image representation having different levels of resolution at different locations. The invention discloses techniques for acquisition of multiple resolution and overlapping digital images, composite representation of those captured images, and the continuous zooming display of the complete image data.
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