Image mosaicing system and method adapted to mass-market hand-held digital cameras
US6834128B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 16, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V10/16
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An imaging system includes a camera for capturing image frames, a frame pre-screen unit for pre-screening the captured image frames, a frame store unit for storing the pre-screened frames, and a refined frame mosaicing unit for generating a refined mosaic from the pre-screened image frames that are stored in the frame store unit. The frame pre-screen unit may include a coarse align unit for generating a coarse image mosaic from the pre-screened image frames, and a display for displaying the coarse image mosaic. In an embodiment, the coarse image mosaic is generated and displayed in real-time relative to the image frames that are captured by the camera. In an embodiment of the imaging system, the display is located within the camera and in another embodiment, the frame pre-screen unit and the frame store unit are located within the camera.
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