Patent · US Expired

Mosaicing images with an offset lens

US7123292B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 1999
Grant dateOct 17, 2006
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0436
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera can be used to record multiple low resolution images of an object by shifting a camera lens relative to an image sensor of the camera. Each camera image recorded represents a portion of the object. A composite high resolution image of the object can be obtained by patching together the camera images by using various well known mosaicing, tiling, and/or stitching algorithms.

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