System and method for creating still images by utilizing a video camera device
US7133068B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 8, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/698
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for creating still images by utilizing a video camera comprises a cradle device that transports the video camera across a target object during a scanning procedure that captures and stores video data. During the scanning procedure, a motion detector captures and provides scan motion data to a scanning manager from the video camera. The scanning manager may then responsively utilize the scan motion data to accurately extract still frames corresponding to the target object from the captured video data at pre-determined time intervals. A stitching software program may then access and combine the still frames generated by the scanning manager to thereby create composite still images.
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