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System and method for a software steerable web camera with multiple image subset capture

US7593041B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 3, 2006
Grant dateSep 22, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/58
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of capturing a scene within a field of view of a wide-angle lens coupled to a camera comprising storing image data of the scene in an image collection array, digitizing the scene image data into digitized scene image data for storage in a memory, receiving selections of a plurality of subsets of the digitized scene image data, and performing distortion compensation on the selected subsets of the digitized scene image data.

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