Enhanced display of environmental navigation features to vehicle operator
First Claim
23. An improved system for providing enhanced display of environmental navigation features comprising system components installed in a motor vehicle including:
- a. a camera further comprising a lens and an electronic imaging subsystem;
b. a mounting holding said camera; and
, c. a display showing the output of said electronic imaging subsystem.
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Abstract
Imaging device is trained (e.g., panned, zoomed, focussed) on environmental navigation feature, such as street sign or house number, by operator input and computer control. Optional illumination in visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or other spectrum enhances (especially nighttime) imaging. Optional processing is applied to image to increase brightness, sharpness and/or size, and/or to counter positional or other distortion or error. Computer controlled motion tracking, affected by pattern recognition algorithms with optional artificial intelligence, and/or freeze frame function, and/or optical or digital image stabilization, are used to stabilize view from moving vehicle.
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152 Claims
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23. An improved system for providing enhanced display of environmental navigation features comprising system components installed in a motor vehicle including:
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a. a camera further comprising a lens and an electronic imaging subsystem;
b. a mounting holding said camera; and
,c. a display showing the output of said electronic imaging subsystem.
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72. A method for providing enhanced display of environmental navigation features comprising the steps of:
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a. capturing an image by utilizing a camera further comprising a lens and electronic imaging subsystem;
b. displaying the output of said electronic imaging subsystem as an image. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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90. A method for providing enhanced display of environmental navigation features comprising the steps of:
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a. collecting an image comprising at least in part some environmental navigation feature;
b. enhancing said image via image processing; and
,c. displaying said enhanced image. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152)
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98-1. A method as in claim 97, wherein the limitation to spectral ranges is achieved by the use of illumination sources providing radiant energy of distinct spectra.
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99-2. A method as in claim 97, wherein said first spectral range is infra red heat imaging, and said second spectral range is visible light imaging.
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103. A method as in 102 wherein at least one of said at least one quality relates to shape.
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104. A method as in 102 wherein at least one of said at least one quality relates to size.
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105. A method as in 102 wherein at least one of said at least one quality relates to location.
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106. A method as in 102 wherein at least one of said at least one quality relates to color.
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107. A method as in 102 wherein at least one of said at least one quality relates to the proportion of areas of at least two distinct colors.
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127. A method as in 126, wherein said feedback comprises the knowledge that a provisionally recognized letter corresponds to a geometrically similar letter in a database entry, and said second match attempts to alternatively recognize said provisionally recognized letter as said geometrically similar letter.
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132. A system for capturing images comprising:
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a. a configureable image collection subsystem;
b. a configureable illumination subsystem; and
,c. a control subsystem capable of modifying the configuration of said image collection subsystem and said illumination subsystem in a coordinated manner.
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139. A system for capturing images comprising:
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a. an image collection subsystem;
b. an illumination source subsystem with an illumination aperture comprising a configuration substantially occupying an area within some portion of an annulus surrounding the aperture of said image collection subsystem.
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144. A system for capturing images comprising:
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a. an image collection subsystem;
b. an illumination source subsystem positioned such that said camera subsystem would, at least partially, obscure the path of the illumination provided by said illumination source from the subject of the image being collected;
c. a light guide positioned such that the path of said illumination progresses, at least in part, around at least some obscuring portion of said image collection subsystem, and emerges from a distal end of said light guide at a position peripheral to the obscuring portion of said image collection subsystem.
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