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Method and apparatus for accurate alignment of images in digital imaging systems by matching points in the images corresponding to scene elements

  • US 20020140670A1
  • Filed: 12/19/2001
  • Published: 10/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A digital imaging system comprising:

  • A. an image recording device configured to record at least one image of a scene, the scene comprising at least one object and at least one target;

    B. a scene illumination arrangement configured to illuminate the scene, the scene illumination arrangement being configured to illuminate the scene to facilitate disambiguation between the at least one object and the at least one target;

    C. an image processing subsystem configured to process the at least one image to identify a location of the image of the at least one target in the at least one image, thereby to facilitate relating a local coordinate system associated with the location from which the image recording device recorded the at least one image of the scene to a global coordinate system.

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