Imaging system and method

• US 20060050153A1
• Filed: 11/12/2004
• Published: 03/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Boll, David W.
• Application Number:
  US10/988,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20060050153A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/218.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/50 using two or more images, e.g. averaging or subtraction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3871 the composed originals being of different kinds, e.g. low- and high-resolution originals

Abstract

An imaging system comprises an imaging device adapted to capture a plurality of images of an object. The imaging system also comprises a stacking application stored on the imaging device and adapted to generate a stacked image from the plurality of images.

Claims

1. An imaging system, comprising:

an imaging device adapted to capture a plurality of images of an object; and

a stacking application stored on the imaging device and adapted to generate a stacked image from the plurality of images.

2. The system of claim 1, the imaging device adapted to receive user input indicating a quantity of the plurality of images to stack.

3. The system of claim 1, the imaging device adapted to receive user input indicating a quantity of images to capture for stacking.

4. The system of claim 1, the imaging device consisting of at least one of a camera, a copier, and a scanner.

5. The system of claim 1, the imaging device having a user interface adapted to enable a user to initiate the stacking application.

6. The system of claim 1, the stacking application adapted to request user input indicating a quantity of images to capture for stacking.

7. The system of claim 1, the stacking application adapted to automatically generate the stacked image from the plurality of images.

8. The system of claim 1, the stacking application adapted to generate the stacked image from an extended bit-depth array of the plurality of images.

9. The system of claim 1, the stacking application adapted to generate the stacked image in response to capturing at least two of the plurality of images.

10. The system of claim 1, the stacking application adapted to update the stacked image in response to capturing another image of the plurality of images.

11. The system of claim 1, the stacking application adapted to generate the stacked image from the plurality of images after capturing a user-designated quantity of images.

12. An imaging system, comprising:

means for capturing a plurality of images of an object; and

means, stored on the capturing means, for generating a stacked image from the plurality of images.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising means for receiving user input indicating a quantity of images to stack.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising means for requesting user input indicating a quantity of images to stack.

15. The system of claim 12, the stacking means comprising means for generating the stacked image from the plurality of images after capturing at least two of the plurality of images.

16. The system of claim 12, further comprising means for updating the stacked image in response to capturing another image of the plurality of images.

17. An imaging method, comprising:

initiating a stacking application stored on an image capturing device;

capturing a plurality of images via the image capturing device; and

generating a stacked image on the image capturing device from the plurality of images via the stacking application.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising requesting user input indicating a quantity of images to be stacked.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising receiving user input indicating a quantity of images to be stacked.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising generating a stacked image after capturing at least two of the plurality of images.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising updating a stacked image in response to receiving another image of the plurality of images.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein capturing a plurality of images comprises capturing a predetermined quantity of images as indicated by user input.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein generating a stacked image comprises generating a stacked image from an extended bit-depth array of the plurality of images.

24. The method of claim 17, wherein generating a stacked image comprises automatically generating a stacked image from the plurality of images.

25. The method of claim 17, wherein initiating a stacking application comprises initiating a stacking application disposed on at least one of a camera, a copier and a scanner.

26. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon an instruction set to be executed, the instruction set, when executed by an instruction execution system, causes the instruction execution system to:

cause an imaging device to capture a plurality of images of an object; and

generate, via the imaging device, a stacked image from the plurality of images.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the instruction set, when executed by the instruction set execution system, causes the instruction set execution system to request user input indicating a quantity of images to capture for stacking.

28. The computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the instruction set, when executed by the instruction set execution system, causes the instruction set execution system to automatically generate the stacked image from the plurality of images.

29. The computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the instruction set, when executed by the instruction set execution system, causes the instruction set execution system to generate the stacked image in response to capturing at least two of the plurality of images.

30. The computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the instruction set, when executed by the instruction set execution system, causes the instruction set execution system to update the stacked image in response to capturing another image of the plurality of images.

31. The computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the instruction set, when executed by the instruction set execution system, causes the instruction set execution system to generate the stacked image from the plurality of images after capturing a user-designated quantity of images.