SWARM IMAGING
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1. A method of generating an image of a subject, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for an image of the subject;
identifying a plurality of devices for providing the image based on the request;
transmitting a device request to the identified devices for the image;
receiving a plurality of images of the subject from the identified devices; and
synthesizing the requested image based on the plurality of images received.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for collecting data and generating synthesized data from the collected data. For example, a request for an image may be received from a requestor and at least one data capture device may be identified as capable of providing at least a portion of the requested image. A request may be sent to identified data capture devices to obtain an image corresponding to the requested image. Multiple images may be received from the data capture devices and may further be connected or stitched together to provide a panoramic, 3-dimensional image of requested subject matter.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of generating an image of a subject, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for an image of the subject; identifying a plurality of devices for providing the image based on the request; transmitting a device request to the identified devices for the image; receiving a plurality of images of the subject from the identified devices; and synthesizing the requested image based on the plurality of images received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for performing a method of providing an image of a subject to a requestor, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of requests for images from a plurality of requestors, wherein each of the requestors has a corresponding priority value; selecting a requestor from the plurality of requestors based on the corresponding priority values; identifying a plurality of data capture devices for providing an image requested by the selected requestor; generate instructions for capturing the image; transmitting a request for the image and the generated instructions for capturing the image to the plurality of identified data capture devices; receiving an image from each of the identified data capture devices; connecting each received image together to obtain a synthesized image, the synthesized image being a panoramic, 3-dimensional image comprising each received image; and transmitting the synthesized image to the selected requestor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for generating a synthesized image or model of a real-world subject, the system comprising:
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an input for receiving a request for a synthesized image from a requestor; a device identifier for identifying at least one data capture device for providing an image associated with the requested synthesized image; an output component for transmitting a request for an image corresponding to the requested synthesized image to the at least one data capture device; an image input component for receiving a plurality of images from the at least one data capture device; and an image synthesizer for stitching the plurality of images together to form the requested synthesized image. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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