Image Processing System For Integrating Multi-Resolution Images
First Claim
1. An image processing system for integrating multi-resolution images using a plurality of multi-resolution image capture devices to extract images from an observed scene, and using a plurality of multi-resolution imaging devices to present a scene image relative to the observed scene by means of integration, comprising:
- an imaging plane;
a wide-angle image capture device, for capturing the observed scene according to a first resolution and producing a wide-angle image (Iwide);
a Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) image capture device, for capturing the observed scene according to a second resolution, a designated direction, and a focal distance and producing a Pan-Tilt-Zoom image (IPTZ), wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution;
a fixed imaging device, for presenting the processed wide-angle image (Iwide) on the imaging plane according to a third resolution, and the processed wide-angle image (Iwide) has at least one reserved region without image information;
a steerable imaging device, for presenting the processed Pan-Tilt-Zoom image (IPTZ) on the imaging plane according to a fourth resolution, and the Pan-Tilt-Zoom image (IPTZ) is only presented in the reserved region belonging to the presented wide-angle image (Iwide), wherein the fourth resolution is higher than the third resolution;
a conversion module, for converting the Pan-Tilt-Zoom image (IPTZ) to a conversion image (IPTZ-wide) which belongs to the coordinate system of the wide-angle image capture device based on an image capture device conversion matrix (homography;
HwidePTZ); and
an imaging module, for applying the fixed imaging device to present the processed wide-angle image (Iwide) on the imaging plane according to the third resolution, and applying the coordinate system of the steerable imaging device to present the processed Pan-Tilt-Zoom image (IPTZ) on the imaging plane according to the fourth resolution based on an imaging device conversion matrix (Hsteerfixed), and the Pan-Tilt-Zoom image (IPTZ) is only presented in the reserved region belonging to the presented wide-angle image (Iwide), wherein the scene images relative to the observed scenes are presented by means of integration.
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Abstract
The image processing system for integrating multi-resolution images mainly applies several different multi-resolution image capture devices to extract the images from the observed scene and using the multi-resolution imaging devices to present the scene images relative to the observed scenes, respectively, by means of integration. In order to present a seamless image according to two different-resolution image sources, the coordinate conversions among the image capture devices, and among the imaging devices are mainly applied to extract and present the entire image to be able to resemble of having a single image capturing source and a single imaging source.
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1. An image processing system for integrating multi-resolution images using a plurality of multi-resolution image capture devices to extract images from an observed scene, and using a plurality of multi-resolution imaging devices to present a scene image relative to the observed scene by means of integration, comprising:
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an imaging plane; a wide-angle image capture device, for capturing the observed scene according to a first resolution and producing a wide-angle image (Iwide); a Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) image capture device, for capturing the observed scene according to a second resolution, a designated direction, and a focal distance and producing a Pan-Tilt-Zoom image (IPTZ), wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution; a fixed imaging device, for presenting the processed wide-angle image (Iwide) on the imaging plane according to a third resolution, and the processed wide-angle image (Iwide) has at least one reserved region without image information; a steerable imaging device, for presenting the processed Pan-Tilt-Zoom image (IPTZ) on the imaging plane according to a fourth resolution, and the Pan-Tilt-Zoom image (IPTZ) is only presented in the reserved region belonging to the presented wide-angle image (Iwide), wherein the fourth resolution is higher than the third resolution; a conversion module, for converting the Pan-Tilt-Zoom image (IPTZ) to a conversion image (IPTZ-wide) which belongs to the coordinate system of the wide-angle image capture device based on an image capture device conversion matrix (homography;
HwidePTZ); andan imaging module, for applying the fixed imaging device to present the processed wide-angle image (Iwide) on the imaging plane according to the third resolution, and applying the coordinate system of the steerable imaging device to present the processed Pan-Tilt-Zoom image (IPTZ) on the imaging plane according to the fourth resolution based on an imaging device conversion matrix (Hsteerfixed), and the Pan-Tilt-Zoom image (IPTZ) is only presented in the reserved region belonging to the presented wide-angle image (Iwide), wherein the scene images relative to the observed scenes are presented by means of integration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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