NAVIGATION ASSISTED MOSAIC PHOTOGRAPHY
First Claim
1. A method for producing a mosaic image of a scene from a plurality of images of the scene captured by an imager, comprising the steps of:
- storing the plurality of images of the scene, each image including a plurality of pixels;
concurrently with the storage of each image, storing an associated pitch parameter of the imager and an associated yaw parameter of the imager;
transforming each stored image by assigning each pixel of the stored image a set of coordinates in a mosaic coordinate system using the associated pitch parameter and yaw parameter of the imager; and
for each set of coordinates in the mosaic coordinate system, performing one of;
selecting one assigned pixel of the plurality of transformed images as a mosaic pixel having that set of mosaic coordinates;
orblending all assigned pixels of the plurality of transformed images to determine the mosaic pixel having that set of mosaic coordinates.
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus for producing a mosaic image of a scene, including: an imager operable to capture a plurality of images of the scene; a motion sensor coupled to the imager; a transformation processor electrically coupled to the imager and the motion sensor and a mosaic processor electrically coupled to the transformation processor. The motion sensor is adapted to determine a pitch parameter and a yaw parameter of the imager associated with each captured image of the scene. The transformation processor is adapted to transform each captured image into a mosaic coordinate system using the associated pitch parameter and yaw parameter of the imager. The mosaic processor is adapted to produce a mosaic image of the scene from the transformed images.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for producing a mosaic image of a scene from a plurality of images of the scene captured by an imager, comprising the steps of:
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storing the plurality of images of the scene, each image including a plurality of pixels; concurrently with the storage of each image, storing an associated pitch parameter of the imager and an associated yaw parameter of the imager; transforming each stored image by assigning each pixel of the stored image a set of coordinates in a mosaic coordinate system using the associated pitch parameter and yaw parameter of the imager; and for each set of coordinates in the mosaic coordinate system, performing one of; selecting one assigned pixel of the plurality of transformed images as a mosaic pixel having that set of mosaic coordinates;
orblending all assigned pixels of the plurality of transformed images to determine the mosaic pixel having that set of mosaic coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for producing a mosaic image of a scene from a sequence of images of the scene captured by imager, comprising the steps of:
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storing a starting image of the sequence of images as the mosaic image, including a plurality of pixels assigned to sets of coordinates in a mosaic coordinate system; and for each remaining image of the sequence of images; storing the image of the scene; storing a pitch parameter and a yaw parameter of the imager that are associated with the image, the pitch parameter and the yaw parameter measured relative to a position of the imager associated with the starting image; transforming the image by assigning each pixel of the image a set of coordinates in the mosaic coordinate system using the associated pitch parameter and yaw parameter of the imager; updating the mosaic image by combining the mosaic image with the transformed image; and storing the updated mosaic image. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An imaging apparatus for producing a mosaic image of a scene, comprising:
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an imager operable to capture a plurality of images of the scene; a motion sensor coupled to the imager, the motion sensor adapted to determine a pitch parameter and a yaw parameter of the imager associated with each captured image of the scene; a transformation processor electrically coupled to the imager and the motion sensor, the transformation processor adapted to transform each captured image into a mosaic coordinate system using the associated pitch parameter and yaw parameter of the imager; and a mosaic processor electrically coupled to the transformation processor, the mosaic processor adapted to produce the mosaic image of the scene from the plurality of transformed images. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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