SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION STORAGE OF IMAGES

• US 20090207248A1
• Filed: 02/13/2009
• Published: 08/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Watchguard Video Incorporated (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: WatchGuard, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Vanman, Robert V., Cilia, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 9,860,536 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/625 License plates
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/136 Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/17 the unit being an image region, e.g. an object

Abstract

An image-creation method includes capturing an image as digital data, locating an area of interest of the captured image, extracting, from the digital data, at least some data corresponding to the located area of interest, digitally magnifying the extracted at least some data to yield digitally magnified data, and combining the digitally magnified data with at least some of the digital data of the captured image to yield combined data.

Claims

1. An image-creation method comprising:

capturing an image as digital data;

locating an area of interest of the captured image;

extracting, from the digital data, at least some data corresponding to the located area of interest;

digitally magnifying the extracted at least some data to yield digitally magnified data; and

combining the digitally magnified data with at least some of the digital data of the captured image to yield combined data.

2. The image-creation method of claim 1, further comprising buffering the digital data.

3. The image-creation method of claim 2, further comprising retrieving the captured data from the buffer.

4. The image-creation method of claim 1, wherein the locating step is performed before the capturing step.

5. The image-creation method of claim 1, further comprising identifying data corresponding to the located area of interest.

6. The image-creation method of claim 1, wherein the extracting step comprises extracting the data corresponding to the located area of interest.

7. The image-creation method of claim 1, wherein the extracting step comprises copying the at least some data corresponding to the located area of interest and not modifying the data corresponding to the located area of interest as present in the captured image.

8. The image-creation method of claim 1, further comprising compressing the combined data.

9. The image-creation method of claim 1, wherein the combining step results in an image corresponding to the digitally magnified data being located in an area of low interest of an image represented by the combined data.

10. The image-creation method of claim 1, further comprising identifying an area of low interest of the image.

11. The image-creation method of claim 10, wherein the combining step results in an image corresponding to the digitally magnified data being located in the area of low interest.

12. The image-creation method of claim 1, further comprising using the combined data to display a modified image.

13. The image-creation method of claim 1, further comprising:

repeating the recited steps a plurality of times; and

saving modified video data formed therefrom.

14. An article of manufacture for image creation, the article of manufacture comprising:

at least one computer readable medium;

processor instructions contained on the at least one computer readable medium, the processor instructions configured to be readable from the at least one computer readable medium by at least one processor and thereby cause the at least one processor to operate as to perform the following steps;

capturing an image as digital data;

locating an area of interest of the captured image;

extracting, from the digital data, at least some data corresponding to the located area of interest;

digitally magnifying the extracted at least some data to yield digitally magnified data; and

combining the digitally magnified data with at least some of the digital data of the captured image to yield combined data.

15. The article of manufacture of claim 14, wherein the processor instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to operate as to perform the following step:

buffering the digital data.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein the processor instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to operate as to perform the following step:

retrieving the captured data from the buffer.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 14, wherein the locating step is performed before the capturing step.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 14, wherein the processor instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to operate as to perform the following step:

identifying data corresponding to the located area of interest.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 14, wherein the extracting step comprises extracting the data corresponding to the located area of interest.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 14, wherein the extracting step comprises copying the at least some data corresponding to the located area of interest and not modifying the data corresponding to the located area of interest as present in the captured image.

21. The article of manufacture of claim 14, wherein the processor instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to operate as to perform the following step:

compressing the combined data.

22. The article of manufacture of claim 14, wherein the combining step results in an image corresponding to the digitally magnified data being located in an area of low interest of an image represented by the combined data.

23. The article of manufacture of claim 14, further comprising identifying an area of low interest of the image.

24. The article of manufacture of claim 23, wherein the combining step results in an image corresponding to the digitally magnified data being located in the area of low interest.

25. The article of manufacture of claim 14, wherein the processor instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to operate as to perform the following step:

using the combined data to display a modified image.

26. The article of manufacture of claim 14, wherein the processor instructions are configured to cause the at least one processor to operate as to perform the following steps:

repeating the recited steps a plurality of times; and

saving modified video data formed therefrom.