STITCHED IMAGE

• US 20170228904A1
• Filed: 09/23/2016
• Published: 08/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: US Department of The Army (Government of the United States of America)
• Original Assignee: US Department of The Army (Government of the United States of America)
• Inventors: Bushmitch, Dennis, Badger, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 11,200,418 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 2101/30 for imaging, photography or videography
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 50/15 using combustion exhausts other than turbojets or turbofans, e.g. using rockets, ramjets, scramjets or pulse-reactors
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 70/00 Launching, take-off or landing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B64U 70/10 for releasing or capturing UAVs by hand
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10032 Satellite or aerial image; Remote sensing
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20221 Image fusion; Image merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30181 Earth observation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30212 Military
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/4038 Image mosaicing, e.g. composing plane images from plane sub-images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/4053 based on super-resolution, i.e. the output image resolution being higher than the sensor resolution
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/50 using two or more images, e.g. averaging or subtraction
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/33 using feature-based methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/38 Registration of image sequences
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/16 using multiple overlapping images; Image stitching
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/13 Satellite images
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/17 taken from planes or by drones
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2624 : for obtaining an image which is composed of whole input images, e.g. splitscreen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/28 : Mobile studios
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 : from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

Various embodiments associated with a composite image are described. In one embodiment, a handheld device comprises a launch component configured to cause a launch of a projectile. The projectile is configured to capture a plurality of images. Individual images of the plurality of images are of different segments of an area. The system also comprises an image stitch component configured to stitch the plurality of images into a composite image. The composite image is of a higher resolution than a resolution of individual images of the plurality of images.

Claims

1-16. -16. (canceled)

17. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising;

comparing a combination image, which is a real-time image of a vicinity, against a non-real-time image of the vicinity to produce a comparison result, where the combination image results from stitching a set of sub-combination images together;

identifying a position of the vicinity through use of the comparison result; and

causing an information set that is indicative of the position to be disclosed on an interface.

18. The system of claim 17, where the information set that is indicative of the position is displayed concurrently with the combination image on the interface.

19. The system of claim 17, where the set of sub-combination images are captured by a launched projectile.

20. The system of claim 17, where the information set is a command message set and where an individual command of the command message set causes a battle command action to occur, when selected, at a locality that is indicated by the location of the combination image.

21. The system of claim 17, where the interface discloses the combination image concurrently with the non-real-time image and where the combination image is displayed on top of the non-real-time image.

22. The system of claim 17, where the interface discloses the combination image concurrently with the non-real-time image and where the non-real-time image is displayed on top of the combination image.

23. The system of claim 17, the method comprising:

identifying a common feature set between the combination image and the non-real-time image;

aligning the combination image and the non-real-time image through use of the common feature set; and

causing the combination image and the non-real-time image to be concurrently disclosed on the interface in an aligned manner,

where the information set is disclosed in an aligned manner with the combination image and the non-real-time image.

24. The system of claim 18, where causing the information set that is indicative of the position to be disclosed on the interface occurs in response to a user request.

26. The system of claim 19, where the interface is part of a handheld device and where the launched projectile is launched from the handheld device.

27. The system of claim 26, the method comprising:

accessing the non-real-time image from the non-transitory computer-readable medium;

where the non-transitory computer-readable medium is resident upon the handheld device and

where the processor is resident upon the handheld device.

28. The system of claim 27, the method comprising:

modifying the non-real-time image as retained in the non-transitory computer-readable medium in accordance with the combination image,

where when a subsequent comparing occurs the m is used as a subsequent non-real-time image.

29. The system of claim 27, the method comprising:

replacing the non-real-time image from the non-transitory computer-readable medium with the combination image,

where when a subsequent comparing occurs the combination image is used as a subsequent non-real-time image.

30. The system of claim 27, where the handheld device is coupled to the projectile by way of a singular physical link, where the singular physical link is used to transmit an image set from the projectile to the handheld device, and where the singular physical link tethers the projectile to the handheld device.

34. The system of claim 26, where the launched projectile captures the set of sub-combination images in response to identification of a travel condition of the launched projectile after launch from the handheld device.

25. The system of claim 25, where the information set that is indicative of the position is displayed at a user-designated location on the interface.

31. The system of claim 31, where the image data set is the combination image and where stitching the set of sub-combination images together occurs at the projectile.

32. The system of claim 31, where the image data set is the set of sub-combination images and where stitching the set of sub-combination images together occurs at the handheld device.

33. The system of claim 31, where the singular physical link is broken after the image set is transmitted from the projectile to the handheld device.

35. A method, comprising:

comparing, by way of a handheld device, a combination image, which is a real-time image of a vicinity, against a non-real-time image of the vicinity to produce a comparison result, where the combination image results from stitching a set of sub-combination images together;

identifying, by way of the handheld device, a position of the vicinity through use of the comparison result; and

causing, by way of the handheld device, an information set that is indicative of the position to be disclosed on an interface of the handheld device.

36. A handheld device, that is at least partially hardware, comprising:

an interface;

a comparison component configured to compare a combination image, which is a real-time image of a vicinity, against a non-real-time image of the vicinity to produce a comparison result, where the combination image results from stitching a set of sub-combination images together;

an identification component configured to identify a position of the vicinity through use of the comparison result; and

an interface component configured to cause an information set that is indicative of the position to be disclosed on the interface.