Image processing
First Claim
1. A method of processing successive frames of information from surveillance apparatus to produce respective representations of a subject viewed by the surveillance apparatus, the method comprising detecting at least two characteristic features in each frame and adjusting the manner of processing for different frames so as to tend to fix the co-ordinates of both features in each of the representations whereby effects of unwanted movement of the surveillance apparatus relative to the subject are reduced.
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Abstract
Pictures produced by a camera are corrected to eliminate the effect of camera shake or of unwanted movement of the camera relative to the subject being viewed. Using the apparatus of FIG. 1 the adjustments required for each frame of a cine film are established by displaying each frame on a screen 9 and using a light pen 10 to record the co-ordinates of two characteristic features, e.g. bright spots, on each frame. Circuitry 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 calculates from these co-ordinates the correction in x and y directions, tilt and magnification required for each frame. The correction values are stored in a recorder 24 in association with the appropriate frame number derived from a film drive 2.
The cine film is then re-filmed using equipment (not shown) which allows adjustment of the original film relative to the new film, and adjustment of magnification. This re-filming allows the appropriate corrections to each frame to be made by manual or automatic adjustment of the re-filming equipment in response to the correction values recorded at 24.
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- 1. A method of processing successive frames of information from surveillance apparatus to produce respective representations of a subject viewed by the surveillance apparatus, the method comprising detecting at least two characteristic features in each frame and adjusting the manner of processing for different frames so as to tend to fix the co-ordinates of both features in each of the representations whereby effects of unwanted movement of the surveillance apparatus relative to the subject are reduced.
- 10. Apparatus for processing successive frames of information defining a subject viewed by a surveillance apparatus which is subject to unwanted movement relative to the subject, the apparatus including means for identifying the location of two characteristic features of each frame of information and means for producing a representation of the subject from each frame of information in a manner which is adjusted from frame to frame so as to tend to fix the co-ordinates of both features in the representations thereby eliminating the effects of the said unwanted movement.
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