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System and method for creating still images by utilizing a video camera device

  • US 7,133,068 B2
  • Filed: 02/08/2001
  • Issued: 11/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for creating a still image of a target object by utilizing a video camera, comprising:

  • a support device configured to transport said video camera across said target object during a scanning procedure to capture a contiguous frame sequence of video data corresponding to said target object; and

    a scanning manager coupled to said video camera for analyzing scan motion data from said scanning procedure, and responsively extracting still frames from said contiguous frame sequence at a selectable time interval to represent said target object as said still image, said selectable time interval being greater than a standard video frame duration from said contiguous frame sequence, said support device including a cradle that is initially positioned at a starting index of a scan track to allow said video camera to frame said target object using a focus mechanism and a zoom mechanism, a system user entering scan parameters into said video camera for performing said scanning procedure, said scan parameters including a scan speed control, a scan direction control, a still frame time interval control, a scan overlap control, and a scan resolution control.

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