SBI MOTION ARTIFACT REMOVAL APPARATUS AND METHOD
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1. A system for removing motion artifacts from image data comprising:
- an SBI device adapted for delivering an SBI formatted image data stream of a subject matter being imaged, said SBI device further comprising an illuminating-scanning portion and a detecting portion;
a motion detection means, said motion detection means being operably adapted to detect a motion of said illuminating-scanning portion relative to said subject matter being imaged and output a motion data; and
a processor adapted for accepting said SBI formatted image data stream and said motion data, processing said SBI formatted image data stream using said motion data to remove the motion artifacts, and outputting a motion corrected image data stream.
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for eliminating image tearing effects and other visual artifacts perceived when scanning moving subject matter with a scanned beam imaging device. The system, method and apparatus uses a motion detection means in conjunction with an image processor to alter the native image to one without image tearing or other visual artifacts. The image processor monitors the motion detection means and reduces the image resolution or translates portions of the imaged subject matter in response to the detected motion.
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1. A system for removing motion artifacts from image data comprising:
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an SBI device adapted for delivering an SBI formatted image data stream of a subject matter being imaged, said SBI device further comprising an illuminating-scanning portion and a detecting portion; a motion detection means, said motion detection means being operably adapted to detect a motion of said illuminating-scanning portion relative to said subject matter being imaged and output a motion data; and a processor adapted for accepting said SBI formatted image data stream and said motion data, processing said SBI formatted image data stream using said motion data to remove the motion artifacts, and outputting a motion corrected image data stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for removing motion artifacts from video, comprising:
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a video source input, said video source input providing a video stream of an imaged subject matter from an imaging device; a motion detector, said motion detector being adapted to detect the motion of said imaging device relative to said imaged subject matter and output a vector describing said motion; and a processor, said processor being operably connected to said motion detector, and said processor being adapted to remove the motion artifact from said video stream based on the detection of motion by said motion detector. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of removing motion artifacts from an image, said method comprising:
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a) acquiring the image from a video source, said video source having acquired the image from an SBI imaging device; b) acquiring motion data from a motion detector, said motion data being correlated temporally with the image, and said motion data describing the motion of said SBI imaging device during said acquiring of the image from said SBI imaging device; c) selectively reducing the resolution of the image based on said motion data from said motion detector to create a motion corrected image; and d) outputting said motion corrected image. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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