Patent ID: 6556237
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An imaging system incorporating field of view correction of images captured from image bearing media, said system comprising:an electronic camera having a predetermined field of view for capturing images of the image bearing media; a handling mechanism separable from the electronic camera for supporting the image bearing media, said handling mechanism including a framed region for revealing an image bearing area of the media to the electronic camera and means for supporting the electronic camera in a position that images the framed region while capturing a field of view larger than the image bearing area of the media; and a processor associated with the electronic camera for initiating capture of an image of the framed region in the absence of an image bearing area of the media and for determining the coordinates of the image bearing area from the image of the framed region, whereby the coordinates of the image bearing area are used for field of view correction of subsequently captured images.