Patent ID: 7760965
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of enhancing visual images, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a first frame of image data as a template frame; (b) capturing a second frame of image data; (c) aligning the second frame of image data with the template frame of image data by correcting line-of-sight deviations therebetween; (d) spatially oversampling at least a portion of the aligned second frame of image data by a factor greater than one; (e) integrating the spatially oversampled portion of the aligned second frame of image data with image data of the template frame to produce an output frame of image data; and (f) repeating steps (b) through (e) a first predetermined number of times with the first frame of image data selected as the template frame to process at least one subsequently-captured second frame of image data into a continuous video stream of output frames produced in step (e), wherein the first and second frames of image data are based on an image data input from a sensor.