Patent ID: 6704460
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
A remote mosaic imaging system having high-resolution, wide field-of-view and low bandwidth (â€œRemote Mosaic Systemâ€ ), said Remote Mosaic System comprising: a plurality of scannable imaging sensors for producing a plurality of input images of a pre-selected target area, each of said input images depicting a different segment of said target area; an image processor for receiving said plural input images and stitching said images together to produce a single flat field-of-view mosaic image of the entirety of said target area, said flat view image being displayable on a display unit; a means for transmitting said plurality of input images to said image processor; and a means for reducing the bandwidth of image transmission, said bandwidth-reducing means being coupled between said imaging sensors and said transmitting means, said bandwidth-reducing means comprising a multiplexer for receiving said plurality of input images from said sensors and forwarding said images to said transmitting means, and a timing generator coupled concurrently to said multiplexer and said imaging sensors, said timing generator containing therein a means for generating synchronization signals to synchronize the production of input images by said imaging sensors and direct said multiplexer to forward only one input image at a time selectively to said transmitting means, said transmitting means transmitting in real-time said time-division multiplexed input image to said image processor.