Patent ID: 7495699
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for imaging a scene, the scene having one or more objects of interest, the method comprising: imaging the scene by an imager at a first time to capture a first image, the imager having a preferred brightness range, the imager having a first exposure setting at the first time, the first image having a first set of one or more image portions respectively representing the one or more objects of interest, each one of the first set of one or more image portions having a respective one of a first set of one or more brightness values; processing at least the first image by an object detection procedure to identify the first set of one or more image portions representing the one or more objects of interest; based on the first exposure setting and the first set of one or more brightness values, determining a second exposure setting, the second exposure setting allowing the imager to image the one or more objects of interest within the preferred brightness range of the imager; and imaging the scene by the imager at a second time to capture a second image, the object detection procedure comprising a moving object detection procedure, the one or more objects of interest comprising one or more moving objects, the step of processing at least the first image comprising processing the first and second images by the moving object detection procedure to identify the one or more image portions respectively representing the one or more objects of interest.