Patent ID: 6687419
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A system, for creating a larger montage image of an object from a series of smaller source images of different views of an object, said system includingimaging means for providing, continually in use, images of an object; data storage means for storing data representative of the montage image of the object; processing means for (a) including the data representative of a first and subsequent source images in the said data representative of the montage image, in order to increase the data stored representative of the montage image; (b) providing a measure of the extent of matching of the most recent source image provided by said imaging means and individual ones of a plurality of regions of said montage image which correspond in the area; and (c) including said data representative of subsequent source images continuously in said data representative of the montage image when the measure of the extent of the matching is at a maximum, whereby the source image is matched to the montage image at the correct position.