Patent ID: 8098290
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of image acquisition comprising: receiving a static image from a fixed imaging device; receiving a static image from a dynamic imaging device; computing a first planar homography between the static images from the fixed and dynamic imaging devices; receiving a dynamic image from the dynamic imaging device; computing a second planar homography between the static image and the dynamic image from the dynamic imaging device; registering the dynamic image from the dynamic imaging device to the static image from the fixed imaging device using the first and second planar homographies; detecting an object of interest in at least one of the static and dynamic images; directing the dynamic imaging device to adjust its zoom to capture a close-up of the object of interest; and receiving another dynamic image from the imaging device, wherein the another dynamic image includes the close-up of the object of interest, wherein an amount of zoom applied by the dynamic imaging device is based on a size of the object of interest, an error in finding a point of the object of interest to be transferred from the at least one of the static and dynamic images where the object was detected, an error in predicting the object of interest's motion and an error in localizing the point of the object of interest in the another dynamic image, wherein the localizing error is based on the prediction error and the finding error, and wherein the method is performed using a processor.