Patent ID: 6834128
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
An imaging system comprising:a camera that includes a lens and detector array for capturing image frames; means for pre-screening said image frames that are captured by said camera and for outputting pre-screened image frames; means for storing said pre-screened image frames that arm output from said pre-screening means; and means for generating a refined mosaic from said pre-screened image frames that are stored in said storage means; wherein said pre-screening means and said storing means are located within said camera wherein said pre-screening means includes: means for coarse motion tracking of said image frames that are captured by said camera, said coarse motion tacking means generating coarse motion vectors for said image frames; and means for rejecting a first image frame if said coarse motion vector for said first image frame does not exceed a motion threshold and for providing said first image frame to said storing means if said coarse motion vector does exceed said motion thresholds.