Patent SG-11201909250R-A (SG)
Title: System and method for increasing coverage of an area captured by an image capturing device
Inventor: BINDER SHALOM
IPC: G06T7/80
Filed: 2018-03-29
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 11 October 2018 (11.10.2018) WIPO IiiimmomiolollmonolomolimioomiolionovoimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/185753 Al PCT (51) International Patent Classification: G06T 7/80 (2017.01) H04N 5/232 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/IL2018/050380 (22) International Filing Date: 29 March 2018 (29.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 251544 03 April 2017 (03.04.2017) IL (71) Applicant: ELBIT SYSTEMS ELECTRO-OPTICS EL- OP LTD. [IL/IL]; Kiryat Weizman, P.O. Box 1165, 7611101 Rehovot (IL). (72) Inventors: BINDER, Shalom; Kiryat Weizman, P.O. Box 1165, 7611101 Rehovot (IL). AVISHAY, Nachum; Kiry- at Weizman, P.O. Box 1165, 7611101 Rehovot (IL). FREI- MAN, Dov; Kiryat Weizman, P.O. Box 1165, 7611101 Re- hovot (IL). PAYKIN, Yotam; Kiryat Weizman, P.O. Box 1165, 7611101 Rehovot (IL). (74) Agent: WEILER, Assaf et al.; Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz, P.O. Box 7198, 6107121 Tel Aviv (IL). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (54) Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING COVERAGE OF AN AREA CAPTURED BY AN IMAGE CAPTURING = DEVICE Figure 4 402 SPECIFIED IMAGE ORIENTATION 404 MOMENTARY ORIENTATION MEASUREMENTS 410 COMPUTER PROCESSOR 415 ROTATION MECHANISM 420 OPTICAL ROTATION UNIT 430 MECHANICAL ROTATION UNIT 440 IMAGE 400 CAPTURING DEVICE / N cc 00 O C (57) : A system and a method of increasing an area continuously captured by an image capturing device directed at said area are provided herein. The method may include the following steps: directing said image capturing device at said area in a specified image orientation; receiving momentary orientation measurements of said image capturing device; calculating in real-time, based on said measurements, a shift in orientation of said image capturing device relative to said specified image orientation; providing instructions for rotation in real-time of said image capturing device, to compensate for said shift; and rotating, using a rotation mechanism, said image capturing device based on said instructions, wherein the image capturing device is mounted on a non-stationary platform moving in a periodic pattern. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/185753 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMOHHIMMINEMOIMIE (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))