Patent ID: 8803972

Claim:
A method for detecting a moving object, the method comprising: receiving a first series of image data for a plurality of frames, each frame of the plurality of frames covering a separate portion of a wide field-of-view and the plurality of frames together covering all of the wide field-of-view; receiving a second series of image data for the plurality of frames; using a digital processing component to compare image data of multiple frames of the plurality of frames from the first series of image data to image data of the multiple frames from the second series of image data to detect the moving object within the wide field-of-view; providing an indication of the moving object; a processing component determining if the first series of image data contains overlaps or gaps, wherein overlaps comprise portions of images in the series of image data that contain overlapping content, and wherein gaps comprise sections of the wide field of view missing from the series of image data; and the processing component automatically altering angular positions for a scan mirror to minimizing overlaps and gaps in the first series of image data.