Patent ID: 8896697

Claim:
In a computerized camera system mounted on a moving platform, the system including a camera having one or more image sensor arrays, wherein said camera acquires consecutively, in real time, a plurality of image frames including images of the environment viewed from within the field of view of said camera, a method for compensating for image distortions in said acquired image frames, said image distortions formed by motion of said camera during and in between image acquisitions, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing camera maneuvering signals; b) providing one or more sensors for detecting said motion of said camera; c) computing the aggregated motion vector of said camera, thereby determining the pre acquisition image distortion caused by said aggregated motion vector of said camera; d) compensating for said determined pre acquisition image distortion by a magnitude equal to the magnitude of said aggregated motion vector, in a direction opposite to the direction of said aggregated motion vector; and e) acquiring an image frame.