Patent ID: 7019773

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of creating a video mosaic, comprising: extracting a first individual frame and a second individual frame of imagery from a series of video frames; detecting edges in the first individual frame and the second individual frame; following adjacent on pixels until an off pixel is detected; counting a number of on pixels and if above a preset threshold, designate as a structure; repeat said searching, said following, and said counting steps until entire frame is structure detected; determining regions of interest in the first individual frame and the second individual frame based on the detected edges; identifying commonality from the first individual frame to the second individual frame, including correlating determined regions of interest between the two individual frames by comparing each region of interest in the first individual frame to a region of interest in the second individual frame; and overlapping the individual frames based on the commonality identified from the first individual frame to the second individual frame and displaying an image representing a continuous area.