Patent Document ID: 20120249727
Application ID: 13084340
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. Within an image acquisition system comprising a non-linear, wide-angled lens and an imaging sensor, a method of enhancing a scene containing one or more off-center peripheral regions, the method comprising: acquiring an initial distorted image with a large field of view, including using a non-linear, wide-angled lens and imaging sensor; determining and extracting an off-center region of interest (hereinafter “ROI”) within said image; applying geometric correction to reconstruct the off-center ROI into an approximately rectangular frame of reference as a first reconstructed ROI; determining a quality of reconstructed pixels within said first reconstructed ROI; acquiring one or more additional initially distorted images, and extracting and reconstructing matching additional ROIs to combine with reduced quality pixels of said first reconstructed ROI using a super-resolution technique to provide one or more enhanced ROIs; and performing a further action based on a value of a parameter of an object within the one or more enhanced ROIs.