Patent Document ID: 9830525
Application ID: 15444067
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for parallactically synced acquisition of images about a common target from mutually displaced imaging positions, the method comprising: establishing at least first and second imaging devices respectively at a first and a second of the imaging positions; actuating said first imaging device to acquire a first image with a target of interest disposed at a predetermined relative position within a field of view thereof; actuating an orientation sensor to acquire an instantaneous angular orientation measurement of the first imaging device; transmitting the angular orientation measurement from the first imaging device to the second imaging device to thereby guide preliminary angular adjustment of said second image capture device toward the target of interest; actuating said second imaging device to acquire a second image with the target of interest disposed within a field of view thereof; acquiring an angular orientation measurement of the second imaging device when the second image is acquired; executing in a processer a target feature finder to detect a location of the target of interest within the second image by comparatively processing image features of the first and second images acquired by the first and second imaging devices; generating a plurality of user prompts at said second imaging device responsive to detection of the location of the target of interest in the second image by the target feature finder to thereby further guide angular adjustment of said second imaging device based on the comparative processing of the image features, the user prompts including: visual indicia adaptively applied to the second image to visually distinguish the target of interest, and orientation correction alerts adaptively generated to guide angular displacement of said second imaging device to situate the target of interest at the predetermined relative position within the field of view thereof; actuating a selected one of the first and second imaging devices to acquire at least one subsequent image; acquiring a subsequent angular orientation measurement of said selected imaging device relative to the known reference point when the subsequent image is acquired; computing an orientation difference between the subsequent angular orientation measurement and an angular orientation measurement acquired for a previous image acquired by said selected imaging device; and adaptively generating subsequent orientation correction alerts responsive to the orientation difference computation to thereby guide subsequent angular adjustment of said selected imaging device to situate the target of interest at the predetermined relative position within the field of view thereof.