Patent Document ID: 9253360
Application ID: 13543601
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An imaging method comprising steps of: scanning a scene occupying at least a part of a field of view to obtain a plurality of standard quality sub-images of the scene, each standard quality sub-image of the plurality of standard quality sub-images covering less than the scene, the plurality or standard quality sub-images together covering the scene, wherein the step of scanning the scene is performed in a first spectral band with scanner comprising folded optic: combining the plurality of standard quality sub-images into a first stitched image of the scene; identifying at least one portion of interest in the scene from he first stitched image; and scanning the at least one portion of interest to obtain a plurality of enhanced quality sub-images of the at least one portion of interest, each enhanced quality sub-image of the plurality of enhanced quality sub-images covering less than the scene, the plurality of enhanced quality sub-images together covering the at least one portion of interest, the step of scanning the at least one portion of interest being performed in response to the step of identifying, the step of scanning the at once portion of interest covering less than the scene, the step of scanning the at least one portion of interest being performed in the first spectral band with the scanner comprising folded optics; combining the plurality of enhanced quality sub-images to obtain a second stitched image; scanning at least a part of the scene in a second spectral band with the scanner comprising folded optics, to obtain a plurality of second band sub-images; combining the plurality of second band sub-images into a third stitched image; fusing the second stitched image and the third stitched image to obtain a fused image; and at least one of storing the fused image, transmitting the fused image to an external system, and displaying the fused image.