Television – Panoramic
Patent
1993-02-08
1994-10-25
Powell, Mark R.
Television
Panoramic
348143, 348207, 382 44, H04N 530
Patent
active
053593634
ABSTRACT:
A device for omnidirectional image viewing providing pan-and-tilt orientation, rotation, and magnification within a selected field-of-view for use in any application including inspection, monitoring, surveillance, and target acquisition. The imaging device (using optical or infrared images) is based on the effect that the image from a wide angle lens, which produces a circular image of an entire field-of-view, can be mathematically corrected using high speed electronic circuitry. More specifically, an incoming image from any image acquisition source is captured in memory of the device, a transformation is performed for the viewing region of interest and viewing direction, and a corrected image is output as a video image signal for viewing, recording, or analysis. Multiple simultaneous images can be output from a single input image. As a result, this device can accomplish the functions of pan, tilt, rotation, and zoom throughout the selected field-of-view without the need for any mechanical mechanisms to move a camera.
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Busko Nick
Kuban Daniel P.
Martin H. Lee
Zimmermann Steven D.
Burgess Glenton B.
Powell Mark R.
TeleRobotics International, Inc.
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