Stitched image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9870504-B1
Application number	US-201213547352-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jul 12, 2012
Priority date	Jul 12, 2012
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

Various embodiments associated with a composite image are described. In one embodiment, a handheld device comprises a launch component configured to cause a launch of a projectile. The projectile is configured to capture a plurality of images. Individual images of the plurality of images are of different segments of an area. The system also comprises an image stitch component configured to stitch the plurality of images into a composite image. The composite image is of a higher resolution than a resolution of individual images of the plurality of images.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a launch component configured to cause a launch of a projectile from a handheld device, where the projectile is configured to capture a plurality of images;
an identification component configured to identify a travel condition of the projectile after launch;
an instruction component configured to instruct the projectile to capture the plurality of images in response to identification of the travel condition; and
a compensation component configured to perform a compensation for a discrepancy between at least two individual images of the plurality of images, where the discrepancy is caused by movement of the projectile,
where the projectile comprises an accelerometer configured to obtain a speed and vector information set for individual images of the plurality of images and
where the discrepancy is ascertained from a difference among the speed and vector information set for individual images of the plurality of images.

2. The system of claim 1 ,
where the projectile is connected to the handheld device by way of a physical link,
where the projectile transmits the plurality of images to the handheld device by way of the physical link,
where the physical link is proactively broken after the projectile completes transmission of the plurality of images to the handheld device.

3. The system of claim 2 , where the physical link is an optical physical link.

4. The system of claim 1 , where the plurality of images comprises a first image and a second image and where the discrepancy is caused, at least partially, by physical movement of the projectile between when the projectile captures the first image and when the projectile captures the second image.

5. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
a stitch component configured to stitch at least part of the plurality of images into a composite image,
where the composite image covers a view of about 360 degrees,
where individual images of the plurality of images cover a view of less than about 360 degrees,
where an overlap exists among at least some of the individual images of the plurality of images, and
where at least some of the overlap is used to improve resolution of the composite image over the resolution of the individual images of the plurality of images.

6. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
a stitch component configured to stitch at least part of the plurality of images into a composite image; and
a comparison component configured to make a comparison between the composite image against a retained image, where the comparison finds a common feature set among the composite image and the retained image;
an image alignment component configured to make an aligned image from the composite image and the retained image through use of the common feature set; and
an interface component configured to cause an interface to be presented that enables a user to access location information from the aligned image,
where the retained image is not obtained by the projectile.

7. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
a stitch component configured to stitch at least part of the plurality of images into a composite image;
a comparison component configured to make a comparison between the composite image against a retained image, where the comparison produces a comparison result and where the comparison result indicates at least one difference between the composite image and the retained image; and
an update component configured to cause an update upon the retained image, where the update is a modification of the retained image such that the at least one difference is eliminated.

8. The system of claim 1 , where the travel condition is that the projectile reaches about an apogee of travel.

9. The system of claim 1 ,
where the launch component, the identification component, the instruction component, and the compensation component are part of the projectile.

10. The system of claim 1 ,
where the launch component, the identification component, the instruction component, and the compensation component are part of the handheld device.

Assignees

• Bushmitch Dennis
• Badger Michael
• Us Army

Inventors

• Bushmitch Dennis
• Badger Michael

Classifications

• G06V20/17

  taken from planes or by drones · CPC title

• G06V20/13

  Satellite images · CPC title

• G06T7/33 Primary

  using feature-based methods · CPC title

• H04N23/63

  by using electronic viewfinders · CPC title

• H04N23/698

  for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture · CPC title