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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Rpx Technologies, Inc., Stillwater, OK (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Dock, Stillwater, OK (US);

Michael Fox, Stillwater, OK (US);

Jon Stewart, Stillwater, OK (US);

Assignee:

RPX Technologies, Inc., Stillwater, OK (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01); G01J 5/10 (2006.01); G01J 5/08 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3656 (2013.01); G01J 5/0853 (2013.01); G01J 5/0862 (2013.01); G01J 5/10 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01);
Abstract

A camera system and methods of enhancing images using direct measurement of angular displacement are disclosed. The camera system includes an optical element, a focal plane array (FPA), a motion sensor and a processor. The FPA has pixels sensing image pixel data from the optical element. The pixels have an angular resolution dependent upon a configuration of the optical element and a dimension of the pixels. The pixels detect electromagnetic waves having a wavelength within a range from 800 nanometers to 20 micrometers. The motion sensor senses angular displacement in 3D. The processor receives the image pixel data generated at distinct first instants of time during an image capture period from the FPA and motion reading(s) during the image capture period, converts the motion readings into angular displacement of the FPA, and selects an image processing algorithm to generate at least one image enhancement for the image pixel data.


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