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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
Martin S. Glassman, Princeton, NJ (US);
Russell E. Gorr, Hightstown, NJ (US);
Thomas R. Hancock, Watertown, MA (US);
Stephen J. Judd, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Carol L. Novak, Newtown, PA (US);
Barak P. Pearlmutter, Cambridge, MA (US);
Scott T. Rickard, Jr., Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A reflective rotund lens is positioned for projecting a panoramic picture of its horizontal surroundings at a given elevation onto a CCD array, for converting the picture into “pixel form” or an image signal. The image signal is digitized via an A/D converter circuit. A digital signal processor system is programmed for extracting a strip of pixel locations representative of an image ring mapped to pixel locations via superimposition upon the image, whereby all pixel locations outside of the image ring are eliminated by passing the pixels thereof through said A/D converter circuit at a rate higher than the conversion rate of said A/D converter circuit.
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