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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Yigal Sroka, Haifa, IL;
Gilad Adiv, Haifa, IL;
Rafael - Armament Development Authority Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Abstract
A system and method for providing images of a searching area and for assisting the visual orientation of a user observing the images of the area is provided. The system includes a reference memory, a camera, a transformation unit and a display unit. The reference memory stores a wide field of view (FOV) reference image of the searching area. The camera produces zoomed images of selected portions of the searching area, the zoomed images of the selected portions having an FOV not greater than the wide FOV of the reference image. Transformation means generate transformations between each of the zoomed images and the reference image, and the display means displays both the wide FOV reference image and one of the zoomed images currently viewed by the camera and, on the reference image, displays a frame indicating where, within the searching area, the camera is currently viewing the selected portion of the searching area.