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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
Philip Atkin, Cambridge, GB;
Synoptics Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A system is provided for creating a larger montage image 8 of an object from a series of smaller source images 7 of different views of an object through, say, a microscope which forms an imaging means for providing images of an object. A data storage means such a framestore board 4 in a computer 5 stores data representative of the montage image of the object. Data representative of a first and subsequent source images is included in that representative of the montage image, in order to increase the data stored representative of the montage image. In order to do this, a measure of the extent of matching of the most recent source image provided by the imaging means and individual ones of a plurality of regions of the montage image which correspond in area is provided and the data representative of subsequent source images is included in the data representative of the montage image when the measure of the extent of matching is at a maximum, whereby the source image is matched to the montage image at the correct position.