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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Robert E. Novak, Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventor:
Robert E. Novak, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Digeo, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling the capture of an image of an object, includes: a lens capable to capture a scene within a wide field of vision of the lens; an image collection array communicatively coupled to the lens and capable to store data of the scene within the wide field of vision; a memory communicatively coupled to the image collection array and capable to store digitized data of the scene within the wide field of vision; and a processing stage communicatively coupled to the memory and capable to select a plurality of subsets of the digitized data of the scene in order to generate an image of the captured scene.