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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Richard Oliver Kahn, Oakland, CA (US);
Stephen Philip Cheatle, Bristol, GB;
David Arthur Grosvenor, Bristol, GB;
David Neil Slatter, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Arthur Hunter, Bristol, GB;
Richard Oliver Kahn, Oakland, CA (US);
Stephen Philip Cheatle, Bristol, GB;
David Arthur Grosvenor, Bristol, GB;
David Neil Slatter, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Arthur Hunter, Bristol, GB;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A digital camera derives an infrared and visible signals from IR and visible sensors. The sensor fields of view overlap or share a common field of view. An analyzer of the IR signal provides the location of and information from an active or passive IR target. The analyzer responds to the location and information signals for visible image composition control (pan/tilt/zoom/timing) and selection of visible image pictures for storage to provide ancillary information, such as personal details of a target wearer. The visible and infrared image signals are combined to correct for sensitivity of the visible and/or IR sensors to IR and visible wavelengths, respectively.