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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2005
Bartu Ahiska, Guildford, GB;
Mark Kenneth Davey, Bromley, GB;
Ahmet Enis Cetin, Ankara, TR;
Grandeye, Ltd., Guildford, Surrey, GB;
Abstract
A system for automatically expanding the zoom capability of a wide-angle video camera using images from multiple camera locations. One preferred embodiment achieves this using images from the wide-angle video camera that are analyzed to identify regions of interest (RoI). Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) controls are then sent to aim slave cameras toward the RoI. Processing circuitry is then used to replace the RoI from the wide-angle images with the higher-resolution images from one of the slave cameras. In addition, motion-detecting software can be utilized to automatically detect, track, and/or zoom in on moving objects.