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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Roderick A. Barman, Vancouver, CA;
Stewart Kingdon, Richmond, CA;
Malcolm Steenburgh, Delta, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Point Grey Research Inc., Richmond, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging device has a plurality of predefined regions of interest. The predefined regions of interest may be selected or deselected. Image data from selected regions of interest is transmitted to a host. In some embodiments the regions of interest comprise tiles. A set of selected tiles may be identified by a bit vector. An example application provides a digital camera configured to provide predefined regions of interest. The camera may be configured to permit a host to select or deselect the regions of interest.