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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Peter Alleine Fletcher, Rozelle, AU;
Allen Peter Courtney, Mooney Mooney, AU;
Dmitri Katchalov, Neutral Bay, AU;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for selecting a representative image of an eye from a plurality of captured images, comprises associating neighboring images from the plurality of images with each other to determine a spatial relationship (shift) of the images and an initial quality value for each image. The method determines an accumulated quality value for at least one portion of each image using the initial quality values corresponding to those other images of the plurality of images that are spatially related with the portion. The spatial relationship between a portion of an image and the other images is identified based of the determined spatial arrangement of the images. The method selects a representative image from the plurality of images using, for each image, at least the initial quality value for the image and the accumulated quality value of at least one portion of the image.