公开(公告)号：US20120213436A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-23

申请号：US13154200

申请日：2011-06-06

申请人： Gene A. Grindstaff ,  Sheila G. Whitaker

发明人： Gene A. Grindstaff ,  Sheila G. Whitaker

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06T5/008 ,  G06T7/529 ,  G06T2207/20012

摘要： Embodiments of the present invention relate to processing of digital image data that has been generated by imaging a physical object through a medium. For example, the medium may be, the atmosphere and the atmosphere may have some inherent property, such as haze, fog, or smoke. Additionally, the medium may be media other than the atmosphere, such as, water or blood. There may be one or more media that obstructs the physical object and the medium resides at least in front of the physical object between the physical object and an imaging sensor. The physical object may be one or more physical objects that are part of a scene in a field of view (e.g. view of a mountain range, forest, cars in a parking lot etc.). An estimated transmission vector of the medium is determined based upon digital input image data. Once the transmission vector is determined, effects due to scattering can be removed from the digital input image producing a digital output image that enhances the digital input image so that further detail may be perceived. Additionally, the estimated transmission vector may be used to determine depth data for each addressable location within the image. The depth information may be used to create a three-dimensional image from a two dimensional image.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例涉及通过介质对物理对象进行成像而产生的数字图像数据的处理。 例如，介质可能是，气氛和大气可能具有一些固有的性质，例如雾度，雾或烟雾。 此外，介质可以是大气以外的介质，例如水或血液。 至少在物理对象和成像传感器之间的物理对象之前，可能存在阻碍物理对象和介质的一个或多个介质。 物理对象可以是作为场景中的场景的一部分的一个或多个物理对象（例如，山脉，森林，停车场中的汽车等）。 基于数字输入图像数据确定介质的估计传输矢量。 一旦确定了传输矢量，就可以从数字输入图像中去除由于散射引起的影响，从而产生增强数字输入图像的数字输出图像，从而可以感知到进一步的细节。 另外，估计的传输矢量可以用于确定图像内的每个可寻址位置的深度数据。 深度信息可以用于从二维图像创建三维图像。

公开(公告)号：US20110090399A1

公开(公告)日：2011-04-21

申请号：US12905751

申请日：2010-10-15

申请人： Sheila G. Whitaker ,  Gene A. Grindstaff ,  Roger K. Shelton ,  William D. Howell

发明人： Sheila G. Whitaker ,  Gene A. Grindstaff ,  Roger K. Shelton ,  William D. Howell

IPC分类号： H04N5/04 ,  H04N7/26 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： H04N21/4307 ,  G01C11/025 ,  G01S5/16 ,  G06F17/30241 ,  G06F17/30817 ,  G06F17/3087 ,  H04N21/2146

摘要： A system is provided that can parse both telemetry data and corresponding encoded video data wherein the telemetry and video data are subsequently synchronized based upon temporal information, such as a time stamp. The telemetry data and the video data are originally unsynchronized and the data for each is acquired by a separate device. The acquiring devices may be located within or attached to an aerial vehicle. The system receives the telemetry data stream or file and the encoded video data stream or file and outputs a series of synchronized video images with telemetry data. Thus, there is telemetry information associated with each video image. The telemetry data may be acquired at a different rate than the video data. As a result, telemetry data may be interpolated or extrapolated to create telemetry data that corresponds to each video image. The present system operates in real-time, so that data acquired from aerial vehicles can be displayed on a map.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种系统，其可以解析遥测数据和对应的编码视频数据，其中遥测和视频数据随后基于诸如时间戳的时间信息来同步。 遥测数据和视频数据最初是不同步的，并且每个数据由单独的设备获取。 获取装置可位于飞行器内或附着于飞行器上。 系统接收遥测数据流或文件和编码的视频数据流或文件，并输出一系列具有遥测数据的同步视频图像。 因此，存在与每个视频图像相关联的遥测信息。 可以以与视频数据不同的速率获取遥测数据。 因此，可以对遥测数据进行内插或外插，以创建对应于每个视频图像的遥测数据。 本系统实时运行，使得从飞行器获取的数据可以显示在地图上。

公开(公告)号：US20110058049A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-10

申请号：US12947077

申请日：2010-11-16

申请人： Gene A. Grindstaff ,  Sheila G. Whitaker

发明人： Gene A. Grindstaff ,  Sheila G. Whitaker

IPC分类号： H04N5/228

CPC分类号： G06T3/0006 ,  G06T7/66 ,  H04N5/23248 ,  H04N5/23254 ,  H04N5/23258 ,  H04N5/23264 ,  H04N5/23277

摘要： An apparatus and method for stabilizing image frames in a video data stream. A weighted average or centroid of the intensity or hue associated with pixels vs. the horizontal and vertical position of each pixel is calculated for a reference frame in the video data stream. A corresponding centroid is calculated for a subsequent frame in the stream. This image frame is then translated so that the centroid of the subsequent frame and the centroid of the reference frame coincide, reducing artifacts from shaking of the video capture device. Alternatively, the video stream frames may be divided into tiles and centroids calculated for each tile. The centroids of the tiles of a subsequent frame are curve fit to the centroids of tiles in a reference frame. An affine transform is then performed on the subsequent frame to reduce artifacts in the image from movements of the video capture device.

摘要翻译： 一种用于稳定视频数据流中的图像帧的装置和方法。 对于视频数据流中的参考帧，计算与像素相关的强度或色相的加权平均或重心相对于每个像素的水平和垂直位置。 为流中的后续帧计算相应的质心。 然后翻转该图像帧，使得后续帧的质心和参考帧的质心重合，从而减少视频捕捉设备抖动的伪影。 或者，视频流帧可以被划分为针对每个图块计算的图块和重心。 后续帧的瓦片的质心曲线拟合到参考帧中的瓦片的质心。 然后在随后的帧上执行仿射变换，以减少图像中的伪影从视频捕捉设备的移动。