System and method for opportunistic imaging
AssigneeRm Acquisition, LLC
InventorsAndreas U. Kuehnle, Zheng Li
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Abstract
A system for opportunistic imaging includes an imaging device that generates data comprising a plurality of sequential image frames. The system also includes a control module that causes the imaging device to generate standard-resolution image frames at a standard-frame rate and a standard-resolution, such that there is a processing time lull between the generation of sequential standard-resolution image frames. The control module also causes the imaging device to generate one or more burst-resolution image frames at a burst-frame rate and a burst-resolution within the processing time lull.
Claims20
A system for opportunistic imaging, comprising:
- an imaging device configured to generate data comprising a plurality of sequential image frames;
- and
- a control module configured to:
- cause the imaging device to generate standard-resolution image frames at a standard-frame rate and a standard-resolution, wherein the standard frame rate delineates a reserved processing time that includes a processing time lull that the control module has reserved for processing the standard-resolution image frames but in which the control module is not processing the sequential standard-resolution image frames;
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- cause the imaging device to generate one or more burst-resolution image frames at a burst-frame rate and a burst-resolution within the processing time lull, wherein the burst-resolution image frames are generated via pixel sampling at a fraction of the standard resolution.
A method for opportunistic imaging, comprising:
- generating, via an imaging device, sequential standard-resolution image frames at a standard-frame rate and a standard-resolution, wherein the standard frame rate delineates a reserved processing time that includes a processing time lull that a control module has reserved for processing the standard-resolution image frames but in which the control module is not processing the standard-resolution image frames;
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- generating, via the imaging device, sequential burst-resolution image frames at a burst-frame rate and a burst-resolution within the processing time lull, wherein the burst-resolution image frames are generated via pixel sampling at a fraction of the standard resolution.
An on-vehicle event detection and reporting system, comprising:
- a vehicle mounted imaging device configured to capture data comprising a plurality of sequential image frames;
- an event detection system configured to detect vehicle and/or driver related events based on the captured video data;
- an image control module configured to, at least in response to the detected vehicle and/or driver related events:
- cause the imaging device to generate standard-resolution image frames at a standard-frame rate and a standard-resolution, wherein the standard frame rate delineates a reserved processing time that includes a processing time lull that the control module has reserved for processing the standard-resolution image frames but in which the control module is not processing the sequential standard-resolution image frames, and
- cause the imaging device to generate one or more burst-resolution image frames at a burst-frame rate and a burst-resolution within the processing time lull, wherein the burst-resolution image frames are generated via pixel sampling at a fraction of the standard resolution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.