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Granted Patent B2
US 10,341,558 · App. 15/419,810 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

System and apparatus for increasing quality and efficiency of film capture and methods of use thereof

Inventor: Craig P. Mowry (Southampton, NY)
H04N5/23232G03B17/00G03B17/17G03B17/24G03B17/48G03B19/00G06T7/74G06T11/60G03B35/00
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Patent No.
US 10,341,558
App. No.
15/419,810
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system, apparatus, or method is provided for imaging and for capturing visuals to provide image manipulation options for increasing resolution of subject images. A system, apparatus or method for increasing resolution of subject images using a camera to deliver unexposed photographic emulsion or a digital image and to generate images of greater resolution by modifying digital images or modifying digital and emulsion images.

Claims (25)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system including a processor, first image data of a scene captured at a first resolution;

receiving second image data of the scene captured at a second resolution less than the first resolution;

identifying an object represented by a portion of the first image data;

determining a position of the object as represented in the second image data; and

generating a third image of the scene from the first image data and the second image data, wherein the third image represents the object according to the position of the object as represented in the second image data.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

capturing the scene at the first resolution at a first capture rate; and

capturing the scene at the second resolution at a second capture rate greater than the first capture rate.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the third image of the scene from the first image data and the second image data includes generating the third image having a third resolution greater than the second resolution.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the third image of the scene from the first image data and the second image data includes generating the third image having a third resolution that is equal to the first resolution.

5. A system, comprising:

an image capture device configured to obtain a first image representing at least one object at a first resolution and obtain a second image representing the at least one object at a second resolution that is different than the first resolution, wherein the position of the at least one object of the first image is represented according to first positional information; and

an image processor configured to:

determine second positional information of the at least one object from the second image that is different than the first positional information; and

generate a third image from the first image and the second image, wherein the position of the at least one object in the third image is represented by the second positional information.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the image capture device is further configured to obtain positional information of the at least one object represented in at least a portion of the second image, and the image processor is further configured to generate the third image using the positional information of the at least one object.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the third image includes a third resolution that is greater than the second resolution, and the second resolution is less than the first resolution.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the image capture device is further configured to capture the first image at a first capture rate, and capture the second image at a second capture rate that is greater than the first capture rate.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

receiving first image data of a scene having at least one object located according to first positional information, the first image data having a first resolution;

receiving second image data of the scene having the at least one object located according to second positional information, the second image data having a second resolution lower than the first resolution; and

generating third image data of the scene from the first image data and the second image data wherein the receiving the second image data includes receiving the second image data including a plurality of frames captured of the scene at sequential times, and wherein the generating the third image data of the scene includes generating a same number of frames as the plurality of frames that have a resolution greater than the second resolution.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprises: capturing the first image data of the scene at a first frame rate; and capturing the second image data of the scene at a second frame rate that is greater than the first frame rate.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the generating the third image data includes generating the third image data based on the first positional information and the second positional information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2025
From: 54 ESSENTIAL SYSTEMS LLC
To: CRAIG MOWRY
Reel/Frame 073769/0211 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2024
From: CEDAR CREST PARTNERS INC.
To: 54 ESSENTIAL SYSTEMS LLC
Reel/Frame 066949/0557 →
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