US 12,192,620 B2
System and method for opportunistic imaging
Andreas U. Kuehnle, Villa Park, CA (US); and Zheng Li, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to RM ACQUISITION, LLC, Boise, ID (US)
Filed by RM ACQUISITION, LLC, Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/576,677.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232098 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/667 (2023.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/667 (2023.01) [B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. 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; 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.