CAMERA SYSTEM WITH BOTH A WIDE ANGLE VIEW AND A HIGH RESOLUTION VIEW

摘要

An improved surveillance system which includes a plurality of single lens cameras each of which have a relatively wide angle lens. These single lens cameras simultaneously capture images 505 that can be seamed into a panorama 507. The system also includes a high resolution camera that can be pointed in a selected direction that is within the field of view of the cameras. The image 503 from the high resolution camera is either superimposed 511 on top of the panoramic image or it is displayed on a separate monitor 611. If it is displayed in the panorama, the higher solution image is positioned 609 at the point in the panorama which is displaying the same area in space at a lower resolution. Thus an operator sees a relatively low resolution panorama however, a selected portion of the panorama is displayed at a high resolution.