An imaging system includes a camera for capturing image frames, a frame
pre-screen unit for pre-screening the captured image frames, a frame store
unit for storing the pre-screened frames, and a refined frame mosaicing
unit for generating a refined mosaic from the pre-screened image frames
that are stored in the frame store unit. The frame pre-screen unit may
include a coarse align unit for generating a coarse image mosaic from the
pre-screened image frames, and a display for displaying the coarse image
mosaic. In an embodiment, the coarse image mosaic is generated and
displayed in real-time relative to the image frames that are captured by
the camera. In an embodiment of the imaging system, the display is located
within the camera and in another embodiment, the frame pre-screen unit and
the frame store unit are located within the camera.
