Let’s look at an example of this.  Suppose we have an image with a corner.
1111111111                                                                      -----------------
1222222222    And this translates down and to the right: -1111111111  
1233333333                                                                      -1222222222
1234444444                                                                      -1233333333
Let’s compute It for the whole second image: 
----------          Ix =  ----------    Iy = -------------
0-1-1-1-1-1            --00000          --------------
-1-1-1-1-1-1           --.50000         -0-.5-1-1-1-1-1-1
-1-1-1-1-1-1-          --1.5000         -00-.5-1-1-1-1-1
Then the equations we get have the form:
(.5,-.5)*(u,v) = 1,    (1,0)*(u,v) = 1,   (0,-1)(u,v) = 1. 
Together, these lead to a solution that u = 1, v = -1.