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In-camera generation of high quality composite panoramic images

A panoramic image and panorama technology, applied in image communication, image data processing, graphics and image conversion, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-10-20
SONY CORP +1
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By the time the user finally sits down to process these images, it is too late to correct these problems by acquiring more images

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[0044] Referring now more particularly to the drawings, for purposes of illustration, the Figure 1 to Figure 12 The invention is implemented in an apparatus generally shown in . It will be understood that apparatus may vary in configuration and in detail of components, and that methods may vary in specific steps and order, without departing from the basic concepts disclosed herein.

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[0046] The camera device according to the present invention uses advanced digital image sensing (eg, CMOS image sensor), and in-camera advanced computing chips that provide sufficient processing power for performing advanced image processing to generate panoramic images. The camera allows even a novice photographer to create panoramic photographic images spanning any desired area of ​​a subject. The method of creating panoramas applies multi-frame processing to go beyond the limitations of existing digital cameras, thereby providing automatic capture and processing to en...

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Disclosed is in-camera generation of high quality composite panoramic images. Apparatus and method for automatically generating panoramic still photographs from a sequence of images collected during panning. Programming within the camera allows creating the panoramic image output from multiple captured stills and / or video frames without laborious user ''stitching''. A sequence of images are captured under control of the camera which span a desired subject area being panned (in any direction) by the user. As the images are being captured, the programming assures that the edges of adjacent images in the sequence sufficiently overlap one another as the desired subject area is being panned, as well as controlling other necessary camera adjustments (e.g., maintaining fixed focus). A set of sequential overlapping image frames is collected and combined to create at least one panoramic still photograph. The user can preferably change settings to control how the images are put together into the panoramic image output.

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[0001] Notice of Copyrighted Material [0002] Portions of the material in this patent document are protected by copyright under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. The copyright owner has no objection to the reproduction by anyone of this patent document or this patent disclosure while it is a publicly available document or record in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, but reserves otherwise All rights reserved. The copyright owner hereby does not waive any right to maintain confidentiality of this patent document, including without limitation rights pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §1.14. technical field [0003] The present invention relates generally to camera devices, and more particularly to the automatic generation of panoramic images. Background technique [0004] Panoramic photography provides image capture with an extended field of view and is sometimes referred to as wide format. In one scene, an image presenting a field of view that is...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N5/232H04N5/14G03B37/00G06T3/00H04N5/225H04N5/76H04N5/91
CPCH04N5/23238G06T3/4038H04N5/232H04N5/23248H04N23/68H04N23/698
Inventor 刘明昌马克·罗伯逊
Owner SONY CORP
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