Panorama processing

Abstract

This disclosure pertains to devices, methods, and computer readable media for performing panoramic photography processing techniques in handheld personal electronic devices. A few generalized steps may be used to carry out the panoramic photography processing techniques described herein: 1.) acquiring image data from the electronic device's image sensor's image stream; 2.) displaying a scaled preview version of the image data in real-time on the device's display; 3.) performing "motion filtering" on the acquired image data; 4.) generating full-resolution and lower-resolution versions of portions of the images that are not filtered out by the "motion filtering" process; 5.) substantially simultaneously "stitching" both the full-resolution and lower-resolution image portions together to create the panoramic scene; and 6.) substantially simultaneously sending the stitched version of the lower-resolution image portions to a preview region on the device's display and storing the stitched version of the full-resolution image portions to a memory.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application is related to commonly assigned applications having attorney docket numbers P10712US1 (119-0224US), P10713US1 (119-0225US), P10714US1 (119-0226US), and P10715US1 (119-0227US), all filed May 17, 2011 filed, and all of these applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. technical field [0003] Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to panoramic photography. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate, inter alia, to techniques for improving real-time panoramic photography processing for handheld personal electronic devices with image sensors. Background technique [0004] Panoramic photography can generally be defined as the photographic technique of capturing images using an extended field of view. Images showing a field of view that is approximately or greater than the field of view of a human eye (eg, approximately 160 degrees wide by 75 degrees high) may be ...

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Problems solved by technology

These challenges include photographic issues such as: difficulty in determining appropriate exposure settings caused by differences in lighting conditions across panoramic scenes; blurring across image seams caused by object motion within panoramic scenes; Problems caused by apparent displacements or differences in the apparent positions of objects within a panoramic scene in successively captured images as the camera rot

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