Panoramic video
AssigneeDiego Bezares Sánchez
InventorDiego Bezares Sánchez
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Abstract
A panoramic video system obtains a digital video image having a width w1 pixels and a height of h pixels. A plurality of digital still images is also obtained, each still image comprising a ray having a width w2 comprising pixels, 1≤w2≤50, a height substantially equal to h. A storage device records or a display device displays the digital video image and plurality of digital still images. The set of n rays on either or both sides of the first horizontal angle is obtained from the plurality of still images to form one or two still background images, adjacent horizontally to the digital video image, each of the background image(s) having a width of n·w2 and a height substantially equal to h, and each ray forming one vertical stripe of the still background image.
Claims16
An imaging system comprising
- a first imaging system operable to obtain a digital video image having a first width and a height, the first width comprising w1 pixels and a first horizontal viewing angle, the height comprising h pixels and a first vertical viewing angle;
- a second imaging system operable to obtain a plurality of digital still images, each still image comprising a ray, the ray having a second width and substantially the same height as the digital video image, the second width comprising w2 pixels, 1≤w2≤50, and a second horizontal viewing angle;
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- a storage device operable to record said digital video image and said plurality of digital still images, or a display device operable to display said digital video image and said plurality of digital still images;
- wherein said second imaging system is aligned and operable to obtain a set of n rays on either or both sides of the first horizontal viewing angle, the set of rays forming one or two still background images adjacent horizontally to the digital video image, the background image(s) having substantially the same vertical viewing angle as the first vertical viewing angle, where the width of each still background image is n·w2 and each ray forms one vertical stripe of the still background image.
A method for capturing panoramic video comprising
- capturing a first digital video image with a first imaging system, the digital video image having a first width and a height, the first width comprising w1 pixels and a first horizontal viewing angle, the height comprising h pixels and a first vertical viewing angle;
- capturing a first plurality of digital still images with a second imaging system, each still image comprising a ray, the ray having a second width and substantially the same height as the first digital video image, the second width comprising w2 pixels, 1≤w2≤50, and a second horizontal viewing angle;
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- recording said first digital video image and said plurality of digital still images on a storage device, or displaying said digital video image and said first plurality of digital still images on a display device;
- wherein said digital still images comprise a set of n rays on either or both sides of the first horizontal viewing angle, the set of rays forming one or two still background images adjacent horizontally to the digital video image, the background image(s) having substantially the same vertical viewing angle as the first vertical viewing angle, where the width of each still background image is n·w2 and each ray forms one vertical stripe of the still background image.
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