Image stitching in the presence of a full field of view reference image

A method, comprising:

• providing a folded Tele camera configured to scan and capture a plurality of Tele images, each captured image having a Tele image resolution REST, a Tele image signal-to-noise ratio SNRT and a Tele field of view FOVT;
• obtaining and analyzing a reference (R) image with a R field of view FOVR>FOVT having a R image resolution RESR<REST, and/or a R image with a signal-to-noise ratio SNRR<SNRT;
• determining an order of two or more scanning FOVT positions within FOVR for consecutive captures of the Tele images so that a moving object is removed from a scene included in FOVR;
• capturing a Tele image at each respective scanning FOVT position;
• aligning the captured Tele images with segments of the R image to obtain aligned Tele images;
• using the aligned Tele images and the R image to create a super image having a field of view FOVSI≤FOVR, wherein an image resolution RESSI of the super image fulfills RESSI>RESR and/or wherein a signal-to-noise ratio SNRSI of the super image fulfills SNRSI>SNRR.

A method, comprising:

• providing a folded Tele camera configured to scan and capture a plurality of Tele images, each captured image having a Tele image resolution REST, a Tele image signal-to-noise ratio SNRT and a Tele field of view FOVT;
• obtaining and analyzing a reference (R) image with a R field of view FOVR>FOVT having a R image resolution RESR<REST, and/or a R image with a signal-to-noise ratio SNRR<SNRT;
• determining an order of one or more scanning FOVT positions for consecutive captures of the Tele images;
• capturing a Tele image at each respective scanning FOVT position;
• aligning the captured Tele images with segments of the R image to obtain aligned Tele images;
• wherein the aligned Tele images and the R image are fed into an algorithm to create a super wide image having a field of view FOVSW≤FOVR, an image resolution RESSW>RESR and/or a signal-to-noise ratio SNRSW>SNRR, wherein a FOV segment within FOVR included in at least one FOVT of the captured Tele images has a field-of-view union-FOVT, and wherein union-FOVT<FOVSW, and
• wherein the determining an order of one or more scanning FOVT positions includes capturing an object in a Tele image with specific FOVT to improve an image resolution or a signal-to-noise ratio of a similar object included in FOVSW but not included in the specific FOVT.