System and method for removal of digital image vertical distortion

Abstract

The invention relates to a device, preferably a digital camera, having an imaging sensor providing a digital representation of an image projected onto an imaging portion of the imaging sensor. A processor associated with the device identifies an image compression factor and progressively, over a selected region of the digital representation of the image, magnifies at least a portion of the digital representation of the image to reduce an apparent convergence distortion. Correction preferably occurs before lossy compression. The device preferably includes a display to provide a visual display of the digital representation of the image to a user who may use a user input to manually correct apparent distortion by following prompts generated on the display. The device also preferably includes a non-volatile memory configured to store the digital representation of the image.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.