Digital Image Capture Device Having A Panorama Mode

A hand-held digital image capture device comprising:

• a touch-sensitive display screen (“touch screen”) for an image preview;
• one or more user controls for controlling the device, and for setting a user-selectable panorama mode on the device,
• a processor which executes one or more code instructions to cause:
• upon setting the panorama mode on the device, displays displaying, on the touch screen, a bar having a width and/or a height,
• wherein the width and/or the height are user-adjustable by interaction with the touch screen to select a desired horizontal sweep angle,
• selecting a sweep angle by adjusting the width and/or the height of the bar according to a user interacting with the touch screen, and
• after selecting the sweep angle:
• automatically capturing a plurality of successive overlapping images during a sweep of the device along the selected sweep angle, and
• generating a panoramic image from the plurality of successive overlapping images by synthesizing the plurality of successive overlapping images, the panoramic image having a panorama width corresponding to the selected sweep angle.