# US 2017/0302835 A1 · Portable device for generating wide angle images > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0302835 A1 - Document ID: US20170302835A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/488,439 - Filed: 2017-04-15 - Published: 2017-10-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-18 - Assignees: Zeppelin LLC - Applicants: Zeppelin, Inc. - Inventors: Kuo-Ching CHIANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170302835A1 ## CPC - H04N 23/45: for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images - H04N 23/62: Control of parameters via user interfaces - H04N 23/6845: {by combination of a plurality of images sequentially taken} - H04N 23/698: for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture - H04N 25/41: {Extracting pixel data from a plurality of image sensors simultaneously picking up an image, e.g. for increasing the field of view by combining the outputs of a plurality of sensors} - H04M 2250/52: including functional features of a camera - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract The present invention provides a portable device includes a control unit; a first and a second image capturing device coupled to the control unit; a wide angle image generating module coupled to the control unit to activate the first and the second image capturing device, simultaneously for taking a first picture by the first image capturing device and a second picture by the second image capturing device respectively; a stitching module coupled to the control unit to combine the first picture and the second picture to form a wide view angle image; and a display coupled to the control unit for displaying the wide view angle image. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable device, comprising: a control unit; a first image capturing device and a second image capturing device coupled to said control unit; a wide view angle image generating module coupled to said control unit to activate said first image capturing device and said second image capturing device simultaneously for taking a first picture by said first image capturing device and a second picture by said second image capturing device respectively; a stitching module coupled to said control unit to combine said first picture and said second picture to form a wide view angle image; and a display coupled to said control unit for displaying said wide view angle image. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable device of claim 1, wherein said first picture and said second picture are stitched according to time axis to form said wide view angle image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The portable device of claim 1, wherein said wide view angle image includes time information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The portable device of claim 1, wherein said wide view angle image includes angle information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The portable device of claim 1, further comprising controlling a display angle of said wide view angle image via a touch display. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The portable device of claim 1, further comprising controlling a display angle of said wide view angle image via a gyroscope. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The portable device of claim 1, wherein said first image capturing device includes fisheye lens. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The portable device of claim 1, wherein said second image capturing device includes fisheye lens. ### Claim 9 A portable device, comprising: a control unit; a first image capturing device and a second image capturing device coupled to said control unit; a wide view angle image generating module coupled to said control unit to activate said first image capturing device and said second image capturing device simultaneously for taking a first picture by said first image capturing device and a second picture by said second image capturing device respectively; a stitching module coupled to said control unit to combine said first picture and said second picture to form a wide view angle image; a display coupled to said control unit for displaying at least a part of said wide view angle image; and an inertia device coupled to said control unit for displaying said wide view angle image with different angle while moving said portable device, wherein said inertia device includes a gyroscope or an accelerator. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The portable device of claim 9, wherein said wide view angle image includes time information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The portable device of claim 9, wherein said wide view angle image includes angle information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The portable device of claim 9, further comprising controlling a display angle of said wide view angle image via a touch display. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The portable device of claim 9, wherein said first image capturing device includes fisheye lens. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The portable device of claim 9, wherein said second image capturing device includes fisheye lens. ### Claim 15 A portable device, comprising: a control unit; a first image capturing device and a second image capturing device coupled to said control unit; a wide view angle image generating module coupled to said control unit to activate said first image capturing device and said second image capturing device simultaneously for taking a first picture by said first image capturing device and a second picture by said second image capturing device respectively; a stitching module coupled to said control unit to combine said first picture and said second picture to form a wide view angle image; and a touch display coupled to said control unit for displaying at least a part of said wide view angle image, and wherein said touch display is provided for moving a display angle of said wide view angle image. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The portable device of claim 15, wherein said wide view angle image includes time information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The portable device of claim 15, wherein said wide view angle image includes angle information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The portable device of claim 15, wherein said first image capturing device includes fisheye lens. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The portable device of claim 15, wherein said second image capturing device includes fisheye lens.