Still picture format for subsequent picture stitching for forming a panoramic image
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.
InventorsOsvaldo M. Colavin, Emmanuel Lusinchi
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Abstract
A method for storing a plurality of still images to form a panoramic image. The method comprising the steps of receiving a first image forming a part of a series of images to form a panoramic image and storing the first image in memory. When one or more subsequent images after the first image are received the steps of calculating one or more panoramic parameters between a current image and a previous image stored in memory and storing the current image with the one or more panoramic parameters in memory are performed.
Claims19
A method for storing a plurality of still images to form a panoramic image, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a first image forming a part of a series of images to form a panoramic image;
- storing the first image in memory;
- receiving one or more subsequent images and for each of the images received performing the sub-steps of
- calculating one or more panoramic parameters including motion estimation and color correction between a current image and a previous image stored in memory;
- and
- storing the current image with the one or more panoramic parameters in memory, wherein the one or more panoramic parameters are also stored in a field of a compressed image format reserved for at least one of comments and extensions so as to preserve the stored image file compatibility with other images stored without the one or more panoramic parameters.
A computer readable storage medium containing programming instructions for storing a plurality of still images to form a panoramic image from a digital camera, the programming instructions comprising:
- receiving a first image forming a part of a series of images to form a panoramic image;
- storing the first image in memory;
- receiving one or more subsequent images and for each of the images received performing the programming instructions of
- calculating one or more panoramic parameters including motion estimation and color correction between a current image and a previous image stored in memory;
- and
- storing the current image with the one or more panoramic parameters in memory, wherein the one or more panoramic parameters are also stored in a field of a compressed image format reserved for at least one of comments and extensions so as to preserve the stored image fife compatibility with other images stored without the one or more panoramic parameters.
A picture-stitching device for storing a plurality of still images to form a panoramic image, the device comprising:
- an interface to memory for holding a plurality of still images to form a panoramic;
- a first image received in memory which forms a part of a series of images to form a panoramic image;
- one or more subsequent images received in a buffer;
- an interface to a processor for calculating one or more panoramic parameters including motion estimation and color correction for each one or more subsequent images received into memory, calculating one or more panoramic parameters between a current image and a previous image stored in memory;
- and
- wherein the current image with the one or more panoramic parameters are stored in memory,
- wherein the one or more panoramic parameters are also stored in a field of a compressed image format reserved for at least one of comments and extensions so as to preserve the stored image file compatibility with other images stored without the one or more panoramic parameters.
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