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US 7,746,404 B2Granted
Digital camera with panoramic image capture
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsYining Deng, Qian Lin, Jian Fan, Pere Obrador, Ullas Gargi
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Abstract
A method for generating a panoramic image that enables a user to obtain panoramic photographs with a digital camera without the aid of a computer system or specialized lenses. A digital camera according to the present techniques captures a series of image frames as a user pans the digital camera through a panoramic image scene and combines the captured image frames while the image frames are being captured.
Claims19
A method for generating a panoramic image;
- comprising:
- a camera capturing a series of image frames each of a portion of a panoramic image scene;
- said camera combining the image frames into a panoramic image while said camera is capturing said series of image frames;
- wherein said capturing comprises
- said camera capturing a first image frame having a resolution that corresponds to a resolution of the panoramic image;
- and
- said camera capturing a second image frame having a resolution that corresponds to the resolution of the panoramic image if a relative motion between the first and second image frames is detected.
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A method for generating a panoramic image, said method comprising:
- a camera capturing a series of image frames each of a portion of a panoramic image scene;
- and
- said camera combining the image frames into a panoramic image while the series of image frames is being obtained and providing a visual feedback to a user that indicates the progress of the panoramic image wherein providing a visual feedback comprises providing a depiction of areas of the panoramic image that need to be re-sampled.
A camera comprising:
- image sensor for capturing a series of image frames each of a portion of a panoramic image scene including a first image frame having a resolution that corresponds to a resolution of a panoramic image and a second image frame having a resolution that corresponds to the resolution of said panoramic image;
- and
- processor that combines the first and second image frames into the panoramic image while the series of image frames is being obtained if a relative motion between the first and second image frames is detected.
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