# US 8,787,699 B2 · System and method for capturing adjacent images by utilizing a panorama mode

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- Number: US 8,787,699 B2
- Document ID: US8787699B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/744,610
- Filed: 2013-01-18
- Published: 2013-05-23
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2000-03-06
- Assignees: Sony Corporation; Sony Electronics Inc.
- Applicants: Eric Edwards; Clay Fisher
- Inventors: Eric Edwards; Clay Fisher
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8787699B2

## CPC

- H04N 23/698: for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
- H04N 1/3876: {Recombination of partial images to recreate the original image}
- H04N 23/667: Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
- H04N 23/633: {for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera}
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A system and method for capturing adjacent images includes an imaging device with a panorama manager that performs various procedures to manipulate one or more image parameters that correspond to adjacent frames of captured image data. An image-stitching software program may then produce a cohesive combined panorama image from the adjacent frames of image data by utilizing the manipulated image parameters.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for performing a panorama imaging procedure, comprising the steps of:
capturing adjacent frames of image data with an image sensor;
utilizing a panorama manager to generate one or more image parameters corresponding to said adjacent frames of image data; and
combining said adjacent frames of image data into a composite panorama image by utilizing a stitching module, said panorama manager performing a transition processing procedure on adjacent frames of said image data for defining transition parameters to create a cohesive composite image quality for a composite panorama image, said electronic device capturing and storing an initial frame of said image data into frame buffers at a prior frame location, said electronic device capturing and storing a next frame of said image data into said frame buffers at a current frame location, said panorama manager performing said transition processing procedure on said image data from said prior frame location of said frame buffers, said transition processing procedure including gradually modifying said one or more image parameters from said image data from said prior frame location of said frame buffers to thereby transition from original values of said one or more image parameters at a first edge of said image data and linearly progressing to matching parameter values at a second edge of said image data, said second edge being adjacent to said image data from said current frame location of said frame buffers, said matching parameter values being equal to said one or more image parameters of said image data in said current frame location.

### Claim 2

An electronic device that performs a panorama imaging procedure, comprising:
an image sensor that captures adjacent frames of image data;
a panorama manager that generates one or more image parameters corresponding to said adjacent frames of image data; and
a stitching module that combines said adjacent frames of image data into a composite panorama image, said panorama manager performing a transition processing procedure on adjacent frames of said image data for defining transition parameters to create a cohesive composite image quality for a composite panorama image, said electronic device capturing and storing an initial frame of said image data into frame buffers at a prior frame location, said electronic device capturing and storing a next frame of said image data into said frame buffers at a current frame location, said panorama manager performing said transition processing procedure on said image data from said prior frame location of said frame buffers, said transition processing procedure including gradually modifying said one or more image parameters from said image data from said prior frame location of said frame buffers to thereby transition from original values of said one or more image parameters at a first edge of said image data and linearly progressing to matching parameter values at a second edge of said image data, said second edge being adjacent to said image data from said current frame location of said frame buffers, said matching parameter values being equal to said one or more image parameters of said image data in said current frame location.