System and method for displaying an image indicating a positional relation between partially overlapping images
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Abstract
A camera system includes a display monitor which displays an image of an object, taken by an optical unit, on a screen of the monitor. A reading unit reads a preceding image and a current image among a plurality of partially overlapping images, from a memory device, the preceding image and the current image containing a common element. A determining unit determines a positional relation between the preceding image and the current image based on a common pattern derived from the common element in the two adjacent images read by the reading unit. A displaying unit displays an image indicating a boundary of the preceding image on the screen of the monitor at a shifted position according to the positional relation determined by the determining unit, with the current image concurrently displayed on the screen of the monitor.
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55 Claims
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17. :
- A device comprising;
a display monitor configured to display on a screen of the display monitor at least one of a current image and a preceding image taken by an optical unit;
a storage unit configured to store the preceding image; and
a control unit configured to display a part of the preceding image on the screen when the current image is displayed on the screen, the displayed part of the preceding image indicating a positional relationship between the current image and the preceding image, wherein the current image is taken when the displayed part of the preceding image substantially overlaps a corresponding portion of the current image such that the current image and the preceding image can be processed to form a panoramic image. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
- A device comprising;
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20. :
- A device comprising;
a display monitor configured to display on a screen of the display monitor at least one of a current image and a preceding image taken by an optical unit;
a storage unit configured to store the preceding image;
a control unit configured to display a part of the preceding image on the screen when the current image is displayed on the screen, the displayed part of the preceding image indicating a positional relationship between the current image and the preceding image; and
a mode selection switch configured to allow selection between operational modes of the device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
- A device comprising;
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24. :
- A image capture device comprising;
a display monitor configured to display on a screen of the display monitor at least one of a current image and a preceding image taken by an optical unit;
a storage unit configured to store the preceding image; and
a control unit configured to display a part of the preceding image on the screen when the current image is displayed on the screen, the displayed part of the preceding image indicating a positional relationship between the current image and the preceding image, wherein, the preceding image is captured when the image capture device is in a first position, and the image capture device is panned in a desired direction such that the image capture device is in a second position to capture the current image. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
- A image capture device comprising;
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27. :
- A method of capturing overlapping images with a image capture device, comprising;
capturing a first image when a lens of the image capture device is in a first position;
storing the first image;
moving the lens to a second position;
displaying at least a part of the first image aligned with at least a part of a second image; and
capturing the second image. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
- A method of capturing overlapping images with a image capture device, comprising;
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31. :
- An image capture device, comprising;
a video control unit configured to store a digital image with corresponding auxiliary data;
an image memory configured to store the synthesized image; and
a processing unit configured to add a frame number associated with the digital image to the auxiliary data, the frame number identifying the synthesized image among a plurality of synthesized images stored in the image memory, and configured to generate a synthesized image based on the digital image and the auxiliary data. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
- An image capture device, comprising;
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36. :
- A device comprising;
a sensor configured to generate an optical axis direction signal representing an optical axis direction of the image capture device;
a video control unit configured to generate a digital image, and configured to store the digital image with corresponding auxiliary data; and
a processing unit configured to, add the optical axis direction signal to the auxiliary data, and determine a positional relationship between the digital image and a second digital image by comparing the optical axis direction signal to a second optical axis direction signal associated with the second digital image. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
- A device comprising;
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40. :
- A method of capturing overlapping images, comprising;
capturing a first image when an optical axis is in a first position;
storing the first image;
displaying a part of the first image;
moving the optical axis from the first position;
stopping movement of the optical axis when the displayed part of the first image is overlapped with a corresponding portion of a second image such that a composite image can be subsequently generated from the first image and the second image; and
capturing the second image. - View Dependent Claims (41)
- A method of capturing overlapping images, comprising;
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42. :
- An image capture device, comprising;
an image sensor;
a display;
a memory, connected to the image sensor, for storing images from the image sensor;
a processing system, connected to the display, the memory, and the image sensor, configured to display at least part of a first image from the memory on the display while simultaneously displaying at least part of a second image on the display so that a user can align the displayed at least part of the second image with the displayed at least part of the first image. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46)
- An image capture device, comprising;
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47. :
- An image capture device, comprising;
an image sensor;
a display;
a memory, connected to the image sensor, for storing images from the image sensor;
means for processing, connected to the display, the memory, and the image sensor, for generating a display of at least part of a first image from the memory on the display while simultaneously generating a display of at least part of a second image on the display so that a user can align the displayed at least part of the second image with the displayed at least part of the first image. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
- An image capture device, comprising;
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52. :
- A method, comprising;
viewing a first image;
capturing the first image;
displaying at least part of the first image;
displaying, simultaneous to the displaying of the at least part of the first image, at least part of the second image so that the at least part of the second image can be aligned with the displayed at least part of the first image; and
capturing the second image. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55)
- A method, comprising;
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