SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PHOTOGRAPH
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1. A method of generating a photograph with a digital camera, comprising:
- capturing a first image of a scene with a first zoom setting;
capturing a second image of the scene with a second zoom setting, the second zoom setting corresponding to higher magnification than the first zoom setting;
up-sampling the first image to generate an interim image; and
stitching the second image into the interim image in place of a removed portion of the interim image that corresponds to a portion of the scene represented by the second image such that the stitched image is the photograph, the photograph having higher perceptual quality in a region corresponding to image data of the second image than in a region corresponding to image data of the first image.
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Abstract
Generating a photograph with a digital camera may include capturing a first image of a scene with a first zoom setting and capturing a second image of the scene with a second zoom setting, where the second zoom setting corresponds to higher magnification than the first zoom setting. The second image may be stitched into the first image in place of a removed portion of the first image that corresponds to a portion of the scene represented by the second image. The result is the photograph, which has a region corresponding to image data of the second image and a region corresponding to image data of the first image.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of generating a photograph with a digital camera, comprising:
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capturing a first image of a scene with a first zoom setting; capturing a second image of the scene with a second zoom setting, the second zoom setting corresponding to higher magnification than the first zoom setting; up-sampling the first image to generate an interim image; and stitching the second image into the interim image in place of a removed portion of the interim image that corresponds to a portion of the scene represented by the second image such that the stitched image is the photograph, the photograph having higher perceptual quality in a region corresponding to image data of the second image than in a region corresponding to image data of the first image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A camera assembly for generating a digital photograph, comprising:
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a sensor for capturing image data; imaging optics for focusing light from a scene onto the sensor, the imaging optics being adjustable to change a zoom setting of the camera assembly; and a controller that controls the sensor and the imaging optics to capture a first image of a scene with a first zoom setting and a second image of the scene with a second zoom setting, the second zoom setting corresponding to higher magnification than the first zoom setting, wherein the controller; up-samples the first image to generate an interim image; and stitches the second image into the interim image in place of a removed portion of the interim image that corresponds to a portion of the scene represented by the second image such that the stitched image is the photograph, the photograph having higher perceptual quality in a region corresponding to image data of the second image than in a region corresponding to image data of the first image. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of generating a photograph with a digital camera, comprising:
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capturing a first image of a scene with a first zoom setting; capturing a second image of the scene with a second zoom setting, the second zoom setting corresponding to higher magnification than the first zoom setting; down-sampling the second image to generate an interim image; and stitching the interim image into the first image in place of a removed portion of the first image that corresponds to a portion of the scene represented by the interim image such that the stitched image is the photograph. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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