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Panoramic imaging and display system with canonical magnifier

  • US 6,833,843 B2
  • Filed: 12/03/2001
  • Issued: 12/21/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for providing a perspective-corrected view of at least a portion of a wide angle image, comprising:

  • an image-capturing device having a fish-eye lens for generating the wide angle image as a projection of at least a section of a viewing hemisphere associated with the lens onto an image plane, a processor coupled to the image capturing device that receives the image, the processor further comprising;

    a first display module for displaying the wide angle image, and a second display module for displaying a perspective-corrected view of portion of the image, the processor further comprising a correlation module for displaying a graphical object on the displayed wide angle image that identifies the selected portion of the image displayed in the perspective-corrected view, wherein the processor generates said perspective-corrected view from a vantage point offset relative to a center of said viewing hemisphere.

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