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Method of creating a virtual window

  • US 8,269,818 B2
  • Filed: 08/13/2007
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for manufacturing a panoramic image sensor, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a sensor body,disposing on the surface of the sensor body a plurality of imaging sensors, each having a field of view, wherein at least two imaging sensors have at least partially overlapping fields of view,presenting a grid pattern to the plurality of imaging sensors and allowing the at least two sensors to each capture an image of the grid pattern appearing in its respective field of view,processing the captured images to identify an overlapping portion of the grid pattern that corresponds to an overlapping region within the overlapping fields of view of the at least two sensors, andcalibrating, using the overlapping portion of the grid pattern, the plurality of image sensors to generate a panoramic image.

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