Method of creating a virtual window
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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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Abstract
The systems and methods described herein include, among other things, a technique for calibrating the outputs of multiple sensors, such as CCD devices, that have overlapping fields of view and mapping the pixels of those outputs to the pixels of a display screen by means of a lookup table so that a user can see a selected field of view within the larger fields of view that are seen by the sensors.
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1. A method for manufacturing a panoramic image sensor, comprising the steps of:
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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, and calibrating, using the overlapping portion of the grid pattern, the plurality of image sensors to generate a panoramic image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for calibrating a panoramic image sensor, comprising:
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a sensor body, a plurality of imaging sensors, each having a plurality of pixels and being disposed on the surface of the sensor body and having respective fields of view, wherein at least two of the sensors have at least partially overlapping fields of view, a grid pattern disposed within-the fields of view of the at least two sensors for allowing the at least two sensors to each capture an image of the grid pattern appearing in its respective field of view, and a calibration mechanism for processing the captured images to identify an overlapping portion of the grid pattern that appears in an overlapping region within the overlapping fields of view of the at least two sensors and for generating a look up table correlating pixels in a panoramic image with pixels in said plurality of sensors, based at least in part on the overlapping portion of the grid pattern.
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