Aid for panoramic image creation
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1. Apparatus for producing a panoramic image of a scene, comprising:
- an image capture device, which is adapted to capture a plurality of sub-images of the scene at a respective plurality of orientations of the device; and
a direction indicator, which is coupled to the image capture device so as to determine the orientation of the device and to indicate the orientations at which the sub-images should be captured so that the plurality of sub-images can be stitched together to form the panoramic image of the scene.
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Apparatus for producing a panoramic image of a scene, including an image capture device, which is adapted to capture a plurality of sub-images of the scene at a respective plurality of orientations of the device. The apparatus further includes a direction indicator, which is coupled to the image capture device so as to determine the orientation of the device and to indicate the orientations at which the sub-images should be captured so that the plurality of sub-images can be stitched together to form the panoramic image of the scene. The apparatus is able to produce a panoramic image of a horizontal or of a vertical scene.
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1. Apparatus for producing a panoramic image of a scene, comprising:
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an image capture device, which is adapted to capture a plurality of sub-images of the scene at a respective plurality of orientations of the device; and
a direction indicator, which is coupled to the image capture device so as to determine the orientation of the device and to indicate the orientations at which the sub-images should be captured so that the plurality of sub-images can be stitched together to form the panoramic image of the scene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for producing a panoramic image of a scene, comprising:
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coupling a direction indicator to an image capture device so as to determine orientation coordinates of the device; and
generating a plurality of sub-images of the scene at a respective plurality of orientation coordinates of the image capture device indicated by the direction indicator, so that the plurality of sub-images can be stitched together to form the panoramic image of the scene. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for producing a panoramic image of a scene, comprising:
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pointing an image capture device in an initial direction at the scene;
displaying an initial sub-image on a screen responsive to the initial direction;
capturing the initial sub-image of the scene;
translating the initial sub-image a predetermined distance on the screen to form a translated sub-image;
moving the image capture device to point in a subsequent direction so as to align a subsequent sub-image of the scene, displayed on the screen responsive to the subsequent direction, with the translated sub-image;
capturing the subsequent sub-image of the scene; and
stitching the initial sub-image and the subsequent sub-image together to form the panoramic image of the scene. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. Apparatus for producing a panoramic image of a scene, comprising:
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an image capture device which is pointed in an initial direction at the scene;
a screen which displays an initial sub-image responsive to the initial direction; and
a central processing unit (CPU) which is adapted to capture the initial sub-image of the scene, and to translate the initial sub-image a predetermined distance on the screen to form a translated sub-image, wherein the image capture device is moved to point in a subsequent direction so as to align a subsequent sub-image of the scene, displayed on the screen responsive to the subsequent direction, with the translated sub-image, and wherein the CPU is adapted to capture the subsequent sub-image of the scene and to stitch the initial sub-image and the subsequent sub-image together to form the panoramic image of the scene.
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