VIRTUAL REALITY CAMERA
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Abstract
A camera including a camera lens, acquisition circuitry receiving images via the camera lens, for acquiring a first field of view when the camera lens is in a first orientation and for acquiring a second field of view when the camera lens is in a second orientation, and a viewfinder displaying the second field of view when the camera lens is in the second orientation and displaying at least a portion of the first field of view at least partially composited with the second field of view.
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122 Claims
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1-37. -37. (canceled)
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38. A method for converting an image stored in a buffer as a first plurality of color values at a plurality of pixel locations in a first coordinate system, to a corresponding image stored in the buffer as a second plurality of color values at the plurality of pixel locations in a second coordinate system, the second coordinate system being related to the first coordinate system by a non-linear transformation, comprising the steps of:
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computing color values at pixel locations along an axis within the buffer, using the non-linear transformation; storing the computed color values in the buffer at the pixel locations along the axis; and repeating said computing and storing steps for subsequent axes within the buffer, parallel to the axis. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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111. A method for combining a first frame and a second frame, comprising the steps of:
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determining horizontal and vertical offsets for spatially aligning the first and second frames, comprising the step of summing absolute values of color differences between the first frame and the second frame at a multiplicity of pixel locations, based on trial values for horizontal and vertical offsets; further determining brightness and contrast parameters for chromatically aligning the first and second frames; and generating a panoramic image, comprising the step of compositing a portion of the second frame onto a portion of the first frame, based on the horizontal and vertical offsets and based on the brightness and contrast parameters. - View Dependent Claims (112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122)
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Specification