PANORAMIC IMAGING TECHNIQUES
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A wireless device comprising:
- a processor operative to stitch together a left image and a right image having overlapping regions and to automatically correct for any rotational differences between the left and right images before stitching to create a larger panoramic image; and
a memory coupled to the processor.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A wireless device or camera phone device that is adapted to create in the device a larger, panoramic image of two photographic images provided the two images have a common overlapping region. The panoramic image can be created even if the two images are at different rotations or perspectives. The device corrects for any rotational differences prior to creating the panoramic image.
63 Citations
49 Claims
-
1. A wireless device comprising:
-
a processor operative to stitch together a left image and a right image having overlapping regions and to automatically correct for any rotational differences between the left and right images before stitching to create a larger panoramic image; and a memory coupled to the processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
15. An integrated circuit comprising:
-
a processor operative to stitch together a left image and a right image having overlapping regions and to automatically correct for any rotational differences between the left and right images before stitching to create a larger panoramic image; and a memory coupled to the processor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
-
-
22. A processor comprising:
-
a video processing unit operative to automatically correct for a rotational difference, above a predetermined limit, between first and second selected images having a common overlapping region, stitch the first image to the second image to create a larger panoramic image at a calculated stitching location when the rotational difference is below the predetermined limit, and stitch the first image to a rotated second image at a rotated stitching location when the rotational difference is above the predetermined limit; and a memory unit coupled to the video processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
-
-
26. A computer program product including a machine-readable medium having instructions for causing a machine to:
-
find, automatically, an ideal stitching location in a second image to stitch a first image, the first and second images have a common overlapping region; correct, automatically, the second image for rotational differences between the first and second images in relation to the ideal stitching location to form a new rotated ideal location; and stitch, automatically, the first image to the second image to generate a larger panoramic image using the new rotated ideal location. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
-
-
39. A wireless device comprising:
-
a video processing unit operative to automatically correct for a rotational difference, above a predetermined limit, between first and second selected images having a common overlapping region, stitch the first image to the second image to create a larger panoramic image at a calculated stitching location when the rotational difference is below the predetermined limit, and stitch the first image to a rotated second image at a rotated stitching location when the rotational difference is above the predetermined limit; and a memory coupled to the video processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42)
-
-
43. A method comprising:
-
finding, automatically, an ideal stitching location in a second image to stitch a first image thereto, the first and second images having a common overlapping region; correcting, automatically, the second image for rotational differences between the first and second images in relation to the ideal stitching location to form a new rotated ideal location; and stitching, automatically, the first image to the second image using the new rotated ideal location to generate a panoramic image. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
-
Specification