Method and apparatus for providing panoramic view with...

Image analysis – Image transformation or preprocessing – Combining image portions

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C382S296000, C382S276000, C348S097000

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07899270

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus of correcting geometric information and providing a panoramic view. In the method of providing a panoramic view, a tilting vector (X′, Y′) is generated by applying matrices H(a,b) and HF to a source image vector (X,Y). The matrix H(a,b) is defined by distortion angles “b” towards a plane direction and a distortion angle “a” towards a depth direction of the source image, and the matrix HF is defined according to a camera parameter matrix K. Also, a two-dimensional vector (x,y) of a source image is converted into a three-dimensional vector (X,Y,W) on a retinal image plane having a unit radial distance from an origin of a ground plane. Also, a warped image width (WIW) is estimated from a width and a field of view (FOV) of the source image. A warping vector (x′,y′) is generated based on the converted vector (X,Y,W) and the WIW.

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Translation for Japanese laid open 2005-44077.
Office Action, mailed Jul. 21, 2009, in corresponding Japenese Application No. 2006-349715 (3 pp.).

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