Television – Camera – system and detail – Unitary image formed by compiling sub-areas of same scene
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-09
2011-11-01
Ye, Lin (Department: 2622)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Unitary image formed by compiling sub-areas of same scene
C348S038000, C382S294000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08049786
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a method for improving image stitching accuracy and a device for implementing the same, which apply to the multi-camera system for wide-angle image generation. Lens distortion causes mismatches of the features in the overlapping region of the images captured by the multi-camera system. As a result, the mismatches on the stitched wide-angle image are visible. The method and device for improving image stitching accuracy correct the lens distortion before stitching the images captured by the multi-camera system, so that the features in the overlapping region are matched and a seamless wide-angle image is generated by the stitching engine.
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Kuo Benjamin
Lin Christine
Mitsushita Tatsumi
Pan Patrick
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner L.L.P.
Hogue Dennis
Sony Taiwan Limited
Ye Lin
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