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Stmicroelectronics Gmbh

Roxio, Inc.

Patrick Cheng-san Teo

Massimo Mancuso

Emmanuel Lusinchi

A device for creating a panoramic image from a plurality of images taken by a digital camera. The device comprising: an input for receiving a current image which is updated in real time when a digital image capture mechanism coupled to the input is repositioned. The device further includes a preview generator for warping or mathematically adjusting perspective of a portion of a stored previous image so as to generate an overlap portion for optimal alignment by a user of the overlap portion to the current image therewith. The warped overlap portion of the stored previous image along with the current image is presented to a viewfinder. In an alternate embodiment, a method and computer readable medium corresponding to the above system is described.

Perspective correction for preview area of panoramic digital camera

A method in a digital camera for image capturing at least two perspective images at a constant focal length from the digital camera, where both images share a common edge portion. The method including: recording a first image from a first perspective; displaying a preview of a second image from a second perspective; simultaneously with displaying the preview, presenting an overlapping edge region of the first image to allow alignment of the first image with the preview of the second image; and correcting the perspective of at least one image in an overlapping edge region. In an alternate embodiment, a digital camera and computer readable medium corresponding to the above method is described.

Perspective correction device for panoramic digital camera

A method for converting a rectilinear image and a focal length into a cylindrical image parameterized by a height of the cylinder and an angular distance in a single buffer on a remote processing device. The method, on the remote processing device, comprising joining two or more images together to form a panoramic image with corrected perspective. The rectilinear transformation is &ldquo;in-place&rdquo; and requires only one buffer. Color correction and motion estimation is also carried out on the remote device. In an alternate embodiment, a computer readable medium corresponding to the above method is described.

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Patrick Cheng-san Teo