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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 15, 2008
Qipeng Mei, Hangzhou, CN;
Yushan Huang, Hangzhou, CN;
Kuaixuan Mao, Fremont, CA (US);
Jin Wang, Hangzhou, CN;
Qipeng Mei, Hangzhou, CN;
Yushan Huang, Hangzhou, CN;
Kuaixuan Mao, Fremont, CA (US);
Jin Wang, Hangzhou, CN;
ArcSoft, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of automatic photographs stitching in a photograph capturing electronic apparatus by capturing a photograph; on a viewfinder or display screen of said photograph capturing electronic apparatus, displaying at least one four-way guiding arrow for advising user the direction to move the photograph capturing electronic apparatus for capturing the next photograph which is suitable for stitching, the next suitable photograph having at a predetermined region, an area overlapped and aligned to the captured photograph with the overlapped and aligned area reaching a predetermined proportion; capturing the next suitable photograph; and stitching the consecutively captured photographs into a panoramic photograph.