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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2008
Soo-kyun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jae-won Moon, Bucheon-si, KR;
Sung-dae Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang-wook OH, Ansan-si, KR;
Byung-jun Son, Seoul, KR;
Tae-hwa Hong, Seoul, KR;
Hee-won Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Nam-ik Cho, Seoul, KR;
Sang-hwa Lee, Seoul, KR;
Seong-jong Ha, Namyangiu-si, KR;
Soo-Kyun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jae-Won Moon, Bucheon-si, KR;
Sung-Dae Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang-Wook Oh, Ansan-si, KR;
Byung-Jun Son, Seoul, KR;
Tae-Hwa Hong, Seoul, KR;
Hee-Won Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Nam-Ik Cho, Seoul, KR;
Sang-Hwa Lee, Seoul, KR;
Seong-Jong Ha, Namyangiu-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seoul National University Industry Foundation, Bongcheon-Dong, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A panoramic picture photographing method permits more accurate photographing of an image, particularly a panoramic image of a subject, without additional equipment, or separate devices and hardware. The method includes projecting an image, which is successively inputted in every predetermined unit of time, to an imaginary surface having a same focal distance in photographing each image constituting a panoramic picture to obtain a projected image; confirming movement of a corresponding photographing apparatus so that the projected image is compared with a previous image in real time by using a motion estimation technique, to which exposure correction has been applied; determining a photographing time point of each image by confirming the confirmed movement of the corresponding photographing apparatus according to a photographing direction has reached a predetermined critical value; and photographing each image at the photographing time point of each image according to a passive input or automatically.