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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2011
Frank Doepke, San Jose, CA (US);
Todd S. Sachs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kevin L. Hunter, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alexis Gatt, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Frank Doepke, San Jose, CA (US);
Todd S. Sachs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kevin L. Hunter, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alexis Gatt, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure pertains to devices, methods, and computer readable media for performing image registration. A few generalized steps may be used to carry out the image registration techniques described herein: 1) acquiring image data from an image sensor; 2) selecting a pair of overlapping image portions from the acquired image data for registration; 3) determining an area of 'maximum energy' in one of the image portions being registered; 4) placing an image registration window over both image portions at the determined location of maximum energy; 5) registering the overlapping image portions using only the image data falling within the image registration windows; and 6) determining, according to one or more metrics, whether the image registration window should be shifted from a current location before registering subsequently acquired image portions.