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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeff Hsieh, Los Altos, CA (US);
Yuguo Ye, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hui Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wei-Feng Huang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G03B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); G03B 37/02 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A 360 degree camera system includes a support structure, a plurality of image capture devices, a plurality of lens systems, and an image processing system. The image capture devices are positioned such that their height is greater than their width. The image processing system includes a rotation module for remapping the pixel addresses of the image data to join the captured images along their long edges.