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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Htc Corporation, Taoyuan City, TW;
Inventors:
Edward Chang, Taoyuan County, TW;
Tung-Peng Wu, Taoyuan County, TW;
Assignee:
HTC Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); G06T 7/181 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); G06T 3/403 (2013.01); G06T 3/4038 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/181 (2017.01); H04N 5/23222 (2013.01); H04N 5/2624 (2013.01); G06T 2200/32 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing method, a panorama image generating method and an electronic apparatus are provided in this disclosure. The image capturing method includes steps of: calculating feature points within a first image shot by the electronic apparatus; calculating a maximal rotation angle of the electronic apparatus rotating along a direction according to a distribution of the feature points within the first image; and, shooting a second image automatically when the electronic apparatus has been rotated through the maximal rotation angle along the direction.