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Stitching frames into a panoramic frame

US10460459B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 12, 2016
Grant dateOct 29, 2019
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N13/239
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of stitching frames captured at multiple viewing angles comprising: receiving a set of frames captured by imagers, identifying in each of pairs of neighboring frames, each neighboring frame is captured about the same time as the other from an imager having an overlapping field of view with another. For each overlapping area a center connecting axis connecting between centers of respective the pair of neighboring frames is identified, a motion gradient for each frame of the pair of neighboring frames is calculated, pixels of the pair of neighboring frames in the at least one overlapping area are adapted based on corresponding values from the motion gradient along the center connecting axis, the pair of adapted neighboring frames into a panoramic frame which at least partly imaging an environment surrounding the common center is stitched.

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