Method and device for projecting a panoramic image with a variable resolution
US8016426B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B37/00
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Embodiments include a method and apparatus for projecting a panoramic image, the method including steps of generating an image on an image generation surface, and then projecting the generated image on a projection surface to obtain a panoramic projected image, the points of the generated image being projected on the projection surface according to a non uniform distribution determined as a function of at least one parameter of a set comprising the shape of the generated image, the shape of the projection surface, and the position of an observation point of the projected image, in relation to the projection surface.
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