US 11,670,022 B2
Electronic device and method for displaying and generating panoramic image
Ji-Hun Park, Incheon (KR); Tai-Geun Kang, Seoul (KR); Ji-Hie Kim, Seoul (KR); Dug-In Lyu, Seoul (KR); and Jong-Deok Choi, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/884,139.
Application 16/884,139 is a continuation of application No. 15/361,198, filed on Nov. 25, 2016, granted, now 10,685,465.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0167986 (KR), filed on Nov. 27, 2015; and application No. 10-2016-0143159 (KR), filed on Oct. 31, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0286276 A1, Sep. 10, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04N 13/156 (2018.01); H04N 13/106 (2018.01); H04N 13/178 (2018.01); H04N 13/183 (2018.01); H04N 13/243 (2018.01); H04N 13/332 (2018.01); H04N 13/366 (2018.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.01); H04N 13/398 (2018.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01)
CPC G06T 11/60 (2013.01) [G06T 19/006 (2013.01); H04N 13/156 (2018.05); H04N 13/158 (2018.05); H04N 13/178 (2018.05); H04N 13/183 (2018.05); H04N 13/243 (2018.05); H04N 13/332 (2018.05); H04N 13/344 (2018.05); H04N 13/366 (2018.05); H04N 13/398 (2018.05); H04N 2013/0088 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
a sensor;
a plurality of cameras having different optical axis from each other; and
a processor configured to:
obtain, using the plurality of cameras, a first plurality of images at a first time point and a second plurality of images at a second time point,
obtain a panoramic image based on the first and second plurality of images,
generate first reference view information indicating at least one of a position of a first reference view in the obtained panoramic image or a direction of the first reference view in the obtained panoramic image, wherein the first reference view includes a first portion of the obtained panoramic image corresponding to a first image among the first plurality of images, the first reference view information configured for, after the panoramic image is obtained based on the first and second plurality of images, allowing information on a direction toward the first portion and information on a distance between the first portion and a third portion of the obtained panoramic image to be displayed on the third portion of the obtained panoramic image, different from the first portion of the obtained panoramic image, when the third portion of the obtained panoramic image is displayed,
identify, using the sensor, a change in a direction where a first side surface of the electronic device faces,
based on the change in the direction where the first side surface of the electronic device faces, generate second reference view information indicating at least one of a position of a second reference view in the obtained panoramic image or a direction of the second reference view in the obtained panoramic image, wherein the second reference view includes a second portion of the obtained panoramic image corresponding to a second image among the second plurality of images, the second reference view information configured for, after the panoramic image is obtained based on the first and second plurality of images, allowing information on a direction toward the second portion and information on a distance between the second portion and a fourth portion of the obtained panoramic image to be displayed on the fourth portion of the obtained panoramic image, different from the first, second and third portions of the obtained panoramic image, when the fourth portion of the obtained panoramic image is displayed, and
insert the first and second reference view information into metadata associated with the obtained panoramic image.