US 12,293,483 B2
Wide-angle camera
Colvin Pitts, Snohomish, WA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/437,576
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/021516
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/185201, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0198605 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 3/047 (2024.01); G06T 3/4038 (2024.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 3/4038 (2013.01) [G06T 3/047 (2024.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a first image sensor with a first focal point aligned along an axis of rotation, the first image sensor oriented at a first orientation with respect to the axis of rotation;
a second image sensor with a second focal point aligned along the axis of rotation, the second image sensor oriented at a second orientation that is axially rotated from the first orientation with respect to the axis of rotation with both the first focal point and the second focal point remaining aligned along the axis of rotation, the first image sensor and the second image sensor having a rectangular shape; and
a processor configured to:
capture a first image of a scene with the first image sensor and a second image of the scene with the second image sensor, the first image being adjacent to a region of the scene uncaptured by the first image sensor, the second image including a pixel, and
combine the first image and the second image by moving the pixel of the second image into the region of the first image to create an output image that captures a field of view with respect to the device.