	US 12,356,078 B2
	Panoramic camera and image processing systems and methods
Francisco Aguilar, Dickerson, MD (US); and Sietse Dijkstra, Hoogkarspel (NL)
Assigned to BOUNCE IMAGING, INC., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by BOUNCE IMAGING, INC., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/438,005.
Application 18/438,005 is a continuation of application No. 17/541,955, filed on Dec. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,902,667.
Application 17/541,955 is a continuation of application No. 17/130,835, filed on Dec. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,212,441, issued on Dec. 28, 2021.
Application 17/130,835 is a continuation of application No. 16/586,772, filed on Sep. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,904,434, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/813,939, filed on Mar. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/738,214, filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0267629 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/698 (2023.01); G06T 3/4038 (2024.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)

CPC H04N 23/698 (2023.01) [G06T 3/4038 (2013.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by at least one processor, a geometric arrangement of a plurality of networked imagers with respective fields of view;

determining, by the at least one processor, a panoramic geometry covered entirely or partially by the respective fields of view;

determining, by the at least one processor, respective projections of the respective fields of view onto the panoramic geometry;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a plurality of images from the plurality of networked imagers; and

combining, by the at least one processor, the plurality of images into at least one combined image by positioning pixels of each of the plurality of images relative to pixels of the remaining plurality of images according to the respective projections and merging the positioned pixels of each of the plurality of images into the at least one combined image.