US 12,477,229 B2
Systems and methods for image capture
Yevheniia Dzitsiuk, San Francisco, CA (US); Domenico Curro, San Francisco, CA (US); Siu Fai Chow, San Francisco, CA (US); Jeffrey Sommers, San Francisco, CA (US); and Harsh Barbhaiya, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Hover Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/999,647
Filed by Hover Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/034158
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/242809, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,357, filed on May 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/164,449, filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/029,792, filed on May 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0239574 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); H04N 23/959 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/698 (2023.01) [H04N 23/80 (2023.01); H04N 23/959 (2023.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for stitching a panoramic image, the method comprising:
receiving two or more candidate panoramic subimages;
for each candidate panoramic subimage of the two or more candidate panoramic subimages:
determining a camera position of a camera associated with the candidate panoramic subimage;
determining a distance between the camera position and points of the candidate panoramic subimage; and
classifying one or more points of the candidate panoramic subimage as far points based on the distance; and
aligning the far points across the candidate panoramic subimages by warping the candidate panoramic subimages to create a stitched panoramic image, wherein warping the candidate panoramic subimages comprises warping each candidate to a registration plane such that the far points from each of the candidate panoramic subimages align on the registration plane.