Patent ID: 8013899
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: G03B,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera arrangement, comprising: a plurality of substantially co-located camera elements, each camera element having a focal plane upon which a respective field of view is imparted for forming a stitched image from the respective fields of view; and a controller configured to generate pitch, yaw and roll parameters for each of said camera elements, wherein the field of view of one of said camera elements has an overlap with the field of view of an adjacent camera element which is adjacent to said one camera element, an area of the overlap is minimized based on a minimum dimension necessary for forming the stitched image to maximize an area of the stitched image, and after a pitch movement of the field of view of said one camera element, the positioning of said one camera element is such that said area of the overlap is minimized by rolling said one camera element, said adjacent camera element or both based on the roll parameters generated by said controller such that said overlap is substantially uniform along a length of the overlap.