Patent ID: 8416282
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for generating by a portable camera containing a first lens associated with a first image sensor and a second lens associated with a second image sensor a registered panoramic image, comprising: generating during a calibration a plurality of setting data associated with a first focus position of the first lens by using a focus mechanism, the plurality of setting data defining coordinates of a first active sensor area of the first image sensor which is smaller than the total active area of the first image sensor; associating the plurality of setting data with a first focus position of the second lens, the plurality of setting data also defining coordinates of a first active sensor area of the second image sensor which is smaller than the total active area of the second image sensor; storing the plurality of setting data in a memory; putting the first lens in the first focus position; the focus mechanism placing the second lens in the first focus position based on the plurality of setting data associated with the first focus position of the first lens; retrieving by a controller based on data generated by the focus mechanism from the memory the plurality of setting data defining coordinates of the first active area of the first image sensor and coordinates of the first active area of the second image sensor; and combining image data generated by the first active area of the first image sensor and by the first active area of the second image sensor to generate the registered panoramic image.