Patent ID: 6833843
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
A device for providing a perspective-corrected view of at least a portion of a wide angle image, comprising:an image-capturing device having a fish-eye lens for generating the wide angle image as a projection of at least a section of a viewing hemisphere associated with the lens onto an image plane, a processor coupled to the image capturing device that receives the image, the processor further comprising: a first display module for displaying the wide angle image, and a second display module for displaying a perspective-corrected view of portion of the image, the processor further comprising a correlation module for displaying a graphical object on the displayed wide angle image that identifies the selected portion of the image displayed in the perspective-corrected view, wherein the processor generates said perspective-corrected view from a vantage point offset relative to a center of said viewing hemisphere.