Patent ID: 8767037
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G02B,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for capturing a panoramic image of a panoramic field of view, comprising: a fisheye lens having a direct field of view; a mirror having a mirror field of view and being optically coupled to the fisheye lens for reflecting an image of the mirror field of view through the fisheye lens; a detector, optically coupled to the fisheye lens and the mirror, for capturing a first portion of the panoramic image corresponding to the direct field of view and a second portion of the panoramic image corresponding to the mirror field of view, the first and second portions of the panoramic image each having a portion overlapping the other portion; a processor operatively coupled to the detector; and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: