Patent ID: 7373017

Claim:
A system for performing a panorama imaging procedure with an imaging device, comprising: imaging means configured to capture adjacent frames of image data; a panorama manager that generates one or more image parameters corresponding to said adjacent frames of image data, said panorama manager performing a transition processing procedure on adjacent frames of said image data for defining transition parameters to create a cohesive composite image quality for a composite panorama image; and a stitching module that combines said adjacent frames of image data into a composite panorama image, said imaging device capturing and storing an initial frame of said image data into frame buffers at a prior frame location, said imaging device capturing and storing a next frame of said image data into said frame buffers at a current frame location, said panorama manager performing said transition processing procedure on said image data from said prior frame location of said frame buffers, said transition processing procedure including gradually modifying said one or more image parameters from said image data from said prior frame location of said frame buffers to thereby transition from original values of said one or more image parameters at a first edge of said image data and linearly progressing to matching parameter values at a second edge of said image data, said second edge being adjacent to said image data from said current frame location of said frame buffers, said matching parameter values being equal to said one or more image parameters of said image data in said current frame location.