Patent ID: 7277118

Claim:
A method for combining at least a portion of a plurality of images, comprising the steps of: obtaining a first image and a second image, wherein at least a portion of said first image and said second image include a common field of view; adjusting at least a portion of said first image to reduce an image disparity between said common field of view of said first image and said second image, wherein said adjusting step further comprises: determining a plurality of disparity differences between at least a portion of said first image and at least a portion of said second image, each of said plurality of disparity differences corresponding to a distance of adjustment of said first image with respect to said second image; selecting a distance corresponding to a lowest disparity of difference as a first distance and shifting said first image said first distance with respect to said second image; and combining at least a portion of said first image and at least a portion of said second image subsequent to said step of adjusting.