Patent ID: 7409105

Claim:
A method for generating a panoramic image, comprising: receiving a first image; dividing the first image into a first portion and a second portion; orthogonally rotating the first portion of the first image; saving the rotated first portion of the first image as part of the panoramic image in a nonvolatile memory; receiving a second image; dividing the second image into a third portion and a fourth portion; matching an overlapping region between the second portion of the first image and the third portion of the second image; stitching the second portion of the first image and the third portion of the second image to form a first stitched image; orthogonally rotating the first stitched image; saving the first stitched image as part of the panoramic image in the nonvolatile memory; and orthogonally rotating the panoramic image back to an original orientation of the first and the second images and saving the panoramic image in the nonvolatile memory.