Patent ID: 8503826

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for generating of a 360 degree view of an object, the method comprising: placing the object in a uniformly illuminated space with a uniformly colored background; using a camera to acquire a plurality of images of the object, the plurality of images being acquired at different viewing angles; using a processing unit to automatically reduce features of the plurality of the images to have substantially the same brightness across the images in the plurality of images, wherein substantially the same brightness is obtained using a Gauss filter based on the following formula: g(x,y)=A*exp{−(x 2 +y 2 )/ 2 }, where A is a parameter responsible for normalization and x and y are coordinates in a zone associated with the Gauss filter, and is a value of smearing; using the processing unit to automatically adjust contrast across the images in the plurality of images; using the processing unit to automatically find a contour associated with the object based on the Canny edge detection technique; using the processing unit to automatically remove the background in each of the plurality of images by separating the object from the background substantially at the contour; using the processing unit to automatically stabilize the object in each of the plurality of images by adjusting the plurality of images based on corresponding image acquisition angles; and using the processing unit to process the plurality of images with stabilized object to generate the 360 degree view of the object and to provide a visual effect of continuous-vision when viewed by a user.