Patent Document ID: 9036002
Application ID: 13663898
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for making a panoramic image comprising: a digital camera for capturing a first image; wherein the first image has a first overlap region adjacent a first edge of the first image; capturing a second image with the digital camera; wherein the second image has a second overlap region adjacent to a first edge of the second image; identifying at least two points in an area containing variable image content in the first overlap region; extracting information from each of the two points in the first overlap region; defining a first vector in the first overlap region connecting the two points in the first overlap region; locating two points in the second overlap region which correspond to the two points in the first overlap region; defining a second vector in the second overlap region connecting the two points in the second overlap region; determining if a first plurality of points in the first vector matches a second plurality of points in the second vector; if the first plurality of points in the first vector matches the second plurality of points in the second vector, determine if the first and second vectors are parallel; if the first and second vectors are not parallel, rotate the second vector and the second image until the second vector is parallel to the first vector and in the same direction; determining if the first and second vectors have the same length; if the first and second vector do not have the same length, adjust magnification of the second image so that the length of the second vector has the same length as the first vector; and overlap the first image and the second image so that the first vector is overlaid on the second vector.