Patent Document ID: 8767037
Application ID: 12726029
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for capturing a panoramic image of a panoramic field of view, comprising: a fisheye lens having a direct field of view; a mirror having a mirror field of view and being optically coupled to the fisheye lens for reflecting an image of the mirror field of view through the fisheye lens; a detector, optically coupled to the fisheye lens and the mirror, for capturing a first portion of the panoramic image corresponding to the direct field of view and a second portion of the panoramic image corresponding to the mirror field of view, the first and second portions of the panoramic image each having a portion overlapping the other portion; a processor operatively coupled to the detector; and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive the captured first and second portions of the panoramic image from the detector, combine the first and second portions of the panoramic image to form the panoramic image, and smooth the overlapping portion of the first and second portions of the panoramic image by feathering.