Patent Document ID: 9998661
Application ID: 14711018
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A panoramic camera system, comprising: a cylindrical housing; a first image sensor coupled to the cylindrical housing and directed perpendicular to a central axis of the cylindrical housing; a second image sensor coupled to the cylindrical housing and directed perpendicular to the central axis; a removable enclosure, wherein the enclosure comprises a curved outer surface having a constant curvature radius, wherein the first image sensor and the second image sensor are positioned within the enclosure and effective to capture image data through the curved outer surface having the constant curvature radius, wherein an in-air field-of-view of the first image sensor overlaps an in-air field of view of the second image sensor by greater than a threshold amount when the first image sensor and the second image sensor are outside the enclosure and the panoramic camera system is in air, and wherein an alternate medium field-of-view of the first image sensor through the curved outer surface when the panoramic camera system is in water overlaps an alternate medium field-of-view of the second image sensor through the curved outer surface when the panoramic camera system is in water; and an image processor, wherein the image processor is programmed to: receive an indication that the first image sensor and the second image sensor are positioned within the enclosure; receive a first frame of image data captured by the first image sensor; receive a second frame of image data captured by the second image sensor; apply an underwater white balance to the first frame and the second frame; apply an underwater distortion parameter to the first frame and the second frame; and stitch the first frame and the second frame using an underwater alignment parameter.