Opinion ID: 6499066
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Heading: (Cancelled) A method for capturing a digital

Text: panoramic image, by projecting a panorama onto an image sensor by means of a panoramic objective lens, the panoramic objective lens having an image point distribution function that is not linear relative to the field angle of object points of the panorama, the distribution function having a maximum divergence of at least ±10% compared to a linear distribution function, such that the panoramic image obtained has at least one substantially ex- panded zone and at least one substantially compressed zone. ... Case: 21-2037 Document: 37 Page: 4 Filed: 07/11/2022 4 LG ELECTRONICS INC. v. IMMERVISION, INC. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the objective lens compresses the center of the image and the edges of the image and expands an interme- diate zone of the image located between the center and the edges of the image. Id. at col. 19 ll. 26–51 (claim 5) (emphasis added); see also id. at col. 20 l. 51–col. 21 l. 11 (claim 21). 1