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US 10,992,862 · App. 16/813,080 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Electronic apparatus and method for controlling electronic apparatus thereof

Inventors: Jae-il Jung (Seongnam-si, KR); Jin-hyoung An (Hwaseong-si, KR); Min-chul Kim (Seoul, KR); Young-kuk Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Yong-jin Kim (Seoul, KR); Sung-rae Cho (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04N5/23238H04N5/23258H04N5/23267H04N5/23287
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Patent No.
US 10,992,862
App. No.
16/813,080
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus for acquiring a panorama image using a plurality of cameras and a method for controlling the electronic apparatus thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a plurality of cameras for capturing an image, a sensor for acquiring movement information, and a processor for determining individual movement information of the plurality of cameras with reference to a predefined location using movement information acquired through the sensor, acquiring a plurality of images through the plurality of cameras based on the individual movement information and generating a panorama image using the plurality of photographed images.

Claims (16)

1. An electronic apparatus configured to acquire a panorama image, the apparatus comprising:

a plurality of cameras, each configured to capture an image; and

a processor configured to:

acquire a pre-corrected two-dimensional (2D) panorama image using a plurality of images captured by the plurality of cameras;

project the pre-corrected 2D panorama image to a three-dimensional (3D) virtual sphere, determine correction movements of the virtual sphere by analyzing correction movements of a plurality of feature points in the 3D panorama image projected to the virtual sphere;

correct the 3D panorama image based on the correction movements of the virtual sphere; and

acquire a shake-corrected panorama image by re-projecting the corrected 3D panorama image to a corrected 2D panorama image.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine correction movements of the virtual sphere to minimize movement of the plurality of feature points.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine correction movements of the virtual sphere by excluding a feature point that has movement that is greater than or equal to a preset value from among the plurality of feature points.

4. A controlling method of an electronic apparatus to acquire a panorama image, the method comprising:

acquiring a pre-corrected two-dimensional (2D) panorama image using a plurality of images captured by the plurality of cameras;

projecting the pre-corrected 2D panorama image to a three-dimensional (3D) virtual sphere, determine correction movements of the virtual sphere by analyzing correction movements of a plurality of feature points in the 3D panorama image projected to the virtual sphere;

correcting the 3D panorama image based on the correction movements of the virtual sphere; and

acquiring a shake-corrected panorama image by re-projecting the corrected 3D panorama image to a corrected 2D panorama image.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the correcting comprises determining correction movements of the virtual sphere to minimize movement of the plurality of feature points.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the correcting comprises determining correction movements of the virtual sphere by excluding a feature point that has movement that is greater than or equal to a preset value from among the plurality of feature points.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2016-0080892 · Jun 28, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0148385 · Nov 8, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 15359919 · Nov 23, 2016
Provisional Application 62258687 · Nov 23, 2015
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