WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW IMAGE INPUT METHOD AND DEVICE

摘要

A wide field-of-view input device joins a series of partial images obtained by continuously imaging an imaging object by an imaging device while the imaging device is manually scanned by a user, thereby generating a wide field-of-view image. The wide field-of-view image input device includes: a camera position posture estimation unit for receiving a series of partial images and calculating the change state of the 3-dimensional position of the imaging device as time-series camera position posture information; a deformation parameter estimation unit for calculating a geometrical deformation parameter between adjacent partial images from the camera position posture information; an image joining unit for joining the partial images by using the geometric deformation parameter so as to generate a wide field-of-view image; and a camera scan error detection unit for detecting motion of the imaging device according to the camera position posture information and outputting a camera scan error detection signal when an error is detected.