A SYSTEM FOR DIGITALLY CAPTURING AND RECORDING PANORAMIC IMAGES

摘要

The present invention provides a very flexible, digital system for recording and storing panoramic images using progressive scan technology. The image input device has lenses positioned on the faces of a cube, focused on different images on CCDs. The embedded controller controls the exposure time of the CCDs, and the control computer stores the images in frames, each of which have one image for each of the lenses. Each frame also includes associated information such as audio tracks, GPS, or environmental information. The control computer also includes a user interface which allows a user to specify control information such as frame rate, compression ratio and gain.