Re: autopano-sift-C f15
On Tue 27-Sep-2011 at 22:12 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
Further question then while on the topic: libpano13 is apparently
compiled with a 179 degree limit to avoid a patent on hemispherical
coverage (aren't patents great?) does anyone know if that limit
been circumvented? (The actual patent, not the number in the source
code. I don't even know if it's much of a problem for single row
panoramas anyway).
This patent covers input images, specifically stitching two >180°
circular fisheye photos into a single spherical image. As it
happens nobody does this because the quality is terrible.
Professional photographers stitch spherical panoramas from four or
more normal fisheye shots and it all works fine. i.e. I don't think
there is any point rebuilding libpano13 without the 179° limit.
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Bruno