autopano-sift-C f15

[Ian Malone]

On 27 September 2011 22:51, Bruno Postle <bruno at postle.net> wrote:
> 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.
>

Good to know, thanks very much.

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imalone