Abstract: The present invention relates to an image capturing apparatus with a substantially spherical field of view and connectable, connected or integrated with a personal electronic device such as a smartphone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical system for capturing images for an image stitching device, comprising two optical arrangements, namely a first optical arrangement and a second optical arrangement, wherein each optical arrangement comprises a plurality of lenses including a head lens and an image sensor located on the same optical axis, the first optical arrangement and the second optical arrangement are located beside each other and the image sensor of the first optical arrangement is located at the head lens of the second optical arrangement and the image sensor of the second optical arrangement is located at the head lens of the first optical arrangement.

Abstract: An optical device (1) for capturing images, covering a 360° field by digital pasting of three images, including three lens groups (2,3,4) with a longitudinal axis for acquisitions of the three images respectively, each lens group including a head lens (21,31,41), followed by several lenses along the same longitudinal axis of the lens group, so as to project the transmitted rays to an image sensor (22,32,42), the three lens groups (2,3,4) being arranged around a dummy rotation axis (5) and in which the lens groups are positioned in a triangular geometric configuration along the direction of the dummy rotation axis, the lens groups (2,3,4) being arranged without overlapping with each other, and the angle of inclination between the longitudinal axis of each lens group (2;3;4) and the plane orthogonal to the dummy rotation axis (5) being greater than or equal to 0° and less than 15°.

Abstract: To capture and render a stream of panoramic or stereoscopic images of a scene, using at least one image capture device several successive capture operations are performed of at least two different images of a scene, in pixel format, with or without overlap of the images, the image capture operations occurring at a frequency rate which defines a capture time between the beginning of two successive capture operations. For each capture operation, the pixels of the captured image are digitally processed so as to form a final panoramic or stereoscopic image using said pixels, with a processing time that is less than or equal to said capture time, and during an interval of time that is less than or equal to the captured time, a final and previously formed panoramic or stereoscopic image is generated.

Abstract: An optical device (1) is described for capturing images, in a 360° field, by digital stitching of three images. The device includes three optical groups (2, 3, 4) having a longitudinal axis (20, 30, 40) for obtaining the three images. Each optical group (2, 3, 4) includes a head lens (21, 31, 41) followed by several lenses (211, 311, 411) on the same longitudinal axis (20, 30, 40) to project rays towards an image sensor (22, 32, 42). The three optical groups (2, 3, 4) are interlinked around an imaginary axis of rotation (5), and positioned to overlap in a triangular configuration, in the direction of the imaginary axis of rotation, the longitudinal axes (20, 30, 40) being inclined with respect to a plane orthogonal to the imaginary axis of rotation to allow the interlinking of the optical groups.