PanoMachine Panorama Calculator Operators Manual
Copyright by Josef Ehrler
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Contents
1
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 4
1.1
G
ENERAL
................................................................................................................................. 4
1.2
M
ULTI
R
OW
P
ANORAMA
............................................................................................................ 5
1.3
S
PHERICAL
-P
ANORAMA
............................................................................................................ 6
1.4
C
ALIBRATING THE
P
IVOT
P
OINT
................................................................................................. 6
1.5
D
EAD ANGLE IN
N
ADIR
.............................................................................................................. 7
2
MMI (MACHINE MAN INTERFACE) ......................................................................................... 8
2.1
M
AIN
M
ENU
.............................................................................................................................. 8
2.2
M
ULTI
R
OW
C
ALCULATOR
......................................................................................................... 9
2.2.1
P
ARAMETER
I
NPUTS
............................................................................................................. 10
2.2.1.1
Camera Model
................................................................................................................ 10
2.2.1.2
Min. Overlap between Columns (H)
................................................................................ 10
2.2.1.3
Overlap between Rows (V)
............................................................................................. 10
2.2.1.4
Focal length [mm]
........................................................................................................... 10
2.2.1.5
Vertical Shift [°]
............................................................................................................... 10
2.2.1.6
Pano Angle of View (H) ANGLE
...................................................................................... 10
2.2.1.7
Pano Angle of View (V)
................................................................................................... 11
2.2.1.8
Numbers of images (H) NPos
......................................................................................... 11
2.2.1.9
Numbers of images (V)
................................................................................................... 11
2.2.1.10
Button “Auto Portrait”
...................................................................................................... 11
2.2.1.11
Button “Manual Portrait”
.................................................................................................. 11
2.2.1.12
Button “Auto Landscape”
................................................................................................ 11
2.2.1.13
Button “Manual Landscape”
............................................................................................ 11
2.2.2
P
ARAMETER
O
UTPUTS
......................................................................................................... 12
2.2.2.1
Pano Angle of View Pano (H) [°]
..................................................................................... 12
2.2.2.2
Pano Angle of View Pano (V) [°]
..................................................................................... 12
2.2.2.3
Overlap (H) [°]
................................................................................................................. 12
2.2.2.4
Overlap (V) [°]
................................................................................................................. 12
2.2.2.5
Step size (H) [°]
............................................................................................................... 12
2.2.2.6
Step size (V) [°]
............................................................................................................... 12
2.2.2.7
Angle of View for 1 image (H) [°]
..................................................................................... 12
2.2.2.8
Angle of View for 1 image (V) [°]
..................................................................................... 12
2.2.2.9
No. of Pixel (H/V)
............................................................................................................ 12
2.2.2.10
Number of Pixel for the whole panorama
........................................................................ 12
2.2.2.11
Elevation values [°]
......................................................................................................... 12
2.2.3
N
AVIGATION
/
F
UNCTION
K
EYS
.............................................................................................. 13
2.2.3.1
“Calculate” buttons
.......................................................................................................... 13
2.2.3.2
„Create/Save Script“ button
............................................................................................. 13
2.2.3.3
„Back to Main Menu“ button
............................................................................................ 13
2.2.4
S
UMMARY
: ........................................................................................................................... 14
2.3
S
PHERICAL
P
ANORAMA
C
ALCULATOR
..................................................................................... 15
2.3.1
I
NPUTS
................................................................................................................................ 16
2.3.1.1
Camera Model
................................................................................................................ 16
2.3.1.2
Focal length [mm]
........................................................................................................... 16
2.3.1.3
Min. Overlap between Columns (H)
................................................................................ 16
2.3.1.4
Min. Overlap between Rows (V)
...................................................................................... 16
2.3.1.5
Optimizer for no. of Columns in Rows
............................................................................. 17
2.3.1.6
Mode to calculate vertical parameters (rows)
.................................................................. 17
2.3.2
C
ONSIDERATIONS OF VERTICAL OVERLAP FOR A SPHERICAL PANORAMA
.................................. 18