Synthetic imaging
US10009550B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/90
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for synthetic imaging. In one aspect, a method includes receiving from each digital camera respective imaging data, each digital camera having a viewpoint that is different from the viewpoints of each other digital camera and having a field of view that is overlapping with at least one other digital camera; for a synthetic viewpoint that is a viewpoint that is within a geometry defined by the viewpoints of the digital cameras, selecting respective imaging data that each has a field of view that overlaps a field of view of the synthetic viewpoint and generating, from the selected respective imaging data, synthetic imaging data that depicts an image captured from a virtual camera positioned at the synthetic viewpoint.
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