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System comprising multiple digital cameras viewing a large scene

US10375382B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Dmitry Gorilovsky · London, GB
Aleksey Gorilovsky · Saint Petersburg, RU

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2015
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N2013/0092
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Multiple digital cameras view a large scene, such as a part of a city. Some of the cameras view different parts of that scene, and video feeds from the cameras are processed at a computer to generate a photo-realistic synthetic 3D model of the scene. This enables the scene to be viewed from any viewing angle, including angles that the original, real cameras do not occupy—i.e. as though viewed from a ‘virtual camera’ that can be positioned in any arbitrary position. The 3D model combines both static elements that do not alter in real-time, and also dynamic elements that do alter in real-time or near real-time.

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