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Quotidian scene reconstruction engine

US10521952B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 2017
Grant dateDec 31, 2019
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/80
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A stored volumetric scene model of a real scene is generated from data defining digital images of a light field in a real scene containing different types of media. The digital images have been formed by a camera from opposingly directed poses and each digital image contains image data elements defined by stored data representing light field flux received by light sensing detectors in the camera. The digital images are processed by a scene reconstruction engine to form a digital volumetric scene model representing the real scene. The volumetric scene model (i) contains volumetric data elements defined by stored data representing one or more media characteristics and (ii) contains solid angle data elements defined by stored data representing the flux of the light field. Adjacent volumetric data elements form corridors, at least one of the volumetric data elements in at least one corridor represents media that is partially light transmissive. The constructed digital volumetric scene model data is stored in a digital data memory for subsequent uses and applications.

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