Apparatus and method for representing a spatial image of an object in a virtual environment

US11652970B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BITMANAGEMENT SOFTWARE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Schickel · Farchach, DE
• Ulrich SENG · Starnberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 2019
• Grant date: May 16, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30201
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Shown is an apparatus for representing a spatial image of an object in a virtual environment. The apparatus includes a first image capturing element configured to generate a first stereoscopic image data stream of an environment. A second image capturing element may generate a second stereoscopic image data stream of the object. A computing unit is configured to receive the first and the second stereoscopic image data streams, proceeding from a reference point, to generate a spatial image of the virtual environment based on the first stereoscopic image data stream and to insert, proceeding from the reference point, the object from the second stereoscopic image data stream into the virtual environment. A display element may, proceeding from the reference point, display the spatial image of the object in the virtual environment so that a viewer of the display element is given the impression of a 3D object in a 3D environment.