Method and apparatus for capturing panoramic images with range data
US6023588A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 28, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2013/0088
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique of capturing a stereoscopic panoramic photographic image of a scene, includes capturing a first 360.degree. panoramic image of a scene from a first point on a vertical axis; and capturing a second 360.degree. panoramic image of the scene from a second point on the vertical axis, the second point being displaced from the first point by a stereoscopic baseline distance.
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