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Method and apparatus for capturing panoramic images with range data

US6023588A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 1998
Grant dateFeb 8, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 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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