Compound camera and method for synthesizing a virtual image from multiple input images
US7268804B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/10028
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A compound camera system comprising component cameras that generate image data of an object and a processor that receives first image data from a first component camera and second image data from a second component camera and generates a virtual image. The processor projects virtual pixel data (u,v) to generate point data (x,y,z) located at depth, z=Z1, of a object plane of the object and projects the said point data (x,y,z) to generate first pixel data (u1,v1) located at a image plane of the first image. The processor also projects said point data (x,y,z) located at the depth, z=Z1, of the said object plane to generate second pixel data (u2,v2) located at the second image. The processor generates the virtual image by combining the color of first pixel data (u1,v1) and the color of second pixel data (u2,v2)
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