Method and apparatus for displaying a synthesized image viewed from a virtual point of view
US7307655B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V20/56
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image generating apparatus comprising: a camera or a plurality of cameras; space reconstructing means for mapping the input image from said camera, into a predetermined space model of a predetermined three-dimensional space; point-of-view converting means of synthesizing an image viewed from an arbitrary virtual point of view in said predetermined three-dimensional space by referencing to said space data mapped by said space reconstructing means; and displaying means of displaying the image converted by said point-of-view converting means.
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