Image capture and processing
US7872665B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N13/243
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to capture a portion of an omniscopic or omni-stereo image using one or more image capture media. The media may be located substantially perpendicular to a converging ray originating at a viewpoint on an inter-ocular circle and having a convergence angle between zero and ninety degrees from a parallel viewpoint baseline position that includes a non-converging ray originating at the viewpoint. The media may also be located so as to be substantially perpendicular to a non-converging ray originating at a first viewpoint at a first endpoint of a diameter defining an inter-ocular circle, wherein the origin of the non-converging ray gravitates toward the center of the inter-ocular circle as spherical imagery is acquired.
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