Stereoscopic camera with automatic obstruction removal
US8456518B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N13/296
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is disclosed a stereographic camera system, a computing device and a method of operating a stereographic camera system. The stereoscopic camera system may a left camera and a right camera and an obstruction detector to determine whether or not a field of view of one of the left camera and the right camera is at least partially obstructed. A controller may cause the camera system to automatically output only non-obstructed image data, in response to a determination by the obstruction detector that a field of view of one of the left camera and the right camera is at least partially obstructed.
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