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20110007130 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MONITORING CAMERAS - A method and an apparatus of controlling a plurality of monitoring cameras which transmit a plurality of live-view images of a plurality of channels, respectively, are provided. The method includes: displaying a panorama image of a channel among the plurality of channels on a panorama region in a screen of a display unit; and controlling at least one of a monitoring camera of the channel and the panorama image according to a command input by a user. | 01-13-2011 |
20110134209 | Virtual Structure - Disclosed is a virtual room created by locating cameras on the outside walls of a structure, e.g., a building, and then projecting live video from the cameras onto the inside walls of the structure using projectors. Because of the way the projectors and cameras are oriented, the walls appear to be invisible to a person inside the structure. | 06-09-2011 |
20110285812 | METHOD FOR GENERATING VIDEO DATA STREAM - The invention relates to a method for generating video stream data relating to different fields of vision from a camera having a sensor which records high resolution images in a distorted manner. According to the invention, image corrections are performed for separate fields of vision, and a total video stream is output from the differently corrected image data. | 11-24-2011 |
20120105579 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING THEREIN - A mobile terminal and method of controlling an image photographing therein are disclosed, by which a user interface for effectively receiving an input of a control command for each of a plurality of cameras provided to a mobile terminal can be provided. The present invention includes receiving an input of a first image and an input of a second image using a first camera and a second camera, respectively, setting a first photographing condition for the first camera and a second photographing condition for the second camera, photographing the first image and the second image using the first camera and the second camera according to the set first photographing condition and the set second photographing condition, respectively, generating a third image by synthesizing the photographed first and second images together, and displaying the generated third image as a photographed image. | 05-03-2012 |
20120113216 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING THEREIN - A mobile terminal including a first camera configured to receive an input of a first image; a second camera configured to receive an input of a second image; a touchscreen configured to display a photograph command key including a first zone, a second zone and a common zone; and a controller configured to set a photograph mode selected from a 3D photograph mode and a 2D photograph mode, to control the first and second cameras to respectively capture the first and second images upon receiving a photograph command touch action on the common zone, and to perform either a 3D image processing or a 2D image processing on the photographed first and second images according to the set photograph mode. | 05-10-2012 |
20120206566 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RELATING TO THE CAPTURE OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT OF OBSERVED PERSONS PERFORMING A TASK FOR EVALUATION - A computer implemented method for recording of audio for use in remotely evaluating performance of a task by of one or more observed persons, the method comprises: receiving a first audio input from a first microphone recording observed persons performing the task; receiving a second audio input from a second microphone recording persons reacting to the performance; outputting for display a first sound meter corresponding to the volume of the first audio input; outputting for display a second sound meter corresponding to the volume of the second audio input; providing a first volume control and a second volume control, wherein a first volume of the first audio input and a second volume of the second audio input are amplified volumes, wherein, the first and second sound meters each comprises an indicator for suggesting a volume range suitable for recording the observed persons and the persons reacting to the performance. | 08-16-2012 |
20120249730 | Stereoscopic panoramic video capture system using surface identification and distance registration technique - A method of interpolating images from original images are disclosed. Interpolation of images is based on the captured images, normal vector of the image segment plane and distance between the camera and the original image. Image segment groups retrieved are selected in order to discard and select only the image segment groups that meet criteria. Further processing of applying a shape change, merging the interpolated images and smoothing of the merged images provide interpolated images for viewing at angle of a virtual camera. | 10-04-2012 |
20120268556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING PANORAMIC IMAGE - A method of obtaining a panoramic image and an apparatus for the same are disclosed. In particular, a method of obtaining a panorama image and an apparatus for the same capable of obtaining a more clear panoramic image with reproducibility by extracting best-focused-images in case of forming images of multiple image-layer-trace images are disclosed. In accordance with the method and the device of this invention for obtaining the panoramic image, it is possible to complete the optimal image-layer-trace to be reconstructed and to obtain a clear panoramic image which vividly shows an arch of a patient by reconstructing a panoramic image for an optimal image-layer-trace most closely related to a focus-trace. | 10-25-2012 |
20130002809 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, SYNTHESIS TABLE GENERATING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image generating apparatus includes an image receiving unit, a projecting unit, and a panoramic image generating unit. The image receiving unit receives camera images captured by a plurality of cameras, the subject of which is common. The projecting unit projects, within each camera image received by the image receiving unit, images which are present below the horizontal line within each camera image on the bottom surface of an infinite hemisphere having a planar bottom surface and projects images which are present above the horizontal line within each camera image on the hemispherical surface of the infinite hemisphere. The panoramic image generating unit generates a panoramic image based on the images projected on the infinite hemisphere by the projecting unit. | 01-03-2013 |
20130016181 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING CINEMA QUALITY PANORAMIC IMAGES - A system and method for capturing and displaying seamless cinema-quality 360° panoramic photographic and video images is described. In one embodiment, the panoramic imaging system comprises an image capture unit, a computing unit, a cooling unit, and a panoramic image display unit. The image capture unit includes a panoramic camera assembly which comprises a plurality of cameras evenly distributed upon a base plate about a circle of radius Riens. Each camera has its lens pointed at and aligned with a reflecting mirror positioned at a predetermined angle with respect to the vertical. The reflecting mirrors are arranged about a cylindrical support and are affixed to a top plate. The panoramic camera assembly acquires a plurality of images which are wrapped to form a 360° panoramic image. A specially configured Social Animals Flash player allows a user to view, play, manipulate, and click on the processed 360° image file. | 01-17-2013 |
20130063555 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE THAT COMBINES A PLURALITY OF IMAGES - An image capturing device ( | 03-14-2013 |
20130093842 | IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE - If a zoom magnification ratio of the image is changed after shooting, it is impossible to match brightness, amount of noise, exposure time between angles of view due to difference in light gathering ability of a camera. The number of one or more image-capturing units ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130113876 | Method and Device for Multi-Camera Image Correction - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for multi-camera image correction. The method for multi-camera image correction includes: acquiring information of independent images that are captured by each camera and have no overlap area or have an overlap area smaller than a threshold; acquiring, according to information of each independent image, an image correction parameter that corresponds to each camera and allows adjacent independent images to be corrected into a contiguous image; and performing, according to the image correction parameter, correction processing on video data of a camera that corresponds to the image correction parameter. In the embodiments of the present invention, maintenance manpower is saved, adjustment efficiency is improved, and remote maintenance may be performed in the case of no overlap area or of a small overlap area. In addition, images are corrected in a data processing manner, which efficiently ensures precision of image correction. | 05-09-2013 |
20130141524 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING A PANORAMIC IMAGE - A method and apparatus for facilitating the capturing of panoramic images with a portable device. Such panoramic images are typically formed of multiple image portions taking as the camera is scanned through a range of motion, and the image portions are digitally “stitched” together to form a panoramic image. A user interface is provided to guide a user in positioning and/or moving of the portable device in a manner that will enable capture of a plurality of images suited for forming the intended panoramic image. In many examples, parameters of the panoramic image capturing operation, such as movement and/or positioning of the camera during the operation will be monitored in real time, and the monitored parameters will be used to provide feedback to the user as to any adjustments that may improve the image capture process. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141525 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image processing system comprises a first video camera arranged to have a first width of field of view, and operable to capture a first image, a second video camera arranged to have a second width of field of view narrower than that of the first video camera, and operable to capture a second image substantially at the same time that the first camera captures the first image, and an image processing unit operable to access scene geometry for a known scene, with the first video camera and the second video camera being arranged in a pre-set positional relation to each other; the image processing unit is arranged in operation to map scene geometry onto the first image captured by the first video camera, and the image processing unit is arranged in operation to map onto the second image captured by the second video camera at least part of the scene geometry mapped onto the first image, in dependence upon the pre-set positional relation of the first and second video cameras and their respective widths of field of view. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141526 | Apparatus and Method for Video Image Stitching - A method includes collecting a first image from a first video camera of a test pattern and a second image from a second video camera of the test pattern. The first image and the second image have an overlap region. The overlap region is evaluated to generate calibration parameters that accommodate for any vertical, horizontal or rotational misalignment between the first image and the second image. Calibration parameters are applied to video streams from the first video camera and the second video camera. | 06-06-2013 |
20130147910 | MOBILE DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A mobile device includes at least two cameras, a comparison circuit, and an image processor. The at least two cameras simultaneously capture at least two images, and the at least two images have at least one overlapping portion. The comparison circuit compares data of the at least two images and generates a comparison result according to the comparison. The image processor processes at least one of the at least two images, identifies the at least one overlapping portion, and merges the at least two images to form an integrated image, according to the comparison result. | 06-13-2013 |
20130155183 | MULTI IMAGE SUPPLY SYSTEM AND MULTI IMAGE INPUT DEVICE THEREOF - The inventive concept relates to a multi image supply system and a multi image input device thereof. The multi image input device includes a plurality of cameras, and the plurality of cameras shoots the plurality of images so that a horizontal viewing angle of the synthesized image is 120°˜180° and a vertical viewing angle of the synthesized image is 60°˜180°. According to the inventive concept, the multi image supply system obtains a multi image having no blind spots with respect to the front view using a plurality of cameras and synthesizes the obtained multi image. Thus, the multi image supply system can display an image having no blind spots with respect to the front view to a user. | 06-20-2013 |
20130182066 | DEVICE FOR SURVEYING SURROUND OF WORKING MACHINE - A back camera | 07-18-2013 |
20130258048 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An image signal processing apparatus and image signal processing method capable of obtaining a high super-resolution effect even for distorted images captured by a specialized optical system such as a 360-degree camera. Distortion-correction conversion-formula calculation section ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130271564 | MOUNTAIN, NATURAL PARK TRACK VIEW WITH PANORAMAS TAKEN WITH AN ACQUISITION SYSTEM MOUNTED ON A BACKPACK - A device for the acquisition of the panoramic views regarding alternatively mountain trails, natural park trails, and/or hiking trails to be published on a web site including at least two cameras equipped with a memory device, a GPS logger, an electronic synchronizer device, a power supply system, and an aluminum rigid support mounted on a back pack. Additionally, a method to publish panoramic views regarding alternatively mountain natural park, generic-hiking trails on a website by processing the picture wherein the synchronized pictures with the related track saved into the GPS logger are stitched together into equirectangular panoramas, codified in HTML, JavaScript, Flex, Flash and then put on a website in a virtual reality format. | 10-17-2013 |
20130278715 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCREETLY COLLECTING 3D IMMERSIVE/PANORAMIC IMAGERY - According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a system for discretely capturing data comprises a concealing structure and two or more cameras hidden within the concealing structure. The two or more cameras each having one or more sensors configured to collect imagery data. The imagery data includes data configured to construct one or more images. According to particular embodiments, the concealing structure is part of a vehicle, Additionally, according to particular embodiments, the two or more cameras are laterally offset from one another. Yet additionally, according to further embodiments, multiple sets of a plurality of laterally offset cameras are provided. | 10-24-2013 |
20140015920 | VIRTUAL PERSPECTIVE IMAGE SYNTHESIZING SYSTEM AND ITS SYNTHESIZING METHOD - The present disclosure provides a virtual perspective image synthesizing system for synthesizing multiple planar images into a virtual perspective image. The planar images are of the same object, as photographed by various panoramic camera devices, for example, fisheye lens and multi-lens camera devices. The virtual perspective image synthesizing system includes a computing device and a plurality of panoramic camera devices. The panoramic camera devices are arranged throughout the space to be monitored. The computing device is electrically connected to the panoramic camera devices. The computing device selects at least two of the panoramic camera devices based on the viewing position the viewer wishes to view from and distance of each panoramic camera device to the viewing target. The computing device synthesizes according to the synthesizing angle the panoramic images selected, to generate the virtual perspective image. | 01-16-2014 |
20140036031 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus includes image capturing devices; page memories for the image capturing devices, respectively, each page memory storing a piece of image data output from the corresponding image capturing device; a page-memory read unit configured to read pieces of image data stored in the page memories line by line in a time division manner; an image processing unit configured to perform predetermined image processing on the pieces of image data read from the page memories for the image capturing devices line by line in the time division manner; and a write monitoring unit configured to monitor write states of the pieces of image data that are output from the image capturing devices and written into the page memories, and control the page-memory read unit to start reading the pieces of image data from the page memories. | 02-06-2014 |
20140049602 | NAKED EYE 3D VIDEO SYSTEM FOR BACKING A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a naked eye 3D video system for backing a vehicle and vehicles including the system. The naked eye 3D video system includes: two cameras for being installed on the rear of the vehicle and configured to capture images of the scene behind the vehicle respectively; a processor configured to divide the images captured by the two cameras into image strips in equidistance respectively, and integrate alternatively the divided image strips together into a integrated image in the manner of interleave; and a display device for being installed on the instrument panel of the vehicle, and configured to display the integrated image in the form of three dimensions for a driver to watch with the naked eye. The above naked eye 3D video system for backing a vehicle provided by the present invention can make the driver see clearly any obstacle in the scene behind the vehicle and understand spatial distribution information between the vehicle and the obstacle. | 02-20-2014 |
20140078247 | IMAGE ADJUSTER AND IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image adjuster includes an area evaluator to calculate an area evaluation value for each color in each of divided areas of each of images captured by a plurality of imaging units, a brightness adjuster to calculate a brightness adjustment value for overlapping divided areas between photographic areas of the images on the basis of the area evaluation value for each color, and an adjustment value calculator to calculate a balance adjustment value for each of the overlapping divided areas from the area evaluation value for each color on the basis of the brightness adjustment value. | 03-20-2014 |
20140098188 | MULTI DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF PHOTOGRAPHING THEREOF - A multi display device and a method of photographing thereof. The multi display device includes a first body having a first display unit, a second body having a second display unit, a hinge unit disposed to connect the first and second bodies to each other, a first imaging unit provided in the first body, a second imaging unit provided in the second body, and a controller which, if photographing is performed by the first or second imaging unit when the first or second body pivots based on the hinge unit, combines a plurality of photographed images to generate a panorama image content. | 04-10-2014 |
20140104378 | CAPTURING PANORAMIC OR SEMI-PANORAMIC 3D SCENES - A provision of high quality panoramic or semi-panoramic 3D scenes is achieved at reasonable efforts by arranging the plurality of camera pairs, each of which is associated with a respective one of mirror plane surfaces of a pyramid or clipped-pyramid shaped mirror in that same is directed towards the respective associated mirror plane surface, such that for each camera pair the virtual positions of pivot points of the cameras of the respective camera pair are offset from each other along a straight baseline which, in turn, is offset from the axis of the mirror, and a distance between virtual points of a left-hand channel camera of a first camera pair associated with a first mirror plane surface and a right-hand channel camera of a second camera pair associated with a second mirror plane surface positioned neighboring the first mirror plane surface, deviates from a length of the baselines of the camera pairs by less than 10% of the length of the baselines. | 04-17-2014 |
20140118488 | DIGITAL 3D/360 DEGREE CAMERA SYSTEM - The digital 3D/360° camera system is an omnidirectional stereoscopic device for capturing image data that may be used to create a 3-dimensional model for presenting a 3D image, a 3D movie, or 3D animation. The device uses multiple digital cameras, arranged with overlapping fields of view, to capture image data covering an entire 360° scene. The data collected by one, or several, digital 3D/360° camera systems can be used to create a 3D model of a 360° scene by using triangulation of the image data within the overlapping fields of view. | 05-01-2014 |
20140139623 | PANORAMIC MULTI-SCALE IMAGER AND METHOD THEREFOR - A panoramic imager comprising a mirror and a multi-scale imaging system is presented. The multi-scale imaging system comprises an objective lens and a plurality of cameras that is arranged in a non-planar arrangement at the image field of the objective lens. The objective lens reduces a first aberration introduced by the mirror, and each camera further reduces any residual first aberration. As a result, panoramic imagers of the present invention can provide improved image quality and higher resolution than panoramic imagers of the prior art. | 05-22-2014 |
20140139624 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system includes an image acquisition section that consecutively acquires still images, a direction determination section that determines a camera moving direction, a slit image generation section that generates slit images based on the consecutively acquired still images, and a panoramic image generation section that performs a synthesis process of the slit images to generate a panoramic image. The direction determination section determines whether the camera moving direction is a first camera moving direction or a second camera moving direction when the imaging section is moved during capture. The panoramic image generation section performs the synthesis process of each slit image based on the camera moving direction when the consecutively acquired still images were captured to generate the panoramic image. | 05-22-2014 |
20140168357 | DISPLACING IMAGE ON IMAGER IN MULTI-LENS CAMERAS - Panoramic and spherical cameras often currently capture respective portions of a scene using a set of lenses that focus images on imagers for sampling by photosensitive elements. Because the images are often circular and imagers are often rectangular, the orientation of the lenses may be selected as a tradeoff between capturing capture the entire image while leaving unused portions of the imager, and maximizing imager coverage to increase resolution while creating cropped image portions that extend beyond the edges of the imager. The techniques presented herein involve displacing the image from the imager center in order to increase a first cropped area and reduce or eliminate a second cropped area. The lenses may also be oriented such that the first cropped area comprises a portion of the composite image that may be acceptable to omit from the composite image (e.g., the user's hand or a camera mounting apparatus). | 06-19-2014 |
20140240452 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING PANORAMA - An apparatus for creating a panorama is provided, the apparatus including an image obtainer to obtain at least two images via at least two cameras, an overlapping area analyzer to analyze an overlapping area among the at least two cameras, and extract overlapping image information, an image segmentation unit to segment the at least two images in an object unit, and generate image segmentation information, a depth value extractor to extract a depth value of an object in the at least two images, an image focus setter to set a focus value based on the depth value for the plurality of segmented objects, and a panorama creator to create panorama content of which a focus is convertible using the image segmentation information and the focus value. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240453 | APPARATUS AND METHOD PHOTOGRAPHING IMAGE - A method and apparatus for photography using an electronic device. The method and apparatus include a preview display operation of displaying a first image output from a first image sensor as a main image, and displaying a second image photographed by a second image sensor as a sub-image. A panorama photography operation of buffering the main image is executed when a panorama photography operation is requested. The sub-image is captured from a preset frame. When the panorama photographing operation is terminated, a composition panorama is generated from a panorama image of the main image, and compositing with the captured sub-image. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240454 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - Methods and apparatus provide for generating a component image in which, with images picked up using a front side camera and a rear side camera built in portable equipment, posture information of the portable equipment is associated; combining a plurality of component images between which the posture of the portable equipment is different to generate a synthesis image; changing over an image pickup mode between a double-sided synthesis image pickup mode in which a synthesis image of one half circumference picked up by the front side camera and a synthesis image of one half circumference picked up by the rear side camera are connected to each other to pick up a synthesis image of a whole circumference and a single-sided synthesis image pickup mode in which a synthesis image of a whole circumference is picked up by each of the front side camera and the rear side camera. | 08-28-2014 |
20140267596 | CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system includes a camera mounting frame having a plurality of camera mounts. Each camera mount is configured to hold a respective camera at a respective lens orientation such that mounted cameras provide different respective lens orientations relative to each other, with each mounted camera providing a different field of view facing outward from the mounting frame. The camera system may provide obstruction-free, fully spherical image and video capture to record spherical images or spherical videos in which the nadir hole and/or a physical support element of the camera system is eliminated or reduced in size during the digital stitching process of the image or video. | 09-18-2014 |
20140285618 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed in which a threshold range for generating a panorama image is indicated in accordance with a bending angle of a bending portion provided between a first area of a body provided with a first camera and a second area of a body provided with a second camera, whereby the panorama image may be generated using the first camera and the second camera. | 09-25-2014 |
20140300691 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system is an imaging system for shooting a plurality of images to generate a panoramic image. The imaging system includes a plurality of cameras. Each camera has each of a plurality of sub-regions of a subject region as a shooting region, the sub-regions resulting from dividing the subject region in a first direction. Each camera is arranged adjacent to an other camera in either the first direction or a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the other camera handling a shooting region adjacent to a shooting region handled by each camera. The number of the pairs of cameras adjacent to each other in the first direction is less than the number of the pairs of cameras adjacent to each other in the second direction. | 10-09-2014 |
20140300692 | Controller in a camera for creating a registered video image - Methods and apparatus to create and display panoramic images on a mobile device are disclosed. Such a mobile device can be a mobile phone. Apparatus is provided to control the position of a lens in relation to a reference lens. Methods and apparatus are provided to generate multiple images that are combined into a panoramic image. A panoramic image may be a static image. It may also be a video image. A controller provides correct camera settings for different conditions. An image processor creates a panoramic image from the correct settings provided by the controller. A panoramic camera is applied in a computer gaming system. | 10-09-2014 |
20140368609 | Systems And Methods For Generating A Panoramic Image - Systems and methods for generating a panoramic image include capturing image data from a plurality of cameras and storing the image data within a memory buffer of the respective camera; transmitting image data from an upstream camera to a downstream camera; and combining, within the downstream camera, the image data from the upstream camera with the image data of the downstream camera as combined image data. Each of the plurality of cameras may include an imaging array for capturing image data of a scene; a receiver for receiving image data from an upstream camera of the plurality of cameras; a memory buffer for: combining the image data received from the upstream camera with image data captured by the imaging array to form combined image data, and storing the combined image data; and a transmitter for transmitting the stored combined image data to a downstream camera of the plurality of camera. | 12-18-2014 |
20150022630 | Virtual Video Patrol System and Components Therefor - A system and corresponding components for providing a virtual video patrol functionality comprised of a plurality of sensor units and a monitoring station. The sensor units are preferably deployed in a configuration such that physically adjacent sensor units have overlapping fields of view. Each sensor unit is preferably configured to generate and transmit an alert to the monitoring station upon the detection of an event. The monitoring station may request video data from a specifically addressed sensor unit as well as additional sensor units with fields of view overlapping with the specifically addressed sensor unit. Requested video data from sensor units may be processed and combined using stitching algorithms. A user input device and display in the monitoring station allows virtual panning of the combined video image. The sensor units are preferably implemented as street light sensor units combined with a street light illumination source. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029306 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STABILIZING PANORAMA VIDEO CAPTURED BASED ON MULTI-CAMERA PLATFORM - The present invention proposes a method and apparatus for correcting a motion of panorama video captured by a plurality of cameras. The method of the present invention includes performing global motion estimation for estimating smooth motion trajectories from the panorama video, performing global motion correction for correcting a motion in each frame of the estimated smooth motion trajectories, performing local motion correction for correcting a motion of each of the plurality of cameras for the results in which the motions have been corrected, and performing warping on the results on which the local motion correction has been performed. | 01-29-2015 |
20150077513 | System, Device, and Vehicle for Recording Panoramic Images - The present invention relates to a system, a device, and vehicle for recording panoramic images. According to the present invention, panoramic images can be obtained using a plurality of optical cameras and light directing elements which are arranged based on a parabola. This allows a compact device to be obtained while ensuring that each camera records a partial image as if it were at substantially the same focus point as the other cameras. By arranging the plurality of cameras and light directing elements such that the respective focus points are slightly offset relative to each other, a slight overlap between adjacent field of views can be obtained to improve stitching of the partial images to from the panoramic image. | 03-19-2015 |
20150116453 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A multiview imaging part includes a plurality of imaging units. An exposure setting section individually sets an exposure value in each of the plurality of imaging units. The exposure setting section sets, in each of the imaging units, an individual reference exposure value and relative exposure values. The relative exposure values are obtained by changing the reference exposure value in a given number of steps in such a manner that the relative exposure values are centered around the reference exposure value. A panoramic image storage section stores captured images having different exposure values captured by the imaging units whose exposure values have been set by the exposure setting section. An HDR synthesis section synthesizes the captured images having different exposure values so as to generate a captured image having an adjusted dynamic range. | 04-30-2015 |
20150124048 | SWITCHABLE MULTIPLE VIDEO TRACK PLATFORM - The present invention provides methods and apparatus for generating and transmitting a multimedia, multi-vantage point platform for viewing audio and video data. The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing a user switchable multiple video track platforms. More specifically, the present invention presents methods and apparatus for capturing multiple video streams of image data and video including 360° views and high definition (HD) image capture and transforming image and audio data into a viewing experience emulating observance of an event from multiple vantage points. | 05-07-2015 |
20150138314 | Generating Panoramic Images - Methods and systems for generating panoramic images using images captured from, for instance, a camera-enabled mobile device (e.g., a smartphone, tablet, wearable computing device, or other device) are provided. More particularly, a panoramic image can be generated from images simultaneously captured from at least two cameras facing in different directions, such as a front facing camera and a rear facing camera of a camera-enabled mobile device. The images can be captured while the photographer rotates the device about an axis. The panoramic image can then be generated from the images captured from the different cameras. The first set of images and the second set of images can be calibrated to accommodate for different positions of the cameras on the device and/or can be processed to accommodate for different resolutions of the images captured by the different cameras. | 05-21-2015 |
20150145952 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A bus interface/camera control interface connects a processor and a plurality of imaging units. A control data pass-through logic exchanges data between the bus interface/camera control interface and the plurality of imaging units. A pass-through mask register includes: a write register used to specify, of the plurality of imaging units, one or more imaging units to be selected so as to selectively supply write data to the one or more imaging units; and a read register used to specify, of the plurality of imaging units, a single imaging unit to be selected so as to selectively receive read data from the single imaging unit. The control data pass-through logic use the pass-through mask register to switch between input and output operations. | 05-28-2015 |
20150296140 | Panoramic view blind spot eliminator system and method - A panoramic view system for eliminating blind spots in a vehicle includes: at least two video cameras, a panoramic screen, a panoramic controller, such that the panoramic screen shows a combined video stream from the video cameras, which provides a driver with a panoramic rear-view of the vehicle surroundings without any blind spots. The panoramic controller includes a processor, a non-transitory memory, an input/output, and a video manager. Also disclosed is a method for automotive panoramic viewing, including receiving video, combining video streams, and viewing a panoramic video stream. | 10-15-2015 |
20150304559 | MULTIPLE CAMERA PANORAMIC IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - The present invention includes audio and video capture system that includes a plurality of video capture devices configured to capture a plurality of video streams of an event. One or more audio capture devices may additionally be configured to capture one or more audio streams of the same event. Captured image data may be stitched or otherwise combined and post capture processed to present captured image data for viewing from a desired perspective and in a desired format. Audio may be also be presented form a desired perspective and in a desired format. | 10-22-2015 |
20150324643 | REMOTE VISUAL INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and a system for remote visual inspection of a target surface of a structure, the system comprising a multi-axis assembly; a combination of dynamic digital video cameras and optic supported by said multi-axis assembly; and a controller connected to the cameras and the multi-axis assembly; wherein the multi-axis assembly comprises a turret along a vertical axis, the turret being connected at a top part thereof to a first arm extending along a roll axis, the first arm being connected to a second arm along a pitch axis, the cameras and optic being carried by the second arm. | 11-12-2015 |
20150341552 | Developing a Panoramic Image - Systems, apparatus, and methods are provided for producing an improved panoramic image. A three-dimensional point cloud image is generated from an optical distancing system. Additionally, at least one two-dimensional image is generated from at least one camera. The three-dimensional point cloud image is colorized with the at least one two-dimensional image, thereby forming a colorized three-dimensional point cloud image. An equal area projection panoramic image is synthesized from the colorized three-dimensional point cloud, wherein the panoramic image comprises a plurality of pixels, and each pixel in the plurality of pixels represents a same amount of area. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341557 | OMNISTEREO IMAGING - There is described a camera setup for capturing omnistereo images using a minimum of three cameras with ultra wide angle lenses and a method for generating a substantially 360 degree view from images taken from the cameras. The field of view covered in stereo may be a dome. The baseline between pairs of cameras defines epipoles which can be used for stitching without any horizontal misalignments due to parallax. The method comprises capturing the images from a plurality of cameras fixed at a baseline height substantially equidistantly about a circle; and stitching together portions of the images from each one of the plurality of cameras along first and second borders corresponding at least in part to lines joining center points of neighboring ones of the plurality of cameras. | 11-26-2015 |
20150348580 | CAMERA ARRAY INCLUDING CAMERA MODULES - The disclosure includes a camera array comprising camera modules, the camera modules comprising a master camera that includes a processor, a memory, a sensor, a lens, a status indicator, and a switch, the switch configured to instruct each of the camera modules to initiate a start operation to start recording video data using the lens and the sensor in the other camera modules and the switch configured to instruct each of the camera modules to initiate a stop operation to stop recording, the status indicator configured to indicate a status of at least one of the camera modules. The camera modules of the camera array are configured to provide a 3× field of view overlap. | 12-03-2015 |
20150358538 | Omnidirectional User Configurable Multi-Camera Housing - An omnidirectional user configurable multi-camera housing includes a top plate including one or more electronic circuit boards thereon; a track plate secured to the top plate by a plurality of first fasteners, wherein the track plate is rotationally movable with respect to the top plate via a respective curve-shaped opening that accommodates movement of a respective first fastener within the respective curve-shaped opening; a plurality of camera assemblies secured to the track plate by a plurality of magnetic devices, each of the camera assemblies including a camera and a bracket, movably installed on the track, wherein each of the camera is rotatable on a respective bracket in a plane perpendicular to the track plate, and wherein each of the bracket are rotatable in a plane including the track plate; and a transparent cover for covering the plurality of camera assemblies installed on the track plate. | 12-10-2015 |
20150358539 | Mobile Virtual Reality Camera, Method, And System - In one embodiment, a virtual reality camera comprises a left wide-angle lens in communication with a left digital image sensor, a right wide-angle lens in communication with a right digital image sensor, a storage device, a processor, and a memory. An image processing engine executes on the processor and is configured to process images captured by the left digital image sensor and the right digital image sensor to create a pannable stereoscopic view. In certain embodiments, the image processing engine may be further configured to de-warp the left image and the right image to create a panoramic left image and a panoramic right image, set an initial fixation point for the panoramic left image and the panoramic right image, and generate a left perspective view and a right perspective view from the panoramic left image and the panoramic right image to create the pannable stereoscopic view. | 12-10-2015 |
20150358540 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A SURROUND-VIEW IMAGE OF THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE, METHOD FOR PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE DRIVER-ASSISTANCE FUNCTION FOR A VEHICLE, SURROUND-VIEW SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A method for generating a surround-view image of a vehicle 's surroundings, having a first vehicle camera for photographing a first partial area of the surroundings and at least one second vehicle camera for photographing a second partial area of the surroundings differing at least in part from the first partial area, including illuminating the surroundings with at least two illumination devices. Using at least one first illumination device, the first partial area of the surroundings is illuminated by electromagnetic radiation in the visible and/or infrared wavelength range. Using at least one second illumination device, the second partial area of the surroundings is illuminated by electromagnetic radiation at least in the infrared wavelength range. The method also includes reading in camera image data, so as by combining the image data, to generate the surround-view image of the surroundings, the image data representing photos of partial areas of the illuminated surroundings. | 12-10-2015 |
20150367957 | PROVIDING VISIBILITY TO A VEHICLE'S ENVIRONMENT VIA A SET OF CAMERAS WHICH IS CONFORMAL TO THE VEHICLE - An aircraft camera system provides visibility to a vehicle's environment. The vehicle has a set of vehicle surface portions (e.g., aircraft sections, panels, surfaces, combinations thereof, etc.) which defines a shape of the vehicle. The aircraft camera system includes a set of cameras integrated with the set of vehicle surface portions to avoid adding fluid drag force on the vehicle as the vehicle moves within the vehicle's environment. The aircraft camera system further includes a controller coupled to the set of cameras. The controller is constructed and arranged to obtain a set of camera signals from the set of cameras and output a set of electronic signals based on the set of camera signals. The set of electronic signals provides a set of images of the vehicle's environment from a perspective of the vehicle. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373268 | PARALLAX FREE MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CAPTURING FULL SPHERICAL IMAGES - Methods and systems for producing spherical field-of-view images. In some embodiments, an imaging system includes a front camera having a first field-of-view (FOV) in a first direction and an optical axis that extends through the first FOV, a back camera having an optical axis that extends through the first FOV, a plurality of side cameras disposed between the front camera and the back camera, a back light re-directing reflective mirror component disposed between the back camera and plurality of side cameras, the back light re-directing reflective mirror component further disposed perpendicular to the optical axis of the back camera, and a plurality of side light re-directing reflective mirror components, each of the plurality of side cameras positioned to receive light re-directed reflected from one of the plurality of light redirecting reflective mirror components. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373269 | PARALLAX FREE THIN MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CAPTURING FULL WIDE FIELD OF VIEW IMAGES - Methods and systems for producing wide field of view field-of-view images are disclosed. In some embodiments, an imaging system includes a front camera having a first field-of-view (FOV) in a first direction and an optical axis that extends through the first FOV, a back camera having an optical axis that extends through the first FOV, a plurality of side cameras disposed between the front camera and the back camera, a back light re-directing reflective mirror component disposed between the back camera and plurality of side cameras, the back light re-directing reflective mirror component further disposed perpendicular to the optical axis of the back camera, and a plurality of side light re-directing reflective mirror components, each of the plurality of side cameras positioned to receive light re-directed reflected from one of the plurality of light redirecting reflective mirror components. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373276 | IMAGING DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF PIXEL ARRAYS - An imaging device includes a first pixel array arrange to capture a first image and a second pixel array arranged to capture a second image. The imaging device also includes shutter control circuitry which is coupled to the first pixel array to initiate a first exposure period of the first pixel array to capture the first image. The shutter control circuitry is also coupled to the second pixel array to initiate a second exposure period of the second pixel array to capture the second image. The imaging device also includes processing logic coupled to receive first pixel data of the first image and coupled to receive second pixel data of the second image. The processing logic is configured to generate at least one image using the first pixel data and the second pixel data. | 12-24-2015 |
20160001703 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ELIMINATING BLIND SPOTS IN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES - ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ELIMINATING BLIND SPOTS IN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES, referring to a device which, upon installation on any automotive vehicle, eliminates blind spots on its rear mirrors (A), thus avoiding accidents, being constituted by micro cameras ( | 01-07-2016 |
20160005316 | AROUND VIEW SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An around view system includes: a camera module configured to photograph surrounding images of a vehicle; a control module configured to output an around view monitoring (AVM) combined image obtained by combining the surrounding images according to a setting reference; and a display module configured to display the AVM combined image, in which the control module includes: a generating unit configured to generate an AVM image, in which a view of the surrounding image is converted; a recognizing unit configured to recognize a parking line and a section corner crossing the parking line in the AVM image; and a control unit configured to set a virtual parking section based on the parking line and the section corner, and output the AVM combined image obtained by combining the AVM image and the virtual parking section according to the reference setting. | 01-07-2016 |
20160028950 | Panoramic Video from Unstructured Camera Arrays with Globally Consistent Parallax Removal - Systems and methods for generating a panoramic video from unstructured camera arrays. The systems and methods are configured to statically align corresponding image-frames of respective input video streams, warp the aligned image-frames according to a warping-order, and relax the warped image-frames thereby generating a temporally coherent panoramic video. Methods according to embodiments this invention utilize a new parallax-warping-error metric that is devised to capture structural differences created by parallax artifacts. The parallax-warping-error metric is effective in finding an optimal warping-order and in driving the warping process, resulting in a panoramic video with minimal parallax artifacts. | 01-28-2016 |
20160034768 | AROUND VIEW MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An around-view monitoring (AVM) apparatus including a camera module for obtaining a plurality of video images from around a vehicle; a display unit for displaying an around-view video image; and a control unit for composing the plurality of video images to generate an around-view video image, detecting a first parking line and a second parking line from the around-view video image, tracking the detected first and second parking lines, and generating an imaginary parking line when any one of the first and second parking lines is not tracked to control the display unit to output the around-view video image. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037030 | ALIGNMENT OF A CAMERA SYSTEM, CAMERA SYSTEM AND ALIGNMENT AID - The alignment of a camera system is less expensive when using a holder with a plurality of connecting pieces, each implemented for connecting, fitting or clamping with a counterpart of a camera housing or an objective, a holder that is implemented such that the connecting pieces or holder modules of the holder, where the connecting pieces are held rigidly or merely at rotation axes, are held rigidly with respect to one another along at least one common spatial direction. | 02-04-2016 |
20160048966 | LEARNING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN CAMERAS FOR ARTICULATED VEHICLES - When calculating true inter-camera distance, offset images of a reference object such as a lane marker from at least two cameras coupled to an articulating vehicle are overlaid and shifted until the reference objects in each image are aligned. The distance by which the reference object images are shifted, as well as any rotation required to align the images, is used to calculate the actual distance between the cameras and to compensate for average yaw angle between the cameras when positioning the images for digital stitching to generate a composite “surround view” image. | 02-18-2016 |
20160057344 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A PHOTOGRAPHING FUNCTION AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device with photographing function is provided. The electronic device includes a first image-capturing unit, a second image-capturing unit, a touch display screen and a processing unit. The first image-capturing unit includes a straight photosensitive unit. The second image-capturing unit includes a transverse photosensitive unit. The processing unit is coupled to the first image-capturing unit, the second image-capturing unit and the touch display screen. The processing unit determines, according to the user's operation of the electronic device, to use the straight photosensitive unit of the first image-capturing unit to capture a first image from a pickup target or to use the transverse photosensitive unit of the second image-capturing unit to capture a second image from the pickup target. | 02-25-2016 |
20160077422 | COLLABORATIVE SYNCHRONIZED MULTI-DEVICE PHOTOGRAPHY - Techniques are disclosed for collaborative and synchronized photography across multiple digital camera devices. A panoramic photograph of a scene can be generated from separate photographs taken by each of the cameras simultaneously. During composition, the viewfinder images from each camera are collected and stitched together on the fly to create a panoramic preview image. The panoramic preview is then displayed on the camera devices as live visual guidance, which each user can use to change the orientation of the camera and thus change the composition of the panoramic photograph. In some cases, the host sends visual instructions to other camera devices to guide users in camera adjustment. When the desired composition is achieved, the host sends a trigger command to all of the cameras to take photographs simultaneously. Each of these separate photographs can then be stitched together to form a panoramic photograph. | 03-17-2016 |
20160088282 | TRANSMISSION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client device, a request corresponding to a particular view of a three-dimensional video comprising multiple views. The method also includes accessing a data stream corresponding to the video. The method further includes selecting, based on the request, one or more portions of the accessed data stream, at least one of the selected portions corresponding to the particular view. The method also includes transmitting the selected portion of the accessed data stream to the client device. | 03-24-2016 |
20160119540 | MODEL-BASED PLANE-LIKE PANORAMA AND RETAIL APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for developing shelf product location and identification layout for a retail environment. Such an approach can include a mobile base navigable throughout the retail environment, at least one camera mounted on the mobile base acquiring images of aisles, shelving, and product located on the shelving throughout the retail environment; and a computer controlling mobile base movement, tracking mobile base location and orientation, and organizing images acquired by the camera including facing information for product associated with shelving and aisles as images are acquired and input to the computer to generate plane-like panoramas representing inventory, inventory location, and layout of the retail environment. | 04-28-2016 |
20160119541 | IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - At least one combined image may be created from a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras. A sensor unit may receive the plurality of images from the plurality of cameras. At least one processor in communication with the sensor unit may correlate each received image with calibration data for the camera from which the image was received. The calibration data may comprise camera position data and characteristic data. The processor may combine at least two of the received images from at least two of the cameras into the at least one combined image by orienting the at least two images relative to one another based on the calibration data for the at least two cameras from which the images were received and merging the at least two aligned images into the at least one combined image. | 04-28-2016 |
20160127642 | WIDE-SCALE TERRESTRIAL LIGHT-FIELD IMAGING OF THE SKY - A system for wide-scale light field imaging comprising: a network of multiple terrestrial cameras positioned (at multiple known locations, where each of the cameras comprises a wide-angle lens directed towards the sky and configured to capture one or more images of the sky, and a processor configured to operate a wired and/or wireless communications infrastructure for transmitting the captured images; and a server configured to receive the wirelessly transmitted images and jointly process the received images, thereby producing a wide-scale light field image of the sky. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127657 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An image-capturing system including at least three cameras with different image-capturing directions, a feature point extraction unit that extracts a feature point of a subject from images captured by the camera, and an image storage unit that stores images captured by the cameras is characterized by: a feature quantity calculation/detection unit that calculates a feature quantity of the subject from the feature point extracted by the feature point extraction unit; a direction estimation unit that estimates a direction in which the subject is oriented from the feature point extracted by the feature point extraction unit; and a stored camera image determination unit that determines a camera image to be stored in the image storage unit, wherein, when a difference between the feature quantity calculated by the feature quantity calculation unit and a particular feature quantity set in advance is not more than a certain value, the stored camera image determination unit determines, as a first stored image, the image from which the feature point has been extracted by the plurality of the feature point extraction unit, and determines a second stored image by identifying a camera in accordance with the direction in which the subject is oriented as estimated by the direction estimation unit from the feature point extracted in the first stored image. | 05-05-2016 |
20160137126 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera having a lens and a two dimensional imaging array sensor. The camera is disposed at a side of a body of a vehicle and has a field of view exterior of the vehicle and at least rearward of the vehicle. The camera captures image data. The imaging array sensor has a center region. The lens is configured to focus light at the imaging array sensor, and the lens has a center axis. The lens is disposed at the imaging array sensor with the center axis of the lens laterally offset from the center region of the imaging array sensor. A video display is disposed in the vehicle and is viewable by a driver of the vehicle when the driver is normally operating the vehicle. The video display is operable to display video images derived from image data captured by the camera. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142596 | VISION SYSTEMS USING MULTIPLE CAMERAS - Devices providing a distortion-free panoramic image covering a 180° field of view, a single frame or a three dimensional image, comprising a multi-camera assembly, which provides images to a light sensor on a related circuit board, which in turn sends the images to a display for a user. The vision system is primarily directed to vehicle vision systems, allowing drivers to see areas behind and around the vehicle, but may be provided in several alternative applications, including a smart phone type assembly, webcam and other cameras, an eyeglasses configuration and a headwear mounted assembly. A device to simplify sensor adjustment to fine tune image displays is also disclosed. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142631 | PASSIVE INFRARED SEARCH AND TRACK SENSOR SYSTEM - A surveillance sensor system is described. The surveillance sensor system includes a polygonal-shaped assembly having four substantially identical quadrant segments. Each of the quadrant segments includes a first set of lens, a second set of lens, and a third set of lens. Images captured by the first, second and third sets of lens can be combined to form a telecentric image on an intermediate image plane. The surveillance sensor system also includes a relay optic module having a set of lens, multiple focal plane array detectors and a dewar. The relay optic module can re-image the telecentric image located on the intermediate image plane onto an image plane. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142632 | PANORAMIC CAMERA WITH MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSORS USING TIMED SHUTTERS - The present invention relates to the field of panoramic still and motion photography. In a first embodiment, a camera apparatus for panoramic photography includes a first image sensor positioned to capture a first image. The first image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. The camera apparatus also includes second image sensor positioned to capture a second image. The second image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. Finally, the camera apparatus includes a controller configured to signal the second image sensor to start capturing the second image before the first image sensor finishes capturing the first image. At least a portion of the first image is in front of the second image relative to a forward direction of the camera apparatus. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142655 | Multi-Camera Array With Housing - Multiple cameras are arranged in an array at a pitch, roll, and yaw that allow the cameras to have adjacent fields of view such that each camera is pointed inward relative to the array. The read window of an image sensor of each camera in a multi-camera array can be adjusted to minimize the overlap between adjacent fields of view, to maximize the correlation within the overlapping portions of the fields of view, and to correct for manufacturing and assembly tolerances. Images from cameras in a multi-camera array with adjacent fields of view can be manipulated using low-power warping and cropping techniques, and can be taped together to form a final image. | 05-19-2016 |
20160144977 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT - Aircraft imaging system, including apparatus and methods, with compensation for changes to an attitude of an aircraft. In some embodiments, the system may include an array of image detectors having fields of view that partially overlap to create a wider field of view collectively. The system also may include a processor programmed to (a) splice video images collected by the array of image detectors while the array remains mounted in a fixed relation to an aircraft having a varying attitude, to create a series of spliced frames representing the wider field of view over a time interval, and (b) select a frame portion of each spliced frame based at least in part on one or more signals from an attitude sensor carried by the aircraft such that the selected frame portions each represent a same angle of view with respect to horizontal. | 05-26-2016 |
20160165135 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PHOTOGRAPHING IMAGE AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDABLE MEDIUM - A imaging apparatus is disclosed. The imaging apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a camera configured to capture a subject, a combiner configured to be combined with another imaging apparatus, a controller configured to perform capturing by controlling the camera and the other imaging apparatus, respectively, and an image processor configured to in response to a field of view interference occurring between the camera and the other imaging apparatus, delete an area where the field of view interference occurs from an image captured by the camera. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165211 | AUTOMOTIVE IMAGING SYSTEM - Various implementations include an automotive imaging system that includes at least three cameras disposed on a vehicle and an electronic control unit (ECU) in electronic communication with the cameras. The three cameras have overlapping fields of view, and a processor of the ECU may be configured for generating at least three stereoscopic images from images captured by each pair of cameras and blending these stereoscopic images into one high quality panoramic image. These images provide a wider field of coverage and improved images, which improves the ability of the safety and advanced driver assistance systems of the vehicle to detect and identify potential collision hazards and conduct situational analyses of the vehicle according to certain implementations. | 06-09-2016 |
20160182823 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD | 06-23-2016 |
20160182825 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS | 06-23-2016 |
20160191815 | CAMERA ARRAY REMOVING LENS DISTORTION - The disclosure includes a camera array comprising camera modules, the camera modules comprising a master camera that includes a processor, a memory, a sensor, a lens, a status indicator, and a switch, the switch configured to instruct each of the camera modules to initiate a start operation to start recording video data using the lens and the sensor in the other camera modules and the switch configured to instruct each of the camera modules to initiate a stop operation to stop recording, the status indicator configured to indicate a status of at least one of the camera modules. Lens distortion effects may be removed from the frames described by the video data. The camera modules of the camera array are configured to provide a 3× field of view overlap. | 06-30-2016 |
20160205319 | PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE FOR WORK MACHINE | 07-14-2016 |
20160381257 | SPHERE PANORAMA IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A sphere panorama image capturing device including an outer sphere, an inner sphere, a plurality of 3D image capturing modules and an orientation sensing module is provided. The outer sphere is transparent. The inner sphere is disposed inside the outer sphere. The inner sphere and the outer sphere have a distance therebetween and the inner sphere is rotatable relative to the outer sphere. The 3D image capturing modules are fixed on the inner sphere. An area of the inner sphere that corresponds to the 3D image capturing module is transparent. The orientation sensing module is disposed on the inner sphere. | 12-29-2016 |
20160381289 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A digital photographing apparatus includes: a first camera configured to acquire a wide-angle image including a main subject, a second camera configured to capture a telephoto image having the main subject zoomed in with respect to the wide-angle image; and a processor configured to acquire motion information of the main subject based on the wide-angle image and the telephoto image and configured to determine one of the wide-angle image and the telephoto image as a main image based on the motion information. | 12-29-2016 |
20160381323 | Systems and Methods for Generating Virtual Item Displays - Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable virtual displays of an item, such as vehicle, to be generated. In an embodiment, a plurality of images of an item may be captured and annotation may be provided to one or more of the images. In an embodiment, the plurality of images may be displayed, and the transition between each of the plurality of images may be an animated process. In an embodiment, an item imaging system may comprise a structure including one or more cameras and one or more lights, and the item imaging system may be configured to automate at least a portion of the process for capturing the plurality of images of an item. | 12-29-2016 |
20180027178 | MAPPING OF SPHERICAL IMAGE DATA INTO RECTANGULAR FACES FOR TRANSPORT AND DECODING ACROSS NETWORKS | 01-25-2018 |
20180027179 | WORK VEHICLE AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD FOR WORK VEHICLE | 01-25-2018 |
20180027180 | CAMERA ARRANGEMENTS FOR WIDE-ANGLE IMAGING | 01-25-2018 |
20180027181 | METHOD TO CAPTURE, STORE, DISTRIBUTE, SHARE, STREAM AND DISPLAY PANORAMIC IMAGE OR VIDEO | 01-25-2018 |
20190149806 | INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT PROGRESS ESTIMATION | 05-16-2019 |