Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100119114 | DETERMINING RELATIVE DEPTH OF POINTS IN MULTIPLE VIDEOS - A relative depth of points captured by at least two recording sources are determined. A first sequence of image frames acquired from a first source and a second sequence of image frames acquired from a second source are received by a data processing system. The data processing system identifies a plurality of points-of-interest, each point-of-interest being present in both the first sequence and the second sequence. The points-of-interest are clustered into common depth planes at least by comparing motion across the sequences of different points-of-interest. Results of the clustering are stored in a processor-accessible memory system. | 05-13-2010 |
20110075938 | IDENTIFYING IMAGE ABNORMALITIES USING AN APPEARANCE MODEL - The identification of known normal structures within an image is preferably accomplished using an appearance model. Specifically, an active appearance model, which encapsulates a complete model of the shape and global texture variations of an object from a collection of samples, is utilized to define normal structures within an image by restricting training samples supplied to the active appearance model during a training phase to those that do not contain abnormal structures. Accordingly, the trained appearance model represents only normal variations in the object of interest. When another image with abnormalities is presented to the system, the appearance model cannot synthesize the abnormal structures which show up as errors in a residual image. Accordingly, the errors in the residual image represent potential abnormalities. | 03-31-2011 |
20110229012 | ADJUSTING PERSPECTIVE FOR OBJECTS IN STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - A method for manipulating a stereoscopic image, comprising receiving an original stereoscopic image including a left image and a right image; identifying one or more objects; determining actual object sizes and actual object locations in both the left and right images; determining original perceived three-dimensional object location and new perceived three-dimensional object locations for the identified one or more objects; determining a size magnification factors and location displacement values for each of the one or more objects; generating a new stereoscopic image by changing the actual object sizes and the actual object locations responsive to the corresponding size magnification factors and location displacement values; and storing the new stereoscopic image in a processor-accessible memory system. | 09-22-2011 |
20110304693 | FORMING VIDEO WITH PERCEIVED DEPTH - A method for providing a video with perceived depth comprising: capturing a sequence of video images of a scene with a single perspective image capture device; determining a relative position of the image capture device for each of the video images in the sequence of video images; selecting stereo pairs of video images responsive to the determined relative position of the image capture device; and forming a video with perceived depth based on the selected stereo pairs of video images. | 12-15-2011 |
20110304706 | VIDEO CAMERA PROVIDING VIDEOS WITH PERCEIVED DEPTH - A video image capture device for providing a video with perceived depth comprising: an image sensor for capturing video frames; an optical system for imaging a scene onto the image sensor from a single perspective; a data storage system for storing a sequence of video images captured by the image sensor; a position sensing device for sensing a relative position of the image capture device; a means for storing the sensed relative position of the image capture device in association with stored sequences of video images; a data processor; a memory system storing instructions configured to cause the data processor to provide a video with perceived depth. The video with perceived depth is provided by: selecting stereo pairs of video images responsive to the stored relative position of the image capture device. | 12-15-2011 |
20120105584 | CAMERA WITH SENSORS HAVING DIFFERENT COLOR PATTERNS - An image capture device includes a lens arrangement having a first lens associated with a first digital image sensor and a second lens associated with a second digital image sensor; the first digital image sensor having photosites of a first predetermined color pattern for producing a first digital image; the second digital image sensor having photosites of a different second predetermined color pattern for producing a second digital image. The image capture device also includes a device for causing the lens arrangement to capture a first digital image from the first digital image sensor and a second digital image from the second digital image sensor at substantially the same time; a processor aligning the first and second digital images; and the processor using values of the second image based on the alignment between the first and second images operates on the first digital image to produce the enhanced digital image. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106840 | COMBINING IMAGES CAPTURED WITH DIFFERENT COLOR PATTERNS - A method for enhancing a digital image of a scene, includes acquiring a first digital image of the scene having pixel values corresponding to a first predetermined color pattern and a second digital image of the scene having pixel values corresponding to a second different predetermined color pattern, wherein the first and second digital images were captured at substantially the same time. The method further includes using a processor to align the first and second digital images; and using pixel values of the second image based on the alignment between the first and second images to operate on the first digital image to produce the enhanced digital image having corrected color values. | 05-03-2012 |
20120176296 | MONOCULAR DISPLAY APPARATUS - An apparatus for viewing of an image of a scene, including a monocular device worn by a viewer which includes a first display for displaying a first two-dimensional image of the scene with a first perspective to one eye of the viewer. a second display for displaying a second two-dimensional image of the scene with a second perspective to the other eye of the viewer, wherein the first perspective of the scene is different from the second perspective of the scene so that the viewer perceives a three dimensional image of the scene, while another viewer of the second display, that is not wearing a monocular device, views the two-dimensional image of the scene. | 07-12-2012 |
20120176482 | ALIGNMENT OF STEREO IMAGES PAIRS FOR VIEWING - A method for viewing of a three dimensional image of a scene with a monocular device on one eye for viewing a first two-dimensional image of the scene and providing a second display for viewing a second two-dimensional image of the scene in a stereo image pair with the other eye. Using a camera to provide an image of the second display to determine the position of the second display relative to the first display. Adjusting the alignment of the first two-dimensional image in correspondence to the determined position of the second display relative to the first display, whereby the viewer perceives a three dimensional image of the scene and one or more other viewers that are not wearing monocular devices can view the second display with both eyes so that they can perceive a two-dimensional image of the scene. | 07-12-2012 |
20120176483 | THREE CHANNEL DELIVERY OF STEREO IMAGES - An apparatus for viewing of a three dimensional image of a scene, including a monocular device worn by a viewer for displaying a first two-dimensional image to one eye of the viewer, The monocular device being arranged so it can be worn on either eye of the viewer. A second display for displaying a second two-dimensional image of the scene in a stereo image pair which is viewed by the other eye of the viewer. A way of selecting the first two-dimensional image with either a left or right perspective relative to the second two-dimensional image dependent upon which eye the viewer uses with the monocular device. | 07-12-2012 |
20120188409 | CAMERA WITH MULTIPLE COLOR SENSORS - An image capture device for an enhanced digital image of a scene including a first digital image sensor for producing a first image and a second digital image sensor for producing a second digital image; wherein the image sensors have multiple photosites, each associated with a color filter; a device for capturing a first and second digital image from the first and second digital image sensors at substantially the same time, wherein the digital images contain pixel locations having values associated to the response of a photosite from the respective image sensor; a processor for aligning the first and second digital images; and the processor producing an enhanced first digital image containing at each pixel location, a pixel value for each of at least three color primaries by using pixel values from the first and second digital images, based on the alignment between the first and second images. | 07-26-2012 |
20130010075 | CAMERA WITH SENSORS HAVING DIFFERENT COLOR PATTERNS - An image capture device includes a lens arrangement having a first lens associated with a first digital image sensor and a second lens associated with a second digital image sensor; the first digital image sensor having photosites of a first predetermined color pattern for producing a first digital image; the second digital image sensor having photosites of a different second predetermined color pattern for producing a second digital image. The image capture device also includes a device for causing the lens arrangement to capture a first digital image from the first digital image sensor and a second digital image from the second digital image sensor at substantially the same time; a processor aligning the first and second digital images; and the processor using values of the second image based on the alignment between the first and second images operates on the first digital image to produce the enhanced digital image. | 01-10-2013 |
20130235223 | COMPOSITE VIDEO SEQUENCE WITH INSERTED FACIAL REGION - A method for forming a composite video sequence, from a first digital video sequence captured of a scene by a photographer, and a second digital video sequence captured simultaneously with the first digital video sequence that includes the photographer. The first digital video sequence is analyzed to determine a low-interest spatial image region. A facial video sequence including the photographer's face is extracted from the second digital video sequence, and inserted into the low-interest spatial image region in the first digital video sequence to form the composite video sequence. | 09-12-2013 |
20130235224 | VIDEO CAMERA PROVIDING A COMPOSITE VIDEO SEQUENCE - A digital camera system including a first video capture unit for capturing a first digital video sequence of a scene and a second video capture unit that simultaneously captures a second digital video sequence that includes the photographer. A data processor automatically analyzes first digital video sequence to determine a low-interest spatial image region. A facial video sequence including the photographer's face is extracted from the second digital video sequence, and inserted into the low-interest spatial image region in the first digital video sequence to form the composite video sequence. | 09-12-2013 |
20140063555 | Method For Generating Tag Layouts - Generating a tag layout from a set of tags and an ordering of the set of tags, wherein each tag includes a text label and a size for the text label, is disclosed. The method further includes receiving at least one closed shape corresponding to a space for the tag layout. A processor computes a scale factor for at least one of the closed shape or the size of the text labels in the set of tags to generate the tag layout of the set of tags within the closed shape such that all the tags in the set of tags fit within the closed shape and the tags are placed in the space based at least upon the ordering of the tags in the set of tags. | 03-06-2014 |
20140063556 | System For Generating Tag Layouts - Generating a tag layout from a set of tags and an ordering of the set of tags, wherein each tag includes a text label and a size for the text label, is disclosed. The system includes a processor accessible memory for receiving an ordered set of tags, each tag including a text label and a size for the text label, and at least one closed shape corresponding to a space for the tag layout. The system further includes a processor for generating the tag layout by computing a scale factor for either the closed shape or the size of the text labels in the set of tags such that all the tags in the set of tags fit within the closed shape, and the processor stores the generated tag layout in the memory. | 03-06-2014 |