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7397943 Method and arrangement for touchless detection of data of uneven surfaces  
A method for detecting data of an uneven surface of an object includes the following steps: illuminating at least one of stripes and a grid on the uneven surface using at least one light source;...
7388598 3D camera system and method  
A 3D camera system and method for generating a 3D picture from real 3D input pictures. The system includes one or more cameras, a robotic or manually driven moving platform on which the camera or...
7386163 Obstacle recognition apparatus and method, obstacle recognition program, and mobile robot apparatus  
An obstacle recognition apparatus is provided which can recognize an obstacle by accurately extracting a floor surface. It includes a distance image generator ( 222 ) to produce a distance image...
7379582 Three-dimensional structure verification supporting apparatus, three-dimensional structure verification method, recording medium, and program therefor  
A projection image data captured from a plurality of angles is processed, and a three-dimensional image data accurately indicating a three dimensional structure for an object is obtained. A shape...
7379584 Methods for registration of three-dimensional frames to create three-dimensional virtual models of objects  
A method and system are provided for constructing a virtual three-dimensional model of an object using a data processing system, and at least one machine-readable memory accessible to said data...
7372987 Three-dimensional image evaluation unit and display device using the unit  
A three-dimensional image evaluation unit ( 100 ) for evaluating an input image. The parallax statistic is calculated by measuring the parallax included in the input image by a parallax measuring...
7352386 Method and apparatus for recovering a three-dimensional scene from two-dimensional images  
A method and apparatus for recovering a three-dimensional (3D) scene from two-dimensional (2D) images. A sequence of images is divided into a number of smaller segments and a 3D reconstruction is...
7349568 Method and apparatus for handling stereoscopic images utilizing parallax images  
An image acquiring unit acquires a two-dimensional image from a digital camera and a stereoscopic image from a stereo image storage, and sends those images to a pixel replacing unit. The pixel...
7296901 Projection display  
A projection display comprises a display device, a projection optical system that has an aperture and is adapted to magnify and project an image appearing on the display device and a display panel...
7298393 Stereo-observation system  
A stereo-observation system includes a stereo imaging unit which has at least two entrance pupils and an imaging means forming a first image for the left eye and a second image for the right eye...
7295699 Image processing system, program, information storage medium, and image processing method  
An original image area IMR is divided into divided image areas DR 1 to DR 4 , texture coordinates specified by division point coordinates are obtained, and images of the divided image areas DR 1 ...
7289662 Method and apparatus for apparatus for generating three-dimensional models from uncalibrated views  
A system for generating three-dimensional models from still imagery or video streams from uncalibrated views, is presented. The system comprises a computer system including a processor, a memory...
7280687 Device for detecting position/orientation of object  
A position/orientation detecting device for detecting a three-dimensional position/orientation of an object such as a workpiece in a stereo mode of highly reliable determination of corresponding...
7277119 Digital record and replay binoculars  
A combined binocular viewing and digital recording device includes a binocular telescope wherein the binocular telescope includes a pair of monocular components ( 12 a, b ). Each monocular...
7251355 Three-dimensional labeling apparatus and method  
When labeling is performed for a three-dimensional image, the present invention aims to reduce time required for labeling in the three-dimensional image by three-dimensionally referring connection...
7236175 Apparatus for projecting computer generated stereoscopic images  
An apparatus for projecting computer generated stereoscopic images, comprising: a computer, a dual-port video signal output device, two image projection devices, an image projection software and a...
7226167 Autostereoscopic display apparatus  
An autostereoscopic optical apparatus ( 10 ) for viewing a stereoscopic image comprising a left image to be viewed by an observer ( 12 ) at a left viewing pupil ( 14 l ) and a right image to be...
7224830 Gesture detection from digital video images  
Human gestures are detected and/or tracked from a pair of digital video images. The pair of images may be used to provide a set of observation vectors that provide a three dimensional position of a...
7218339 Eternalism, a method for creating an appearance of sustained three-dimensional motion-direction of unlimited duration, using a finite number of pictures  
The method uses three pictures, A, B and C, two of which are substantially similar pictures having images, A, B, and one that is dissimilar, usually a solid color, C. Continuous movement is created...
7215356 3D stereo display method and a device thereof  
A 3D stereo display method and a device thereof. Two sets of shutters are disposed in a display. The shutters are complimentarily interlaced with each other. The opening/closing of the two sets of...
7209161 Method and apparatus for aligning a pair of digital cameras forming a three dimensional image to compensate for a physical misalignment of cameras  
An apparatus and method for detecting and correcting for physical misalignments of a pair of digital cameras creating a composite, three dimensional (3D) image of a target. The method involves...
7194112 Three dimensional spatial panorama formation with a range imaging system  
Deriving a three-dimensional panorama from a plurality of images of a scene generated by a range imaging camera of the type that produces ambiguities in range information includes the steps of: (a)...
7190389 Stereo camera  
A stereo camera includes a pair of photographing optical systems arranged in a common plane so that a common photographing coverage occurs between a pair of photographing areas taken by the pair of...
7187401 System and a method of three-dimensional modeling and restitution of an object  
A system for three-dimensionally modeling and restitution a subject, the system comprising a housing suitable for being carried in the hand by an operator, the housing having an optical unit with...
7184071 Method of three-dimensional object reconstruction from a video sequence using a generic model  
In a novel method of 3D modeling of an object from a video sequence using an SfM algorithm and a generic object model, the generic model is incorporated after the SfM algorithm generates a 3D...
7181061 Digital camera for taking a stereoscopic pair of images  
The digital camera being capable of recording stereoscopic first and second still images includes an imaging device that captures the first and second still images in this order, a display unit...
7180536 Method for producing stereoscopic images from monoscopic images  
The invention provides a method for producing a series of stereoscopic pairs of images that can be displayed one after the other as a stereoscopic movie. The sequence of stereoscopic pairs is...
7171041 Position-orientation recognition device  
Upon reception of a work sensing command from a robot controller, an image processing unit obtains a two-dimensional image of thee whole work pallet including a work, with a CCD camera (a first...
7169113 Portrayal of human information visualization  
An apparatus and method for displaying viewer reactions to a display object. The display object is divided into a plurality of spatial regions, viewer reactions are collected to an exposure to the...
7165842 Autostereoscopic display apparatus having glare suppression  
An improved autostereoscopic display apparatus ( 10 ) forms left and right virtual images for pupil imaging by forming, through a beamsplitter ( 16 ), a real intermediate image near the focal...
7164787 Enhancing two-dimensional contrast images rendered from three-dimensional streak tube imaging lidar (STIL) data  
A method is provided for enhancing two-dimensional contrast images rendered from three-dimensional STIL data. Briefly, the rendered contrast image data is scaled based on a mean intensity value of...
7164788 Enhancing two-dimensional range images rendered from three-dimensional streak tube imaging lidar (STIL) data  
A method is provided for enhancing two-dimensional range images rendered from three-dimensional STIL data. Briefly, the rendered range image data is modified to compensate for jitter effects...
7162074 Adjusting apparatus for stereoscopic camera  
An adjusting apparatus for adjusting a brightness balance between a pair of images taken by a stereoscopic camera, comprises an offset amount adjusting means for adjusting a brightness offset of...
7161614 Device and method for converting two-dimensional video to three-dimensional video  
There is provided parallax correction means for correcting a parallax for each area calculated by parallax calculation means in accordance with the magnitude of a motion vector for the area...
7161596 Display location calculation means  
Display location calculation means and methods for calculating a display location are disclosed. It has become common for users to indicate a point on a display in order to communicate with a...
7154527 Optical device  
Stereoscopic device including at least two apertures, each including a light valve, a multi wavelength light sensor array and a controllable multi wavelength illumination unit, producing at least...
7148916 Photographing system  
A photographing lens unit, a photographing apparatus, and a photographing system are capable of always reproducing good stereoscopic images. Information regarding the focal length of a...
7149345 Evaluating method, generating method and apparatus for three-dimensional shape model  
In order to simply generate an accurate three-dimensional shape model, the generating method has the step (# 1 ) of arranging a three-dimensional shape model in an initial state in a virtual space,...
7139410 Apparatus for protecting occupant in vehicle  
An apparatus for protecting an occupant in a vehicle includes a pair of image sensors for taking images of an area on a seat in the vehicle. Transverse-direction shifts between corresponding...
7136415 Method and apparatus for multiplexing multi-view three-dimensional moving picture  
An apparatus and method for multiplexing a multi-view three-dimensional moving picture according to a user's request is disclosed. The apparatus multiplexes a multi-view three-dimensional moving...
7133551 Semi-automatic reconstruction method of 3-D building models using building outline segments  
A semi-automatic reconstruction method of 3-D building models using building outline segments is introduced. The core technology of the present invention is called the “Split-Merge-Shape”...
RE39342 Method for producing a synthesized stereoscopic image  
Methods, devices and systems are provided which produce a synthesized stereoscopic image of a source image by forming at least two images from a source image where at least one image has been...
7116323 Method of hidden surface reconstruction for creating accurate three-dimensional images converted from two-dimensional images  
An exemplary method of reconstructing a hidden surface area in an image includes the steps of: identifying a separation pixel gap in an image resulting from a repositioning of image pixels to...
7112774 CMOS stereo imaging system and method  
A pair of CMOS image sensors is provided. One of the pair of CMOS image sensors is assigned as a master CMOS image sensor and the other is assigned as a slave CMOS image sensor. The slave CMOS...
7102686 Image-capturing apparatus having multiple image capturing units  
An image-capturing apparatus is capable of capturing a three-dimensional image and a high quality panoramic image as the need arises, and is portable if it is used as a single lens camera that...
7091992 Three-dimensional image display  
The present invention provides a three-dimensional display system by using Integral Photography (TIP) technology. The present invention comprises an elemental lens switch located between a lens...
7092015 Apparatus and method for stereo matching and method of calculating an infinite distance corresponding point  
The reference image data corresponding to one pixel block stored in a reference image line memory 6 is output to a stereo matching circuit 8 . The comparative image data corresponding to a...
7092484 Model-assisted reconstruction of volumetric data  
The present invention is a method for inspecting objects. The method includes obtaining a structural model of a first object, the model providing dimensions and material properties for the first...
7091991 3D stereo browser for the internet  
A viewer for viewing stereo images either downloaded over a network, such as the Internet, or resident on a personal computer uses a graphical user interface (GUI) to facilitate the display of...
7091931 Method and system of stereoscopic image display for guiding a viewer's eye motion using a three-dimensional mouse  
The invention relates to a method and system of displaying stereoscopic images. The method comprises displaying at least one stereoscopic image on a set of display device, the stereoscopic image...
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