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6002423 |
Three-dimensional imaging system
An improved three-dimensional imaging system for imaging an object having a number of resolvable elements including: an amplitude modulated radiation source for transmitting radiation to the...
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5990935 |
Method for measuring camera and lens properties for camera tracking
A method and apparatus for performing a lens calibration procedure which is executed for each camera and lens pair. The calibration procedure is performed to determine the camera and lens nodal...
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5977947 |
Method and apparatus for resizing block ordered video image frames with reduced on-chip cache
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for resizing a video image. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, an adapter having a bilinear filter is provided. The bilinear filter...
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5963247 |
Visual display systems and a system for producing recordings for visualization thereon and methods therefor
A method for generating a composite, three-dimensional-like image sequences, by the assembly of two or more separate image sequences is provided. The method comprises the steps of providing a main...
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5949477 |
Three dimensional stereoscopic television system
A three-dimensional stereoscopic system using two camera units mounted onto a sub-base and each camera unit mounted onto a moveable base. The bases rotates and are synchronized to turn with each...
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5949420 |
Process for producing spatially effective images
Process for producing spatially effective images of three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional image-reproduction medium according to the principle of parallax panoramagrams by means of a lens...
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5946424 |
Method for reconstructing a shape and an apparatus for reconstructing a shape
An object of the invention is to provide a method for easily determining an integral interval when detecting inclinations of a subject in pixel units and reconstructing a shape of said subject by...
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5933185 |
Special effect apparatus
In an image special effect apparatus for forming a special effect image in which a plurality of images mutually intersect each other, the aforementioned plurality of intersecting images are allowed...
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5930360 |
Method of scrambling three-dimensional image
In a method of scrambling a three-dimensional image according to the present invention, the phase of a part of at least one of a left eye image and a right eye image constituting a...
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5917539 |
Stereoscopic image display system with enhanced resolution
A stereoscopic image display system includes an image display screen for displaying images; a controller and a display driver circuit for causing left-eye images and right-eye images to be produced...
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5903306 |
Constrained space camera assembly
A constrained space camera assembly which is intended to be lowered through a hole into a tank, a borehole or another cavity. The assembly includes a generally cylindrical chamber comprising a head...
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5903303 |
Multi-eye image pickup apparatus
To realize a multi-eye image pickup apparatus which can perform proper exposure for each of a plurality of image pickup devices, the multi-eye image pickup apparatus having a plurality of image...
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5886736 |
Synchronization of a stereoscopic video sequence
In a stereoscopic video transmission system, video pictures of lower and enhancement layers are transmitted in a particular order such that the number of pictures which must be temporarily stored...
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5870136 |
Dynamic generation of imperceptible structured light for tracking and acquisition of three dimensional scene geometry and surface characteristics in interactive three dimensional computer graphics applications
Methods, systems and computer products are provided for tracking objects within a scene using imperceptible structured light. The imperceptible structured light may be used in environments where...
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5835132 |
Stereo-graphic system
A stereo-graphic system has an optical apparatus, an imaging apparatus and a recording and reproducing apparatus. The optical apparatus has a first optical device for providing right eye picture...
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5825466 |
3D photo printer with image distortion correction
A photographic printer for making 3D pictures or animation pictures from at least two 2D images on lenticular print material. The printer uses a monitor for sequentially displaying 2D images. A...
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5815314 |
Image display apparatus and image display method
A stereographic image display apparatus for permitting the observation of a high resolution and sharp color stereographic image of a wide view field without requiring specially designed spectacles,...
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5808664 |
Method of converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images
A method of converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images by producing from a two-dimensional image signal a first image signal which forms a basis and a second image signal...
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5802410 |
Method and apparatus for producing composite images with a masked imaging device
A method and apparatus for producing orthostereoscopic composite images in a camera having a large-aperture taking lens to form 2D images of a scene through different aperture sections on a...
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5793341 |
Image display apparatus
Screen images for the right eye are displayed upside down on an image display device 10a, and screen images for the left eye are displayed inverted upside down and right-to-left on an image display...
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5790086 |
3-D imaging system
A 3-dimensional image is obtained from a 2-dimensional display by varying the apparent distance of the image from the viewer on a pixel by pixel basis. This is done by positioning an array of...
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5784097 |
Three-dimensional image display device
A left eye image signal and a right eye image signal which constitute a three-dimensional image are produced from a two-dimensional image signal. The horizontal phase of the produced left eye image...
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5760827 |
Pixel-data processing system and method for producing spectrally-multiplexed images of three-dimensional imagery for use in stereoscopic viewing thereof
A Method and apparatus is provided for producing and displaying pairs of spectrally-multiplexed gray-scale or color images of 3-D scenery for use in stereoscopic viewing thereof. In one...
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5751927 |
Method and apparatus for producing three dimensional displays on a two dimensional surface
A process is used to produce the visual perception of spatial structure through manipulations of images displayed on an essentially flat screen. The same images are presented simultaneously to both...
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5745126 |
Machine synthesis of a virtual video camera/image of a scene from multiple video cameras/images of the scene in accordance with a particular perspective on the scene, an object in the scene, or an event in the scene
Each and any viewer of a video or a television scene is his or her own proactive editor of the scene, having the ability to interactively dictate and select--in advance of the unfolding of the...
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5745164 |
System and method for electro-optically producing and displaying spectrally-multiplexed images of three-dimensional imagery for use in stereoscopic viewing thereof
A Method and apparatus is provided for producing and displaying pairs of spectrally-multiplexed gray-scale or color images of 3-D scenery for use in stereoscopic viewing wherein pairs of...
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5742332 |
Viewing-position tracking stereoscopic display
The invention tracks an observer's viewing-position correctly. The viewing-position is subject to shifting swiftly in a viewing-position tracking stereoscopic-display having a time delay of the...
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5727078 |
Process for estimating disparity between the monoscopic images making up a sterescopic image
A process for estimating disparity between images of a stereoscopic image by carrying out a hierarchical decomposition of each monoscopic image (Ir(t), Il(t)), by levels of resolution in order to...
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5715358 |
Method for recording at least two picture signals and method of reproduction at least two picture signals
In the event of recording a picture signal for left eye and a picture signal for right eye, a picture signal for one of right and left eyes limited in band by a low pass filter as being an...
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5714997 |
Virtual reality television system
A virtual reality television system includes a video capture and encoding system for capturing and encoding the surface geometries and colors of objects and their background as the objects interact...
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5701904 |
Telemedicine instrumentation pack
The invention concerns a portable medical diagnostic apparatus which includes three types of data-gathering instruments: (1) visual instruments (eg, otoscope, ophthalmoscope, rhino-laryngoscope,...
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5701154 |
Electronic three-dimensional viewing system
An electronic three-dimensional viewing system. A monitor is positioned in front of each eye and an identical motion picture is displayed on each monitor. The displays are synchronized so that one...
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5699444 |
Methods and apparatus for using image data to determine camera location and orientation
Methods and apparatus for accurately surveying and determining the physical location of objects in a scene are disclosed which use image data captured by one or more cameras and three points from...
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5696551 |
Three-dimension picture coding system
In order to improve coding efficiency, a segmentation circuit performs segmentation of an input picture by clustering referring to distance data calculated from pixel values of the input data,...
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5680171 |
Method and apparatus for producing composite images and 3D pictures
The method and apparatus for making a composite image of a scene a large-aperture lens to form an image of the scene on a photographic film through a lenticular screen or a barrier strip. The...
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5661518 |
Methods and apparatus for the creation and transmission of 3-dimensional images
Three-dimensional color images are produced by combining the red image plane from a left color camera and the blue and green image planes from a right color camera. Techniques for compensating for...
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5652616 |
Optimal disparity estimation for stereoscopic video coding
Disparity estimation between the right and left view pixel luminance values in a stereoscopic video signal is optimized by determining the minimum least-square-error between macroblocks of the...
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5650815 |
Method and apparatus for generating a three-dimensional effect for two dimensional images
A method and apparatus for creating an illusion of depth when viewing moving pictures projected on a plane surface. Glasses to worn by a viewer when viewing the moving pictures have the property of...
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5646679 |
Image combining method and apparatus
In image combining method of phototaking an object to be photographed by using a plurality of image taking systems with portions of fields of view thereof overlapping, and forming combined image...
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5633682 |
Stereoscopic coding system
A coding system for transmitting stereo image data, wherein an image for the left eye is disposed in odd fields and an image for the right eye is disposed in even fields, respectively. Frames F1,...
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5625408 |
Three-dimensional image recording/reconstructing method and apparatus therefor
In order to reproduce a stereoscopic image even when the base length or convergence angle between two cameras upon phototaking is difference from that between the naked eyes of an observer upon...
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5614941 |
Multi-image autostereoscopic imaging system
A system is disclosed for creating stereoscopic images from multiple sources from predetermined lateral directions for forming the multiple images onto a multiple image plane and converging the...
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5596421 |
Optical disk recorder for video signals and an optical disk for use therein
A video recorder for recording a video signal having one frame period and having a high resolution such as a high definition television signal. The video signal in a frame period is divided into...
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5589980 |
Three dimensional optical viewing system
Optical viewing system for producing a simulated three dimensional image. The system includes electronic equipment for displaying an image on a first electronic display device. Additional...
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5581625 |
Stereo vision system for counting items in a queue
A number of items present in a substantially linear queue are counted by examining two images of a scene including the queue that are taken from vantage points offset relative to each other. Depth...
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H001599 |
Synthetic-color night vision
A synthetic color arrangement for a night vision inclusive surveillance system and its display is disclosed. The system partitions an input scene video signal into spectrally segregated scene...
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5559559 |
Transmitting a secondary signal with dynamic injection level control
A secondary signal is processed and injected into a primary video signal. The injection level of the secondary signal is dynamically controlled to reduce transmission errors in the secondary...
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5552821 |
Method of and system for stereoscopic television
A hybrid stereoscopic television method and system wherein a high definition television (HDTV) camera and a standard lower definition television camera (NTSC, PAL, etc.) are used as a hybrid...
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5537476 |
Secure viewing of display units by image superposition and wavelength separation
Apparatus for masking a displayed image by mixing the image with a secondary image that is electronically generated to be related to the primary image that when combined with the primary image...
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5510832 |
Synthesized stereoscopic imaging system and method
An observer is presented, through a pair of viewing glasses, a field/frame multiplexed, synthesized three-dimensional or stereoscopic image on single monitor generated from a two-dimensional...
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