Matches 1 - 50 out of 90 1 2 >


Match Document Document Title
8179431 Compound eye photographing apparatus, control method therefor, and program  
A compound eye photographing apparatus including: a plurality of photographing units for photographing a subject at a plurality of photographing positions to obtain a plurality of images of the...
8155461 Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding multi-view image  
Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding a multi-view image are provided. The method of encoding the multi-view image can use a difference in views between pictures of the multi-view...
8154586 Projection system and method of curved film  
The invention involves a sort of curved film projection system, including a rendering surface, a projection screen, a real scene rendering model of image system, a rendering model of projection...
8144190 Shared color sensors for high-resolution 3-D camera  
In one embodiment, an apparatus for three-dimensional (3-D) image acquisition can include: (i) first and second lenses configured to receive light from a scene; (ii) first, second, third, and...
8130836 Multi-view stereo imaging system and compression/decompression method applied thereto  
A receiver and transmitter in a multi-view stereo imaging system and a compression method applied thereto are provided for increasing a compression rate of an image. A first, second, and third...
8115825 Electronic device with two image sensors  
An electronic device for producing an image of an object is disclosed. The electronic device may include a black-and-white camera having a first sensor area configured to receive luma data...
8116369 Multi-display supporting multi-view video object-based encoding apparatus and method, and object-based transmission/reception system and method using the same  
Provided are a multi-display supporting multi-view video object-based encoding apparatus and method, and an object-based transmission/reception system and method using the encoding apparatus and...
8103088 Three-dimensional image capture system  
Apparatus to capture three-dimensional images of a head comprises a plurality of image capturing device modules, each module comprises a plurality of image-capturing devices; and a rigid support...
8094182 Distributed video sensor panoramic imaging system  
A panoramic imaging system includes a plurality of separated video cameras that may be distributed around an object. A series of images captured by at least one of the separated video cameras is...
8072487 Picture processing apparatus, picture recording apparatus, method and program thereof  
The present invention realizes picture recording in simple configuration such that a user can easily and intuitively identify a minified picture of a multi-view picture from among minified pictures...
8049915 Image processing apparatus, image processing method and storage medium  
An image processing apparatus stores moving image data including a plurality of frames and enables a user to select at least one frame from the plurality of frames included in the moving image data...
8035680 Panoramic viewing system especially in combat vehicles  
Digital data acquired from individual cameras and images converted to digitized images are projected onto virtual 3D screens, which can be generated by a computer. This can be realized by way of...
8026955 Camera exposure controller including imaging devices for capturing an image using stereo-imaging  
In an exposure controller of a camera mounted on a robot for taking an image utilizing incident light from external world in which an object such as a human being is present, a brightness histogram...
8027531 Apparatus and method for capturing a scene using staggered triggering of dense camera arrays  
This invention relates to an apparatus and a method for video capture of a three-dimensional region of interest in a scene using an array of video cameras. The video cameras of the array are...
8023016 Imaging device and manufacturing method thereof  
A small, low-profile imaging device that obtains imaging signals having similar light intensity distributions for different colored light, even when there is variability in component precision or...
8004558 Stereoscopic wide field of view imaging system  
A stereoscopic imaging system incorporates a plurality of imaging devices or cameras to generate a high resolution, wide field of view image database from which images can be combined in real time...
7982634 System for detecting vehicles  
A system to detect the transit of vehicles having license plates includes at least one video camera to detect license plates capable of framing the plates of said vehicles and, preferably, at least...
7982766 Method and device for determining the alignment of the wheels of a vehicle  
Method for determining the angles and the characteristic parameters of the alignment of a vehicle situated at a measurement location comprising the following steps: equipping each of the wheels of...
7969462 Digitally enhanced night vision device  
A user portable viewing device includes a plurality of non-coaxially aligned sensors for sensing a scene. A processing element combines electronic images into a single electronic image. A display...
7944481 Apparatus and method for processing 3D video signal  
Provided are an apparatus and method for processing a three-dimensional (3D) video signal which corrects first and second video signals to prevent a reduction in a 3D effect and a disparity...
7903848 Method for processing an image acquired through a guide consisting of a plurality of optical fibers  
A method for processing an image acquired through a guide consisting of a plurality of optical fibers includes, for each optical fiber, isolating on the acquired image a zone corresponding to the...
7872665 Image capture and processing  
Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to capture a portion of an omniscopic or omni-stereo image using one or more image capture media. The media may be located...
7825785 Vehicle backup detector that indicates a distance from an obstruction  
A vehicle backup detector that indicates a distance from an obstruction comprises multiple ultrasonic transducers, a central processing unit, memory, a video camera, a graphics superimposing module...
7817181 Method, medium, and apparatus for 3-dimensional encoding and/or decoding of video  
A method, medium, and apparatus for 3-dimensional encoding and/or decoding of videos, including adapting to temporal and spatial characteristics of the videos. Methods include performing temporal...
7791638 Rotating scan camera  
A scanning camera with a rotating drum has one or more sensors characterized by a non-radial optical axis. With two sensors on opposite sides of the drum and facing in substantially the same...
7791640 Electronic camera and image generating apparatus generating stereo image  
According to the present invention, a CCD color image pickup element forms a right and left parallel object images and photoelectrically converts the object images into a object image signal. In...
7782374 Processor and processing method for generating a panoramic image for a vehicle  
An image processor is disclosed for a vehicle having a plurality of cameras and a monitor that displays a panoramic image derived from multiple images generated by the plurality of cameras. The...
7778328 Semantics-based motion estimation for multi-view video coding  
A motion estimation method and apparatus for video coding of a multi-view sequence is described. In one embodiment, a motion estimation method includes identifying one or more pixels in a first...
7724265 Display driver  
A YUV format to be stored in a memory is selected from A or B by a format judging unit for RGB data that is the input output display data of a memory unit, based on the comparison between...
7710463 Method and system for compensating for parallax in multiple camera systems  
A camera array captures plural component images which are combined into a single scene. In one embodiment, each camera of the array is a fixed digital camera. The images from each camera are warped...
7646404 Foveated wide-angle imaging system and method for capturing and viewing wide-angle images in real time  
A foveated wide-angle imaging system and method for capturing a wide-angle image and for viewing the captured wide-angle image in real time. In general, the foveated wide-angle imaging system...
7634130 Moving image generating apparatus, moving image generating method and moving image generating program  
A moving image generating apparatus for generating three-dimensional moving image to display a subject as a three-dimensional object, comprises a plurality of two-dimensional moving image...
7612798 Photographing system for a moving apparatus  
A photographing system having plural image pickup units for a moving apparatus with enhanced user's visibility of images for a driver of the apparatus. A system control part controls the image...
7587747 Telepresence method and apparatus for simultaneous use by multiple active/passive users  
A telepresence server is for connection to a telecommunications network for providing access to a reality engine for a plurality of passive users. The reality engine can be controlled by an active...
7567271 Shared color sensors for high-resolution 3-D camera  
In one embodiment, an apparatus for three-dimensional (3-D) image acquisition can include: (i) first and second lenses configured to receive light from a scene; (ii) first, second, third, and...
7525567 Recording a stereoscopic image of a wide field of view  
A scanning camera with a rotating drum has one or more sensors characterized by a non-radial optical axis. With two sensors on opposite sides of the drum and facing in substantially the same...
7429997 System and method for spherical stereoscopic photographing  
The present invention provides a novel imaging system for obtaining full stereoscopic spherical images of the visual environment surrounding a viewer, 360 degree both horizontally and vertically....
7372642 Three-channel camera systems with non-collinear apertures  
A three-dimensional imaging system uses a single primary optical lens along with three non-collinear apertures to obtain three offset optical channels each of which can be separately captured with...
7319896 Capsule endoscope  
A capsule endoscope is disclosed that includes a light source, an objective optical system that forms an image of an object that is illuminated by the light source, an image pickup device that...
7293881 Video projector for dome screen  
A video projector projects an image without reducing the resolution, onto the full dome surface by the use of a single-eye fisheye lens. The video projector has a single-eye fisheye lens for...
7272306 Bionic automatic vision and line of sight control system and method  
The present invention presents a bionic automatic vision and line of sight control system and method, wherein the system comprises multiple camera sets, wherein each camera set comprises one or...
7268781 Image display control method  
In a game system, a player can displace direction of a view line disposed in a three-dimensional space coordinate system to change the corresponding perspective-projected image by changing the aim...
7262789 Method of creating a virtual window  
The systems and methods described herein include, among other things, a technique for calibrating the outputs of multiple sensors, such as CCD devices, that have overlapping fields of view and...
7239345 Camera arrangements with backlighting detection and methods of using same  
The present invention relates to camera arrangements with backlighting detection. The camera arrangements are capable of simultaneously capturing real scene data from various viewpoints. This data...
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...
7012637 Capture structure for alignment of multi-camera capture systems  
A multi-camera capture system is aligned using a capture system so that a subject remains in the field of view of a camera. In one embodiment of the present invention, the multi-camera system...
6958746 Systems and methods for improved telepresence  
The present invention provides a modular, flexible system for deploying multiple video perception technologies. The telepresence system of the present invention is capable of allowing an operator...
6867750 Three dimensional display control apparatus and method, and storage medium  
The value of a stereo vision parameter for an immediately preceding frame is subtracted from the value of the stereo vision parameter for a current frame to obtain a differential value d. If...
6834163 Camera system having at least two first cameras and two second cameras  
The invention relates to a camera system, especially for photogrammetric applications. The camera system contains at least two first cameras (1, 2), which are inclined towards each other so that...
6816158 Three-dimensional display system  
A system and method for generating and displaying three-dimensional images of a scene 6 on a screen 12 that provides multiple viewing positions for one or more viewers 16. A stereoscopic video...
Matches 1 - 50 out of 90 1 2 >