Image analysis – Applications – Range or distance measuring
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-20
2007-03-20
Wu, Jingge (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Range or distance measuring
C382S154000, C382S284000, C382S285000, C382S294000, C356S012000, C359S462000, C396S324000, C348S042000, C348S050000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09803802
ABSTRACT:
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) acquiring a plurality of adjacent images of the scene, wherein there is an overlap region between the adjacent images and at least some of the adjacent images are range images; (b) providing offset data for the range images in order to recover corrected relative scene spatial information and provide a corrected range image, and (c) deriving a three-dimensional panorama from the corrected range image. In order to provide offset data, a relative range difference is detected between adjacent range images as a constant offset between the adjacent images; and the constant offset is applied to at least one of adjacent range images to correct for ambiguities in the relative ranges of the range images.
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Cahill Nathan D.
Chen Shoupu
Eastman Kodak Company
Edwards Patrick
Walker Robert Luke
Woods David M.
Wu Jingge
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