Image analysis – Applications – 3-d or stereo imaging analysis
Reexamination Certificate
2003-05-02
2008-09-23
Le, Brian (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
3-d or stereo imaging analysis
Reexamination Certificate
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07428330
ABSTRACT:
A cyclopean virtual imaging system provides a view from a virtual camera placed symmetrically or midway between the calibrated cameras of a physical stereo pair. Such a system may be used in video conferencing applications as well as other stereo image contexts. By combining the left and right stereo images captured by the stereo pair, a virtual image is produced such that the subject appears to be looking into a cyclopean virtual camera, rather than to the left or right of a single physical camera. The cyclopean virtual image is generated by a forward-backward algorithm using a probabilistic distribution of possible disparity families.
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Blake Andrew
Cox Ingemar J.
Torr Philip H. S.
Le Brian
Microsoft Corporation
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