Television – Panoramic
Reexamination Certificate
2003-06-03
2008-12-09
Wong, Allen (Department: 2621)
Television
Panoramic
C348S042000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07463280
ABSTRACT:
The digital 3D/360° camera system is an omnidirectional stereoscopic device for capturing image data that may be used to create a 3-dimensional model for presenting a 3D image, a 3D movie, or 3D animation. The device uses multiple digital cameras, arranged with overlapping fields of view, to capture image data covering an entire 360° scene. The data collected by one, or several, digital 3D/360° camera systems can be used to create a 3D model of a 360° scene by using triangulation of the image data within the overlapping fields of view.
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