Television – Panoramic
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-02
2007-10-02
Ometz, David (Department: 2622)
Television
Panoramic
C348S218100, C348S048000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09989638
ABSTRACT:
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 to a common coordinate system and the disparity between overlapping images is reduced using disparity estimation techniques.
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