Television – Panoramic – Multiple channels
Patent
1997-03-17
1999-10-26
Lee, Richard
Television
Panoramic
Multiple channels
348 36, H04N 718
Patent
active
059737263
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus has a multi-eye image pickup apparatus comprising left and right image pickup systems for picking up two images, left and right image memories for storing the left and right images picked up by the left and right image pickup systems, a corresponding point extracting portion for determining a partial image common to the left and right images from the left and right images stored in the left and right image memories, a combining conversion portion and a combined image memory for combining the left and right images to form an image, based on the result of determination by the corresponding point extracting portion, and an image outputting portion for separating the image combined by the combining conversion portion and then stored in the combined image memory, into separate images to output the separate images as images for constructing a panorama image.
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Iijima Katsumi
Kondo Toshiaki
Matsugu Masakazu
Mori Katsuhiko
Yano Kotaro
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Lee Richard
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