Stereo camera with automatic control of interocular distance

Details Stereo camera with automatic control of interocular distance Stereo camera with automatic control of interocular distance

2011-03-01

2011-03-01

Blackman, Rochelle-Ann J (Department: 2862)

Photography

Plural image recording

Stereoscopic

C396S089000, C396S333000, C348S047000, C348S345000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07899321

ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed stereographic camera system including a left and a right camera including respective lenses, plural mechanisms to synchronously set a focal length of the lenses, to synchronously set a focal distance of the lenses, to set a convergence angle between the left and right cameras, and to set an intraocular distance between the left and right cameras. A controller may determine a convergence based on the focal length. The controller may cause an interocular distance and a convergence angle between the left and right cameras to be set based on a maximum allowable disparity, the focal length of the lenses, the convergence distance, and a distance to an object in the scene.

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