Television – Panoramic
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-16
2003-12-16
Le, Vu (Department: 2613)
Television
Panoramic
Reexamination Certificate
active
06665003
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates generally to the field of recording, generating and playing back or displaying images, and more particularly to the generation and displaying of panoramic images stereoscopically.
Panoramic images are images of a scene having a wide field of view, up to a full 360°. Panoramic images may be recorded using a wide angled lens, a mirror, or the like, providing a wide field of view. Panoramic images having a wider field of view can be generated by, for example, recording a plurality of images around a particular point and, using conventional mosaicing techniques, generating a single mosaic image. Panoramic images may also be generated of simulated scenes using conventional computer graphics techniques.
A problem arises in connection with viewing panoramic images stereoscopically. A person can see stereoscopically because his or her eyes are displaced horizontally (when standing) which, will provide a perception of depth when viewing a scene, which would not be present otherwise. Stereoscopic images comprise two images recorded of a scene recorded from slightly displaced positions, which, when viewed simultaneously by the respective eyes, provides a perception of depth. Although currently there are arrangements for generating and displaying stereoscopically non-panoramic images, currently there are no such arrangements for generating and displaying stereoscopically panoramic images.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention provides a new and improved system and method of generating and displaying stereoscopic panoramic images.
In brief summary, in one aspect the invention provides a system for generating left and right panoramic mosaic images for use in facilitating panoramic stereoscopic viewing of a scene. The left and right panoramic image generators generate the left and right panoramic mosaic images from a series of images recorded or otherwise generated corresponding to respective angular or other positions, each image having a respective left and right image portion, and mosaics portions of those images together to form the respective left and right panoramic images.
In another aspect, the invention provides a system for displaying a stereoscopic panoramic image to a viewer, by displaying left and right panoramic images such that each is viewed by a respective one of the viewer's eyes.
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Benezra Moshe
Peleg Shmuel
Rosenschein Robert S.
Fenster & Company
Issum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of J
Le Vu
Senfi Behrooz
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