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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179424 | 3D display method and apparatus A method and apparatus directed to the field of autostereoscopic displays. The method provided is for creating images or image data suitable for use with an autostereoscopic display. The method comprises a projection step and a transformation step for processing ite... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169467 | System, method, and computer program product for increasing an LCD display vertical blanking interval A system, method, and computer program product are provided for enhancing a viewing experience when display content is viewed utilizing stereo glasses. In use, display content is received for being outputted utilizing a display. Further, a duration of a vertical bla... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8120644 | Method and system for the dynamic calibration of stereovision cameras The present invention generally provides a method of performing dynamic calibration of a stereo vision system using a specific stereo disparity algorithm adapted to provide for the determination of disparity in two dimensions, X and Y. In one embodiment of the prese... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120645 | Stereo camera unit An adjuster plate is provided between a front rail and a camera unit body having cameras. Pre-dimensioned positioning pins protrude from upper and lower surfaces of the adjuster plate. The positioning pins protruding from the upper surface of the adjuster plate are ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8085292 | Process and system used to discover and exploit the illusory depth properties inherent in an autostereoscopic image A method, system and devices for optimizing and/or maximizing the perceived autostereoscopic effect for any chosen combination of photographic or electronic recording materials, recording methods and parameters, and imaging methods and parameters. The method first d... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8072485 | Image taking apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, image taking method and program To prevent information required for reproducing of a 3D/multi-viewpoint image being lost even in a case in which editing or the like of the 3D/multi-viewpoint image is performed using a device or application software that does not support 3D/multi-viewpoint images, ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072486 | Camera device, liquid lens, and image pickup method A camera device is provided which has a compound eye structure only by a liquid lens unit and a control unit without requiring a plurality of lenses to be mounted in advance and is capable of taking a three-dimensional stereoscopic video image. In addition, a compac... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072484 | Structure of three-dimensional image data, method of recording three-dimensional image data, and method of displaying and reproducing three-dimensional image data An apparatus displaying a three-dimensional image is provided with a parallax barrier having optical openings arranged at a horizontal pitch n times as large as that of pixels arranged on a display surface. The parallax barrier reproduces rays from every n pixels on... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8049773 | Stereoscopic observation system A stereoscopic observation system includes a stereoscopic image pick up apparatus to pick up left and right images at an inward angle, a stereoscopic image display apparatus to transmit the left and right images picked up by the stereoscopic image pick up apparatus ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8035682 | Moving screen image assembler A device for modifying source image frames to create modified image frames and for projecting the modified image frames onto a geometrically changing viewable surface is presented. The device may include a viewable surface image sampler for outputting surface image ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7948514 | Image processing apparatus, method and computer program for generating normal information, and viewpoint-converted image generating apparatus High-precision normal information on the surface of a subject is generated by capturing an image of the subject. A normal information generating device captures the image of the subject and thereby passively generates normal information on the surface of the subject... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7903139 | Device for producing three-dimensionally-perceived images on a monitor with multiple liquid crystal screens The invention relates to a device which is used to film, record and reproduce video images in real time with a three dimensional appearance, using a video camera and a sonar system in order to obtain the depth information. According to the invention, an electronic s... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7804517 | Three-dimensional image-capturing apparatus A three-dimensional image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing device having a plurality of image-capturing regions and a plurality of optical systems for forming images of a subject in the image-capturing regions. The optical systems includes a plurality... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7791638 | Rotating scan camera A scanning camera with a rotating drum has one or more sensors characterized by a non-radial optical axis. With two sensors on opposite sides of the drum and facing in substantially the same direction, stereoscopic recording of a panorama is accomplished as the drum... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7710451 | Rectified catadioptric stereo sensors The invention presents catadioptric (single-camera) sensors using one or more mirrors to produce rectified stereoscopic images. By combining multiple views (using the mirrors) to form a composite stereo image that is already rectified (i.e., has scan-line correspond... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7557824 | Method and apparatus for generating a stereoscopic image A method of generating a stereoscopic image is disclosed. The method includes defining at least two, three or more regions in a scene representing a region of interest, a near regions and/or a far region. This is followed by forming an image pair for each region, th... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7525567 | Recording a stereoscopic image of a wide field of view A scanning camera with a rotating drum has one or more sensors characterized by a non-radial optical axis. With two sensors on opposite sides of the drum and facing in substantially the same direction, stereoscopic recording of a panorama is accomplished as the drum... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7429997 | System and method for spherical stereoscopic photographing The present invention provides a novel imaging system for obtaining full stereoscopic spherical images of the visual environment surrounding a viewer, 360 degree both horizontally and vertically. Displaying the images obtained by the present system, by means suitabl... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7420750 | Catadioptric single camera systems having radial epipolar geometry and methods and means thereof Catadioptric single camera systems capable of sampling the lightfield of a scene from a locus of circular viewpoints and the methods thereof are described. The epipolar lines of the system are radial, and the systems have foveated vision characteristics. A first emb... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7411604 | Synchronization of a stereoscopic camera A method for synchronizing the recordings of two video cameras which are operated in parallel for the three-dimensional representation of an image sequence includes fading a light signal into the image area of the two cameras and simultaneously recording the light s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7365793 | Image capture system and method An image viewed by a person is recorded in response to the pointing direction of the eyes of the person by using an optical sensor arrangement that simultaneously derives image segments corresponding with images seen by the person looking forward of his head and to ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357570 | Method and device for contactless temperature monitoring and temperature adjustment A method and device for determining the temperature of a sample, wherein a probing light beam is directed onto the sample whereby at least two partial beams of the probing light pass through paths of different lengths inside the sample by backscattering or reflectin... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349570 | Graphic image to 3D image conversion device A device applicable to computers, TV sets, and projectors for converting a graphic image into a 3D image includes an image input loop, image control loop, output parity horizontal translation image IR circuit, and IR spectacles, wherein the IR spectacles create mask... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338166 | Image-based system to observe and document eye responses having a reflective protractor for measurement of stimulus position The image-based system is used to observe and document eye responses which can be used to implement the procedures defined in the Standardized Field Sobriety Test as well as the Drug Recognition Expert Program. These eye responses include pupil movement, as well as ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7321839 | Method and apparatus for calibration of camera system, and method of manufacturing camera system A first mirror and a second mirror are disposed in such a manner that their reflective surfaces are parallel and face toward each other. A mark is drawn between the first mirror and the second mirror. An image of the reflections of the mark in the first mirror and t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321838 | Relative range camera calibration Method and system for measuring a relative position and orientation of range cameras using a movement of an object within a scene. In general, the method and system determine the relative pose between two cameras by measuring a path the movement of the object makes ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319436 | Apparatus and method for displaying three-dimensional image An apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image of an object to be displayed, through a superimposing of a plurality of images of the object, which are placed so as to be apart from each other on a line of sight of an observer, comprises a plurality of display... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312766 | Method and system for time/motion compensation for head mounted displays A method and system for time-motion compensation for use with head mounted displays is disclosed. According to the method, a remote camera captures an image for display on a head-mounted display (HMD) including a viewing window. The image and camera position data is... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7286120 | Large area display and method of manufacturing same An embodiment of a large area display according to the present invention may include a pixel layer including display elements, a connection layer, drivers in communication with the pixel layer and the connection layer, the drivers configured for driving pixels in th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7271803 | Method and system for simulating stereographic vision A 3-D visual simulating system stores image data sets in a predetermined viewing space for right and left visual field and selects a portion of the stored image data corresponding to the current visual field for displaying it to an observer. The 3-D image stimulus c... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269573 | Virtual-product presentation system Apparatus and methods for virtually presenting a product for purchase by a consumer. The product has one of the following characteristics: vibrations, a mass, a texture, a smell and a temperature. A memory stores a representation of a characteristic of the product. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7232221 | Volumetric imaging using “virtual” lenslets A system constructs an image using virtual lenslets. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7224382 | Immersive imaging system A system, method and device for the capture and display of high-resolution stereoscopic or monoscopic wide fields-of-view (FOV) at still or video rates, presenting techniques and designs for distance measuring, for changing the working stereo capture range of a ster... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220001 | Defect correction based on “virtual” lenslets A system constructs an image using virtual lenslets. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215809 | Three-dimensional image producing method and apparatus therefor A center of rotation O of a camera 10 is determined on an axis 45 passing through the position between pickup target objects A, B and the camera 10 in the direction from a lens 3 to a CCD 2. Before rotation (in a first state), an o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209161 | Method and apparatus for aligning a pair of digital cameras forming a three dimensional image to compensate for a physical misalignment of cameras An apparatus and method for detecting and correcting for physical misalignments of a pair of digital cameras creating a composite, three dimensional (3D) image of a target. The method involves using the distances from each of a pair of digital cameras to a target an... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7190389 | Stereo camera A stereo camera includes a pair of photographing optical systems arranged in a common plane so that a common photographing coverage occurs between a pair of photographing areas taken by the pair of photographing optical systems, an object distance measuring device, ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184071 | Method of three-dimensional object reconstruction from a video sequence using a generic model In a novel method of 3D modeling of an object from a video sequence using an SfM algorithm and a generic object model, the generic model is incorporated after the SfM algorithm generates a 3D estimate of the object model purely and directly from the input video sequ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184088 | Apparatus and method for obtaining 3D images An apparatus and method particularly, but not exclusively, suited for use in survey applications are disclosed which allow a three dimensional image of a target or target area to be created. An imaging device is used to capture a two dimensional image of the target ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180529 | Immersive image viewing system and method An immersive image viewing method comprises the steps of: displaying a scene on a first viewing area, the scene comprised of at least one image; displaying a lighting environment on a second viewing area separate from the first viewing area, the first and second vie... | 02/20/2007 |
