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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8044996 | Surface construction using combined photographic and structured light information The invention relates to topographic construction that combines photographic and structured light information. The dual modality construction acquires structured light information for an object and photographic images from multiple views about the object. Topographi... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7839429 | In-camera panorama stitching method and apparatus A method and apparatus are disclosed for accomplishing in-camera stitching of a high-resolution panoramic photograph from a set of component photographs while providing a satisfactory user experience. A low-resolution panorama is stitched, and a user of the camera p... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7466336 | Camera and method for composing multi-perspective images A camera that is adapted to present a preview image is provided. The camera has a trigger adapted to generate a trigger pulse and an image capture system for capturing images of a scene. A viewer is adapted to present one image to a first viewing area and another im... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7327959 | Camera-mountable fiber optic transceiver system A system includes a multiplexing transceiver which is adapted to mount directly between a video camera and a camera battery pack, eliminating the need for triaxial adapters or other electrical cables at the camera and video production facility. A fiber optic cable c... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315658 | Digital camera A digital camera that automatically corrects dust artifact regions within acquired images by compiling a statistical dust map from multiple images acquired under different image acquisition conditions includes an optical system for acquiring an image including a len... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7253832 | Shape extraction system and 3-D (three dimension) information acquisition system using the same A background lighting module illuminates an object from behind by visible light with respect to a photographing module to identify an area including the boundary between the object and the background portion in an image to be photographed by the photographing module... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248794 | Remote platform multiple capture image formation method and apparatus A method of controlling a remote imaging platform for image acquisition of an imaging target, the method comprises: controlling said platform to aim a camera at said target, and controlling said platform to take at least a first, a second and a third images of said ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7200261 | Parallax image capturing apparatus and parallax image processing apparatus An image capturing apparatus for obtaining information regarding a depth of a subject, includes: a capturing section for performing image capturing for the subject at a plurality of viewpoints; and a controller for controlling the capturing section to successively p... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194112 | Three dimensional spatial panorama formation with a range imaging system Deriving a three-dimensional panorama from a plurality of images of a scene generated by a range imaging camera of the type that produces ambiguities in range information includes the steps of: (a) acquiring a plurality of adjacent images of the scene, wherein there... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191338 | Secure method for providing privately viewable data in a publicly viewable display A method for securely providing privately viewable data in a publicly viewable display can include interspersing private data frames among public data frames according to a sequencing pattern. A syncstream can be encoded based upon a syncstream mask. More particular... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7161596 | Display location calculation means Display location calculation means and methods for calculating a display location are disclosed. It has become common for users to indicate a point on a display in order to communicate with a machine. It is therefore necessary to be able to calculate the location on... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162083 | Image segmentation by means of temporal parallax difference induction An image compositing and compression method based on the creation and processing of parallax differences in motion photography. A parallax scanning MOE lens creates discrete parallax differences in the objects in the recorded scene that are perceived by the viewer a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7133574 | Method for recognizing position of honeycomb structure A position of a honeycomb structure, which is comprised of an outer shell, separation walls arranged in the form of a honeycomb within the outer shell, and a number of axially extending cells which are defined by the separation walls, is recognized. When the positio... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7116323 | Method of hidden surface reconstruction for creating accurate three-dimensional images converted from two-dimensional images An exemplary method of reconstructing a hidden surface area in an image includes the steps of: identifying a separation pixel gap in an image resulting from a repositioning of image pixels to create a three-dimensional image; identifying pixels from one or more imag... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7075735 | Stereo imaging system The invention relates to a stereo imaging unit or system that can have a suitable degree of parallax and a wide angle of view even when used with an image pickup device smaller than film. The stereo imaging unit comprises a first entrance window 5L and a seco... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6980206 | Rendering a three-dimensional model using a dither pattern Rendering a three-dimensional model includes obtaining a characteristic of the three-dimensional model, determining a three-dimensional dither pattern based on the characteristic, and rendering the three-dimensional model using the three-dimensional dither pattern. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6947069 | Method and apparatus for connecting fiber optic lines to an information transmission line carrying two way signals In a method and apparatus for connecting fiber optic lines and a fiber optic receiver and a fiber optic transmitter in an information transmission system carrying information signals propagated from a transmitter to a receiver in one direction and an external synchr... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6924900 | Method and microscope for detection of a specimen The present invention concerns a method and a microscope for detection of a specimen, having a light source that illuminates the specimen and an imaging system that images the specimen onto a detector. For purposes of an increase in the effective resolution capabili... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6917701 | Omnivergent stereo image capture Methods and apparatuses for obtaining a first image and a second image defining a convergent stereo image, and constructing a three-dimensional images based on the obtained first and second images. In one embodiment, a deflector, such as a prism, is rotably mounted ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6906686 | Apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic two-dimensional image and method therefor An apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic two-dimensional picture includes a display unit having a flat image display screen for displaying a two-dimensional picture containing a stereoscopic image and an image transmitting panel placed parallel to and apart from t... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901161 | Image-processing computer system for photogrammetric analytical measurement In an image processing computer system for a photogrammetric analytical measurement, a picture has an image of a target with three main reference point areas and an assistant reference point area. Positions of the reference point areas are determined by a two-dimens... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6891561 | Providing visual context for a mobile active visual display of a panoramic region A visual display of a panoramic region is provided in which a static context display is provided for an active display displayed in a mobile display window. Active images are sequentially generated and displayed from temporally sequential frames of visual data that ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6834128 | Image mosaicing system and method adapted to mass-market hand-held digital cameras An imaging system includes a camera for capturing image frames, a frame pre-screen unit for pre-screening the captured image frames, a frame store unit for storing the pre-screened frames, and a refined frame mosaicing unit for generating a refined mosaic from the p... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6798924 | System and method for displaying an image indicating a positional relation between partially overlapping images A camera system includes a display monitor which displays an image of an object, taken by an optical unit, on a screen of the monitor. A reading unit reads a preceding image and a current image among a plurality of partially overlapping images, from a memory device,... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6795575 | Line-scan imaging in 3-D Apparatus and a method for producing a stereoscopic line-scan image of an object in which a detector camera is used to view the object, means are provided to move relative to one another the surface of the object past the detector in a direction which is at right an... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6704465 | Image processing apparatus and its processing method, storage medium, and image file format To simplify the file operation of images recorded as a group of panorama images or the like. A character (ST) showing that it is included in a group, alphanumeric character assigned in order in each group, and characters showing file numbers in order of p... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6668082 | Image processing apparatus In an apparatus and method for creating a three-dimensional model of an object, images of the object taken from different, unknown positions are processed to identify the points in the images which correspond to the same point on the actual object (that i... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6611664 | Stereo image photographing system The present invention provides a stereo image photographing system capable of easily obtaining a stable, highly reliable and accurate stereo image when three-dimensional measurement is carried out by a general camera. A photographing unit includes a camer... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6519359 | Range camera controller for acquiring 3D models A method of acquiring a three-dimensional surface image of an object using a range camera automatically calculates an optimal number of scans. The optimal number of scans is calculated in accordance with operator-defined and camera optical parameters. Sca... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6466253 | Still image producing method and still image capture system A method is disclosed for producing a still image of an object using an image pickup element, which captures an image as a plurality of pixels. The method includes calculating relative displacement amounts between positions of the object on a plurality of... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6449004 | Electronic camera with oblique view correction An electronic camera is provided with an image pickup device for photoelectrically picking up a light image of an object to generate image data, an oblique angle information provider for providing information on an oblique angle between a sensing surface ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6301447 | Method and system for creation and interactive viewing of totally immersive stereoscopic images A method and system for the creation and viewing of stereoscopic immersive images. By creating two immersive images from an offset camera platform, the illusion of depth can be provided by a left and right view in the form of an interactive panoramic imag... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6175652 | Machine vision system for analyzing features based on multiple object images Provided is the ability to produce an orthogonal-view representation of a selected feature plane of a three-dimensional object. A plurality of images of the object are acquired, each corresponding to a distinct orientation of the object about a selected o... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6094215 | Method of determining relative camera orientation position to create 3-D visual images A system for generating a three-dimensional image is described. The system includes a camera which records a first image of a first location and a second image of a second location. A motion detector detects the motion of the camera to compute a position ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6009189 | Apparatus and method for making accurate three-dimensional size measurements of inaccessible objects Spatial locations of individual points on an inaccessible object are determined by measuring two images acquired with one or more cameras which can be moved to a plurality of positions and orientations which are accurately determined relative to the instr... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6009188 | Method and system for digital plenoptic imaging A computer-based method and system for digital 3-dimensional imaging of an object which allows for viewing images of the object from arbitrary vantage points. The system, referred to as the Lumigraph system, collects a complete appearance of either a synt... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6005987 | Picture image forming apparatus In forming a panoramic picture image by compositing picture images dividedly imaged, the invention corrects deviations of images of an object at overlap regions caused by a difference in fields of view of imaging means or movement of an object to be image... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5953054 | Method and system for producing stereoscopic 3-dimensional images A method and a system for producing stereoscopic 3-dimensional images from a single motion picture video film having a plurality of frames containing successive images which are produced from a single video camera in motion. The motion picture video film ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5946027 | Autostereoscopic video device A single camera autostereoscopic video device including an array of cylindrical lenses. The device includes a single inlet objective having a single optical axis. The lens array is positioned substantially in the image focal plane of the entrance objectiv... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5808664 | Method of converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images A method of converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images by producing from a two-dimensional image signal a first image signal which forms a basis and a second image signal delayed by a predetermined number of fields from the first imag... | 09/15/1998 |
