Dynamic interactive region-of-interest panoramic/three-dimensional immersive communication system and method

• US 20070002131A1
• Filed: 02/15/2006
• Published: 01/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kurtis Ritchey
• Original Assignee: Kurtis Ritchey
• Inventors: Ritchey, Kurtis
• Application Number:
  US11/354,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20070002131A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/39
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/60 Control of cameras or camera modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/142 Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display

Abstract

A method of dynamic interactive region-of-interest panoramic immersive communication involves a capturing a panoramic image and a specification of a size and a location of a region-of-interest in the panoramic image.

Claims

1. A method of dynamic interactive region-of-interest panoramic immersive communication, the method comprising:

capturing a panoramic image; and

specifying a size and a location of a region-of-interest in the panoramic image.

2. A device for a dynamic interactive region-of-interest panoramic immersive communication, the device comprising:

means for capturing a panoramic image; and

means for specifying a size and a location of a region-of-interest in the panoramic image.