Virtual reality camera
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Abstract
A camera including a camera lens, acquisition circuitry receiving images via the camera lens, for acquiring a first field of view when the camera lens is in a first orientation and for acquiring a second field of view when the camera lens is in a second orientation, and a viewfinder displaying the second field of view when the camera lens is in the second orientation and displaying at least a portion of the first field of view at least partially composited with the second field of view.
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Citations
190 Claims
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1-122. -122. (canceled)
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123. A camera, comprising:
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image acquisition circuitry capable of receiving images and being capable of acquiring a first field of view corresponding to a first orientation of the camera and capable of acquiring a second field of view if the camera is in a second orientation;
a viewfinder displaying the second field of view if the camera is in the second orientation and displaying at least a portion of the first field of view at least partially composited with the second field of view;
rectilinear-to-cylindrical conversion circuitry capable of converting the first and second fields of view from rectilinear coordinates to cylindrical coordinates; and
cylindrical-to-rectilinear conversion circuitry capable of converting a selected portion of a panoramic image from cylindrical coordinates to rectilinear coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158)
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159. A method, comprising:
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converting at least a portion of a first image and a second image from a rectilinear-based view to a cylindrical-based view based at least in part on a conversion from rectilinear to cylindrical coordinates;
converting at least a portion of the cylindrical-based view to a rectilinear-based view based at least in part on a conversion from cylindrical to rectilinear coordinates; and
displaying at least a selected portion of the rectilinear-based view converted from the cylindrical-based view. - View Dependent Claims (160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170)
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171. A system, comprising:
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means for converting at least a portion of a first image and a second image from a rectilinear-based view to a cylindrical-based view based at least in part upon a conversion from rectilinear to cylindrical coordinates;
means for converting at least a portion of the cylindrical-based view to a rectilinear-based view based at least in part on a conversion from cylindrical to rectilinear coordinates; and
means for displaying at least a selected portion of the rectilinear-based view converted from the cylindrical-based view. - View Dependent Claims (172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180)
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181. An article comprising:
- a computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, if executed, result in at least the following;
converting at least a portion of a first image and a second image from a rectilinear-based view to a cylindrical-based view based at least in part upon a conversion from rectilinear to cylindrical coordinates;
converting at least a portion of the cylindrical-based view to a rectilinear-based view based at least in part on a conversion from cylindrical to rectilinear coordinates; and
displaying at least a selected portion of the rectilinear-based view converted from the cylindrical-based view. - View Dependent Claims (182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190)
- a computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, if executed, result in at least the following;
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