CAMERA DEVICE

• US 20140022336A1
• Filed: 09/13/2012
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: National Chiao Tung University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: Chien-Cheng Lai, Hsien-Ming Wu, Jin-Chern Chiou, Kuan-Heng Tao, Mang Ou-Yang, Wei-De Jeng, Yi-Chiun Kung
• Inventors: OU-YANG, Mang, CHIOU, Jin-Chern, JENG, Wei-De, LAI, Chien-Cheng, KUNG, Yi-Chiun, TAO, Kuan-Heng, WU, Hsien-Ming
• Application Number:
  US13/613,559
• Publication Number:
  US 20140022336A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/36
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 35/08 by simultaneous recording

Abstract

A camera device comprises more than three image capture modules used to capture more than perspective images of a 3D (3-dimensional) object; and an administration module electrically connecting with the image capture modules, receiving and administrating the perspective images of the 3D object. The present invention uses the image capture modules to capture the perspective images of the 3D object from different shooting angles and synthesizes the perspective images of the 3D object into a 3D panoramic image of the 3D object. Besides, the present invention can precisely obtain the dimensional information, such as the size, length and width, of the object in the image. Therefore, present invention can effectively promote the quality of 3D panoramic images of a 3D object.

Claims

1. A camera device comprising more than three image capture modules used to capture more than three perspective images of a 3D (3-dimensional) object;

and

an administration module electrically connecting with said image capture modules, receiving and administrating said perspective images of said 3D object.

2. The camera device according to claim 1, wherein each said image capture module includes at least one sensing element and a lens connecting with said sensing element.

3. The camera device according to claim 2 further comprising a light source module electrically connecting with said administration module and controlled by said administration module to project light on said 3D object, wherein said lenses of at least two said image capture modules capture light reflected from said 3D object, and said sensing elements detect said light reflected from said 3D object to generate said perspective images of said 3D object.

4. The camera device according to claim 2, wherein said sensing element is a charge-coupled device (CCD) or a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) device.

5. The camera device according to claim 1, wherein said three image capture modules are arranged to respectively capture said perspective images of said 3D object from different shooting angles.

6. The camera device according to claim 5, wherein each said shooting angle ranges from 60 to 140 degrees.

7. The camera device according to claim 1, wherein said administration module synthesizes said perspective images of said 3D object into a 3D panoramic image of said 3D object.

8. The camera device according to claim 7 further comprising a wireless transmission module, wherein said administration module uses said wireless transmission module to transmit said 3D panoramic image of said 3D object to an external processing module in wireless way, and wherein said external processing module displays said 3D panoramic image.

9. The camera device according to claim 8, wherein a transmission cable connects said administration module with said external processing module.

10. The camera device according to claim 1, wherein said administration module uses a wireless transmission module to transmit said perspective images of said 3D object to an external processing module in a wireless way, and wherein said external processing module synthesizes said perspective images of said 3D object into a 3D panoramic image of said 3D object.