METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPLIT-SCREEN VIDEO DISPLAY
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Abstract
A system includes a first camera operable to capture omnidirectional images and send omnidirectional-image data representing the omnidirectional images, a second camera operable to capture narrow-view images and send narrow-view-image data representing the narrow-view images, a video processor coupled to the first camera and the second camera and operable to form combined-image data using at least part of the omnidirectional-image data and the narrow-view-image data, and a display module interoperably coupled to the video processor and operable to display combined images from the combined-image data. The combined images each comprise a narrow-view-display portion and an omnidirectional-display portion.
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34 Claims
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17. A system comprising:
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a first camera operable to capture omnidirectional images and send an omnidirectional-image data stream representing the omnidirectional images; a second camera operable to capture narrow-view images and send a narrow-view-image data stream representing the narrow-view images; a video processor coupled to the first camera and the second camera and operable to; identify a relevant image portion of at least one of the omnidirectional-image data stream and the narrow-view-image data stream and remove image data that is not contained within the relevant image portion; and replace the removed image data with a combined-image data stream, the combined-image data stream comprising other image data selected from one or more of the omnidirectional-image data stream and the narrow-view-image data stream; a display module interoperably coupled to the video processor and operable to display combined images from the combined-image data stream; and wherein the combined images each comprise a narrow-view-display portion and an omnidirectional-display portion. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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concurrently capturing omnidirectional images and narrow-view images; storing data representing the captured omnidirectional images as omnidirectional-image data; storing data representing the captured narrow-view images as narrow-view-image data; identifying, by a video processor, a relevant image portion in the narrow-view-image data; removing from the narrow-view-image data, by the video processor, image data that is not contained within the relevant image portion, the removing yielding modified narrow-view-image data; replacing the removed image data with combined-image data, the combined image data comprising image data selected from the omnidirectional-image data; and displaying combined images from the combined-image data. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method comprising:
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capturing omnidirectional images; identifying, via a processor, one or more relevant areas of the omnidirectional images; enlarging at least one relevant area of the one or more relevant areas; downsampling and modifying the omnidirectional images via the video processor, the downsampling resulting in downsampled modified omnidirectional images; wherein the modifying comprises removing, from the omnidirectional images, image data that is not contained within the one or more relevant areas; combining, via the video processor, images corresponding to the enlarged at least one relevant area and the downsampled modified omnidirectional images into combined images; and displaying, via a display, module the combined images. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:
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concurrently capturing omnidirectional images and narrow-view images; storing data representing the captured omnidirectional images as omnidirectional-image data; storing data representing the captured narrow-view images as narrow-view-image data; identifying, by a video processor, a relevant image portion in the narrow-view-image data; removing from the narrow-view-image data, by the video processor, image data that is not contained within the relevant image portion, the removing yielding modified narrow-view-image data; replacing the removed image data with combined-image data, the combined image data comprising image data selected from the omnidirectional-image data; and displaying combined images from the combined-image data. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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Specification