Alternate Viewpoint Image Enhancement
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Abstract
In one embodiment, panoramic images, images bubbles, or any two-dimensional views of three-dimensional subject matter are enhanced with one or more alternate viewpoints. A controller receives data indicative of a point on the two-dimensional perspective and accesses a three-dimensional location based on the point. The controller selects an image bubble based on the three-dimensional location. The three-dimensional location may be determined according to a depth map corresponding to the point. A portion of the image bubble is extracted and incorporated into the two-dimensional perspective. The resulting image may be a seamless enhanced resolution image or include a picture-in-picture enhanced resolution window including subject matter surrounding the selected point.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method comprising:
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receiving first image data for a first image bubble captured from a first perspective; receiving second image data for a second image bubble captured from a second perspective; combining, using a processor, the first image data and the second image data into a composite image, wherein the composite image includes a spatial resolution greater than a resolution of the first image bubble and a resolution of the second image bubble, wherein the composite image is from a third perspective different than the first perspective and different than the second perspective. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to store first image data for a first image bubble captured from a first perspective and second image data for a second image bubble captured from a second perspective; a processor configured to combine the first image data and the second image data into a composite image, wherein the composite image includes a spatial resolution greater than a resolution of the first image bubble and a resolution of the second image bubble, wherein the composite image is from a third perspective different than the first perspective and different than the second perspective. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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receiving first image data for a first image bubble captured from a first perspective; receiving second image data for a second image bubble captured from a second perspective; receiving a user selection of a point of the second image data; and transitioning, using a processor, from the first perspective to the second perspective in response to the user selection. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to store first image data for a first image bubble captured from a first perspective and second image data for a second image bubble captured from a second perspective; an interface configured to receive a user selection of a point of the second image data; and a processor configured to calculate a transition from the first perspective to the second perspective in response to the user selection.
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