SYSTEMS AND METHODs FOR PRODUCING PANORAMIC AND STEREOSCOPIC VIDEOS
First Claim
1. A camera arrangement for filming videos enabled for stereoscopic and panoramic effects, the camera arrangement comprising:
- a plurality of camera pairs, each one of the plurality of camera pairs comprising a left-eye camera and a right-eye camera, each one of the left-eye cameras and each one of the right-eye cameras having a longitudinal axis, whereby the longitudinal axis of the left-eye camera and the longitudinal axis of the right-eye camera of as given camera pair define a camera pair plane for each one of the plurality of camera pairs, and wherein each one of the camera pair planes is substantially parallel to each other.
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Abstract
A system and associated method for capturing panoramic and stereoscopic image data can be utilized to produce panoramic and stereoscopic videos for use in conjunction with suitable virtual reality display devices. The system utilizes a camera arrangement consisting of a plurality of camera pairs positioned to capture a 360° environment. Each camera pair comprises a left-eye camera and a right-eye camera and the camera pair planes of each camera pair substantially parallel to each other. The camera pairs can be arranged in levels of varying heights in order to accommodate a greater number of camera pairs, thereby enhancing the resulting image data. Once the image data has been captured, left and right-eye panoramic videos are generated by merging the corresponding images from each left-eye camera at each time point, and each right-eye camera at each time point. The resulting videos can then be output for panoramic and stereoscopic viewing.
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12 Claims
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1. A camera arrangement for filming videos enabled for stereoscopic and panoramic effects, the camera arrangement comprising:
a plurality of camera pairs, each one of the plurality of camera pairs comprising a left-eye camera and a right-eye camera, each one of the left-eye cameras and each one of the right-eye cameras having a longitudinal axis, whereby the longitudinal axis of the left-eye camera and the longitudinal axis of the right-eye camera of as given camera pair define a camera pair plane for each one of the plurality of camera pairs, and wherein each one of the camera pair planes is substantially parallel to each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for producing a video enabled for stereoscopic and panoramic effects, the method comprising the steps of:
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filming using a plurality of camera pairs, each one of the camera pairs comprising a left-eye camera and a right-eye camera; for each one of a plurality of time steps, generating a left-eye panorama by merging the images from each one of the left-eye cameras at the each one of the plurality of time steps and a right-eye panorama by merging the images from each one of the right-eye cameras at the each one of the plurality of time steps; and outputting a left-eye video stream comprising the left-eye panoramas at the plurality of time steps and a right-eye video stream comprising the right-eye panoramas at the plurality of time steps, for display on a device enabled for panoramic and stereoscopic viewing.
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