IMMERSIVE STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO ACQUISITION, ENCODING AND VIRTUAL REALITY PLAYBACK METHODS AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A method of providing content, comprising:
- capturing one or more images corresponding to a first viewing direction;
capturing one or more images corresponding to a second viewing direction which is different from said first direction; and
generating an image based on at least a portion of one of the one or more captured images corresponding to the first direction and at least a portion of one of the one or more captured images corresponding to the second direction, said generating an image including performing an image adjustment operation.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for capturing and displaying stereoscopic images are described in a manner that allows a user to obtain a 3d virtual reality experience simulating that of being in a seat at a football game or other event. Rear images are modified, e.g., in luminance intensity, to make them consistent with the luminance intensity of the forward images to avoid or reduce edges or differences in luminance intensity as a users turns his head from viewing a main image area to a side or rear image area. A seamless 3D presentation is made possible through the use of fisheye lenses at capture time and combining of images corresponding to forward and rear image areas as a user turns his or her head requiring a change in the captured image area which is displayed to the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing content, comprising:
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capturing one or more images corresponding to a first viewing direction; capturing one or more images corresponding to a second viewing direction which is different from said first direction; and generating an image based on at least a portion of one of the one or more captured images corresponding to the first direction and at least a portion of one of the one or more captured images corresponding to the second direction, said generating an image including performing an image adjustment operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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a first camera for capturing one or more images corresponding to a first viewing direction; a second camera for capturing one or more images corresponding to a second viewing direction which is different from said first direction; and a player rendering an image based on at least a portion of a captured image corresponding to the first direction and at least a portion of a captured image corresponding to the second direction, said player performing an adjustment operation to at least portion of an image as part of said rendering; and a display for displaying the images generated by said rendering. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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