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Stereoscopic Imaging Using Mobile Computing Devices Having Front-Facing And Rear-Facing Cameras

  • US 20170324941A1
  • Filed: 04/26/2017
  • Published: 11/09/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. For use with a mobile computing device, a method for obtaining stereo image pairs that can be used for generating three-dimensional models of a room or other environment or producing virtual reality (VR) content, wherein the mobile computing device includes a front-facing camera and a back-facing camera and is mounted on a rotational mechanism such that the front- and rear-facing cameras of the mobile computing device are each offset from a center or rotation of the rotational mechanism, the method comprising:

  • controlling the cameras of the mobile computing device and controlling the rotational mechanism to capture images of the room or other environment using both the front- and rear-facing cameras at each of a plurality of different pan angle and tilt angle combinations, such that images corresponding to different tilt angles are obtained by each of the front- and rear-facing cameras of the mobile computing device at each of a plurality of different pan angles.

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