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Three-dimensional image recording/reconstructing method and apparatus therefor

  • US 5,625,408 A
  • Filed: 12/20/1995
  • Issued: 04/29/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image recording/reproducing method for taking and recording a plurality of images using a plurality of cameras, and reproducing the recorded images, comprising the steps of:

  • extracting discriminating information between a double area comprising an area or parts of an image of a camera which is visible to at least two of the plurality of cameras and single eye areas comprising an area or parts of an image which is visible to only one of the plurality of cameras in each image taken by the plurality of cameras, intensity information of pixels, and parallax information on the double area;

    recording the discriminating, intensity, and parallax information on a recording medium in a predetermined format;

    storing optical configuration information of the plurality of cameras; and

    calculating proper parallax values upon reproducing on the basis of the recorded information and the optical configuration information.

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