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Stereo reconstruction from multiperspective panoramas

  • US 6,639,596 B1
  • Filed: 09/20/1999
  • Issued: 10/28/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented process for computing a 3D reconstruction of a scene, comprising using a computer to perform the following process actions:

  • constructing at least two multiperspective panoramas from a collection of single-perspective images of the scene each of which was captured from a different, but co-axial, viewpoint, wherein each multiperspective panorama comprises a plurality of side-by-side columnar images depicting consecutive portions of the scene each of which was obtained from a different one of the single-perspective images; and

    computing the 3D reconstruction of the scene from the at least two multiperspective panoramas.

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