STEREO CAMERA SYSTEM WITH WIDE AND NARROW INTEROCULAR DISTANCE CAMERAS
First Claim
1. A stereographic camera system, comprising:
- a camera platform comprising;
a first stereographic camera head including a first left camera and a first right camera separated by a first interocular distance, the first stereographic camera head providing a first left video stream and a first right video stream;
a second stereographic camera head aligned with the first stereographic camera, the second stereographic camera including a second left camera and a second right camera separated by a second interocular distance, the second stereographic camera head providing a second left video stream and a second right video stream; and
an output selector to output either the first left and right video streams or the second left and right video streams to output as a 3D video output, whereinthe first interocular distance is settable over a first range, andthe second interocular distance is settable over a second range, at least a portion of the second range smaller than the first range.
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Abstract
A stereographic camera system and method of operating a stereographic camera system. A camera platform may include a first camera head including first left and right cameras separated by a first interocular distance, the first camera head providing first left and right video streams, and a second camera head aligned with the first camera head, the second camera head including second left and right cameras separated by a second interocular distance, the second camera head providing second left and right video streams. An output selector may select either the first left and right video streams or the second left and right video streams to output as a 3D video output. The first interocular distance may be settable over a first range, and the second interocular distance may be settable over a second range, at least a portion of the second range smaller than the first range.
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21 Claims
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1. A stereographic camera system, comprising:
a camera platform comprising; a first stereographic camera head including a first left camera and a first right camera separated by a first interocular distance, the first stereographic camera head providing a first left video stream and a first right video stream; a second stereographic camera head aligned with the first stereographic camera, the second stereographic camera including a second left camera and a second right camera separated by a second interocular distance, the second stereographic camera head providing a second left video stream and a second right video stream; and an output selector to output either the first left and right video streams or the second left and right video streams to output as a 3D video output, wherein the first interocular distance is settable over a first range, and the second interocular distance is settable over a second range, at least a portion of the second range smaller than the first range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18)
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13. A method for controlling a stereographic camera including a first stereographic camera head having a first interocular distance settable over a first range and a second stereographic camera head having a second interocular distance settable over a second range, at least a portion of the second range smaller than the first range, the process comprising:
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selecting either a first left video stream and a first right video stream generated by the first stereographic camera head or a second left video stream and a second right video stream generated by the second stereographic camera head to output as a 3D video output based on one or more of; a focus distance of lenses in one or both of the first camera head and the second camera head, a convergence distance of one or both of the first camera head and the second camera head, a measured distance from the camera platform to a scene object, a convergence angle, a disparity, a tilt angle, and a desired interocular distance. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 19, 20, 21)
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