System and method for capturing and viewing stereoscopic panoramic images
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1. Imaging apparatus comprising:
- at least one imager that moves relative to a scene so as to acquire a plurality of optical images of at least portions of the scene, each of at least two of said optical images being viewed from a different respective viewing position;
a processor that receives image data representative of said at least two of the optical images and processes the data to divide each image into a plurality of segments and to generate a plurality of mosaics of the scene, such that;
each mosaic contains segments taken from different ones of said optical images;
segments relating to at least one part of the scene are derived from at least two optical images and appear in at least two mosaics;
the different segments of the two optical images in a given mosaic represent different parts of the scene; and
a display that receives a plurality of the mosaics and displays them so as to provide a sense of depth of the scene.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for generating images of a scene from image data of the scene and displaying the images to provide a sense of depth. In some embodiments of the method and apparatus the generated images are mosaics.
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1. Imaging apparatus comprising:
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at least one imager that moves relative to a scene so as to acquire a plurality of optical images of at least portions of the scene, each of at least two of said optical images being viewed from a different respective viewing position; a processor that receives image data representative of said at least two of the optical images and processes the data to divide each image into a plurality of segments and to generate a plurality of mosaics of the scene, such that; each mosaic contains segments taken from different ones of said optical images; segments relating to at least one part of the scene are derived from at least two optical images and appear in at least two mosaics; the different segments of the two optical images in a given mosaic represent different parts of the scene; and a display that receives a plurality of the mosaics and displays them so as to provide a sense of depth of the scene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25)
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22. Imaging apparatus comprising:
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at least one imager that moves relative to a scene so as to acquire a plurality of optical images of at least portions of the scene, each of at least two of said optical images being viewed from a different respective viewing position; a processor that receives image data representative of said at least two of the optical images and processes the data to divide each image into a plurality of segments and to generate a plurality of mosaics of the scene, such that each mosaic contains segments taken from different ones of said optical images and such that at least two of the optical images contributes a different segment to each of at least two of the mosaics and such that the different segments of the two optical images in a given mosaic represent different parts of the scene; and a display that receives a plurality of the mosaics and displays them so as to provide a sense of depth of the scene. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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26. Imaging apparatus comprising:
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at least one imager that moves relative to a scene so as to acquire a plurality of optical images of at least portions of the scene, each of at least two of said optical images being viewed from a different respective viewing position; a processor that receives image data responsive to said at least two of the optical images and processes the data to divide each image into a plurality of segments and to generate a plurality of mosaics of the scene, such that; each mosaic contains segments taken from different ones of said optical images; at least two of the optical images contributes a different segment to each of at least two of the mosaics; and the different segments of the two optical images in a given mosaic represent different parts of the scene, wherein respective first segments of each optical image contributed to a first mosaic image are always to the left of respective second segments of the respective optical image contributed to a second mosaic image; and a display that receives a plurality of the mosaics and displays them so as to provide a sense of depth of the scene.
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27. Imaging apparatus comprising:
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at least one imager that moves relative to a scene so as to acquire a plurality of optical images of at least portions of the scene, each of at least two of said optical images being viewed from a different respective viewing position; a processor that receives image data representative of said at least two of the optical images and processes the data to divide each image into a plurality of segments and to generate a plurality of mosaics of the scene, such that; each mosaic contains segments taken from different ones of said optical images; at least two different segments in each mosaic relate to a different part of the scene that appears in each of the two respective optical images; segments relating to at least one part of the scene are derived from at least two optical images and appear in at least two mosaics; and in respect of any two of said optical images that both contribute at least two different segments to each of any two mosaics, the segments contributed by both optical images to a first one of the mosaics are all to the left of the segments contributed by both optical images to a second one of the mosaics; and a display that receives a plurality of the mosaics and displays them so as to provide a sense of depth of the scene. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for processing image data representative of at least portions of a scene acquired by at least one imager that moves relative to a scene so as to acquire a plurality of optical images of the scene, each of at least two of said optical images being viewed from a different respective viewing position, the method comprising:
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dividing each image into a plurality of segments and generating a plurality of mosaics of the scene, such that; each mosaic contains segments taken from different ones of said optical images; segments relating to at least one part of the scene are derived from at least two optical images and appear in at least two mosaics; the different segments of the two optical images in a given mosaic represent different parts of the scene; and in respect of any two of said optical images that both contribute at least two different segments to each of any two mosaics, the segments contributed by both optical images to a first one of the mosaics are all to the left of the segments contributed by both optical images to a second one of the mosaics; and displaying a plurality of the mosaics so as to provide a sense of depth of the scene. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. Method for processing image data representative of at least portions of a scene acquired by at least one imager that moves relative to a scene so as to acquire a plurality of optical images of the scene, each of at least two of said optical images being viewed from a different respective viewing position, the method comprising:
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dividing each image into a plurality of segments and generating a plurality of mosaics of the scene, such that; each mosaic contains segments taken from different ones of said optical images; at least two different segments in each mosaic relate to a different part of the scene that appears in each of the two respective optical images; segments relating to at least one part of the scene are derived from at least two optical images and appear in at least two mosaics; and in respect of any two of said optical images that both contribute at least two different segments to each of any two mosaics, the segments contributed by both optical images to a first one of the mosaics are all to the left of the segments contributed by both optical images to a second one of the mosaics; and displaying a plurality of the mosaics so as to provide a sense of depth of the scene. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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