Cyclopean virtual imaging via generalized probabilistic smoothing

A cyclopean virtual imaging system provides a view from a virtual camera placed symmetrically or midway between the calibrated cameras of a physical stereo pair. Such a system may be used in video conferencing applications as well as other stereo image contexts. By combining the left and right stere...

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Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.11.2004
Edition7
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
PHYSICS
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Summary:A cyclopean virtual imaging system provides a view from a virtual camera placed symmetrically or midway between the calibrated cameras of a physical stereo pair. Such a system may be used in video conferencing applications as well as other stereo image contexts. By combining the left and right stereo images captured by the stereo pair, a virtual image is produced such that the subject appears to be looking into a cyclopean virtual camera, rather than to the left or right of a single physical camera. The cyclopean virtual image is generated by a forward-backward algorithm using a probabilistic distribution of possible disparity families.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20030428388