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US 11,297,299 B2Granted
Camera system
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorMasashi Nakata
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Abstract
A camera system includes a plurality of cameras configured to capture images in different directions. The camera system rotates the plurality of cameras in a predetermined direction. The plurality of cameras are configured such that, even during rotation, one of the cameras captures an image of a preset specific region. The camera system acquires parallax information regarding an object present in the specific region on the basis of a plurality of captured images of the specific region.
Claims19
A camera system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras simultaneously capturing images in different directions,
- wherein an image capturing element in each of the cameras includes a two-dimensional array of pixels and each pixel includes at least one of a microlens layer, a color filter layer, a polarizer layer, and a photoelectric conversion layer;
- a drive section configured to rotate the plurality of cameras in a predetermined direction;
- and
- a parallax acquisition section, wherein
- the plurality of cameras are configured such that, even during rotation, one of the cameras captures an image of a preset specific region, and
- the parallax acquisition section acquires parallax information regarding an object present in the specific region on a basis of a plurality of captured images of the specific region, wherein the plurality of cameras comprises:
- a first image capturing section including a plurality of cameras;
- and
- a second image capturing section including a plurality of cameras, wherein
- the first and second image capturing sections are placed on top of each other in a height direction so that one of the image capturing sections is an upper section and the other image capturing section is a lower section relative to each other, and
- the drive section rotates the plurality of cameras in the first image capturing section and the plurality of cameras in the second image capturing section around a vertical axis extending through a center of both the upper and lower sections and, in a case of rotating both the set of the plurality of cameras in the first image capturing section and the set of the plurality of cameras in the second image capturing section, the drive section rotates the upper section and lower section in different directions or at different speeds relative to each other.
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A camera system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras configured to simultaneously capture images of an identical subject from different angles,
- wherein an image capturing element in each of the cameras includes a two-dimensional array of pixels and each pixel includes at least one of a microlens layer, a color filter layer, a polarizer layer, and a photoelectric conversion layer;
- a drive section configured to rotate the plurality of cameras in a predetermined direction to change positions of the plurality of cameras;
- an orientation detection section configured to detect an orientation of a head mounted display;
- and
- a generation section configured to generate an image that the head mounted display is caused to display, on a basis of an image captured by a camera included in the plurality of cameras and located at a position corresponding to the orientation of the head mounted display detected by the orientation detection section, wherein the plurality of cameras comprises:
- a first image capturing section including a plurality of cameras;
- and
- a second image capturing section including a plurality of cameras, wherein
- the first and second image capturing sections are placed on top of each other in a height direction so that one of the image capturing sections is an upper section and the other image capturing section is a lower section relative to each other, and
- the drive section rotates the plurality of cameras in the first image capturing section and the plurality of cameras in the second image capturing section around a vertical axis extending through a center of both the upper and lower sections and, in a case of rotating both the set of the plurality of cameras in the first image capturing section and the set of the plurality of cameras in the second image capturing section, the drive section rotates the upper section and lower section in different directions or at different speeds relative to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.