US 12,764,262 B2Granted

Systems and devices for capturing immersive images with improved quality

AssigneeimmerVR GmbH

InventorDaniel Pohl

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Abstract

A device, a system, a camera device, and corresponding methods are provided which allow to capture immersive images with improved quality by providing an assistance to a user. The assistance may be an automatic control and/or feedback-based. A device capable to provide a feedback-based assistance may include one or more processors configured to: receive an image; detect one or more objects within the image; determine, based on the detected one or more objects, whether a quality of the immersive image can be improved using at least one measure; and in the case that it is determined that the quality of the immersive image can be improved using at least one measure, provide control instructions to control one or more output devices to output information informing a user that the at least one measure can improve the quality when capturing an immersive image.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A device, comprising:

one or more processors configured to:
receive an image from a camera device, the image being an immersive image or a preview of the immersive image;
detect one or more objects within the image;
determine, based on the detected one or more objects, whether a quality of the immersive image can be improved using at least one measure of one or more predefined measures;
and
in the case that it is determined that the quality of the immersive image can be improved using at least one measure of the one or more predefined measures, provide control instructions to one or more output devices to control the one or more output devices to output information informing a user that the at least one measure can improve the quality when capturing an immersive image,
wherein the image is a stereoscopic image comprising a first image associated with a first lens of the camera device and a second image associated with a second lens of the camera device;
and
wherein the one or more processors configured to:
detect one or more first objects within the first image and one or more second objects within the second image;
determine, by comparing the one or more first objects with the one or more second objects, whether the first image or the second image shows at least one object not shown in the other one;
in the case that it is determined that the first image or the second image shows at least one object not shown in the other one, determine that the quality of the immersive image can be improved;
determine a type of the at least one object;
and
determine, based on the type of the at least one object, the at least one measure of one or more predefined measures with which the quality of the immersive image can be improved,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
determine, whether the at least one object has an ellipsoidal shape;
in the case that it is determined that the at least one object has an ellipsoidal shape, determine, whether there is color fringing at a border of the at least one object;
and
in the case that it is determined that the at least one object has an ellipsoidal shape with color fringing at a border of the at least one object, determine a drop of a liquid as the type of the at least one object.

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A system, comprising:

a device;
and
a camera device, wherein the camera device comprises one or more cameras configured to capture an immersive image;
wherein the device comprises one or more processors configured to:
receive an image from the camera device, the image being the immersive image or a preview of the immersive image,
detect one or more objects within the image,
determine, based on the detected one or more objects, whether a quality of the immersive image can be improved using at least one measure of one or more predefined measures, and
in the case that it is determined that the quality of the immersive image can be improved using at least one measure of the one or more predefined measures, provide control instructions to one or more output devices to control the one or more output devices to output information informing a user that the at least one measure can improve the quality when capturing an immersive image,
wherein the immersive image is a spherical immersive image;
and
wherein the one or more processors of the device are configured to:
receive input data representing that a user provided instructions to take a spherical immersive image without the user being shown;
responsive to receiving the input data:
control the one or more cameras to capture a preview of the spherical immersive image,
determine, whether the user is shown in the preview of the spherical immersive image, and
in the case that it is determined that the user is not shown in the preview of the spherical immersive image, control the one or more cameras to capture the spherical immersive image.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.