Camera Array Apparatus and Method for Capturing Wide-Angle Network Video

A camera array apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of camera modules arrayed in a receiving space;
• a connection interface unit, through which the camera array apparatus is electrically connected with a computer system;
• and
• an image processing unit for capturing a plurality of images taken by the camera modules and for executing a stitching operation in accordance with the images to form one of a pantoscopic image and a panoramic image being capable of real-time network transmission.

A method for capturing wide-angle network video, comprising the following steps:

• providing a camera array apparatus, wherein the camera array apparatus comprises a plurality of camera modules arrayed in a receiving space;
• capturing a plurality of dynamic images;
• executing a stitching process in accordance with the dynamic images;
• combining the dynamic images taken by the camera modules to form one of a pantoscopic image and a panoramic image;
• and
• outputting one of the pantoscopic image and the panoramic image by a computer system;
• wherein each of the camera modules of the camera array apparatus is a network video camera, and the camera array apparatus combines the dynamic images to form one of the pantoscopic image and the panoramic image being capable of real-time network transmission.