Stereo imaging system with automatic disparity adjustment for displaying close range objects
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsWenyi Zhao, Catherine J. Mohr, Simon P. DiMaio
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Abstract
A stereo imaging system comprises a stereoscopic camera having left and right image capturing elements for capturing stereo images; a stereo viewer; and a processor configured to modify the stereo images prior to being displayed on the stereo viewer so that a disparity between corresponding points of the stereo images is adjusted as a function of a depth value within a region of interest in the stereo images after the depth value reaches a target depth value.
Claims20
An imaging system comprising:
- a stereoscopic camera having left and right image capturing elements for capturing stereo images;
- a stereo viewer;
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- a processor configured to modify the stereo images prior to being displayed on the stereo viewer so that a disparity between corresponding points of the stereo images is adjusted as a function of a depth value within a region of interest in the stereo images after the depth value reaches a target depth value.
A method for automatically adjusting stereo images to be displayed on a stereo viewer for both normal and close range viewing, the method comprising:
- modifying the stereo images prior to being displayed on the stereo viewer so that a disparity between corresponding points of the stereo images is adjusted as a function of a depth value within a region of interest in the stereo images after the depth value reaches a target depth value.
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