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US 2015/0358508 A1Published application
System For Filming A Video Movie
AssigneeSolidanim
InventorsIsaac Partouche, Jean-François SZLAPKA, Emmanuel LINOT
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Abstract
System for filming a video movie in a real space includes a filming camera, a sensor, a computerized pinpointing module for determining the location of the filming camera, a monitoring screen and a computerized compositing module for generating on the monitoring screen a composite image of the real image and of a projection of a virtual image, generated according to the filming camera location data.
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System for filming video footage in a real space defined in a real reference system, wherein the system for filming video footage comprises:
- a filming camera, suitable for recording a real image for a plurality of discrete time frames,
- a location pinpointing system, comprising:
- at least one sensor, provided with location data relative to the filming camera that are known for each time frame, and suitable for transmitting to a computerized pinpointing module the natural topographical information detected by the sensor,
- a computerized pinpointing module suitable for determining, for each time frame, the filming camera location data in the real reference system based on location data of the sensor, and on a comparison of the natural topographical information and a predetermined three-dimensional model of the real space,
- a monitoring screen,
- a computerized compositing module suitable for generating on the monitoring screen, for each time frame, a composite image of the real image and of a projection of a virtual image taken from a database of virtual animations, said projection generated according to the filming camera location data in the real reference system.
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