Stereographic Imaging System Employing A Wide Field, Low Resolution Camera And A Narrow Field, High Resolution Camera
AssigneeRed Hen Systems, Inc.
InventorKen Lloyd Burgess
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for rendering stereographic images include: a first camera characterized by a first resolution and configured to output a first signal; a second camera characterized by a second resolution substantially higher than the first resolution and configured to output a second signal; and a processor configured to construct a depth map of objects using the first signal, and map pixel data derived from the second signal onto the objects.
Claims20
A three-dimensional (3-D) camera system, comprising:
- a first camera having a first lens axis, a first field of view, and a first resolution;
- a second camera having a second lens axis substantially parallel to the first lens axis, a second field of view, and a second resolution;
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- a stereo base separating the first and second lens axes;
- wherein the second resolution is substantially higher than the first resolution.
A method of constructing a three-dimensional image, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a first signal from a first camera having a first field of view, the first signal characterized by a first resolution;
- receiving, by the processor, a second signal from a second camera having a second field of view substantially narrower than the first field of view, the second signal characterized by a second resolution substantially greater than the first resolution;
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- combining the first and second signals into a three-dimensional image.
A stereographic camera system, comprising:
- a first camera characterized by a first resolution and configured to output a first signal;
- a second camera characterized by a second resolution substantially higher than the first resolution and configured to output a second signal;
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- a processor configured to:
- construct a depth map of objects using the first signal;
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- map pixel data derived from the second signal onto the objects.
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