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US 8,026,950 B2Granted
Method of and apparatus for selecting a stereoscopic pair of images
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsLyndon Hill, Graham R. Jones
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Abstract
A method is provided for selecting a stereoscopic pair of images, for example as they are captured by a camera or from an existing collection of captured images. A first image is selected and a cursor overlaid on the first image is aligned with an image feature. The cursor is then shifted by a predetermined amount and a second image is selected such that the cursor is overlaid on the second image and is substantially aligned with the feature.
Claims31
A method of selecting a stereoscopic pair of images, using a processor, comprising the steps of:
- (a) selecting and capturing a first image by means of a camera;
- (b) aligning at least one cursor overlaid on the first image with at least one image feature of the first image;
- (c) shifting automatically the or each cursor laterally by a predetermined amount;
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- (d) selecting and capturing a second image by means of the camera when the second image contains the or each feature and the or each cursor is overlaid on the second image and is substantially aligned with the or each feature,
- wherein the camera has an optical axis and is oriented such that the optical axis when the second image is captured is substantially parallel to the optical axis when the first image is captured.
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A camera for selecting a stereoscopic pair of images, comprising:
- a display for displaying images;
- means for causing the display to display at least one cursor overlying a displayed image;
- means for aligning the at least one cursor with a respective image feature of the displayed image;
- means for selecting and capturing a displayed image as a first image;
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- means for shifting automatically the at least one cursor laterally by a predetermined amount in response to selection by the selecting means of the first image;
- means for selecting and capturing a displayed image as a second image when the displayed image contains the respective image feature and the shifted at least one cursor is overlaid on the second image and is substantially aligned with the respective image feature
- wherein the camera has an optical axis and is configured such that the optical axis when the second image is captured is substantially parallel to the optical axis when the first image is captured.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.