Stereoscopic panoramic image capture device
CA 2513874 A1 · Owner: Pierce, Donald · Inventors: Good, Frederick; Grover, Trent; Pierce, Donald
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An imaging system comprising a plurality of first image capture devices. Overlapping rectilinear images are captured and halved with left halves being , stiched and transformed into a first equirectangular image and the right halves being stiched and transformed into a second equirectangular image. The first equirectangular image, and second equirectangular image are displayed in a stereoscopic orientation to produce a stereoscopic equirectangular image. The imaging system may be utilized to capture a plurality of sequential images, to produce a full-motion stereoscopic equirectangular image.
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- Filed January 24, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 24, 2023.
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