Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capture for virtual reality displays
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Application No.: US15582237Application Date: 2017-04-28
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Publication No.: US10412373B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Colvin Pitts
- Applicant: GOOGLE LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
- Current Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Main IPC: H04N13/00
- IPC: H04N13/00 ; H04N13/282 ; H04N13/111 ; H04N13/243 ; H04N13/275 ; H04N13/388 ; G06T15/20 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N13/232 ; H04N13/117 ; H04N13/25 ; H04N13/344

Abstract:
A light-field camera system such as a tiled camera array may be used to capture a light-field of an environment. The tiled camera array may be a tiered camera array with a first plurality of cameras and a second plurality of cameras that are arranged more densely, but have lower resolution, than those of the first plurality of cameras. The first plurality of cameras may be interspersed among the second plurality of cameras. The first and second pluralities may cooperate to capture the light-field. According to one method, a subview may be captured by each camera of the first and second pluralities. Estimated world properties of the environment may be computed for each subview. A confidence map may be generated to indicate a level of confidence in the estimated world properties for each subview. The confidence maps and subviews may be used to generate a virtual view of the environment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170237971A1 IMAGE CAPTURE FOR VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAYS Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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