Flexible and tensioned camera apparatus with electronic module system for enabling maneuverable stereoscopic field of view
Inventors
Aferzon, Joshua • Nicholson, Lee
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Publication Number
US-12458466-B2
Publication Date
2025-11-04
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for enabling maneuverable stereoscopic field of view, the apparatus including a camera head configured to capture image data, an electronics module including, at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive the image data from the camera head, process the image data, transmit stereoscopic video data. The apparatus further includes an articulating arm connecting the camera head to the electronics module.
Core Innovation
The invention provides an apparatus for enabling maneuverable stereoscopic field of view. The apparatus includes an articulating arm configured to be maneuverable with respect to the field of view and a camera head mounted on the articulating arm, and the camera head includes first and second cameras configured to respectively capture first image data and second image data, which are communicated to an electronics module.
The electronics module includes a processor and memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive the first image data and the second image data. The processor processes the first image data to form a first sub-image and processes the second image data to form a second sub-image, and a digital image height adjustment function crops different portions of the first and second sub-images and thereafter vertically shifts the cropped first and second sub-images.
The processor makes the central axis of the first and second sub-images colinear and further re-centers the first and second sub-images to create a shared position. This shared position in the first image data and the second image data forms stereoscopic video data, which is transmitted by the electronics module.
Claims Coverage
Independent claims cover both an apparatus and a method for generating maneuverable stereoscopic video from a maneuverable two-camera head, using processor-executed sub-image formation and a digital image height adjustment that crops and vertically shifts sub-images to make central axes colinear and re-centers them to form stereoscopic video data. The inventive features include the digital image height adjustment function and stereoscopic video transmission.
Maneuverable stereoscopic field of view apparatus
An apparatus with an articulating arm configured to be maneuverable with respect to the field of view; a camera head including first and second cameras capturing first and second image data; the camera head mounted on the articulating arm; and an electronics module connected to the camera head, the electronics module comprising a processor and memory with instructions that process received image data into stereoscopic video data and transmit the stereoscopic video data.
Digital image height adjustment to form stereoscopic video data
Processing the first and second image data into a first sub-image and a second sub-image; utilizing a digital image height adjustment function that crops different portions of the first and second sub-images and thereafter vertically shifts the cropped first and second sub-images so that a central axis of the first and second sub-images are colinear; re-centering the first and second sub-images creating a shared position so that stereoscopic video data is formed.
Maneuverable stereoscopic field of view method using sub-image colinearity
A method that includes receiving, by an electronics module, image data from a maneuverable camera head including first and second cameras; processing the first and second image data into stereoscopic video data by forming first and second sub-images; utilizing a digital image height adjustment function that crops different portions and vertically shifts the cropped sub-images so that a central axis of the first and second sub-images are colinear; and re-centering the first and second sub-images creating a shared position so that stereoscopic video data is formed and transmitting the stereoscopic video data.
Electronics-module processing and transmission of stereoscopic video data
Electronics-module processing that causes a processor to receive the first and second image data from the first and second cameras, process the image data into sub-images, apply the digital image height adjustment function with cropping and vertical shifting to make central axes colinear and re-center to create a shared position, and transmitting the stereoscopic video data by the electronics module.
Overall claim coverage centers on processor-executed formation of first and second sub-images from first and second image data, applying a digital image height adjustment function that crops and vertically shifts the sub-images to make their central axes colinear, re-centering them to create a shared position, thereby forming stereoscopic video data that is transmitted.
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