Global Patent Index - EP 3080986 A4

EP 3080986 A4 20171122 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING PANORAMIC AND STEREOSCOPIC VIDEOS

Title (en)

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING PANORAMIC AND STEREOSCOPIC VIDEOS

Title (de)

SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON PANORAMISCHEN UND STEREOSKOPISCHEN VIDEOS

Title (fr)

SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS DE PRODUCTION DE VIDÉOS PANORAMIQUES ET STÉRÉOSCOPIQUES

Publication

EP 3080986 A4 20171122 (EN)

Application

EP 14869343 A 20141215

Priority

  • US 201361915873 P 20131213
  • CA 2014000895 W 20141215

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2015085406A1] A system and associated method for capturing panoramic and stereoscopic image data can be utilized to produce panoramic and stereoscopic videos for use in conjunction with suitable virtual reality display devices. The system utilizes a camera arrangement consisting of a plurality of camera pairs positioned to capture a 360° environment. Each camera pair comprises a left-eye camera and a right-eye camera and the camera pair planes of each camera pair substantially parallel to each other. The camera pairs can be arranged in levels of varying heights in order to accommodate a greater number of camera pairs, thereby enhancing the resulting image data. Once the image data has been captured, left and right-eye panoramic videos are generated by merging the corresponding images from each left-eye camera at each time point, and each right- eye camera at each time point. The resulting videos can then be output for panoramic and stereoscopic viewing.

IPC 8 full level

H04N 13/282 (2018.01); G03B 35/08 (2006.01); G03B 37/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); H04N 13/243 (2018.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G03B 35/08 (2013.01 - EP); G03B 37/04 (2013.01 - EP); H04N 13/239 (2018.04 - EP); H04N 13/243 (2018.04 - EP US); H04N 23/698 (2023.01 - EP); H04N 23/90 (2023.01 - EP); H04N 13/344 (2018.04 - EP)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2015085406 A1 20150618; CA 2933704 A1 20150618; EP 3080986 A1 20161019; EP 3080986 A4 20171122

DOCDB simple family (application)

CA 2014000895 W 20141215; CA 2933704 A 20141215; EP 14869343 A 20141215