METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ELECTROMECHANICAL CONTROL TO ADJUST THE POSITIONING AND PARALLAX OF TWO CAMERAS

A toe-in system allows for electromechanical control to adjust the parallax, or "toe-in", of two cameras to create an accurately fused 3D stereoscopic image. The system includes of two cameras, an electromechanical adjustment mechanism, an electronic method of distance measurement, image processing software, and a correlation algorithm. The two cameras are to be mounted equidistant from the center axis of the device, with the electromechanical control method attached to each camera independently, or dependently. The cameras may be mounted in a manner that allows for restricted movement by the electromechanical drive mechanism. The electronic distance measurement sensor measures the distance from the objective to the cameras image capturing sensor or center of rotation. With the distance and the kinematic parameters of the electromechanical drive method being known, a correlation algorithm calculates the required quantity of "toe-in" needed to create a fused, stereoscopic, 3D, image.