Panoramic video system with real-time distortion-free imaging

A panoramic annular lens system (PAL), a unitary video camera and a PC-based software system that unwraps a 360° video image into a seamless, distortion free horizontal image image in real time. The PAL system of the preferred embodiment has a 360° horizontal field of view and a 90° vertical field o...

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Hauptverfasser:	RO SOOKWANG, KOSTRZEWSKI ANDREW A, AGUROK IL'YA, BENNAHMIAS MARK
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR,STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES PHYSICS PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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Zusammenfassung:	A panoramic annular lens system (PAL), a unitary video camera and a PC-based software system that unwraps a 360° video image into a seamless, distortion free horizontal image image in real time. The PAL system of the preferred embodiment has a 360° horizontal field of view and a 90° vertical field of view in a 40 mm diameter compact package. The invention is not limited to any particular type of lens system. In fact, there are numerous lens systems for providing a 360° panoramic view. The video camera may be a CCD or CMOS based device having a pixel resolution of either 1280x1024 (high resolution) or 720x480 (NTSC). The unwrapping system is a radiometric ray tracing program carried out using a computer's graphics card capabilities to produce highly efficient regional transformation while minimizing software overhead. The result is real time, high resolution 30 fps conversion from a spherical distorted image to a flat panoramic image in Cartesian coordinates.