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Title: US5990941: Method and apparatus for the interactive display of any portion of a spherical image
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Country: US United States of America

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Inventor: Jackson, Laban Phelps; Knoxville, TN
Pecoraro, Alexis S.; Knoxville, TN
Hansen, Peter; Knoxville, TN
Bauer, Martin L.; Oak Ridge, TN
Martin, H. Lee; Knoxville, TN

Assignee: Interactive Pictures Corporation, Oak Ridge, TN
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Published / Filed: 1999-11-23 / 1995-08-18

Application Number: US1995000516629
IPC Code: Advanced: G06F 17/30; G06T 3/00; G08B 13/196; G08B 15/00; H04N 1/21; H04N 5/225; H04N 5/262; H04N 5/335; H04N 7/00; H04N 7/18;
Core: G08B 13/194; more...
IPC-7: H04N 5/30;

ECLA Code: G08B13/196; G06F17/30E; G06T3/00; H04N1/21C2; H04N5/225V; H04N5/262T; H04N5/335; H04N7/00B; H04N7/18D;

U.S. Class: Current: 348/207.99; 348/036; 348/147; 348/335; 348/E05.03; 348/E05.055; 348/E05.091; 348/E07.087; 348/E07.091; 382/293; 707/E17.009;
Original: 348/207; 348/147; 348/335; 348/036; 382/293;

Field of Search: 348/207,222,239,36,39,47,48,143,147,576,578,580,583,335 382/268 <345425,427,435,126

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1995-08-18  US1995000516629

Abstract:     Apparatus for interactive display of any portion of a spherical image preferably comprises a personal computer or other digital processor apparatus for storing digital data representative of at least one image having a 180 degree or greater field of view (or hemispherical image). In order to view a selected image portion without warp or distortion at the seam between opposite hemispherical images, edge filtering is applied to eliminate a halo effect. Moreover, an opposite hemispherical image may either be obtained by creating a mirror image of a first hemispherical image or by capturing a second hemispherical image by means of an oppositely directed camera and storing the digital image. Equations for image transformation are based on a lens' characteristics including the lens' radius R. An input interface preferably comprises a display including a magnification region and a directional cursor for pointing the direction to a next spherical image. "Hot spots" can be linked to audio, text, graphics, or other media or trigger a charge for a pay event or identify program links to the next spherical image.

Attorney, Agent or Firm: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. ;

Primary / Asst. Examiners: Lee, Michael H.;

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Parent Case:     This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/494,599, filed Jun. 23, 1995, entitled "Method and Apparatus for Simultaneous Capture of a Spherical Image" of Danny A. McCall and H. Lee Martin, which is a continuation-in-part of a U.S. application Ser. No. 08/386,912 filed Feb. 8, 1995, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. N . 08/339,663 filed Nov. 14, 1994, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/189,585 filed Jan. 31, 1994 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,384,588), which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/699,366 filed May 13, 1991 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,185,667). This application is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/373,446 filed Jan. 17, 1995, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/189,585 filed Jan. 31, 1994 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,384,588).

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Show all 6 claims		 What we claim is:     1. A method of taking a single image captured with a lens having a field of view equal to 180 degrees and creating a 360 degree fully surrounding spherical visualization for an observer comprising the steps of
  • obtaining a first 180 degree image,
  • mirror imaging the first image to obtain a second 180 degree image,
  • combining the first and second images into a spherical image, and
  • storing said combined spherical image in memory,
  • wherein a further step comprises transforming a selected image at the seam between the first image and the second image into a planar image.
    •


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Other Abstract Info: DERABS G1992-416078 DERABS G1994-159340 DERABS G1994-341174 DERABS G1995-074762 DERABS G1997-087608 DERABS G1999-213424 DERABS G1999-336813

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