PanoTools:
Re: Stereo Panorama patents
Roger D. Williams 2006-Jun-06 03:43:03
Thanks for the description, David. I think I see your concern.
However, I do not know what to reply. I do know that one
vendor found a way to create 360-degree panoramas from two
180-degree fisheye shots, and claimed that this excluded
others from doing the same thing with different software!
The above may be the reason why you are asking. (Most people
on the Panotools list are familiar with this issue.)
I suppose it depends more upon the company vending the all-in-
one commercial solution rather than your step-by-step work
around. So it is, IMHO opinion, impossible to say whether you
would be in the clear.
Sorry not to be more help. I am still over my head in work and
resenting the enforced delay in playing with your images!
All the best,
Roger
On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:37:28 +0900, David Sykes
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> Roger D. Williams
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>> I am not sure exactly what you are asking.
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> Hi Roger.
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> Let me be more specific ........
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> Place camera on a support and rotate one full revolution at some
> distance behind the entrance-pupil.
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> As my fast 1GB memory cards have still not arrived, I have used a
> point-and-shoot camera in movie-mode to gather the frames and
> investigate the concept.
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> Extract a certain number of frames. Lots of software can do that.
> At a certain distance left of centre, extract a strip of a certain width.
> At the same distance right of centre, extract a similar strip.
> Lots of software can do that.
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> Take all the left strips and join them together.
> Take all the right strips and join them together.
> Various software can do that.
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> Adjust the disparity (stereo depth) between the left and right
> composites.
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> Various software can do that.
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> View as a continuously-rotating 360 degree stereo panorama using any
> viewing method you like.
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> Free software that I am associated with can do that :-)
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> It can also do all the above steps (except movie-frame extraction).
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> New features will simply make it more convenient by combining a number
> of steps.
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> I could describe this process in the Help file.
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> So, is there a patent problem ?
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> (the commercial HumanEyes software can do FAR more than that and is
> described as the result of a technological breakthrough and years of
> development).
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>> I would love to see your results
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> Although Bert offered to host them, while it is 'work in progress' I
> will send them directly to you.
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>> I am also a firm customer for any product that results
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> It is free :-)
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> David
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