FOREST BASKETT, III
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California C0000829
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Image Correction After Combining Images From Multiple Cameras
US Patent:
8619148, Dec 31, 2013
Filed:
Feb 11, 2013
Appl. No.:
13/764702
Inventors:
Lloyd Watts - Mountain View CA, US
Forest Baskett - Sausalito CA, US
Forest Baskett - Sausalito CA, US
Assignee:
Audience, Inc. - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
G06K 9/40, G06K 15/00
US Classification:
3482181, 3482221, 382284
Abstract:
Provided are computer-implemented systems and methods for image correction after combining images from multiple cameras. While combining multiple images may significantly enhance image quality without a need for a longer focal length lens, combined images may have some perspective distortion caused by different imaging angles used by different cameras. For example, when two cameras provided on the same device are used to capture images of a face and these images are combined by cross-fading, a combined image may have an unnaturally widened center portion. Specifically, proportions of nose and ears may be distorted resulting in a wider nose and generally a wider face. The combined image may be compressed either uniformly or non-uniformly (e. g. , more compression in the center) to yield a processed image with more realistic and/or natural proportions. The compression ratio and/or compression distribution may depend on imaging angles, various distances, and other factors described herein.