Drone Multi-View Capture for Interactive 3D-Like Media
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional digital media formats, such as 2D images and videos, limit user interaction and fail to capture and reproduce memories with high fidelity, and existing systems lack efficient mechanisms for capturing, indexing, and querying visual data as the quantity of digital visual data increases.
Innovation Solution
A drone-based system captures a plurality of images with location information, fusing them into content and context models, applying enhancement algorithms to generate a multi-view interactive digital media representation (MIDMR) that provides a three-dimensional view without rendering a 3D model, allowing users to interact and change viewpoints.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional 2D flat images and videos are used to capture visual data, then the capture process is simple, but the user experience is limited and cannot reproduce memories with high fidelity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D flat images to multi-view 3D representations by capturing images from multiple cameras positioned at different spatial locations. This dimensional expansion enables immersive viewing experiences and high-fidelity memory reproduction while maintaining manageable system complexity through standardized capture protocols
2Loss of information
If the quantity of digital visual data increases, then more comprehensive search and indexing mechanisms are needed, but existing 2D image and video formats are not designed for these purposes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments visual data into structured multi-view representations with defined geometric relationships and metadata. This segmentation enables efficient indexing by organizing data according to spatial coordinates, camera positions, and viewing angles, making search operations more effective without requiring overly complex indexing mechanisms
3Adaptability or versatility
If a drone-based system captures multiple images with location information and fuses them into content and context models, then an interactive multi-view representation is generated, but the processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies enhancement algorithms to the content and context models during the capture and fusion process rather than requiring complex post-processing. This preliminary action approach builds the interactive multi-view representation incrementally as data is collected, reducing the computational burden and system complexity required for final processing
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AI summary
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for drone-based systems and methods for capturing a multi-media representation of an entity. In some embodiments, the multi-media representation is digital, or multi-view, or interactive, and/or the combinations thereof. According to particular embodiments, a drone having a camera to is controlled or operated to obtain a plurality of images having location information. The plurality of images, including at least a portion of overlapping subject matter, are fused to form multi-view interactive digital media representations.