Multi-Camera System for Interactive 3D Object Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current photography systems, particularly in digital formats, lack the ability to efficiently capture and manipulate visual representations of objects from multiple perspectives, limiting the creativity and interactivity of image production.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising multiple still cameras mounted in fixed relation to each other, triggered simultaneously or with a configurable time delay, captures and processes images to create a digital file that allows for manipulation of the visual representation, enabling the illusion of virtual camera movement or rotation, and can be downloaded to user devices for further manipulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple still cameras are used to capture images from multiple perspectives, then the ability to produce interactive visual representations is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the imaging task into multiple discrete camera units, each capturing images from a specific perspective. These segmented camera views are then processed individually and combined to create the final interactive visual representation, allowing complex multi-angle capture without requiring a single complex camera system
Solution Approach 2:
The plurality of still cameras serves multiple functions: capturing images from different perspectives simultaneously, creating the basis for both 2D and 3D visual representations, and enabling various interaction modes (rotation, zoom, pan). This multi-functional approach improves adaptability while managing device complexity through shared hardware resources
2Productivity
If simultaneous triggering of multiple cameras is implemented, then the productivity of capturing multi-perspective images is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the triggering mechanisms of multiple cameras into a unified control system. A single trigger signal simultaneously activates all cameras in the plurality, enabling coordinated multi-perspective capture without requiring separate triggering systems for each camera, thus improving productivity while limiting the increase in device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The cameras are pre-positioned and pre-configured in fixed spatial relationships before the imaging session. This preliminary arrangement of cameras in specific geometric configurations allows simultaneous triggering to produce immediately useful multi-perspective images without requiring complex real-time adjustment mechanisms during operation
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AI summary
A system for producing a visual representation of an object includes a structure for at least partially circumscribing the object, a plurality of still cameras mounted in fixed relation to each other, and at least one computer processor. The one or more computer processors trigger the plurality of still cameras to capture a plurality of still images of the object, create the visual representation of the object by, at least in part, arranging at least some of the plurality of still images in an order, and transmit a digital file that includes the visual representation of the object to a storage medium accessible by a user device. The visual representation of the object is user manipulable to permit presenting the visual representation in more than one way.