Multi-Camera Image Synthesis Using Location Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies lack efficient methods for generating and processing high-resolution panoramic image content and virtual reality content, which require multi-view image techniques and multi-projection displays to achieve realistic media experiences.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method utilizing multiple cameras with location information identification units and image processors to obtain and process images, convert device identifiers into object identifiers, and generate synthetic images by matching and combining pixel values from multiple camera perspectives.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If multiple cameras are used to obtain multi-view images for high-resolution panoramic and VR content, then image quality and field of view are improved, but processing complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the complex multi-camera processing task into separate modules: location information identification units in each camera, an image processor for combining images, and a converter for transforming device identifiers to object identifiers. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific aspects of the processing independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high image quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces location information as an intermediary element that facilitates the combination of multi-view images. Each camera's location information identification unit extracts position data, which the image processor then uses to correctly align and synthesize images from multiple viewpoints. This intermediary approach simplifies the coordination between multiple cameras.
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple cameras are used to obtain multi-view images for high-resolution panoramic and VR content, then image quality and field of view are improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary extraction of location information at each camera device before the actual image processing. The location information identification units continuously prepare position data, and the device identifier to object identifier conversion is pre-established, so that when images need to be combined, the alignment and synthesis can proceed more quickly without delays in information preparation.
3Measurement precision
If device identifiers are converted to object identifiers for image processing, then image synthesis accuracy is improved, but processing steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The converter unit performs multiple functions: it transforms device identifiers to object identifiers, establishes correspondence relationships between cameras and objects, and provides this mapping information to the image processor. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate processing steps while improving synthesis accuracy through consistent identifier management.
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AI summary
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing information of multiple cameras. The apparatus for processing information of multiple cameras according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: multiple cameras obtaining an image containing at least one object; a location information identification unit identifying location information between the at least one object and one of the multiple cameras, the location information identification unit being provided in each of the multiple cameras, wherein the location information comprises a device identifier identifying the location information identification unit and a location data between the at least one object and one of the multiple cameras; and an image processor processing image information obtained from the multiple cameras by using the location information received from the location information identification unit and converting the device identifier received from the location information identification unit into an object identifier identifying the at least one object.