Seamless Video Stream Transition via Virtual Camera Interpolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing imaging systems with multiple cameras or sensors viewing the same scene face challenges in maintaining orientation during transitions between different viewing configurations, such as changes in zoom, direction, or sensor technology, leading to disorientation when switching between cameras or configurations.
Innovation Solution
An electronic circuitry system that generates a gradual graphic transition signal between images from different viewing configurations, simulating continuous viewing by merging, blending, or morphing images from various sensors, including those with different spectral sensitivities or resolutions, to maintain a cohesive visual experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple image sensors or cameras view the same scene with different viewing configurations, then the system can capture diverse views of the scene, but the operator loses orientation during transitions between cameras or configurations
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary virtual camera that synthesizes intermediate viewing configurations between the actual source and destination cameras. This virtual camera acts as a mediator, generating smooth transition sequences that maintain spatial continuity and prevent operator disorientation during camera or configuration switches
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the viewing configuration by continuously interpolating between different camera parameters (field of view, focal length, viewing angle) during transitions. This dynamic adjustment creates a seamless progression of views rather than abrupt switches, maintaining operator orientation throughout the transition
2Productivity
If the system switches discontinuously between different cameras or zoom configurations, then it can efficiently monitor multiple scenes, but the transition appears abrupt and causes disorientation
Solution Approach 1:
The system maintains continuity of useful action by generating continuous intermediate views during transitions between cameras or configurations. Instead of abrupt switches, the virtual camera continuously interpolates parameters to create a seamless visual progression, eliminating jarring transitions while maintaining efficient scene monitoring capability
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for facilitating sequential viewing of streams of images of a common scene. The images are captured by an image sensor system having different viewing configurations generating visually dissimilar views. The electronic circuitry is configured, on transition between a first and a second viewing configurations, to input images captured using the first or second viewing configurations, and to generate a signal, derived from the input images. The signal corresponds to a gradual graphic transition between images captured using the first and the second viewing configurations, thus simulating a continuous viewing of the common scene. The gradual graphic transition includes transition due to a change of viewing direction, a change of aspect ratio, a change of sensor technology, a change of spectral sensitivity, a change of sensor sensitivity, a change of spatial resolution a change of sensor location, a change of binning level a change of displayed region of interest.