Appeal No. 2000-0425
Application No. 08/917,402
generated second image to form a composite image that includes
parallax information.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads
as follows:
1. A method for image processing comprising the steps of:
generating a mosaic containing a plurality of first images of
a scene and translation parameters for each of said first images,
where said translation parameters define an alignment relationship
for each of the first images with respect to common image
information contained in each of the first images, said plurality
of first images including at least an image having a first
viewpoint of said scene and an image having a second viewpoint of
said scene, said first and second viewpoints being non-
coincidental;
generating a second image;
producing an indicium of viewpoint while generating said
second image;
rendering, in response to said indicium of viewpoint, a
synthesized image of said scene from said mosaic, said synthesized
image comprising image information from said first and second
viewpoints of said scene; and
compositing said synthesized image with said second image to
produce a composite image including parallax information.
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Hemstreet 3,233,508 Feb. 8, 1966
Ebeling et al. (Ebeling) 3,439,105 Apr. 15, 1969
Ebeling 3,580,978 May 25, 1971
Collender 4,323,920 Apr. 6, 1982
Arrazola 4,515,450 May 7, 1985
Gold et al. (Gold) 5,428,543 June 27, 1995
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