Patent ID: 9443338
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G06T,G11B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for determining bounded-parallax constraints for placement of a pair of stereoscopic cameras within a computer-generated scene, the pair of stereoscopic cameras viewing a computer-generated object within the computer-generated scene and the pair of stereoscopic cameras having a focal length, the method comprising: calculating a minimum scene depth, wherein the minimum scene depth is the distance from the pair of cameras to a nearest point of interest in the computer-generated scene, and wherein the nearest point of interest in the computer-generated scene is determined by calculating the nearest point of interest in the computer-generated scene based on a minimum depth value over an area that corresponds to a middle portion of a camera sensor of the pair of stereoscopic cameras; calculating a near-parallax value based on the focal length and the minimum scene depth, calculating a far-parallax value based on the focal length; storing, in a computer memory, the near-parallax value and far-parallax value as the bounded-parallax constraints for the placement of the pair of stereoscopic cameras.