Patent ID: 9560334
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of storing a stereoscopic image pair having a convergence point, the convergence point determining a depth of an object in the stereoscopic image pair, comprising: capturing a first image of a stereoscopic image pair with a first imaging sensor of an imaging device; capturing a second image of the stereoscopic image pair with a different second imaging sensor of the imaging device; shifting or cropping the first image to align the first and second images, while preserving the second image; determining a target horizontal image disparity between the first aligned image and the second image that provides the convergence point for the stereoscopic image pair; in response to the target horizontal image disparity being equal to or below a threshold, cropping the first aligned image and second image equally to obtain the convergence point, otherwise, to obtain the convergence point in response to the target horizontal image disparity exceeding the threshold: and electronically storing the stereoscopic image pair including the cropped images derived from the adjusted first aligned and second images to a data storage.