Patent ID: 7872665
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, including: a first image capture medium to capture a first portion of a spherical image, wherein the image portion captured by the first image capture medium is substantially perpendicular to a non-converging ray originating at a first viewpoint located at a first endpoint of a diameter defining an inter-ocular circle; a second image capture medium to capture a second portion of the spherical image, wherein the image portion captured by the second image capture medium is substantially perpendicular to a non-converging ray originating on a first point of the diameter located between the first endpoint and a center of the inter-ocular circle; a third image capture medium to capture a third portion of the spherical image, wherein the image portion captured by the third image capture medium is substantially perpendicular to a non-converging ray originating at a second viewpoint located at a second endpoint of the diameter defining the inter-ocular circle; an image storage medium; and a processor that stores a subset of the first portion of the spherical image in the storage medium as one of a pair of triangles included in a convex quadrilateral, and stores a subset of the third portion of the spherical image in the storage medium as another of the pair of triangles included in the convex quadrilateral, wherein the spherical image comprises an omni-stereoscopic image.