Patent ID: 6697573
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method of making a motion picture, comprising:a. recording, using a recording device, a series of consecutive stereoscopic image pairs for a moving scene without exposing two film frames at each instant that is to be captured, comprising: i. capturing one of each pair of images in the series using film; and ii. capturing the other of each pair of images in the series using a digital sensor and a storage device; b. processing and digitizing the film to produce digitized photographic images; and c. constructing a model of the moving scene using the digitized photographic images and the images captured using the digital sensor and the storage device, the constructing comprising: i. determining correspondence between points appearing in the digitized photographic images and the images captured using the digital sensor and the storage device; and ii. using relative positions of corresponding points to determine distances from the recording device of objects appearing in the images.