Patent ID: 8390675
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A stereoscopic camera for providing visual observation of a location, the camera comprising: a binocular instrument having at least one optical path, wherein the instrument is capable of acquiring a plurality of optical views corresponding to a left view and a right view of a stereoscopic image of the location; and a stereoscopic image acquisition device comprising a plurality of optical sensors in the at least one optical path, wherein the plurality of optical sensors is effective to generate at least one data stream corresponding to at least one image data for each view of the plurality of optical views from the instrument wherein at least one first data stream corresponding to the left view is simultaneously generated with at least one second data stream corresponding to the respective right view, the at least one first and second data streams are combined into a third, single data stream wherein timing among the first and second data streams is known and maintained, and the single data stream is effective to represent the stereoscopic image of the location in real time.