Patent ID: 9013558
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of aligning images from cameras configured for a stereoscopic view, comprising: a. in a system comprising a left and right camera, selecting one of the left and right cameras to be a master camera, and the other camera to be an aligned camera; b. comparing a vertical location of a point on an image taken by the master camera with a corresponding point on an image taken by the aligned camera, and if the vertical locations are not the same, vertically translating the image from either the master camera or the aligned camera such that the vertical locations are the same; c. comparing a scale of the image taken by the master camera with a scale of the image taken by the aligned camera at a point vertically offset from the point used in step b., and if the scales are not the same, then changing the scale of the image taken by either the master camera or the aligned camera such that the scales are the same; and d. comparing a degree of rotation of the image taken by the master camera with a degree of rotation of the image taken by the aligned camera at a point horizontally offset from the points used in steps b. and c., and if the degrees of rotation are not the same, then changing the degree of rotation of the image taken by either the master camera or the aligned camera such that the degree of rotations are the same.