Patent ID: 8902289
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A method for capturing a three dimensional (3D) image by using a single-lens camera, comprising: capturing a first image; calculating an overlap width between the first image and a second image required for capturing the second image of the 3D image according to a focus distance of the single-lens camera from the step of capturing the first image and an average distance between two human eyes; displaying and overlapping the first image and a real-time image currently captured by the single-lens camera in a manner of alternately displaying the first image and the real time image on different scanning lines, wherein the first image and the real-time image are alternatively displayed either on odd-numbered scanning lines or even-numbered scanning lines of a displayed picture, and wherein the first image and the real time image are displayed with different colors; marking an overlap area between the first image and the real time image on the first image according to the overlap width; adjusting a horizontal shift of the single-lens camera, to locate the real-time image in the overlap area; and capturing the real-time image as the second image.