Patent Document ID: 9635348
Application ID: 14447578
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for selecting an image capture position to generate a three-dimensional image, the apparatus comprising: at least one image capture device, the capture device capable of capturing a real-time image of a scene; at least one processor, the processor for: applying edge sharpness criteria to identify the first template region to generate a set of first guides associated with a first still image of a scene wherein the set of first guides includes at least one of a first horizontal guide, a first vertical guide, and a first perspective guide; displaying a real-time image of the scene on a display; applying a Hough or similar transformation to identify a set of second guides associated with the real-time image wherein the set of second guides includes at least one of a second horizontal, vertical, and perspective guide; and displaying the first and second guides on the display for guiding selection of a position of the image capture device to capture a second still image of the scene for pairing the first and second still images to generate a three-dimensional image.