Patent Document ID: 9536320
Application ID: 14580759
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method of using a plurality of imaging devices, positioned in a spaced apart relationship with each other, to create a new image of an object from a new viewpoint where an imaging device is not positioned, said method comprising: capturing images of said object with each of said plurality of imaging devices; projecting epipoles from an image plane of said each of said plurality of imaging devices to infinity; positioning all image planes coplanar with each other; selecting a center position of a new viewpoint; linking, with baselines, said center position of said new viewpoint with centers of plurality of imaging devices; running epipolar lines, parallel to a respective baseline, from key features of a captured image by said plurality of imaging devices; intersecting epipolar lines from each respective key feature in said each of said plurality of imaging devices to define corresponding key features in said new viewpoint; and aligning, using matrix transformations, captured images from said plurality of imaging devices at corresponding respective key features in said new viewpoint to create said new image.