Abstract
This paper introduces a versatile imaging system that encompasses a wide variety of methods, devices and systems. The versatile imaging system or device introduced in this paper is designed to facilitate the synthesis of representations of stimuli covering substantially all directions or only a subset of directions around a given reference or view point, comprises at least one grid of one or more focusing elements disposed on an N-dimensional and arbitrarily shaped surface, at least one grid of one or more sensor elements disposed on an N-dimensional and arbitrarily shaped surface, and optionally, at least one grid of one or more stimulus guide elements disposed on an N- dimensional and arbitrarily shaped surface, where N can be chosen to be 1, 2, 3, or any other suitable quantity. A sampling of contemporary imaging systems that fall within the scope of the system is described. Pointers to architectures that take greater advantage of the features of the system are presented.
Highlights
AND LITERATURE SURVEYImages and video streams constitute a vital aspect of communications in human society
This paper presents a versatile imaging system that accommodates a very wide variety of designs and architectures and alleviates many of the problems associated with contemporary imaging systems
In principle it is possible to capture panoramic images and video of the type described here in a single image frame using a single imaging device, it is often more practical to capture a series of overlapping high-resolution segments of the image and stitch these together to form a single image mosaic
Summary
Images and video streams constitute a vital aspect of communications in human society. The system presented in this paper is based on principles that permit the construction of a versatile device for creating representations of stimuli covering substantially all directions or only a subset of directions around a given reference or view point, comprising at least one grid of one or more focusing elements disposed on an N-dimensional and arbitrarily shaped surface, at least one grid of one or more sensor elements disposed on an N-dimensional and arbitrarily shaped surface, and optionally, at least one grid of one or more stimulus guide elements disposed on an Ndimensional and arbitrarily shaped surface, N can be chosen to be 1, 2, 3, or any other suitable quantity Aspects of this imaging system are disclosed in some of the issued claims of United States Patent Number 7567274 [12] granted to the author. Other types of sensors could be incorporated into the versatile device to simultaneously capture other useful data such as audio for the creation of super-rich and truly immersive virtual tours
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