IP Library Granted Patent US 12,206,830
Granted Patent B2
US 12,206,830 · App. 18/661,336 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Techniques for displaying and capturing images

Inventors: Alexander Menzies (Menlo Park, CA); Tobias Rick (Mountain View, CA); Alexandre Da Veiga (San Francisco, CA); Bryce L Schmidtchen (San Francisco, CA); Vedant Saran (Campbell, CA); Bryan Cline (Sunnyvale, CA); Michael I Weinstein (Greenbrae, CA); Tsao-Wei Huang (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: APPLE INC.
H04N13/20G06T5/50G06T11/60G06T2207/20221
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Patent No.
US 12,206,830
App. No.
18/661,336
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to devices, systems, and methods for separately processing an image stream to generate a first set of images for display by a set of displays and a second set of images for storage or transfer as part of a media capture event. Specifically, a first set of images from an image stream may be used to generate a first set of transformed images, and these transformed images may be displayed on a set of displays. A second set of images may be selected from the image stream in response to a capture request associated with a media capture event, and the second set of images may be used to generate a second set of transformed images. A set of output images may be generated from the second set of transformed images, and the set of output images may be stored or transmitted for later viewing.

Claims (49)

1. A device comprising:

a set of cameras;

a set of displays;

a memory; and

one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions causing the one or more processors to:

capture an image stream using the set of cameras;

generate a first set of transformed images from the image stream by applying a first transformation operation to images of the image stream;

display the first set of transformed images using the set of displays;

receive a capture request to capture a set of stereo output images; and

generate, in response to receiving the capture request, the set of stereo output images, wherein generating the set of stereo output images comprises:

selecting a set of images from the image stream;

generating a second set of transformed images from the set of images by applying a second transformation operation different than the first transformation operation to the set of images; and

generating, using the second set of transformed images, the set of stereo output images, wherein:

the first set of transformed images and the second set of transformed images are generated from the same images.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein generating the set of stereo output images comprises:

generating a fused stereo output image from two or more image pairs of the set of images.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the set of stereo output images comprises a stereo video.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein generating the set of stereo output images comprises:

performing a video stabilization operation on the second set of transformed images.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first transformation operation is a perspective correction operation.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second transformation operation is an image rectification operation.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein generating the set of stereo output images comprises generating metadata associated with the set of stereo output images.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the metadata comprises field of view information of the set of cameras.

9. The device of claim 7 , wherein the metadata comprises pose information for the set of stereo output images.

10. The device of claim 7 , wherein the metadata comprises a set of default disparity values for the set of stereo output images.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein generating metadata associated with the set of stereo output images comprises selecting the set of default disparity values based on a scene captured by the set of stereo output images.

12. A method comprising:

capturing, using a set of cameras of a device, an image stream;

generating a first set of transformed images from the image stream by applying a first transformation operation to images of the image stream;

displaying, at a set of displays of a device, the first set of transformed images;

receiving a capture request to capture a set of stereo output images; and

generating, in response to receiving the capture request, the set of stereo output images, wherein generating the set of stereo output images comprises:

selecting a set of images from the image stream;

generating a second set of transformed images from the set of images by applying a second transformation operation different than the first transformation operation to the set of images; and

generating, using the second set of transformed images, the set of stereo output images, wherein:

the first set of transformed images and the second set of transformed images are generated from the same images.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein generating the set of stereo output images comprises:

generating a fused stereo output image from two or more image pairs of the set of images.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the set of stereo output images comprises a stereo video.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein generating the set of stereo output images comprises:

performing a video stabilization operation on the second set of transformed images.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first transformation operation is a perspective correction operation.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second transformation operation is an image rectification operation.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein generating the set of stereo output images comprises generating metadata associated with the set of stereo output images.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the metadata comprises field of view information of the set of cameras.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the metadata comprises pose information for the set of stereo output images.

21. The method of claim 18 , wherein the metadata comprises a set of default disparity values for the set of stereo output images.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein generating metadata associated with the set of stereo output images comprises selecting the set of default disparity values based on a scene captured by the set of stereo output images.

23. The method of claim 12 , comprising adding virtual content to the first set of transformed images.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2024
From: MENZIES, ALEXANDER; RICK, TOBIAS; SCHMIDTCHEN, BRYCE L; DA VEIGA, ALEXANDRE; SARAN, VEDANT; CLINE, BRYAN; WEINSTEIN, MICHAEL I; HUANG, TSAO-WEI
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 067579/0322 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63470081 · May 31, 2023
Related Publication 20240406365A1 · Dec 5, 2024
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