Abstract: A 360 degree camera device that has a housing and cooling mechanism which manages heat created by the devices components and allows the device to continuously run for at least 24 hours.

Abstract: A 360 degree camera device that has a housing and cooling mechanism which manages heat created by the devices components and allows the device to continuously run for at least 24 hours.

Abstract: A 360 degree camera device that has a housing and cooling mechanism which manages heat created by the devices components and allows the device to continuously run for at least 24 hours.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of presenting pre-show content to movie theater audiences includes receiving requests from an exhibitor, each request identifying a feature presentation, a feature presentation start time, and the length of a pre-show session preceding the feature presentation. At least one multiplayer game for each pre-show session is selected automatically based on at least one of an audience maturity rating of the feature presentation, a genre of the feature presentation, and the availability of other players attending at least one other feature presentation hosted by the same exhibitor at the same or a different location, and/or a different exhibitor at a different location. Optionally, the list of selected games is presented to one or more audiences for voting. Where a game to be played by members of different audiences is scheduled for the same time slot, a single instantiation of the game is presented to the multiple audiences.

Abstract: A 360 degree camera device that has a housing and cooling mechanism which manages heat created by the devices components and allows the device to continuously run for at least 24 hours.

Abstract: An image sensor can be present within an optical capture device. Two lenses that capture and direct light from a real world environment upon the image sensor. The image sensor converts light from the real world environment into electronic signals. A separator can be positioned between optical pathways of light from the lenses. The separators can absorb light from a region surrounding the image circle to prevent optical distortions from the image circles which are in close proximity to each other.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of presenting pre-show content to movie theater audiences includes receiving requests from an exhibitor, each request identifying a feature presentation, a feature presentation start time, and the length of a pre-show session preceding the feature presentation. At least one multiplayer game for each pre-show session is selected automatically based on at least one of an audience maturity rating of the feature presentation, a genre of the feature presentation, and the availability of other players attending at least one other feature presentation hosted by the same exhibitor at the same or a different location, and/or a different exhibitor at a different location. Optionally, the list of selected games is presented to one or more audiences for voting. Where a game to be played by members of different audiences is scheduled for the same time slot, a single instantiation of the game is presented to the multiple audiences.

Abstract: An image capture device includes two fixed position ultra-wide angle lenses, one or more components to optically direct light, and a single image sensor. The two fixed position ultra-wide angle lenses face substantially opposing directions. A field of view of each of the lenses is greater than one hundred and eighty degrees. Facing the lenses in substantially opposing directions results in an overlapping region of image capture of substantially a three hundred and sixty degree horizontal field of view and a two hundred and seventy degree (or more) vertical field of view. The one or more components optically direct light so that optically directed light from both of the two fixed position ultra-wide angle lenses strikes a single surface of a single image sensor. The single image sensor converts an optical signal into an electronic signal.

Abstract: A content access request from a first computing device for a digital content can be received. The content associated with request can be a digital content associated with a second computing device. A facial biometric identification challenge can be conveyed to the first computing device. The conveying can trigger the capture of a digital self-portrait photograph of a portion of a face of a user associated with the first computing device. A facial biometric of the face of a user within the digital self-portrait photograph can be compared to facial features of human faces within historic digital media associated with a different user. When the facial biometric matches a facial biometric within historic digital media, the digital content associated with the content access request can be conveyed to the first computing device.

Abstract: A method for panorama exposure correction can begin with the receiving of a hemispherical-coverage panoramic digital image set by a panoramic image stitching system. The hemispherical-coverage panoramic digital image set can be comprised of a ceiling image and at least three side images that are all captured simultaneously. The images of the image set can be aligned to create a panoramic image. Based on the alignment, overlapping regions between two adjacent side images and the ceiling image can be identified, the placement of blending seams can be determined, and the region of each image affected by a exposure correction can be determined. The exposure correction for each identified overlapping region can be determined. The exposure of the affected region of each image can then be adjusted in accordance with the determined exposure correction. A gradient blending can be performed for a predefined area across the blending seams.

Abstract: A virtual camera within a volumetric model of a real world environment during an event occurring within the real world environment can be identified. The virtual camera can be associated with at least one of a location and an orientation within the real world environment. A virtual stream for the virtual camera can be constructed. The field of view of the stream can include video obtained from two cameras present within the real world environment and video not captured by a camera within the real world environment. The video field point of view can correspond to at least one of the location and orientation of the virtual camera. The virtual stream of the virtual camera can be presented within an interface of computing device responsive to the constructing.

Abstract: A screw based coupler mechanism can include a head, a shank, and/or a helical ridge wrapped around the shank. The shank can include an electronic connector with one or more electronic pin outs. The shank can be configured to be physically and electronically mated to an electronic device. The electronic device can include a base and a hollow region surrounded by a matching helical ridge which securely mate the component to the shank. In one embodiment, the electronic device can be a panoramic camera which can be secured to a screw based coupler of a mounting platform.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of presenting pre-show content to movie theater audiences includes receiving requests from an exhibitor, each request identifying a feature presentation, a feature presentation start time, and the length of a pre-show session preceding the feature presentation. At least one multiplayer game for each pre-show session is selected automatically based on at least one of an audience maturity rating of the feature presentation, a genre of the feature presentation, and the availability of other players attending at least one other feature presentation hosted by the same exhibitor at the same or a different location, and/or a different exhibitor at a different location. Optionally, the list of selected games is presented to one or more audiences for voting. Where a game to be played by members of different audiences is scheduled for the same time slot, a single instantiation of the game is presented to the multiple audiences.

Abstract: A user activation of an image capture function of a mobile device is received. The image capture function is for a surround image mode. Two or more camera lenses are approximately concurrently activated. A front-side image from a first camera lens and a rear-side image from a second camera lens can be optically captured. A second front-side image from the first camera lens and a second rear-side image from the second camera lens can be optically captured responsive to a manual pan/tilt/zoom operation of the front-side or rear-side lense. Content from the front-side images and content from the rear-side images are recorded in a non-transitory storage medium of the mobile device within a single file for a surround mode image.

Abstract: A rectangular image sensor can be present within an optical capture device. Two lenses can capture and direct light from the real world environment upon the image sensor. The light from each of the two lenses can be concurrently directed to the same rectangular image sensor. Each of the two lenses can produce a corresponding image circle simultaneously on the rectangular image sensor. An area of the image circles from the two lenses can be non-overlapping. The image sensor can be a device which converts light within the real world environment into electronic signals.

Abstract: A camera can include a housing, two lenses, a prism-shaped reflector, a reflector support surface, and an optical sensor. The two lenses are coupled to the housing in substantially opposing directions. The prism-shaped reflector has two parallel surfaces and three additional surfaces comprising: a first and a second reflective surfaces and a support plane. The reflector support surface is bonded to the prism-shaped reflector at the support plane. The optical sensor includes a surface upon which two non-overlapping image circles are concurrently projected; one from each of the two lenses. Each image circle results from a light path from a respective one of the two lenses being reflected off one of the first and second reflective surfaces onto the surface of the optical sensor.

Abstract: An accelerometer within fixed lenses of a 360 degree camera can be polled for a first sensor reading for a motion data. The data can be changes in a magnitude and/or a direction of a yaw, pitch, and/or roll movement. A second sensor reading of a different motion data from a different accelerometer within a base of the camera affixed to a surface can be obtained. The different motion data can be changes in a magnitude and/or a direction of a yaw, pitch, and/or roll movement. A delta between the datas can be determined, when lens shake or camera shake is detected within at least one of the plurality of fixed lenses. Optics within each of the fixed lenses or camera image sensors can be adjusted based on the delta during media capture.

Abstract: A rectangular image sensor can be present within an optical capture device. Two lenses that capture and direct light from a real world environment upon the image sensor. The image sensor can be a device which converts the light from the real world environment into electronic signals. A non-reflective separator can be positioned between the optical pathways of light from the two lenses. The separator can absorb light from a region surrounding the image circle to prevent optical distortions from the image circles which are in close proximity to each other.

Abstract: A set of images of an object are captured from a set of lenses positioned at different angles. A common point is determined, which has a color value that differs among the images. Color at the point is mathematically expressed as a set of equations. The equations comprise a recorded color value for the point, an ambient contribution, a diffuse contribution, and a specular contribution. The ambient and diffuse contributions are set as equal across the equations. The specular contribution is determined, such as by quantifying the light sources and solving for the specular contribution using a Phong lighting model equation. True color for the point, which is based on the ambient and diffuse contribution, is determined by solving a set of simultaneous equations once the specular contribution is known. An image is created where the point has the true color as determined above.

Abstract: A user activation of an image capture function of a mobile device is received. The image capture function is for a surround image mode. Two or more camera lenses are approximately concurrently activated. A front-side image from a first camera lense and a rear-side image from a second camera lense can be optically captured. A second front-side image from the first camera lense and a second rear-side image from the second camera lense can be optically captured responsive to a manual pan/tilt/zoom operation of the front-side or rear-side lense. Content from the front-side images and content from the rear-side images are recorded in a non-transitory storage medium of the mobile device within a single file for a surround mode image.