Abstract: An image processing system which processes, in real time, multiple images, which are different views of the same object, of video data in order to match features in the images to support 3 dimensional motion picture production. The different images are captured by multiple cameras, processed by digital processing equipment to identify features and perform preliminary, two-view feature matching. The image data and matched feature point definitions are communicated to an adjacent camera to support at least two image matching. The matched feature point data are then transferred to a central computer, which performs a multiple-view correspondence between all of the images.

Abstract: An image processing system which processes, in real time, multiple images, which are different views of the same object, of video data in order to match features in the images to support 3 dimensional motion picture production. The different images are captured by multiple cameras, processed by digital processing equipment to identify features and perform preliminary, two-view feature matching. The image data and matched feature point definitions are communicated to an adjacent camera to support at least two image matching. The matched feature point data are then transferred to a central computer, which performs a multiple-view correspondence between all of the images.

Abstract: A method of storing a picture in a memory such that the latency of the memory can be reduced when retrieving a picture from the memory to be displayed while still reducing the bandwidth when retrieving an array portion of the picture from the memory, and a memory architecture. The memory is subdivided into a plurality of words for storing a picture having rows and columns. The picture is partitioned into one or more tiles each having a predetermined number of rows and columns. The number of bytes in one row of one tile is equal to the number of bytes in one word, for storing the data in one row of a tile in one word. The chrominance Cr and Cb components can be stored in one word, with the first 8 bytes of the word containing one and the next eight containing the other.