Abstract: A particular method includes determining, based on data received from at least one motion sensor, a movement of a mobile device from a first position to a second position. The method also includes computing a three-dimensional (3D) model of an object based on a first image of the object corresponding to a first view of the object from the first position of the mobile device, a second image of the object corresponding to a second view of the object from the second position of the mobile device, and the movement of the mobile device.

Abstract: An imaging element is configured by arranging a plurality of light receiving elements with respect to each micro lens. A second PD selecting/composing unit has a mode for generating right-eye image data and left-eye image data from the output signal of the imaging element. A phase difference detecting unit detects a phase difference from right-eye image data and left-eye image data. A movement detecting unit detects the movement of an object from right-eye image data or left-eye image data. A CPU calculates an object position based on both the result of phase difference detection and the result of movement detection and drives a focus lens via a driving unit to thereby control focus adjustment.

Abstract: Non-destructive imaging of an object. An imaging head supported on a rotatable arm samples an electric field scattered by the object at a plurality of locations as the arm rotates about a central axis, with the locations corresponding to a defined spatial domain located remotely from the object. One or more processors execute computer-readable instructions for controlling rotation of the arm and generating a multi-dimensional profile representative of the object in the defined spatial domain based on the sampling.

Abstract: A method and a system are provided integrating inter-pose constraints, which are weighted in a step of “bundle adjustment” in a localization application (SLAM). The inertial data associated with a motion model serve to predict the pose of the system at the instant of a new image. This prediction is then used to construct an inter-pose constraint. A technique arising from learning theory selects the weighting coefficient (ratio of the noise of the covariance signals) in an efficient manner. The inter-pose constraint thus weighted is then integrated within the cost function of the bundle adjustment.

Abstract: An apparatus and method that generate left-eye and right-eye composition images to display a three-dimensional image maintaining base line length to be substantially constant by connecting stripped areas cut out from plural images. An image composing unit is configured to generate a respective left-eye composition image and right-eye composition image to display respective three-dimensional images by connecting and composing left-eye image strips and right-eye image strips set in each of captured images. The image composing unit performs a setting process of the left-eye and right-eye image strips by changing an amount of offset, which is an inter-strip distance between the left-eye and right-eye image strips, in accordance with image capturing conditions to maintain a base line length corresponding to a distance between capturing positions of the left-eye and right-eye composition images to be substantially constant.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that an image input unit; a parallax acquisition unit configured to acquire a per-pixel or per-region parallax between two-viewpoint images; a main subject detection unit configured to detect a main subject on the two-viewpoint images; a parallax acquisition unit configured to acquire a parallax of the main subject; a setting unit configured to set a conversion factor of the parallax; a correction unit configured to correct the conversion factor of the parallax per pixel, per region, or per image; a multi-viewpoint image generation unit configured to convert at least one image of the two-viewpoint images in accordance with the corrected conversion factor of the parallax; an image adjustment unit configured to shift the two-viewpoint images or multi-viewpoint images to obtain a parallax appropriate for stereoscopic view; and a stereoscopically-displayed image generation unit configured to generate a stereoscopically-displayed image.

Abstract: In the configuration in which a two-dimensional panoramic image or images used for displaying a three-dimensional image are generated by connecting stripped areas cut out from a plurality of images, a composition image that can be generated is determined based on the movement of the camera, and the determined composition image is generated. In the configuration in which a two-dimensional panoramic image or left-eye and right-eye images used for a three-dimensional image are generated by connecting stripped areas cut out from a plurality of images, it is determined whether or not a two-dimensional panoramic image or a three-dimensional image can be generated by analyzing the movement of an imaging apparatus at the time of capturing images, and a composition image that can be generated is generated.

Abstract: A device and method for converting one stereoscopic format into another. A software-enabled matrix is used to set forth predefined relationships between one type of format as an input image and another type of format as an output image. The matrix can then be used as a look-up table that defines a correspondence between input pixels and output pixels for the desired format conversion.

Abstract: A method for establishing a 3D object includes the following steps. Multiple featured patches, with different textured features, on the surface of an object are captured and stored. An image capture unit is utilized to detect the featured patches on the surface of the object. A processing unit is utilized to build a spatial relationship matrix corresponding to the featured patches according to detected space information of the featured patches. The processing unit is utilized to trace and describe the object according to the spatial relationship matrix.

Abstract: Method for producing a digital photo comprising pixels, wherein at least some of the pixels comprise position information, the method comprising of: taking a photo with a known geometry of the optical system with which the photo is taken; recording the position from which the photo has been taken; recording the direction in which the photo has been taken; providing a three-dimensional model comprising points which are comprised by at least an outer surface of an object in the field of view of the position where the photo has been taken, wherein the points comprise position information; relating a pixel on the one hand and a corresponding point in the three-dimensional model on the other; and recording, in a manner associated with the pixel, the position information of the corresponding pixel.

Abstract: Systems and methods generate a 3D model of a surface of an object immersed in a transparent liquid within a stationary cylindrical transparent tank. First and second laser line projectors and a camera are rotated around a central axis of the cylindrical tank. The first and second laser line projectors each generate a laser line perpendicular to a plane or rotation and aligned with the center of rotation. The camera images the object. An image from the camera is captured at each of several angular positions of the camera relative to a reference position of the stationary cylindrical tank. The captured images are processed to determine, for each laser line within each image, a plurality of 3D positions where the laser line is incident upon a surface of the object. In embodiments, images are corrected with ray tracing or image warping and registration functions.

Abstract: Disclosed are a 3D image display apparatus and method. The 3D image display apparatus may adjust a number of viewpoints of a 3D image, distance between viewpoints, and other parameters through varying a display pattern of a viewing zone generating unit and a distance between an image display unit and the viewing zone generating unit. Accordingly, the 3D image display apparatus may effectively express the 3D image suitable for various viewing circumstances.

Abstract: A 3D camera for photographing a 3D image which can be viewed in a monoscopic manner without three-dimensional glasses by using an existing camera. The present invention provides: a device which rotates a monoscopic camera so that an image is photographed at various angles on various frames within one second by rotating the existing camera by 360 degrees toward a front subject in order to photograph the subject; and a 3D camera having an embedded device in which a lens of the camera is rotated by 360 degrees toward the front subject. Further, the present invention provides a 3D image photographing device and a 3D camera which enable free adjustment of a rotational width of the monoscopic lens and thus free adjustment of the depth of horizontal and vertical images when photographing the images, thereby solving eyestrain and dizziness which may occur when the 3D image is viewed.

Abstract: This 3D image capture device includes: a light transmitting section 1 with first and second light transmitting areas 1L and 1R; an image sensor 2a with a plurality of unit blocks; an imaging section 3; and an image processing section which generates multi-viewpoint images based on photoelectrically converted signals supplied from the image sensor 2a. If functions representing the respective spectral transmittances of the first light transmitting area 1L, the second light transmitting area 1R, a first type of pixel, and a second type of pixel with respect to the wavelength ? of visible radiation are identified by TL(?), TR(?), T1(?), and T2(?), respectively, TL(?)?TR(?) and T1(?)?T2(?) are satisfied, and each of TL(?), TR(?), T1(?) and T2(?) has at least one local maximum value and at least one local minimum value within each of red, green and blue wavelength ranges.

Abstract: An image capturing apparatus selects one of image capturing conditions to be used for capturing images as a reference condition when a total of image capturing time of one frame in each image capturing condition to be used for capturing images is longer than one frame period at a predetermined frame rate, and captures images at the predetermined frame rate under the reference condition, and captures images at a frame rate lower than the predetermined frame rate under the other image capturing conditions. A playback apparatus detects a motion between frames of a moving image captured under the reference condition when the image capturing condition of the playback moving image is not the reference condition, and generates an interpolation frame for interpolating between frames of the playback moving image based on the detected motion.

Abstract: The present invention has an objective of providing an optical disk having a high resolution picture and a system for reproducing data on the optical disk, which are compatible with a conventional system for reproducing an ordinary resolution picture. A high resolution signal is divided into a main signal and a sub signal by picture division means and MPEG-encoded. The main signal and the sub signal are divided into frames each having 1 GOP or more. The resultant first interleave block 54 and second interleave block 55 are recorded alternately on an optical disk. A high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduced both the first and second interleave blocks, so that a high resolution picture is obtained. A non-high resolution reproduction apparatus reproduces only the first or second interleave block, so that an ordinary resolution picture.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are primary and auxiliary image capture devices for image processing and related methods. According to an aspect, a method may include using primary and auxiliary image capture devices to perform image processing. The method may include using the primary image capture device to capture a first image of a scene, the first image having a first quality characteristic. Further, the method may include using the auxiliary image capture device to capture a second image of the scene. The second image may have a second quality characteristic. The second quality characteristic may be of lower quality than the first quality characteristic. The method may also include adjusting at least one parameter of one of the captured images to create a plurality of adjusted images for one of approximating and matching the first quality characteristic. Further, the method may include utilizing the adjusted images for image processing.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image capturing apparatus which is capable of obtaining a three-dimensional image in either a vertical or horizontal position. The image capturing apparatus is provided with two imaging elements, and an image processing portion which uses the images imaged by the imaging elements to generate a three-dimensional image. The image processing portion calculates the parallax between a first and a second image, imaged by the imaging elements, and uses the first image to generate an estimated image having parallax in the direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction of the imaging elements, relative to the first image, and generates a three-dimensional image from the calculated parallax and the estimated image.

Abstract: The computerised determination of the position of a measuring point M to be surveyed in three-dimensional space requires two reference points PI and PII with known space coordinates, a digital video camera with an image-capturing sensor and a computer with a screen. The camera is positioned at reference point PI. In this position, it can be rotated to two different alignment positions PI* and PI**. In the first of these rotation positions PI*, the screen shows (among other things) the depiction PII? of the second reference point PII lying at a distance and a number of marking points (P1?, P2?, PT, P4?, P5?, . . . ) which are marked by abrupt changes in the brightness profile of the image. In the second rotation position PI**, only certain marking points (P1?, P2?, P3?, . . . ) selected according to certain criteria are shown as well as the measuring point M to be surveyed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for selecting image capture positions to generate three-dimensional images are disclosed herein. According to one aspect, a method includes determining a plurality of first guides associated with a first still image of a scene. The method can also include displaying a real-time image of the scene on a display. Further, the method can include determining a plurality of second guides associated with the real-time image. The method can also include displaying the first and second guides on the display for guiding selection of a position of an image capture device to capture a second still image of the scene for pairing the first and second still images as a stereoscopic pair of a three-dimensional image.

Abstract: A digital camera measures a distance to a subject when an image has been captured from face-on, and also measures a distance to the subject from a current image capture viewpoint. The digital camera displays a warning when these distances to the subject do not match each other. The digital camera computes a movement distance from an immediately preceding image capture viewpoint to the current image capture viewpoint, and displays a warning when an optimum movement distance between image capture viewpoints has not been reached. 3D image capture can thereby be easily performed from plural image capture viewpoints using a single camera.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide apparatus and methods for interactive reality augmentation, including a 2-dimensional camera (36) and a 3-dimensional camera (38), associated depth projector and content projector (48), and a processor (40) linked to the 3-dimensional camera and the 2-dimensional camera. A depth map of the scene is produced using an output of the 3-dimensional camera, and coordinated with a 2-dimensional image captured by the 2-dimensional camera to identify a 3-dimensional object in the scene that meets predetermined criteria for projection of images thereon.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a stereoscopic image display system and a method of controlling the same. An eye tracking module locates current 3D spatial positions of the viewer's eyes, and generates the information of both left and right eyes' current 3D spatial positions. A control module controls a display device that can alter the direction of the light outputted, and outputs images on the display device in time multiplex mode. The light containing the left eye image is outputted to the position of left eye instead of right eye at one time point, and the light containing the right eye image is outputted to the position of right eye instead of left eye at another time point, so that a stereoscopic image is perceived according to the parallax theory. The present invention enlarges the visual range of stereoscopic image and achieves a better stereoscopic image visual experience for viewers.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a display device including a display panel including pixels, and an optical plate controlling light rays emitted from pixels; a camera provided in the display device; a face tracking unit making a decision whether a viewer exists in front of the display device based on an image picked up by the camera, and if the viewer exists, sampling and detecting a distance from the display device to the viewer and a position of the viewer; a memory storing the position of the viewer sampled and detected by the face tracking unit; and an image display control unit estimating the position of the viewer based on the position of the viewer stored in the memory and driving and controlling the display panel on based on the estimated position, when the face tracking unit does not recognize that the viewer exists.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image generating apparatus is constituted by: an image obtaining section, for obtaining a plurality of image groups, each constituted by a plurality of images for generating stereoscopic images and obtained by photography of subjects from different viewpoints; and an image layout section, for generating a stereoscopic layout image, in which a single image group selected from among the plurality of image groups as an image of interest is arranged at a predetermined position on a display screen in a stereoscopically viewable manner, and selected images from among the image groups other than the single image group are arranged such that they appear to be inclined and facing toward the predetermined position on the display screen at at least one of the right and left sides of the predetermined position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pavement scanning system having a movable platform, multiple light sources mounted on the platform for illuminating a pavement surface from multiple different angles, at least one image capture device mounted on the platform that captures sequential images of the illuminated pavement surface and a movement sensor that encodes movement of the platform and provides a synchronization signal for synchronizing the multiple light sources and the at least one image capture device for multiple image capture. The pavement scanning system also includes at least one processor that resamples the multiple captured sequential images to compensate for difference in collection time and calculates surface gradient and albedo for each point on the pavement surface or directly uses the multiple images to detect surface features.

Abstract: A 2D or 3D velocity field is reconstructed from a cross-correlation analysis of image pairs of a sample, without first reconstructing images of the sample spatial structure. The method can be implemented via computer tomographic x-ray particle image velocimetry, using multiple projection angles, with phase contrast images forming dynamic speckle patterns. Estimated cross-correlations may be generated via convolution of a measured autocorrelation function with a velocity probability density function, and the velocity coefficients iteratively optimised to minimise the error between the estimated cross-correlations and the measured cross-correlations. The method may be applied to measure blood flow, and the motion of tissue and organs such as heart and lungs.

Abstract: A sequence of video frames of an area of interest is obtained. A first background model of the area of interest is constructed based on a first parameter. A second background model of the area of interest is constructed based on a second parameter, the second parameter being different from the first parameter. A difference between the first and second background models is determined. A stationary target is determined based on the determined difference. An alert concerning the stationary target is generated.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing optimal correction to depth mapping between captured and displayed stereoscopic content. The solution is derived in a continuous form that can be implemented through CGI scaling techniques compatible with image rendering techniques. Similar correction can be implemented with variable depth-dependent camera separation and disparity re-mapping. The latter is applicable to correcting existing stereoscopic content.

Abstract: In a method of calibrating a projector in an autostereoscopic display a projector is used to project an image, comprising a plurality of objects, via a spatial-resolution-to-angular-resolution-converter. The image is received using a camera disposed at the viewer side of the spatial-resolution-to-angular-resolution-converter. It is then determined that a first object of the plurality of objects is not correctly aligned with a second object of the plurality of objects and the first object is re-aligned relative to the second object by generating a command causing the projector to shift the projection of the image relative to the spatial-resolution-to-angular-resolution-converter.

Abstract: Feature points are extracted from left and right viewpoint images (Step S12), and the amount of parallax of each feature point is calculated (Step S13). The maximum amount of parallax on a near view side and the maximum amount of parallax on a distant view side are acquired from the calculated amount of parallax of each feature point (Step S14). The maximum display size which enables binocular fusion from a supposed visual distance when a stereoscopic image based on the left and right viewpoint images is displayed on a stereoscopic display is acquired on the basis of at least the maximum amount of parallax on the distant view side (Step S15). The acquired maximum display size is recorded along with image information (Step S16). The image reproduction device which reads the 3D image file recorded in this way can be appropriately displayed on the basis of the maximum display size.

Abstract: 3-D model acquisition of an object is performed using two planar mirrors and a camera. According to some embodiments, 3-D reconstruction is achieved by recovering the scene geometry, including the equations of the mirrors, the camera parameters and the position of the markers, which give the location and orientation of the subjects. After establishing the geometry, a volume intersection algorithm is applied to build a 3-D model of the subject. Camera parameters and spatial constraints of the mirrors may be initially unknown. Camera parameters may be solved with reference to the object and references in the object. Further, distance from the camera to at least one point on the object may be determined once camera parameters are solved. Markers having fixed relative positions may be provided on the object for reference.

Abstract: A rotation angle obtaining unit obtains an angle by which a stereoscopic image of a subject is to be rotated around a line-of-sight direction. A multi-viewpoint image accumulation unit accumulates a plurality of images of the subject obtained in one direction by changing capturing positions, as multi-viewpoint images. A selection unit selects base images for the stereoscopic image from the multi-viewpoint images accumulated in the multi-viewpoint image accumulation unit, based on the rotation angle. A rotation unit rotates the selected base images based on the rotation angle to generate images which are to form the stereoscopic image of the subject.

Abstract: A method of operation of three dimensional (3D) stereoscopic television consistent with certain implementations involves turning on or installing a set of 3D glasses on a viewer to cause the set of 3D glasses to enter an active operational mode; and at the 3D glasses, emitting a signal to the television that causes the television to switch from a 2D display mode to a 3D display mode. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Abstract: A single-lens 2D/3D camera has a light valve placed in relationship to a lens module to control the light beam received by the lens module for forming an image on an image sensor. The light valve has a light valve area positioned in a path of the light beam. The light valve has two or more clearable sections such that only one section is made clear to allow part of the light beam to pass through. By separately making clear different sections on the light valve, a number of images as viewed through slightly different angles can be captured. The clearable sections include a right section and a left section so that the captured images can be used to produce 3D pictures or displays. The clearable sections also include a middle section so that the camera can be used as a 2D camera.

Abstract: A method and device are provided for time-sequential recording of three-dimensional images each of which has at least one first and one second partial image. The device has a sensor (13) with pixels (16) subdivided into two mutually different pixel groups. An imaging optical unit has a switchable changeover device (9) that images the partial images of the three-dimensional image time-sequentially onto the sensor (13). A control unit is connected to the sensor (13) and the changeover device (9) to control the reading of the sensor (13) and the switching states of the changeover device (9) so that the changeover device (9), during the imaging of the partial images onto the sensor (13) assumes at least one switching state in which excerpts of different partial images are fed to the different pixel groups of the sensor (13).

Abstract: A method is disclosed for performing stereoscopic imaging. The method may involve obtaining a first image of a scene, at a first time, using a camera disposed on a platform, where the distance between the camera and the scene is changing. The camera may be used to obtain a second image of the scene, at a second time, with one of the first and second images being larger than the other. One of the images that is larger than the other may be resized so that the sizes of the two images are substantially similar. Both of the images may be rotated a predetermined degree so that the images form a stereo pair that may be viewed with a stereoscope viewing component or made into an anaglyph for viewing with an anaglyph viewing component.

Abstract: An improved method of making stereoscopic pictures comprising photographing a scene with a camera spaced from the scene, moving the camera generally parallel to the scene while producing a plurality of pictures of the scene each taken at a different position relative to the scene, and separating the pictures into stereo pairs for viewing. Photographing and moving steps can be performed and the separating step can be done as soon as the pictures are available for viewing to produce the stereo pairs. Alternatively, the photographing and moving steps can be done at one time and the separating step can be done at subsequent times to produce the stereo pairs of the invention thereby allowing stereo pairs to be produced from existing motion pictures, computer generated images, videotapes and still photographs. The method can be used utilizing drones, satellites, rockets, slings and other vehicles to move the camera(s).

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) imaging method using one single-lens image-capture apparatus, comprising: deriving a first two-dimensional (2D) image with the single-lens image-capture apparatus; deriving a depth map corresponding to the first 2D image; synthesizing a view synthesized image according to the depth map and the first 2D image; and deriving a second 2D image with the single-lens image-capture apparatus according to the view synthesized image, wherein the first 2D image and the second 2D image are utilized for 3D image display.

Abstract: A 3D imaging device determines, during imaging, whether the captured images will be perceived three-dimensionally without causing fatigue while simulating actual human perception. In a 3D imaging device, a display information setting unit obtains a display parameter associated with an environment in which a 3D video is viewed, and a control unit determines during 3D imaging whether a scene to be imaged three-dimensionally will be perceived three-dimensionally based on the viewing environment.

Abstract: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to capture a portion of an omniscopic or omni-stereo image using one or more image capture media. The media may be located substantially perpendicular to a converging ray originating at a viewpoint on an inter-ocular circle and having a convergence angle between zero and ninety degrees from a parallel viewpoint baseline position that includes a non-converging ray originating at the viewpoint. The media may also be located so as to be substantially perpendicular to a non-converging ray originating at a first viewpoint at a first endpoint of a diameter defining an inter-ocular circle, wherein the origin of the non-converging ray gravitates toward the center of the inter-ocular circle as spherical imagery is acquired.

Abstract: A method for combining range information with an optical image is provided. The method includes capturing a first optical image of a scene with an optical camera, wherein the first optical image comprising a plurality of pixels. Additionally, range information of the scene is captured with a ranging device. Range values are then determined for at least a portion of the plurality of pixels of the first optical image based on the range information. The range values and the optical image are combined to produce a 3-dimensional (3D) point cloud. A second optical image of the scene from a different perspective than the first optical image is produced based on the 3D point cloud.

Abstract: A 3D model of an object is rendered using centered images of the object. An algorithm executed locally or in a distributed manner calculates camera positions for the images and determines a virtual camera path based on the camera positions. The application adjusts the images to fit the plane of the virtual camera path and fills in the gaps between the images using transition renderings. To improve user experience, the application also calculates resting positions for navigation stop points using a spring system. Upon constructing the 3D model, the application can transmit the 3D model to a variety of user devices including the network connected device having a camera module that captured the images.

Abstract: In a method for 3D digitization of an object (1), a plurality of camera images of the object are recorded and assembled to determine the 3D coordinates of the object. To improve such method, pictures are taken from the object (1), from which 2D feature points (11, 12, 13; 21, 22, 23) of the object (1) are determined. The 3D coordinates of the 2D feature points are determined. The 2D point correspondences (32, 32, 22) between the 2D feature points of a picture and the 2D feature points of another picture are determined. Several of these 2D point correspondences are selected, and an associated 3D transformation is determined. The quality of this 3D transformation is determined with reference to the transformed 3D coordinates of the 2D feature points. Valid 3D feature points are determined therefrom. For assembling the camera images of the object (1), the 3D coordinates of the valid 3D feature points are used.

Abstract: A dual-mode 3D optical measurement apparatus is applied to scan at least one object or capture the motion of at least one object. The optical measurement apparatus includes a light-projection unit, a plurality of marker units, and an image-capturing unit. The light-projection unit projects light on the object. The marker units are disposed at the object. When the dual-mode 3D optical measurement apparatus executes a static scan mode, the light-projection unit projects light on the surface of the static object, and then the image-capturing unit captures a plurality of static images of the object. When the dual-mode 3D optical measurement apparatus executes a motion capture mode, the image-capturing unit captures a plurality of motion images of the marker units. In addition, a dual-mode 3D optical measurement system is also disclosed.

Abstract: A three-dimensional pose of the head of a subject is determined based on depth data captured in multiple images. The multiple images of the head are captured, e.g., by an RGBD camera. A rotation matrix and translation vector of the pose of the head relative to a reference pose is determined using the depth data. For example, arbitrary feature points on the head may be extracted in each of the multiple images and provided along with corresponding depth data to an Extended Kalman filter with states including a rotation matrix and a translation vector associated with the reference pose for the head and a current orientation and a current position. The three-dimensional pose of the head with respect to the reference pose is then determined based on the rotation matrix and the translation vector.

Abstract: An image processing is applied in common to image data for a first image and to image data for a second image. The image data for the first image and the image data for the second image are moreover compared as a basis for matching a visual appearance of images for a stereoscopic presentation. The visual appearance can be matched in the current pair of images by adjusting at least one of the images accordingly and/or in future pairs of images by adjusting parameters of at least one of the image capturing components providing the image data.

Abstract: A capturing method for a plurality of images with different view-angles and a capturing system using the same are provided. The capturing method for the images with different view-angles includes the following steps. An appearance image of an object is captured by an image capturing unit at a capturing angle. A light reflection area of the appearance image is detected by a detecting unit, and a dimension characteristic of the light reflection area is analyzed by the same. Whether the dimension characteristic of the light reflection area is larger than a first predetermined value is determined. If the dimension characteristic of the light reflection area is larger than the first predetermined value, then the capturing angle is adjusted within a first adjusting range. After the step of adjusting the capturing angle within a first adjusting range is performed, the step of capturing the appearance image is performed again.

Abstract: A monitoring camera for generating a 3-dimensional (3D) image and a method of generating a 3D image using the same are provided. The monitoring camera includes: an imaging unit that is configured to laterally rotate and photograph an object to generate at least two images; and a controller that captures overlapping portions of images generated by the imaging unit, and generates a 3-dimensional (3D) image based on the overlapping portions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are primary and auxiliary image capture devices for image processing and related methods. According to an aspect, a method may include using primary and auxiliary image capture devices to perform image processing. The method may include using the primary image capture device to capture a first image of a scene, the first image having a first quality characteristic. Further, the method may include using the auxiliary image capture device to capture a second image of the scene. The second image may have a second quality characteristic. The second quality characteristic may be of lower quality than the first quality characteristic. The method may also include adjusting at least one parameter of one of the captured images to create a plurality of adjusted images for one of approximating and matching the first quality characteristic. Further, the method may include utilizing the adjusted images for image processing.