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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2020
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Andrew Damian Hosfield, London, GB;

Nicola Orrù, London, GB;

Ian Henry Bickerstaff, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 15/04 (2011.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); A63F 13/211 (2014.01); A63F 13/525 (2014.01); H04N 13/332 (2018.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.01); H04N 13/349 (2018.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/20 (2013.01); A63F 13/211 (2014.09); A63F 13/525 (2014.09); G02B 27/01 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/75 (2017.01); G06T 15/04 (2013.01); G06T 15/20 (2013.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.05); H04N 13/332 (2018.05); H04N 13/349 (2018.05); A63F 13/213 (2014.09); A63F 2300/105 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6661 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.05);
Abstract

A method and system of generating an image of a subject from the viewpoint of a virtual camera includes obtaining a plurality of source images of a subject and pose data for each source camera or cameras that captured the source images. Virtual camera pose data is also obtained indicating a pose of a virtual camera relative to the subject. Each source image is distorted based on a difference in pose of the corresponding source camera and the pose of the virtual camera. A weighting is determined for each distorted image based on a similarity between the pose of the corresponding source camera and the pose of the virtual camera. The distorted images are then blended together in accordance with the weightings to form an image of the subject from the viewpoint of the virtual camera.


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