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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1995
David McCutchen, Portland, OR (US);
Immersive Media Co., Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
Improvements in the production means for dodecahedral imaging are described, to define a simple, flexible and efficient strategy for the creation of extremely wide images. Improvements in production technology include lenses and optical mounts that enable automatic alignment of film and video cameras and other imaging devices to cover multiple fields of view equal to one, two or three dodecahedral pentagons. Three double-pentagon formats, X, P and O, are described in detail, the X format producing an even hemispherical division and a full spherical view, and the P format producing simplified coverage of most of a sphere and ease of use for stereoscopic effects, and the O based on the combination of the dodecahedron and the octahedron. A triple-pentagon T format based on the use of the tetrahedron is also described, along with crisscross optics and temporal offset mounts to minimize parallax differences between the separate camera views. Standard cropping mattes for dodecahedral images are given, and compressed storage methods are suggested for a more efficient distribution of dodecahedral images in a variety of media.