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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2012
Lytro, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Yi-Ren Ng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chia-Kai Liang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kurt Barton Akeley, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bennett Wilburn, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lytro, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for coordinating image capture using multiple devices, including for example multiple image capture devices (cameras), multiple lighting devices (flash), and/or the like. In at least one embodiment, the system of the present invention is configured to collect image information from multiple image capture devices, such as cameras, and/or to collect multiple images having different lighting configurations. The collected image data can be processed to generate various effects, such as relighting, parallax, refocusing, and/or three-dimensional effects, and/or to introduce interactivity into the image presentation. In at least one embodiment, the system of the present invention is implemented using any combination of any number of image capture device(s) and/or flash (lighting) device(s), which may be equipped to communicate with one another via any suitable means, such as wirelessly. A communication protocol is established for enabling such communication, such as WiFi, Bluetooth, or the like.