US Patent:
20130271579, Oct 17, 2013
Inventors:
Younian Wang - Johns Creek GA, US
International Classification:
H04N 13/02
Abstract:
A mobile stereo imaging and processing device includes an ordinary mobile device such as tablet computers and smartphones; two or more digital cameras with stereo mounting requirements; a photography timing controller to operate the cameras, preferably with synchronized image capture capacity; a processor instruction package (software processing units) to control and operate the device, visualize and measure the images, compute and derive 3-dimentional object information from the captured 2-dimentional images; and some optional components such as remote control, GPS and IMU and optional processor instruction units for the control, operation and processing of the corresponding components.