Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US17341807Application Date: 2021-06-08
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Publication No.: US11438568B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Masashi Nakata
- Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agent Matthew B. Dernier, Esq.
- Priority: JPJP2017-178302 20170915
- Main IPC: H04N13/00
- IPC: H04N13/00 ; H04N13/218 ; G02B5/30 ; H04N5/225 ; G03B11/00

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus provide for: capturing an image of a subject from a position; capturing a plurality of images of the subject from a plurality of further positions around the position such that the plurality of captured images of the subject are at least one of different in image quality and view angles than the image of the subject from the position; generating data to be output on a basis of the image captured from the position and the plurality of images captured from the plurality of further positions; synthesizing the image captured from the position and the plurality of images captured from the plurality of further positions; and changing a synthesis ratio according to an image synthesis position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210306610A1 Imaging Apparatus Public/Granted day:2021-09-30
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