- Number
- 10271038
- Published
- 2019-04-23
- Filed
- 2013-01-15
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprise, Inc.
- Inventors
- Lukk; Howard
- CPC
- H04N13/239; H04N13/243; H04N13/271
- Verdict
- Medium Hardware
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
The keeper's note
Camera with plenoptic lens (light field camera hardware).
Abstract
An image capture device includes a lens that receives light. Further, the image capture device includes an optical beam splitter that receives the light from the lens. In addition, the image capture device includes an image sensor that receives a first portion of the light from the optical beam splitter. The image capture device also includes a plenoptic lens that receives a second portion of the light from the optical beam splitter.
Background
BACKGROUND(1) 1. Field(2) This disclosure generally relates to the field of image capture systems. More particularly, the disclosure relates to image capture systems that are utilized to capture stereoscopic images.(3) 2. General Background(4) Stereoscopic images are images that are slightly offset so that the viewing of such images together results in a single image with depth. Content producers capture stereoscopic images with image capture devices, e.g., cameras, to provide a three-dimensional (“3D”) viewing experience for the audience of the content. The current cinema graphic configurations typically involve large rigs with heavy and expensive equipment. As a result, capturing image data for 3D content is often cumbersome.SUMMARY(5) In one aspect of the disclosure, an image capture device is provided. The image capture device includes a lens that receives light. Further, the image capture device includes an optical beam splitter that receives the light from the lens. In addition, the image capture device includes an image sensor that receives a first portion of the light from the optical beam splitter. The image capture device also includes a plenoptic lens that receives a second portion of the light from the optical beam splitter.(6) In another aspect of the disclosure, a system is provided. The system includes an image capture device comprising a lens that receives light, an optical beam splitter that receives the light from the lens, an image sensor that receives a fi
Claims
1. An image capture device comprising: a lens that receives light; an optical beam splitter that receives the light from the lens; a focus element that is positioned such that the light is received by the optical beam splitter before passing through the focus element; a first image sensor that receives a first portion of the light from the optical beam splitter through the focus element, converts the first portion of the light into a first plurality of electrical signals corresponding to image data, and sends the image data to a processor; a plenoptic lens that is a synthetic aperture and that receives a second portion of the light from the optical beam splitter without passing through the focus element; and a second image sensor that receives the second portion of the light from the plenoptic lens, converts the second portion of the light into a second plurality of electrical signals corresponding to depth data and a plurality of color shades corresponding to the depth data, and sends the depth data and the plurality of color shades to the processor such that the processor automatically isolates an object in an image corresponding to the image data based upon the depth data and one of the color shades, deletes the object within the image without deleting the image, and generates a stereoscopic distribution master without extraction of data from a two-dimensional distribution master.
6. A system comprising: an image capture device comprising a lens that receives light, an optical beam splitter that receives the light from the lens, a focus element that is positioned such that the light is received by the optical beam splitter before passing through the focus element, a first image sensor that receives a first portion of the light from the optical beam splitter through the focus element, a plenoptic lens that is a synthetic aperture and that receives a second portion of the light from the optical beam splitter, a second image sensor that receives the second portion of the light from the plenoptic lens without passing through the focus element; and a processor that performs at least one post-production edit on depth data corresponding to image data received from the second image sensor based upon the second portion of the light and generates a stereoscopic distribution master without extraction of data from a two-dimensional distribution master, the at least one post-production edit comprising a deletion of an object within an image corresponding to the image data based upon the depth data and a plurality of corresponding color shades without deleting the image.
16. A method comprising: receiving, from a first image sensor, a first plurality of electrical signals corresponding to image data that were converted from a first portion of light that was received from an optical beam splitter through a focus element; receiving, from a second image sensor, a second plurality of electrical signals corresponding to depth data that were converted from a second portion of the light that was received through a plenoptic lens from the optical beam splitter without passing through the focus element, the plenoptic lens being a synthetic aperture; performing at least one post-production edit of at least one object in the image data based upon the depth data, the at least one post-production edit comprising a deletion of an object within an image corresponding to the image data based upon the depth data and a plurality of corresponding color shades without deleting the image; and generating a stereoscopic distribution master without extraction of data from a two-dimensional distribution master.
21. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage device having a computer readable program stored thereon, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to: receive, from a first image sensor, a first plurality of electrical signals corresponding to image data that were converted from a first portion of light that was received from an optical beam splitter through a focus element; receive, from a second image sensor, a second plurality of electrical signals corresponding to depth data that were converted from a second portion of light that was received through a plenoptic lens from the optical beam splitter without passing through the focus element, the plenoptic lens being a synthetic aperture; perform at least one post-production edit of at least one object in the image data based upon the depth data, the at least one post-production edit comprising a deletion of an object within an image corresponding to the image data based upon the depth data and a plurality of corresponding color shades without deleting the image; and generate a stereoscopic distribution master without extraction of data from a two-dimensional distribution master.