A system and method for providing landscape (horizontal) and portrait (vertical) oriented images of a common scene on separate feeds with independent image controls includes a movable horizontal camera configured to provide a horizontal image on a horizontal image feed, a movable vertical camera configured to provide a vertical image on a vertical image feed, the horizontal and vertical cameras configured to be aligned along a camera axis and mounted to a common support, the horizontal and vertical cameras configured to view the common scene and to provide separate horizontal and vertical image feeds simultaneously, the cameras being independently controlled such that a given camera is moved when a tracked subject exceeds a control range threshold for that camera image, independent of the subject location in the other camera image. In some embodiments, a single high resolution image may be used with independently-controlled horizontal and vertical extracted images.
BACKGROUND (1) It is known that mobile devices such as smart phones, tablets, and the like, automatically display videos and still images in portrait or landscape mode depending on the orientation of the device. For most applications, the device scales the input image or video to display according to the orientation. However, such auto-orientation (or auto-rotation) leads to a loss in image quality either due to truncation/cropping of the image or lack of full use of the available screen. (2) Accordingly, it would be desirable to have a method and system that overcomes these issues and provides images to be displayed in portrait and in landscape modes without losing any content or quality, and with overlays and framing appropriate for the target orientation.
1. A system for providing a rectangular horizontal image and a rectangular vertical image of a common scene simultaneously and on separate horizontal and vertical image feeds, comprising: a movable horizontal camera configured to pan and tilt in response to control commands and configured to provide the horizontal image on a horizontal image feed; a movable vertical camera configured to pan and tilt in response to control commands and configured to provide the vertical image on a vertical image feed; the horizontal camera and the vertical camera configured to be aligned along a common camera axis and rigidly mounted to a common support and configured to have a predetermined camera spacing distance between the cameras sufficient to allow the cameras to independently perform pan and tilt movements; and the horizontal camera and the vertical camera configured to both view at least a portion of the common scene and are configured to provide the horizontal and vertical image feeds simultaneously. ||
18. A method for providing a rectangular horizontal image and a rectangular vertical image of a common scene simultaneously and on separate horizontal and vertical image feeds, comprising: providing a movable horizontal camera configured to pan and tilt in response to control commands and configured to provide the horizontal image on a horizontal image feed; providing a movable vertical camera configured to pan and tilt in response to control commands and configured to provide the vertical image on a vertical image feed; rigidly mounting the horizontal camera and the vertical camera to a common support so the cameras are aligned along a common camera axis and have a predetermined camera spacing distance between the cameras sufficient to allow the cameras to independently perform pan and tilt movements, the horizontal image and the vertical image each having a major axis and a minor axis, the major axis of the vertical image being perpendicular to the major axis of the horizontal image; and arranging the horizontal camera and the vertical camera to both view at least a portion of the common scene and to provide the separate horizontal and vertical image feeds simultaneously. ||
25. A method for providing a rectangular horizontal image and a rectangular vertical image of a common scene simultaneously and on separate horizontal and vertical image feeds, comprising: capturing a high resolution image of the common scene; extracting a vertical image from the high resolution image; extracting a horizontal image from the high resolution image; the vertical and horizontal images each having a rectangular shape and having a major axis and a minor axis, the major axis of the vertical image being perpendicular to the major axis of the horizontal image, the horizontal image and the vertical image at least partially overlapping, the position of the images within the high resolution image being based on a location of a subject; performing the extracting of the vertical and horizontal images simultaneously, and providing the vertical image and horizontal image on separate horizontal and vertical image feeds simultaneously; and independently moving the position of the horizontal image and the vertical image in real-time in response to real-time subject location in the scene, such that the horizontal image is moved in response to the subject location when the subject location exceeds a horizontal image control range threshold for the horizontal image, independent of the subject location in the vertical image, and the vertical image is moved in response to the subject location when the subject location exceeds a vertical image control range threshold for the vertical image, independent of the subject location in the horizontal image.