Christopher Dale Hoover

US Patent:

20170363949, Dec 21, 2017

Filed:

Aug 17, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/679815

Inventors:

- .Mountain View CA, US
Robert ANDERSON - Seattle WA, US
David GALLUP - Bothell WA, US
Christopher Edward HOOVER - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

G03B 37/04
H04N 13/02
H04N 5/225
H04N 5/247
H04N 5/232
H04N 13/04
G02B 27/01

Abstract:

In on the general aspect, a camera rig can include a first tier of images sensors including a first plurality of image sensors where the first plurality of image sensors are arranged in a circular shape and oriented such that a field of view of each of the first plurality of image sensors has an axis perpendicular to a tangent of the circular shape. The camera rig can include a second tier of image sensors including a second plurality of image sensors where the second plurality of image sensors are oriented such that a field of view of each of the second plurality of image sensors has an axis non-parallel to the field of view of each of the first plurality of image sensors.

US Patent:

20160352982, Dec 1, 2016

Filed:

May 27, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/167303

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Robert Anderson - Seattle WA, US
Changchang Wu - Mountain View CA, US
Michael Krainin - Mountain View CA, US
David Gallup - Bothell WA, US
Steven Maxwell Seitz - Seattle WA, US
Carlos Hernandez Esteban - Kirkland WA, US
Matthew Thomas Valente - Mountain View CA, US
Christopher Edward Hoover - Campbell CA, US
Erik Hubert Dolly Goossens - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/225
H04N 13/02
H04N 5/232

Abstract:

Systems and methods are related to a camera rig and generating stereoscopic panoramas from captured images for display in a virtual reality (VR) environment.