Allan B Evans

US Patent:

20220270277, Aug 25, 2022

Filed:

May 12, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/743268

Inventors:

- Santa Monica CA, US
John Christopher Collins - Mico TX, US
Allan Josheph Evans - Los Angeles CA, US
Graham Shaw - Redondo Beach CA, US
Vikas Gupta - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06T 7/55
H04N 5/232
B64C 39/02
G06T 3/40

Abstract:

A method and system for creating a point cloud are disclosed. A first image is captured by a first camera sensor and a second image is captured by a second camera sensor. The first and the second image have an area of overlap. Location of the first camera relative to the second camera is predetermined and each of the first and the second camera is having a field of view of more than 180 degrees. Based on the area of overlap, the first and the second image are stitched to create a composite stitched image. In one aspect, depth information from the area of overlap is extracted based on the predetermined location and a point cloud is created from otherwise to be discarded image data in the area of overlap.