公开(公告)号：JP2003203238A

公开(公告)日：2003-07-18

申请号：JP2002333486

申请日：2002-11-18

Applicant: ST MICROELECTRONICS INC

Inventor： MCGUINNESS PETER J ,  CHEN GEORGE Q ,  STEIN CLIFFORD M ,  NG KIM C

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06T1/20

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a scalable method and a device capable of creating a two-dimensional image from a plurality of cameras. SOLUTION: An image processing system processes in a real time, a plurality of images which are different views from the same object of video data for matching the characteristic in an image in order to support reproduction of a three-dimensional animation. The different images are captured by the plurality of cameras, and processed by a digital processing device to discriminate the characteristic, and preliminary two-view characteristic matching is executed. Image data and matched characteristic point definition are communicated to an adjacent camera in order to support at least two-image matching. Matched characteristic point data are transferred to a central computer, and the central computer performs multi-view correspondence between all the images. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO