Markus,
That was interesting. I don't understand how panning
and zooming can be a new concept for iPIX as it was
already present in VRML and QTVR cylindrical before
iPIX filed for a patent. It seems obvious to me that
such a feature would be useful in spherical/cubic
panoramas.
Also, since iPIX's patent covered making panoramas
using two hemispherical images, and a hemisphere is
defined as covering 180 degrees, I doubt that thier
patent covers digital SLR set-ups where the image
sensor crops the fisheye circle. You don't get a full
hemisphere from such cameras. It doesn't look like
iPIX challenged making a panorama from three circular
fisheye images.
Dave
erik goetze wrote:
In today's VRlog.com I explore a what if:
What if one of these companies that has a fisheye
patent decides to do a "SCO"
on all those photographers using 8mm lenses and
infringing software?
I may be wrong, but the patented technology seems to
be not that much about "stitching" of multiple images
(there's got to be enough prior art to invalidate any
claim to this - think "1920", and the whole ipix
software is in fact about avoiding any stitching!),
but worse, the "real-time extraction of a perspective
corrected view". Which would make ANY interactive 3-D
correcting viewer a potential target under the
"doctrine of equivalence", including, but not limited
to, QuicktimeVR.
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/federal/judicial/fed/opinions/01opinions/01-1029.html
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