TWM524489U - Camera array imaging system - Google Patents

Description

Camera array photography system

The present invention provides a photographic system, particularly a photographic system that provides multiple viewing angles through a camera array.

Watching the game is a common leisure hobby for the Chinese people. As the sports atmosphere and international competition increase, the viewing habits of the Chinese people for baseball games increase, and most fans will choose to watch the game on the court. However, because the audience is far away from the players, even on-site viewing of the live broadcast screen.

However, today's live broadcasts are mostly based on camera placement at various locations. Therefore, the films taken are all in a single perspective. Even if the same clip of different perspectives is played during replay, it is only a different movie, and it is impossible to provide different perspectives in the same movie. Even if the photographer sets up the slide to move the shot, the action of the ball game (such as: swing) is extremely fast, the camera can not keep up, so it is still unable to provide fast-moving multi-view movies.

This creative department wants to provide a photographic system that provides multi-view movies.

To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a camera array photography system including a camera array, a control module and a film production module. The camera array includes a plurality of cameras, each of which is separately photographed to produce a photo. The control module is electrically connected to the camera array, and the control module is used to control camera array shooting. The film production module is electrically connected to the control module. The video production module combines the photos generated by the camera array into a video file.

With the above embodiments, the camera array photography system provided by the present invention has at least the following advantages: by having a film generation module to synthesize a photo generated by a plurality of cameras, the film can have a viewing angle of multiple viewing angles, and is a smooth film. .

In order to enable your review board to better understand the technical content of this creation, the preferred embodiments are described below.

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention provides a camera array photography system 1 which, in the present embodiment, can be applied to a stadium shooting to provide a multi-angle court shooting movie. The camera array camera system 1 includes a camera array 10, a control module 20, and a film generating module 30. The camera array 10 and the film generating module 30 are electrically connected to the control module 20, respectively. The camera array 10 includes a plurality of cameras 11 as shown in FIG. 3. The plurality of cameras 11 are circumferentially disposed on a court B so that the camera array 10 can capture the angles of the court B through the cameras 11 distributed throughout. The present invention provides an embodiment in which the camera array 11 includes a first continuous camera 12 and a second continuous camera 13 for continuous shooting. The first continuous camera 12 and the second continuous camera 13 are respectively disposed on The two ends of the camera 11 are described in detail below. As shown in FIG. 1, the movie production module 30 includes a photo ordering unit 31. The control module 20 writes the shutter firing time, time difference and continuous shooting of each camera defining the access module by programming a programmable single-chip microcontroller. At the same time, adding a switch allows the chip to switch between pre-programmed sets of programs and switch between different shooting modes without adjusting the camera or computer software.

Hereinafter, a method of generating a movie of the camera array imaging system 1 will be described. Please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG.

Step 1: Command the camera array 10 to take a plurality of photos. The control module 20 instructs the camera array 10 to take a photo, so that each camera 11 captures at least one photo, and the control module 20 can control the number of photos to be taken by each camera 11 according to requirements. Moreover, the control module 20 can adjust the shooting time of each camera 11, and the camera 11 does not all capture at the same time. As described above, the camera 11 includes a first continuous camera 12 and a second continuous camera 13 respectively disposed at different positions of the stadium B, such as the stadium B being a baseball field, the first continuous camera 12 and the second continuous camera. The 13 series can be aligned with the position of the hitter respectively, and the first continuous camera 12 and the second continuous camera 13 are used to continuously take a plurality of photos, so that the screen of the striker's preparation and closing stroke can be captured.

Each camera 11 should be provided with a number, so that the control module 20 can command the shooting time or the number of photos of each camera 11 by the number of each camera 11, and the number of the camera 11 can reflect the setting position of the stadium B. The photos taken by the cameras 11 can have a file name according to the corresponding number and shooting time of each camera 11. For example, the number of a camera 11 is a, and the file names of the photos corresponding to the photos are a1, a2, a3, .

Step 2: The control module 20 receives the photos generated by the camera array 10. The camera array 10 transmits the captured photos to the control module 20.

Step 3: The control module 20 instructs the photo sorting unit 31 to sort the photos. The photo sorting unit 31 sorts the photos by the file name and chronological order of the photos.

As described above, the photos may be arranged in chronological order. When the shooting times of the two photos overlap, since the photos have the file names corresponding to the camera 11, the order may be determined according to the file name of the photos, and each The number of the camera 11 can also reflect the position set on the court B. The control module 10 can determine the sort order of the file names according to the trajectory of the ball. For example, the camera 11 of the number a is closer to the pitcher position than the camera 11 of the number b, and the photo of the number a is sorted before the photo of the number b. Or the photos can be sorted directly by file name.

Step 4: The control module 20 instructs the movie production module 30 to generate a movie file. The movie production module 30 collects the photos sorted by the photo sorting unit 31 to generate a movie file. Since the video file generated by the module 30 is composed of a plurality of cameras 11 of different angles, the video file is a multi-angle film, which allows the viewer to see the swing process of different angles and provide the viewer to watch the game. Different fun. And by controlling the shooting photos of the millisecond time difference between different cameras 11, the effect of the series of films to produce slow motion is achieved. Compared with the simple freeze, the slow motion of different viewing angles can increase the visibility and increase the audience's details. The understanding of the action. And compared to the multi-angle of the freeze film that simply shorts the shutters of all the cameras at the same time, plus the slow motion to make the relative speed of the action instant, the space display is more exciting.

In another embodiment of the present creation, the first continuous camera 12 and the second continuous camera 13 respectively take multiple photos at high speed, which are single-view and fast-moving movies.

The application of the present camera array photography system and method will be described below. As described above, the court B is a baseball field, and the plurality of cameras 11 are erected in an arcuate region behind the home base, about 180 degrees semicircle around the home plate, and the first continuous camera 12 and the second continuous camera 13 are disposed on the plurality of cameras. At the beginning and end of the 11th, to shoot the quick preparation and closing strokes, the swing process is taken by the remaining cameras 11. The first continuous shooting camera 11 and the second continuous shooting camera 12 continuously shoot for 500 milliseconds.

It can be seen from the above that the camera array photography system provided by the present invention has at least the following advantages: by having a film generation module to synthesize a photo generated by a plurality of cameras, the film can have a viewing angle of multiple viewing angles, and is a smooth film. .

This embodiment is merely illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all possible combinations of variations are not described in detail to avoid redundancy. However, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various modules or components described above are not necessarily required. In order to implement this creation, other well-known modules or components of more detail may also be included. Each module or component may be omitted or modified as needed, and no other modules or components may exist between any two modules.

It should be noted that the above is only an embodiment, and is not limited to the embodiment. For example, those who do not deviate from the basic structure of this creation shall be the scope of rights claimed by this patent, and shall be subject to the scope of patent application.

1‧‧‧Camera Array System
10‧‧‧ camera array
11‧‧‧ camera
12‧‧‧First continuous camera
13‧‧‧Second continuous camera
14‧‧‧First group
15‧‧‧Second group
20‧‧‧Control Module
30‧‧‧Video Production Module
31‧‧‧Photo Sorting Unit
B‧‧‧ Stadium

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a module of the present camera array photography system. 2 is a flow chart of a method for creating a camera array photography system. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of camera settings of the present camera array photography system.

Claims (5)

A camera array photography system includes: a camera array including a plurality of cameras, each camera respectively capturing a photo to generate a photo; a control module electrically connected to the camera array, the control module for controlling the camera array to shoot And a video generating module electrically connected to the control module; wherein the video generating module combines the photos generated by the camera array into a video file. The camera array camera system of claim 1, wherein the control module controls the plurality of cameras of the camera array to shoot at different time points, and the cameras are respectively photographed at different angles. The camera array photographing system of claim 2, wherein the film generating module further comprises a photo sorting unit, wherein the photo sorting unit combines the video files according to the time sequence of the photo generation, and the photo generation time The order corresponds to the order in which the cameras are arranged. The camera array photographing system of claim 3, wherein the camera array further comprises a first continuous camera for continuous shooting. The camera array photographing system of claim 4, wherein the camera array further comprises a second continuous camera, wherein the second continuous camera is used for continuous shooting, and the first continuous camera and the second continuous camera respectively The first continuous camera, the cameras, and the second continuous camera are sequentially photographed at both ends of the cameras.