US 11,659,132 B2
Electronic device and method for synchronization of videos
Brent Faust, San Diego, CA (US); Edward Theodore Winter, San Diego, CA (US); and Jianfei Max Chen, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/481,739.
Prior Publication US 2023/0087345 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 5/073 (2006.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 5/0733 (2013.01) [H04N 23/90 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
generate a synchronization signal;
control drive of one or more light-emitting devices based on the synchronization signal to generate a pattern of alternating light pulses;
acquire a plurality of videos of the pattern of alternating light pulses from a plurality of imaging devices, wherein the one or more light-emitting devices are positioned in a field of view of each of the plurality of imaging devices;
determine a frame in each video of the plurality of videos that includes a specific portion of the pattern of alternating light pulses, wherein the determined frame in each video of the plurality of videos corresponds to the same time instant; and
synchronize the plurality of videos based on the determination.