US 12,363,438 B2
Adjustable aquaculture camera mounting system
Matthew Stokes, Centennial, CO (US); Harrison Pham, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Thomas Robert Swanson, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to TidalX AI Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by TidalX AI Inc, San Ramon, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/207,468.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/410,767, filed on Sep. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0107168 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/695 (2023.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/05 (2022.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/695 (2023.01) [G03B 17/561 (2013.01); G06T 7/85 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 20/05 (2022.01); H04N 23/64 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method comprising:
determining a current combined field of view of two or more cameras that are mounted on an adjustable, flexible, curved camera mounting structure in an environment, based upon a current configuration of the adjustable camera mounting structure;
determining a target field of view for the two or more cameras that are mounted on the adjustable camera mounting structure;
determining, based at least on the field of view target and the current combined field of view, an adjustment parameter for making the adjustable camera mounting structure more convex or more concave; and
adjusting the adjustable camera mounting structure according to the adjustment parameter for making the adjustable camera mounting structure more convex or more concave, to provide a different, combined field of view in accordance with the field of view target.