US 11,736,673 B2
Methods and apparatus for capturing, processing and/or communicating images
Alan McKay Moss, Laguna Beach, CA (US); Hector M. Medina, Laguna Beach, CA (US); Ryan Michael Sheridan, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US); Matthew Yaeger, Tustin, CA (US); David Ibbitson, Garden Grove, CA (US); and David Cole, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to Nevermind Capital LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Nevermind Capital LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/917,106.
Application 16/917,106 is a continuation of application No. 16/013,879, filed on Jun. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,735,709.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/687,563, filed on Jun. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/652,870, filed on Apr. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0051307 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 13/122 (2018.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01)
CPC H04N 13/122 (2018.05) [H04N 13/239 (2018.05)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a first image captured by a first camera of a camera pair, the first image comprising a first unobstructed image portion and a first obstructed image portion;
receiving a second image captured by a second camera of the camera pair, the second image comprising a second unobstructed image portion and a second obstructed image portion obstructed by a component of the first camera;
scaling the second unobstructed image portion to generate a scaled portion of the second image; scaling the first unobstructed image portion to generate a scaled portion of the first image;
generating a first composite image by combining the first unobstructed image portion with the scaled portion of the second image;
generating a second composite image by combining the second unobstructed image portion with the scaled portion of the first image; and
combining the first composite image and the second composite image into a single frame.