AN AUTOMATED PROCESS FOR GENERATING A COMPUTED DESIGN OF A COMPOSITE CAMERA COMPRISING MULTIPLE DIGITAL IMAGING DEVICES

摘要

An exemplary method for automatically generating a computed design of a composite camera having multiple digital imaging devices comprises obtaining a target volume to be captured by the composite camera (110), obtaining a target respolution for capturing the target volume (120), generating a representation of a view frustum of each of a plurality of digital imaging devices based on at least one characteristic of each device (130), organizing the plurality of digital imaging devices based on the view frusta (140), selecting a set of digital imaging devices from the organized digital imaging devices based on at least one characteristic of each selected device, the view frusta of the set of the difital imaging devices substantially covering the target volume with at least the target resolution (150), positioning the set of digital imaging devices based on each device's physical characteristics (160), and generating a computed design of the composite camera comprising the positioned digital imaging devices together with a mechanical fixture to hold the imaging devices in position (170).