US Patent Issued to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION on June 23 for "Virtual viewpoint image synthesis device and method using quasi-uniform spherical coordinate grid" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,720, issued on June 23, was assigned to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Virtual viewpoint image synthesis device and method using quasi-uniform spherical coordinate grid" was invented by Young Min Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Changwoon Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Min Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image synthesis device includes a memory storing a virtual viewpoint image synthesis program, and a processor configured to execute the program. The program receives images of multiple viewpoints obtained by filming around a user, position information on the user, and informati...