Ultrahigh-Resolution Video as Basis of a Format-Agnostic Production System

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 120, No. 8, pp. 44–49
Abstract: In the future, new kinds of ultrahigh-resolution sensors and ultralarge displays will be available that will enable new production methods and immersive services in the home. At the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), a 6000 × 2000 (6k) pixels multicamera system (Omnicam) and a 7000 × 2000 pixels multiprojection system have been developed and different ultrahigh-resolution productions can already be viewed at the HHI's Tomorrow's immersive Media Experience (Time) Lab. The philosophy behind these activities is a “format agnostic” production system, which enables the merging of video signals from different sensors with different spatial and temporal resolution, such as from panorama cameras at 6k resolution and from high-speed cameras at high-definition resolution. Sophisticated three-dimensional image processing, in combination with appropriate metadata, will then allow combination of these different sources and subsequent extraction of sections from the complete image at a desired size and spatial/temporal resolution. This work will be continued within the Format-Agnostic Script-based Interactive Experience, a project of the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme.
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
DOI: 10.5594/j18119
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/j18119
Author(s): R. Schafer
bio
Ralf Schäfer received Dipl.-Ing. and Dr.-Ing. degrees both in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Berlin. In October 1977 he joined the Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (HHI) in Berlin. Since 1989 he has been head of the Image Processing department, where he is responsible for about 75 researchers and technicians. His R&D interests cover all areas around images and video, from capture to display and from algorithms to silicon. Currently, he is coordinator of the Core Technology Cluster of the German research program on the Internet of services THESEUS. — Schäfer is member of the German Society for Information Technology (ITG), where he is Chair of the Digital Coding experts group. He is also a member of the German Society for Television and Motion Picture Technology (FKTG), where he serves on the URTEL Award Committee. In 1986 he received the paper award of the ITG and in 2000 the Richard Theile Medal of the FKTG.
P. Kauff
Ch. Weissig
bio
Christian Weissig received a Dipl.-Ing. degree in information technology in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Berlin in 1998. After working as a visiting scientist he joined the HHI in 1999. Since then, he has been involved in numerous German and European projects related to digital cinema and immersive media. — Weissig is member of the Film Technology experts group of ITG. — Within the HHI, Weissig is responsible for ultra-high-resolution video panorama capturing and projection systems. Since 2009, he has led the build-up of the Tomorrows immersive Media Experience Lab (TiME-Lab).
Copyright: © 2011 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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