Patent granted in India to NCAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Patent number 378766 has been granted to NCAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED which is titled A SYSTEM FOR MIXING OR COMPOSITING IN REAL TIME COMPUTER GENERATED 3D OBJECTS AND A VIDEO FEED FROM A FILM CAMERA. The patent applicant responded to this objection by stating that if the present invention provides a technical solution to a technical problem and has a technical effect then the same cannot be considered to fall under the category of algorithm or computer program per se. In the light of such observation, the features of the claimed invention provide a technical solution to a said technical problem. According to the claimed technical solution, a markerless system for mixing or compositing in real-time, computer generated 3D objects and a video feed from the video camera, to generate real-time augmented reality video for TV broadcast, cinema or video games is disclosed. Moreover, the claimed technical solution results in the technical advancement that more accurate mixing-in or compositing of the computer generated objects with the video feed from the video camera is achieved. This patent falls under the category of Communication. Overall, this patent covers a method of mixing or compositing in real-time, computer generated 3D objects and a video feed from a film camera in which the body of the film camera can be moved in 3D and sensors in or attached to the camera provide real-time positioning data defining the 3D position and 3D orientation of the camera, or enabling the 3D position to be calculated.