...stereovisuals1
By analogy to ``audiovisual''.
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... comprehensible2
As is the case when being directly observed by a human.
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... system3
This is not to say that they can be ignored completely, but that the system will ignore them for all intents and purposes. The user will be expected to handle them them properly to obtain satisfactory results.
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...fig:stereocam3).5
As shown in Figure 3 the cameras were strapped together with rubber bands and placed in a small box to stand them upright, however the base of the cameras has a threaded hole which would allow two cameras to essentially be bolted together for better stability. This could even be extended to have an adjustable bolt controlling the separation of the cameras.
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... depth)6
For example, SGI's webcams can capture any of a ``full-frame'' (640x480), ``half-frame'' (320x240) or ``quarter-frame'' (160x120).
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...sec:preliminary-method)7
The shutter speed of the cameras must also be set identically on both cameras, as this directly influences the amount of light entering the aperture of a camera and hence the brightness of the resultant image. This isn't a problem, as there is rarely any need to alter the shutter speed anyway, but still deserves mentioning.
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... images.8
The SGI Part Number (found on the underside) of the Indycams which produce better quality output is 013-8737-XXX, and those of the poorer quality are 024-0825-001 Rev A.
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... seamlessly10
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... possible11
Specifically, this requires the workstation to support quad-buffering, which is available on modern SGI workstations, such as the \( \textrm{O}_{2} \).
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... image12
Which may be a new StereoImage object or may be the same StereoImage passed, after being processed.
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... appropriate.13
The compression of stereo images as a whole (that is, CompressedStereoImage) rather than the compression of the component left and right images, may allow significant improvements in compression to be obtained. This results from the observation that the component images of a stereo image are, almost without exception, very similar. This could be exploited by some sophisticated compression techniques to increase the amount of compression of the images as a whole.

Unfortunately, most of the images transported across the network would tend to be individual images (see Figure 5) and not stereo images.

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... exists)14
Or the left component counterclockwise and the right component clockwise, as required and specified at the class's creation time.
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... image15
The term NOP is derived from NO OPERATION, commonly used in assembly language and other areas of computing.
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... environments16
More commonly known as an execution only environment, or EOE.
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... work17
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... virtual.18
It also provides a virtual getDimension() method, for convenience, to obtain the dimension of the images the Output module is outputting.
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... enabled19
To change the width of this field, specify an integer after -multi or -many on the command line.
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... upon.20
It also helps where licensing and patent problems arise. For example, it would allow a proprietary, patented image processing algorithm to be implemented in a Process, and distributed in binary form only.
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... format''21
The two terms JPEG and JFIF are often confused, to the point of synonymity, and JFIF is almost unheard of. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, and JFIF stands for JPEG File Interchange Format. The JPEG format describes a compression algorithm for lossy compression of continuous-tone images, whereas JFIF describes the file format used to store images compressed with the JPEG technique. This distinction is important for issues such as stereo JFIF files.
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... execution22
Also known as lightweight processes.
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