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1.4 Definitions
The following terms will be used throughout this document, unless stated otherwise
they should be interpreted as defined here.
- Image
- A regular array of pixels, forming a picture.
- Left Image
- An image intended to be seen by the viewer's left eye.
- Right Image
- An image intended to be seen by the viewer's right eye.
- Stereo Image
- A left image and right image that correspond
to one another, that is, are intended to be viewed simultaneously.
- Component Image
- The left image or right image of a stereo
image.
- Frame
- Synonym for image, especially when applied to an image that
is part of a Movie.
- Left Frame
- A frame intended to be seen by the viewer's left eye.
- Right Frame
- A frame intended to be seen by the viewer's right eye.
- Stereo Frame
- A left frame and right frame that correspond
to one another, that is, are intended to be viewed simultaneously.
- Component Frame
- The left frame or right frame of a stereo
frame.
- Movie
- A sequence of frames that are intended to be viewed as a dynamically
changing image, that is, displayed sequentially, exploiting the viewer's persistence
of vision (as with televisions, CRTs, and so on).
- Left Movie
- A movie consisting of left frames.
- Right Movie
- A movie consisting of right frames.
- Stereo Movie
- A movie consisting of stereo frames.
- Component Movie
- The left movie or right movie of a stereo
movie.
- Dynamic Image
- Synonym for Movie.
- Frame Rate
- The number of frames per second in a movie.
- Webcam
- A common kind of small, usually CCD4based video camera, so called because they are often used to display live video
on an Internet web site.
- Indycam
- The webcam that SGI ship with their Indy range of workstations.
-
cam
- The webcam that SGI ship with their
range of workstations.
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Kevin Pulo
2000-08-22