A Global First! STAN – Perfect Stereo-3D in Real Time

The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute and KUK Film Productions proudly present STAN – the world’s first system for stereoscopic analysis and real time image processing

The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute Berlin in association with
its partner KUK Film Productions presents STAN – the Stereoscopic
Analyzer – a system for the production of perfect Stereo-3D.
STAN’s mix of hardware and software captures and analyses stereo
pictures enabling them to be processed in real time. STAN is
used for the production of stereo content at 3D shooting of live
events. But STAN can also generate and store metadata making it
ideal for use in 3D-postproduction. Visit the Fraunhofer Heinrich
Hertz Institute at NAB 2009 in the Bavarian Pavilion, Booth SU
9624 F.
Obtaining good quality film material or live pictures in 3D is a major
headache in many areas as a large number of parameters – like the
stereo baseline, color, geometry or the camera distance – change from
shot to shot according to the set and the scene properties.
STAN is the Stereoscopic Analyzer System produced by the Fraunhofer
Heinrich Hertz Institute that assists camera people and production staff
in setting the critical stereo parameters. Its ultra-rapid feedback loop
means that values calibrated for the shot can be fed directly to the
cameras and processing units so that errors or false settings can be
identified and corrected in real time.
STAN is the only system to have an automated on-site control of the
stereo baseline through the motor-controlled positioning of the cameras
steered by stereo parameters calculated in real time. It’s this imagebased
calculation of the stereo baseline and the preview of data for the image depth that really marks STAN out from other systems. What’s
more, STAN has a touch screen for intuitive user interaction so there’s
no need for lengthy training periods!

For more information about STAN go to
www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/fileadmin/hhi/Stereoscopic_Analyzer.pdf

Trade Enquiries
Frederik Zilly
frederik.zilly@hhi.fraunhofer.de
Phone +49 30 31002 611 (will be available via phone from 4th May)

Visit us:
NAB Show
20. bis 23. April 2009
Las Vegas
Bayerischer Pavillon
Stand SU 9624 F

Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut

World leaders in the development of mobile and fixed communication networks and their key applications

Founded in 1928, over the course of its more than 80 year history the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut,
has developed into one of the world’s leading research institutes for the development of mobile and fixed communication networks and
the key technologies that drive them. Today’s R&D focus is on electronic imaging and interactive media, communication networks and photonic components.

In 2008 the Institute had an operating budget of approx. 25 million Euro. The ratio of third party funding lay at 76 percent of which 42 came from industry, 31 percent from contract research for the Federal Government and individual State Governments and 22 percent from funding by the European Union. At
the beginning of 2009 the Institute had a staff of some 250 employees and some 80 students.

Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunicatios, Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI
Einsteinufer 37, 10587 Berlin
www.hhi.fraunhofer.de
Corporate Communications - Dr. Gudrun Quandel
Phone +49 (0)30 31002 400
mobile +49 (0)171 1995334
Fax +49 (0)30 31002 558
gudrun.quandel@hhi.fraunhofer.de

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