HumanEyes Files 3D Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Sony

HumanEyes asks the ITC to institute an investigation into Sony’s infringement and to permanently bar Sony from importing the infringing products into the United States—including at least 32 of Sony’s Cyber-shot and DSLR digital camera models and at least 10 Xperia mobile phone models.

The two patents—U.S. Patent Nos. 6,665,003 and 7,477,284—are both based on inventions made at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem by world-renowned Computer Vision expert and HumanEyes co-founder Professor Shmuel Peleg and his students. Professor Peleg and his team discovered a breakthrough new method for generating 3D panoramic images by combining portions of multiple images recorded by an ordinary camera. This discovery makes it possible to bring inexpensive 3D photography to digital cameras and mobile devices and was the basis for founding HumanEyes Technologies.