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Electronically printed depth photography system with improved viewing range
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1992-05-19
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Granted: 1994-01-11
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Expires: 2012-05-19
Abstract
Abstract A system and method that determines a number of scan lines for each image of a view using a resolution of the recording media, a pitch of the lenticules and a number of views needed to minimize angular transitions between views. The viewing range is also increased by allowing the primary visual field to be offset with respect to the projection field of the lenticules such that the image lines can be positioned under lenticules adjacent to the lenticule projecting the image lines as the distance from a central viewing position increases.
Inventors
- 👤 Roy Y. Taylor
- 👤 Sergei V. Fogel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 00:11
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B27/00; G03B27/32; G02; G02B; G02B30/00; G02B30/20; G02B30/26; G02B30/27; G02B30/30; G03B35/00; G03B35/14; G03B35/18; G03B35/24; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00132; H04N1/00185; H04N1/00201; H04N1/23; H04N13/00; H04N13/20; H04N13/204; H04N13/243; H04N13/296; H04N13/30; H04N13/302; H04N13/305; H04N13/349; H04N13/10; H04N13/189; H04N13/282; H04N13/398
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A method for creating, from image lines to be displayed, a depth display including an overlay having projection fields, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a minimum viewing distance for the display; (b) selecting positions of the image lines with respect to corresponding ones of said projection fields responsive to the selected minimum distance wherein the image lines produce visual fields and said visual fields are offset with respect to the corresponding ones of said projection fields; (c) fixing the image lines in a recording media responsive to the positions; and (d) abutting the overlay to the recording media.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
99 words
A method for creating, from image lines to be displayed, a depth display including an overlay having projection fields, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a minimum viewing distance for the display; (b) selecting positions of the image lines with respect to corresponding ones of said projection fields responsive to the selected minimum distance wherein the image lines produce visual fields and said visual fields are offset with respect to the corresponding ones of said projection fields; (c) fixing the image lines in a recording media responsive to the positions; and (d) abutting the overlay to the recording media.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the overlay is a lenticular overlay having lenticules for projecting the image lines and step (c) comprises fixing at least one of the image lines under one of the lenticules adjacent to the lenticule projecting the at least one of the image lines.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method as recited in claim 2, wherein step (b) selects the positions responsive to a thickness and a lenticule pitch of the overlay and a number of image lines of different images for each of the lenticules for the display.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
63 words
A method as recited in claim 1, wherein step (b) selects a maximum displacement of an image line at an edge of the display from a center line position and the positions of the image lines vary from the center image line position to a maximum displacement as the corresponding projection field varies from the center projection field to an edge projection field.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
61 words
A method as recited in claim 1, wherein step (b) selects a maximum displacement of an image line at an edge of the display from a center line position and the positions of the image lines are displaced with respect to the center line by a fixed displacement distance greater than zero and less than or equal to the maximum displacement.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method as recited in claim 1, wherein step (c) comprises printing a negative and contact printing an image produced by the negative on the recording media.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
A depth image display, comprising: an overlay including a projection field; and a recording media abutting the overlay and including a visual field in which a plurality of image slices are fixed, the visual field being fixedly offset with respect to the projection field.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
44 words
A depth image display, comprising: an overlay including a projection field; and a recording media abutting the overlay and including a visual field in which a plurality of image slices are fixed, the visual field being fixedly offset with respect to the projection field.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
52 words
A display, as recited in claim 7, wherein said overlay is a lenticular overlay having lenticules, each lenticule projecting one of the plurality of image slices and at least one of the image slices being recorded under a lenticule adjacent to the lenticule projecting the at least one of the image slices.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
88 words
An apparatus for producing a depth image, comprising: image means for producing image lines for the depth images; selecting means for fixedly positioning the image lines responsive to a minimum viewing distance; and display means for displaying the image lines responsive to the fixed positions through a depth image overlay, wherein said display means includes: a projection field for projecting the image lines; and a visual field for fixedly recording the image lines, said visual field being offset with respect to the projection field responsive to the positions.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
88 words
An apparatus for producing a depth image, comprising: image means for producing image lines for the depth images; selecting means for fixedly positioning the image lines responsive to a minimum viewing distance; and display means for displaying the image lines responsive to the fixed positions through a depth image overlay, wherein said display means includes: a projection field for projecting the image lines; and a visual field for fixedly recording the image lines, said visual field being offset with respect to the projection field responsive to the positions.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 9 wherein the overlay comprises a lenticular overlay.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
84 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 10, wherein the offset is selected in accordance with offset=((M/2)*(k*u))-[(M/2)*P') P'=(k*u)-[f*tan ('))/(M/2)) '=sin-1 ((sin/n) =arctan (w/(2*d)) where d is a minimum viewing distance, w is lenticule print width, f is a thickness of the lenticular overlay, k is a number of perspectives to be recorded per lenticule, u is a width of an image line of a perspective, M is a number of lenticules in the print width and n is an index of refraction of the overlay.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
62 words
A method for selecting lenticular pitch for a desired viewing distance of a lenticular image, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a nominal lenticular pitch from a number of views and printer resolution; (b) selecting an offset from the nominal lenticular pitch, lenticule thickness and a refracted angle; and (c) selecting a lenticular pitch from the nominal lenticular pitch and the offset.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
62 words
A method for selecting lenticular pitch for a desired viewing distance of a lenticular image, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a nominal lenticular pitch from a number of views and printer resolution; (b) selecting an offset from the nominal lenticular pitch, lenticule thickness and a refracted angle; and (c) selecting a lenticular pitch from the nominal lenticular pitch and the offset.
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