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Perspective altering display system

  • US 10,063,848 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2008
  • Issued: 08/28/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A perspective-altering display system, comprising:

  • a display screen for displaying a scene having opposing side edges;

    a sensor for detecting the movement of a viewer relative to the display screen;

    at least one memory for storing foreground and background imagery;

    wherein the memory has a capacity to store imagery that extends beyond one or both of the side edges of the display screen;

    at least one processor interconnected to the memory and the sensor, the processor being operative to perform the following functions;

    generate a scene based upon multiple superimposed graphics planes, including a foreground graphics plane containing the foreground imagery and a background graphics plane containing the background imagery, andreceive a signal from the sensor and shift the relative position of the foreground and background graphics planes in the displayed scene as a function of viewer movement;

    wherein the multiple superimposed graphics planes include non-visible imagery beyond one of both of the side edges display screen; and

    wherein the foreground graphics plane is shifted by way of a translation to a greater extent than the background graphics plane as a viewer moves from side to side relative to the display screen, causing the non-visible imagery to become visible.

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