Multi-plane horizontal perspective display

• US 20050275915A1
• Filed: 05/31/2005
• Published: 12/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Infinite Io, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Infinite Io, Inc.
• Inventors: Vesely, Michael A., Clemens, Nancy L.
• Application Number:
  US11/141,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20050275915A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/13
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/40 giving the observer of a single two-dimensional [2D] image a perception of depth
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/50 the image being built up from image elements distributed over a 3D volume, e.g. voxels
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/56 by projecting aerial or floating images
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/20 Perspective computation
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/4038 Image mosaicing, e.g. composing plane images from plane sub-images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/279 the virtual viewpoint locations being selected by the viewers or determined by tracking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/356 having separate monoscopic and stereoscopic modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/361 Reproducing mixed stereoscopic images; Reproducing mixed monoscopic and stereoscopic images, e.g. a stereoscopic image overlay window on a monoscopic image background
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/363 using image projection screens volumetric display H04N13/388
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/383 for tracking with gaze detection, i.e. detecting the lines of sight of the viewer's eyes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/395 with depth sampling, i.e. the volume being constructed from a stack or sequence of 2D image planes
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/15 Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 2420/01 Enhancing the perception of the sound image or of the spatial distribution using head related transfer functions [HRTF's] or equivalents thereof, e.g. interaural time difference [ITD] or interaural level difference [ILD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/30 Control circuits for electronic adaptation of the sound field
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/302 Electronic adaptation of stereophonic sound system to listener position or orientation H04S7/301 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/303 Tracking of listener position or orientation
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 7/304 For headphones

Abstract

The present invention multi-plane display system discloses a three dimension display system comprising at least two display surfaces, one of which displaying a three dimensional horizontal perspective images. Further, the display surfaces can have a curvilinear blending display section to merge the various images. The multi-plane display system can comprise various camera eyepoints, one for the horizontal perspective images, and optionally one for the curvilinear blending display surface.

Claims

1. A method of image display by horizontal perspective projection, the horizontal perspective projection comprising displaying horizontal perspective images according to a predetermined projection eyepoint, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying a first image onto a first display;

detecting an eyepoint location of a viewer; and

displaying a second horizontal perspective image onto a second horizontal perspective display using the detected eyepoint location as the projection eyepoint.

2. A method as in claim 1 wherein detecting a viewer eyepoint location is by manually inputting the location through a manual input device.

3. A method as in claim 1 wherein the detection of a viewer eyepoint location is through an automatic input device whereby the automatic input device automatically extracts the eyepoint location from the viewer.

4. A method as in claim 1 further comprising a step of manipulating the image.

5. A method as in claim 1 further comprising a step of calculating a horizontal perspective image using the detected eyepoint location as the projection eyepoint before displaying the image.

6. A method of image display by horizontal perspective projection, the horizontal perspective projection comprising displaying horizontal perspective images according to a predetermined projection eyepoint, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying a first image onto a first display;

detecting an eyepoint location of a viewer;

displaying a second horizontal perspective image onto a second horizontal perspective display using the detected eyepoint location as the projection eyepoint; and

displaying a third image onto a third curvilinear display, the curvilinear display blending the first image and the second image.

7. A method as in claim 6 further comprising a step of calculating a horizontal perspective image using the detected eyepoint location as the projection eyepoint before displaying the image.

8. A method as in claim 6 further comprising a step of calculating the third image using the detected eyepoint location as the projection eyepoint before displaying.

9. A method of image display by horizontal perspective projection, the horizontal perspective projection comprising displaying horizontal perspective images according to a predetermined projection eyepoint, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying a first image onto a first display;

continuously scanning to detect an eyepoint location of a viewer;

calculating a second horizontal perspective image using the detected eyepoint location as the projection eyepoint; and

displaying the second image onto a second horizontal perspective display.

10. A method as in claim 9 further comprising a step of display a third image onto a third curvilinear display, the curvilinear display blending the first display and the second display.

11. A method as in claim 10 further comprising a step of calculating the third image using the eyepoint location as the projection eyepoint before displaying.

12. A method as in claim 9 wherein the horizontal perspective image is stereoscopic images.

13. A method as in claim 9 wherein detecting a viewer eyepoint location is by manually inputting the location through a manual input device.

14. A method as in claim 13 wherein the manual input device is a computer peripheral or a wireless computer peripheral.

15. A method as in claim 13 wherein the manual input device is selected from a group consisted of a keyboard, a stylus, a keypad, a computer mouse, a computer trackball, a tablet, a pointing device.

16. A method as in claim 9 wherein the detection of a viewer eyepoint location is through an automatic input device whereby the automatic input device automatically extracts the eyepoint location from the viewer.

17. A method as in claim 16 wherein the automatic input device is selected from a group consisted of radio-frequency tracking device, infrared tracking device, camera tracking device.

18. A method as in claim 9 further comprising the step of manipulating the image.

19. A method as in claim 9 wherein the manipulation of the image comprises the modification of the displayed image or the generation of a new image.

20. A method as in claim 9 wherein the modification of the displayed image comprises the movement, zooming or rotation of the image.