Method and system for stereoscopic representation

• US 20060050381A1
• Filed: 06/05/2002
• Published: 03/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apostolos Konstantinidis
• Original Assignee: Apostolos Konstantinidis
• Inventors: Konstantinidis, Apostolos
• Application Number:
  US10/516,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20060050381A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/462
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/161 Encoding, multiplexing or demultiplexing different image signal components for multi-view video sequence encoding H04N19/597
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/189 Recording image signals; Reproducing recorded image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/239 using two 2D image sensors having a relative position equal to or related to the interocular distance H04N13/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/275 from 3D object models, e.g. computer-generated stereoscopic image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/286 having separate monoscopic and stereoscopic modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/337 using polarisation multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/339 using spatial multiplexing H04N13/337 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/341 using temporal multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/344 with head-mounted left-right displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/363 using image projection screens volumetric display H04N13/388
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/597 specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and a system used for stereoscopically representing a subject. According to the invention, the method records and captures the subject from two different points of view, and generates an image, which is in turn decomposed to two images and then sent to the dual output of a personal computer'"'"'s graphic card.

Claims

1-7. -7. (canceled)

8. A system for stereoscopic representation of a subject, comprising a computer in communication with a graphic card having at least two outputs, wherein two images capturing the subject from two different positions are directed in the two outputs of the graphic card.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the two images are composed in a single image, which is electronically stored, decomposed to the two original images and directed in the two outputs of the graphic card.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the image resulting after the composition has double resolution compared to the size of the original two images.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising software configured to perform at least one of composing, storing, decomposing and directing images in the computer.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein each of the two images is generated from a video recording of the subject.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein each of the two images is technically generated.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the image composed from the original two images is stored with additional information including at least one of position from which the images are captured, and the time when the capture occurred.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein each of the two images is generated from a video recording of the subject.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the two images is generated from a video recording of the subject.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein each of the two images is technically generated.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the two images is technically generated.

19. The system of claim 8, wherein the system is at least one of an active stereoscopic system and a passive stereoscopic system.

20. The system of claim 8, wherein the system stereoscopically represents sequenced image pairs.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the sequenced image pairs are at least one of static, rate filled and real timed pairs.

22. A method of stereoscopically representing a subject, comprising the steps of:

capturing two images of the subject from two different positions; and

directing the two images to two outputs of a graphic card of a computer.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising the steps of:

composing the two images in a single image;

electronically storing the composed image;

decomposing to the two original images; and

directing the decomposed images to the two outputs of the graphic card.