METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A 3D IMAGE VIA A MEDIA DEVICE
First Claim
1. An apparatus for presenting images to a user such that the user perceives a 3D image, comprising:
- a frame, wherein the frame is capable of holding a handheld media display device displaying a right input image and a left input image,a right close focus viewing lens, wherein the right close focus viewing lens is attached to the frame, wherein the right input image is positioned such that a right optical path length from the displayed right input image to the right close focus viewing lens is approximately a right focal length of the right close focus viewing lens such that the right input image enters the right close focus viewing lens and exits the right close focus viewing lens for viewing by a user'"'"'s right eye; and
a left close focus viewing lens, wherein the left close focus viewing lens is attached to the frame, wherein the left input image is positioned such that a left optical path length for the left input image to the left close focus viewing lens is approximately a left focal length from the displayed left close focus viewing lens such that the left input image enters the left close focus viewing lens and exits the left close focus viewing lens for viewing by a user'"'"'s left eye;
wherein when the user positions the user'"'"'s right eye to receive the right output image with the user'"'"'s right eye and positions the user'"'"'s left eye to receive the left output image with the user'"'"'s left eye, the user perceives a 3D image.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for providing a 3D image and/or 3D video. Specific embodiments can provide a 3D image and/or 3D video via a handheld media player. Examples of handheld media players via which embodiments can provide a 3D image and/or 3D video include, but are not limited to, an IPod®, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cell phone, or an IPhone®. In accordance with specific embodiments of the invention, the problem of viewing three-Dimensional (3D) images on personal or handheld media devices is solved by the use of a compatible 3D viewer. Embodiments of the viewer, can provide a 3D experience to a user from images provided on the smaller viewscreen of a smaller, personal, or handheld media device. Specific embodiments described herein provide a 3D viewer that can present two stereoscopic images (i.e., 2-Dimensional (2D) images, having horizontal disparity) to a user'"'"'s or viewer'"'"'s eyes, such that each eye sees only one of the two stereoscopic images. By the process of stereopsis, the images are combined by the brain into a single 3D image giving the sensation, or perception, of depth and/or distance.
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40 Claims
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1. An apparatus for presenting images to a user such that the user perceives a 3D image, comprising:
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a frame, wherein the frame is capable of holding a handheld media display device displaying a right input image and a left input image, a right close focus viewing lens, wherein the right close focus viewing lens is attached to the frame, wherein the right input image is positioned such that a right optical path length from the displayed right input image to the right close focus viewing lens is approximately a right focal length of the right close focus viewing lens such that the right input image enters the right close focus viewing lens and exits the right close focus viewing lens for viewing by a user'"'"'s right eye; and a left close focus viewing lens, wherein the left close focus viewing lens is attached to the frame, wherein the left input image is positioned such that a left optical path length for the left input image to the left close focus viewing lens is approximately a left focal length from the displayed left close focus viewing lens such that the left input image enters the left close focus viewing lens and exits the left close focus viewing lens for viewing by a user'"'"'s left eye; wherein when the user positions the user'"'"'s right eye to receive the right output image with the user'"'"'s right eye and positions the user'"'"'s left eye to receive the left output image with the user'"'"'s left eye, the user perceives a 3D image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for presenting images to a user such that the user perceives a 3D image, comprising:
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providing a frame capable of holding a handheld media display device; positioning the handheld media display device so that the frame is holding the handheld media device; displaying a right input image and a left input image on the handheld media display device; providing a right close focus viewing lens, attached to the frame, wherein the right close focus viewing lens is positioned such that a right optical path length from the displayed right input image to the right close focus viewing lens is approximately a right focal length of the right close focus viewing lens such that the right input image enters the right close focus viewing lens and exits the right close focus viewing lens for viewing by a user'"'"'s right eye; providing a left close focus viewing lens, attached to the frame, wherein the left close focus viewing lens is positioned such that a left optical path length for the left input image to the left close focus viewing lens is approximately a left focal length from the displayed left close focus viewing lens such that the left input image enters the left close focus viewing lens and exits the left close focus viewing lens for viewing by a user'"'"'s left eye; positioning the user'"'"'s right eye to receive the right output image with the user'"'"'s right eye and positioning the user'"'"'s left eye to receive the left output image with the user'"'"'s left eye, wherein the user perceives a 3D image upon receiving the right output image with the user'"'"'s right eye and the left output image with the user'"'"'s left eye.
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