SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR TRANSFORMING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES INTO THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES
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1. A process for creating a perception of a three-dimensional image from a two-dimensional image, comprising:
- displacing a portion of a working image by distortion of the working image to create a modified working image, a magnitude of the displacement being relative to a perceived depth of the portion, the distortion operating to interpolate image information over a range of the displacement; and
replacing a selected image in a stereo pair of images with the modified working image.
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Abstract
A system and process is provided for the conversion of a stream of two-dimensional images into a pair of streams of images for providing the perception of a stream of three-dimensional images. Each complimentary image in the image stream undergoes the application of a selection and remapping process to independently alter portions of the image, so that the remappings shift the image elements in a manner which produces a stereo depth effect when the images are viewed through the appropriate viewing device.
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1. A process for creating a perception of a three-dimensional image from a two-dimensional image, comprising:
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displacing a portion of a working image by distortion of the working image to create a modified working image, a magnitude of the displacement being relative to a perceived depth of the portion, the distortion operating to interpolate image information over a range of the displacement; and replacing a selected image in a stereo pair of images with the modified working image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for creating a perception of a three-dimensional image from a two-dimensional digitized image, comprising:
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a video monitor configured to display a stereo pair of images in response to a video signal; an input device configured to generate input signals, and configured to select a working image from a group of images, and configured to select characteristics of the working image; a control configured to generate control signals, and configured to assign a value to a characteristic selected by the input device; and a processor in operable communication with the monitor, the input device and the control, the processor configured to displace a portion of the working image by distortion of the working image to create a modified working image, a magnitude of the displacement being relative to a value received by the control, the distortion operating to interpolate image information over a range of the displacement, the processor, in response to a first input signal, further configured to replace a selected image in a stereo pair of images with the modified working image, wherein the video monitor, in response to a second input signal, displays the modified working image as part of the stereo pair of images. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A process for generating a three-dimensional media from a two-dimensional media, comprising:
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creating an image mask of pixel locations associated with characteristics of a working image and associated with at least a portion of the working image; and assigning a depth value to each pixel location of the image mask; applying the image mask to the working image to assign each of the depth values to a corresponding pixel location in the working image, assigning a maximum magnitude of displacement to a pixel location having a first selected depth value; assigning a minimum magnitude of displacement to a pixel location having a second selected depth value; assigning an intermediate magnitude of displacement being to a pixel location having a third selected depth value, the third selected depth value selected from a range between the first and second depth values; displacing a portion of a working image by distortion of the working image in accordance with the assigned depth values and maximum, minimum, and intermediate magnitudes to create a modified working image, the distortion operating to interpolate image information over a range of the displacement; replacing a selected image in a stereo pair of images with the modified working image; and displaying on a video display the modified working image as part of the pair of stereo images.
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21. A process for generating a three-dimensional media from a two-dimensional media, comprising:
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providing a working image selected from a stereo image pair of images consisting of a left eye image and a right eye image; assigning a depth selection value to each pixel location of the working image in a group of pixels associated with a portion of the working image, the depth selection value being chosen from a specified range of values; displacing each pixel at each pixel location having a depth selection value in accordance with a vector, a magnitude of the vector being determined by the depth selection value, to create a modified working image; and replacing the working image with the modified working image.
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