LINE DEPTH AUGMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERSION OF 2D IMAGES TO 3D IMAGES
First Claim
1. A three-dimensional annotation method for conversion of two-dimensional images to three-dimensional images comprising:
- obtaining a two-dimensional source image;
displaying said two-dimensional source image on a screen associated with a first computer;
accepting a mask having an area associated with a line in a monochrome region in said two-dimensional source image;
accepting a depth associated with said line within said monochrome region in said two-dimensional source image via an input device coupled with said first computer;
applying said depth to said area of said mask in said two-dimensional image to create a three-dimensional image without altering a depth of a remainder of the monochrome region where said mask does not occur.
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Abstract
A line depth augmentation system and method for conversion of 2D images to 3D images. Enables adding depth to regions by altering depth of lines in the regions, for example in cell animation images or regions of limited color range. Eliminates creation of wireframe or other depth models and complex modeling of regions to match the depth of lines therein. Enables rapid conversion of two-dimensional images to three-dimensional images by enabling stereographers to quickly add/alter line depth without artifacts in images for example lines in monochrome regions. Embodiments may output a stereoscopic image pair of images with lines having desired depth, or any other three-dimensional viewing enabled image, such as an anaglyph image. Although the lines may be of a different depth than the region they appear in, the human mind interprets the monochromatic region as having depth associated with the line.
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20 Claims
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1. A three-dimensional annotation method for conversion of two-dimensional images to three-dimensional images comprising:
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obtaining a two-dimensional source image; displaying said two-dimensional source image on a screen associated with a first computer; accepting a mask having an area associated with a line in a monochrome region in said two-dimensional source image; accepting a depth associated with said line within said monochrome region in said two-dimensional source image via an input device coupled with said first computer; applying said depth to said area of said mask in said two-dimensional image to create a three-dimensional image without altering a depth of a remainder of the monochrome region where said mask does not occur. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A three-dimensional annotation method for conversion of two-dimensional images to three-dimensional images comprising:
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obtaining a two-dimensional source image; displaying said two-dimensional source image on a screen associated with a first computer; accepting a mask having an area associated with a line in a monochrome region in said two-dimensional source image via an input device coupled with said first computer wherein said input device comprises any combination of graphics tablet, mouse, keyboard or microphone; accepting a depth associated with said line within said monochrome region in said two-dimensional source image via an input device coupled with said first computer wherein said accepting said depth comprises accepting input from said graphics tablet, or said mouse, or said keyboard, or said microphone or analyzing annotations associated with said mask or any combination thereof; applying said depth to said area of said mask in said two-dimensional image to create a three-dimensional image without altering a depth of a remainder of the monochrome region where said mask does not occur. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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