Autostereoscopic imaging apparatus and method using suit scanning of parallax images
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1. Autostereoscopic imaging apparatus comprising in combination:
- imaging means for acquiring first and second images of the same scene from respectively different points of view; and
an image processor coupled to receive the first and second images and adapted to extract a succession of different partial images from the second image and to sequentially substitute the extracted partial images in place of corresponding partial images in a repetitive scanning manner in the first image to create a succession of composite images viewable in perceived three-dimensional illusion without special viewing aids.
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Abstract
Autostereoscopic imaging is achieved by acquiring succession of first and second image frames from at least two different points of view, and image processing the first and second image frames, such that progressively different partial images of at least focussed and converged subject images in the second image frames are substituted for corresponding subject partial images in the first image frames in repeating sequence on a corresponding image frame-by-image frame basis to create a succession of composite image frames. Two-dimensional display of the resulting succession of composite image frames is perceivable in three-dimensional illusion.
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1. Autostereoscopic imaging apparatus comprising in combination:
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imaging means for acquiring first and second images of the same scene from respectively different points of view; and an image processor coupled to receive the first and second images and adapted to extract a succession of different partial images from the second image and to sequentially substitute the extracted partial images in place of corresponding partial images in a repetitive scanning manner in the first image to create a succession of composite images viewable in perceived three-dimensional illusion without special viewing aids. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An autostereoscopic imaging method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a first image of a scene from a first point of view; acquiring a second image of the scene from a second point of view different from the first point of view; extracting a succession of different partial images from the second image; and sequentially substituting the succession of extracted partial images in a repetitive scanning manner in place of like partial images in the first image to create a corresponding succession of composite images viewable in perceived three-dimensional illusion without special viewing aids. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. Autostereoscopic imaging apparatus comprising, in combination:
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a first imaging device for recording first images of a scene as a succession of first image frames; a second imaging device for recording second images of the scene in synchronism with the first images, the second images being a succession of second image frames of differing parallax from the first image frames; a video switcher for processing the first and second recorded images, such as to provide partial images of the second images and to effectively scan the partial images through the first images on a corresponding image frame-by-image frame basis to produce a succession of composite image frames comprising the first image frames and the partial images from the second image frames; and means for recording the composite image frames for subsequent autostereoscopic display in perceived three-dimensional illusion without special viewing aids. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of autostereoscopic imaging comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
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defining a scene in three-dimensional space including a plurality of objects; defining first and second cameras for imaging the scene from different points of view; rendering successions of first and second image frames of the scene as acquired by the first and second cameras, respectively; taking different partial images from the second image frames; repeatedly scanning the partial images through the first image frames on a corresponding frame-by-frame basis to create a succession of composite image frames viewable in perceived three-dimensional illusion without special viewing aids; and storing the composite image frames. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. An autostereoscopic imaging method comprising the steps of
acquiring a succession of corresponding first and second images of a scene from respectively different points of view; cyclically modifying an image portion of each successive first image using a like image portion from each successive second image corresponding thereto, the modified image portions being in different image locations in the first images during each modifying cycle to effectively scan the modified image portions through the first images, such as to create a corresponding succession of composite images viewable in perceived three-dimensional illusion without special viewing aids.
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38. A method of autostereoscopic imaging comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
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defining a scene in three-dimensional space including a plurality of objects; defining first and second cameras for imaging the scene from different points of view and a corresponding succession of partial images of the scene as acquired by the second camera; rendering a succession of image frames of the scene as acquired by the first camera and a corresponding succession of partial images of the scene as acquired by the second camera; repeatedly scanning the partial images through the image frames acquired by the first camera on a synchronized basis to create a succession of composite image frames; and storing the composite image frames for subsequent display in three-dimensional illusion without special viewing aids.
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