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Method and device for creating an illusion of thickness from a flat image

  • US 6,032,392 A
  • Filed: 12/08/1997
  • Issued: 03/07/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of producing an illusion of depth comprising the steps of:

  • a) forming a plurality of sheets into a stack for serving as a viewing screen, each sheet having a thickness based on a desired degree of smoothness of the illusion and an amount of said plurality of sheets equal to the desired depth of the illusion divided by twice the thickness of a typical one of the plurality of sheet;

    b) selecting an amount of said plurality of sheets based upon said desired degree of smoothness of the illusion;

    c) forming a gap between each of said plurality of sheets, a size of said gap being equal to the thickness of one of said plurality of sheets;

    d) creating a design having at least one of relatively thin linear and curvilinear design elements on a design media capable of being illuminated by at least one of reflected and transmitted light, said design occupying a minority portion of the media, the remaining portion of the media providing a background; and

    e) illuminating said design with a light source having an empirically chosen intensity.

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