Three dimensional display method, system and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method of creating a final image which, when displayed at a target location, is perceived by viewers as being three dimensional, comprising the steps of:
- (i) selecting a target location for the display at a display site and surveying the display site to identify and characterize light sources and objects which would result in visual highlights on a object displayed at the target location, the identified and characterized lights and objects employed in a computer animation system to light a model of the at least one object to be displayed;
(ii) capturing video of at least one object to be displayed in the final image under a recreation of the characterized light sources and objects surveyed at the target location, the at least one object moving in the video at a necessary perceptual speed by one of translating generally along a plane extending through the eyes of expected viewers, rotating generally about an axis perpendicular to said plane, or a combination thereof and obtaining the captured video by rendering a video image of the at least one object in said computer animation system;
(iii) displaying the final image at the site onto a transparent screen positioned such that the final image appears at the target location in front of a background and such that the movement of the at least one object at the perceptual speed occurs.
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for providing a two dimensional image that will be perceived by the human visual perception system as a three dimensional image is disclosed. The system and apparatus preferably employ a transparent rear projection screen onto which an image of the at least one object to be displayed is projected. The at least one object moves at perceptual speed and preferably has highlights, comprising specular highlights, ambient lighting, shadows and reflections, consistent with its display location so that the human visual perception system perceives the displayed image as a three dimensional one. The method preferably comprises surveying the display site to identify important light sources and objects and to gather a reflection map which are both used to create the final displayed image.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of creating a final image which, when displayed at a target location, is perceived by viewers as being three dimensional, comprising the steps of:
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(i) selecting a target location for the display at a display site and surveying the display site to identify and characterize light sources and objects which would result in visual highlights on a object displayed at the target location, the identified and characterized lights and objects employed in a computer animation system to light a model of the at least one object to be displayed; (ii) capturing video of at least one object to be displayed in the final image under a recreation of the characterized light sources and objects surveyed at the target location, the at least one object moving in the video at a necessary perceptual speed by one of translating generally along a plane extending through the eyes of expected viewers, rotating generally about an axis perpendicular to said plane, or a combination thereof and obtaining the captured video by rendering a video image of the at least one object in said computer animation system; (iii) displaying the final image at the site onto a transparent screen positioned such that the final image appears at the target location in front of a background and such that the movement of the at least one object at the perceptual speed occurs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for displaying on a two dimensional display at a target location a final image of at least one object, the final image being perceived by viewers as a three dimensional image, comprising:
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survey data to identify and characterize light sources and objects which would result in visual highlights on a object displayed at the target location;
a computer animation system to light a model of the at least one object to be displayed employing the identified and characterized lights and objects;a transparent screen onto which the final image is displayed allowing a background behind said screen to also be viewed where not obscured by said final image; a projector to display the final image onto the screen; and a video source providing a final image to the projector, the video source of the at least one object to be displayed captured under a recreation of the characterized light sources and objects surveyed at the target location, and the captured video is obtained by rendering a video image of the at least one object in said computer animation system and the final image having at least one object moving at perceptual speed upon said screen. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of having the human visual perception system perceive an observed image of at least one object on a two dimensional display at a target location as a three dimensional image, comprising the steps of:
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(i) moving the at least one object in the image such that a point on the at least one object along a plane of the expected viewers eyes occurs at a perceptual speed; (ii) applying visual highlights to the at least one object in the image by employing a computer animation system using a recreation of characterized light sources and objects surveyed at the target location, the visual highlights including specular highlight and shadows appropriate for the object at the target location and obtained by surveying a display site to identify and characterize light sources and objects which would result in visual highlights on a object displayed at the target location; and (iii) obtaining a wide angle image of the surroundings of the target location and applying this wide angle image as a reflection map to the final image of the at least one object and rendering a video image of the at least one object in said computer animation system.
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