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Proximity assisted 3D rendering

  • US 8,300,043 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2004
  • Issued: 10/30/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile telephone adapted for displaying a three-dimensional image, the mobile telephone comprising:

  • a display surface displaying the three dimensional image;

    a camera disposed on the mobile telephone and configured to capture at least one image of the user, the captured image comprising at least one feature of the user;

    a processor configured to analyze, independent of user input, the captured image and determine a size of a feature as it appears in the captured image, and to create distance data based on the determined size of the feature, the distance data being indicative of a distance between the user and the mobile telephone; and

    an image generator configured to generate a three-dimensional image based on the distance data.

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