Three-dimensional volumetric display apparatus and method
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1. A volumetric display apparatus, comprising:
- a physical volumetric shape model having a side surface and an upper surface;
a reflection mirror disposed at the side surface;
a control device which stores image information of surface textures of the upper surface and the side surface; and
a projector that projects a projection including a surface texture of an upper surface of a three-dimensional object and a surface texture of a side surface of the three-dimensional object;
wherein the surface texture of the upper surface of the three-dimensional object is directly projected onto the upper surface of the physical volumetric shape model and the surface texture of the side surface of the three-dimensional object is projected onto the side surface of the physical volumetric shape model via the reflection mirror, based on the image information from the control device;
wherein the reflection mirror is composed of a half mirror to allow the side surface of the physical volumetric shape model to be viewed through the reflection mirror.
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Abstract
A volumetric display apparatus, includes: a volumetric shape model having a side surface and an upper surface; a reflection mirror disposed at the side surface; a control device which stores image information of surface textures of the upper surface and the side surface; and a projector that projects an image of the surface texture of the upper surface onto the upper surface and which projects an image of the surface texture of the side surface onto the side surface via the reflection mirror, based on the image information from the control device.
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1. A volumetric display apparatus, comprising:
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a physical volumetric shape model having a side surface and an upper surface; a reflection mirror disposed at the side surface; a control device which stores image information of surface textures of the upper surface and the side surface; and a projector that projects a projection including a surface texture of an upper surface of a three-dimensional object and a surface texture of a side surface of the three-dimensional object; wherein the surface texture of the upper surface of the three-dimensional object is directly projected onto the upper surface of the physical volumetric shape model and the surface texture of the side surface of the three-dimensional object is projected onto the side surface of the physical volumetric shape model via the reflection mirror, based on the image information from the control device; wherein the reflection mirror is composed of a half mirror to allow the side surface of the physical volumetric shape model to be viewed through the reflection mirror. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A volumetric display apparatus, comprising:
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a physical volumetric shape model including a shape varying element, the physical volumetric shape model having a side surface and an upper surface; a plurality of reflection mirrors disposed at respective side surfaces of the physical volumetric shape model, wherein each of the reflection mirror is composed of a half mirror to allow the side surface of the physical volumetric shape model to be viewed through the reflection mirror; a control device which stores shape information of the physical volumetric shape model and image information of surface textures of the upper surface and the side surface; a shape varying element driving device that drives the shape varying element based on the shape information; and a projector that projects a projection including a surface texture of an upper surface of a three-dimensional object and surface textures of four different side surfaces of the three-dimensional object; wherein the surface texture of the upper surface of the three-dimensional object is directly projected onto the upper surface of the physical volumetric shape model and the surface textures of the four different sides surfaces are respectively projected onto four different side surfaces of the physical volumetric shape model via the respective reflection mirrors, based on the image information from the control device; wherein the four different sides surfaces of the physical volumetric shape model include a front, a back, and two sides, the two sides provided opposite one another, and the front and back provided opposite one another. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A volumetric display apparatus, comprising:
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a physical volumetric shape model having a side surface and an upper surface; a plurality of reflection mirrors disposed at respective side surfaces of the physical volumetric shape model, wherein each of the reflection mirror is composed of a half mirror to allow the side surface of the physical volumetric shape model to be viewed through the reflection mirror; a control device that stores shape information of the physical volumetric shape model and image information of surface textures of the upper surface and the side surface; and a projector that projects a projection including a surface texture of an upper surface of a three-dimensional object and surface textures of four different side surfaces of the three-dimensional object; wherein the surface texture of the upper surface of the three-dimensional object is directly projected onto the upper surface of the physical volumetric shape model and the surface textures of the four different sides surfaces are respectively projected onto four different side surfaces of the physical volumetric shape model via the respective reflection mirrors, based on the image information from the control device; wherein the control device stores a geometrical installation condition of the physical volumetric shape model as an installation parameter and controls the image information of the surface textures based on the installation parameter; wherein the four different sides surfaces of the physical volumetric shape model include a front, a back, and two sides, the two sides provided opposite one another, and the front and back provided opposite one another. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A volumetric display method, comprising:
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projecting a surface texture of an upper surface of a three-dimensional object onto an upper surface of a physical volumetric shape model, based on image information of surface texture of the upper surface of the three-dimensional object; and projecting surface textures of four different side surfaces of the three-dimensional object respectively onto four different side surfaces of the physical volumetric shape model through respective reflection mirrors, based on image information of surface texture of the side surface; wherein a projection including the surface texture of the upper surface of the three-dimensional object and the surface textures of the side surfaces of the three-dimensional object provided together is projected onto the physical volumetric shape model; wherein the four different sides surfaces of the physical volumetric shape model include a front, a back, and two sides, the two sides provided opposite one another, and the front and back provided opposite one another. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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