System and process for transforming two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images
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1. A process for creating a three dimensional media projection from a two-dimensional image, comprising:
- copying a two-dimensional image to create a working image of the two dimensional image;
creating a depth selection mask associated with at least one characteristic of the working image and associated with at least a portion of the working image, including;
selecting a set of image features, anddetermining a real value in a normalized range for the set of selected image features for each pixel location in the portion of the working image;
determining a vector field of each pixel of the portion of the working image;
applying the depth selection mask to the vector field of the portion of the working image to create a weighted displacement mask having a displacement vector associated with each pixel of the portion of the working image, the displacement vector having a magnitude and direction;
displacing each pixel of the portion of the working image in accordance with the magnitude of the vector associated with that pixel to create a modified working image; and
creating a stereo pair of images by pairing the two dimensional image with the modified working image.
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A system and process is provided for the conversion of a stream of two-dimensional images into a pair of streams of images for providing the perception of a stream of three-dimensional images. Each complimentary image in the image stream undergoes the application of a selection and remapping process to independently alter portions of the image, so that the remappings shift the image elements in a manner which produces a stereo depth effect when the images are viewed through the appropriate viewing device.
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1. A process for creating a three dimensional media projection from a two-dimensional image, comprising:
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copying a two-dimensional image to create a working image of the two dimensional image; creating a depth selection mask associated with at least one characteristic of the working image and associated with at least a portion of the working image, including; selecting a set of image features, and determining a real value in a normalized range for the set of selected image features for each pixel location in the portion of the working image; determining a vector field of each pixel of the portion of the working image; applying the depth selection mask to the vector field of the portion of the working image to create a weighted displacement mask having a displacement vector associated with each pixel of the portion of the working image, the displacement vector having a magnitude and direction; displacing each pixel of the portion of the working image in accordance with the magnitude of the vector associated with that pixel to create a modified working image; and creating a stereo pair of images by pairing the two dimensional image with the modified working image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for creating a three-dimensional media projection from a two-dimensional digitized image, comprising:
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a video monitor configured to display a stereo pair of images in response to a video signal; an input device configured to generate input signals, and configured to select a working image from a group of images, the working image being a copy of an image selected from the group of images, and configured to select characteristics of the working image; a control configured to generate control signals, and configured to assign a value to a characteristic selected by the input device; and a processor in operable communication with the monitor, the input device and the control, the processor configured to displace a portion of the working image by creating a depth selection mask associated with at least one characteristic of the working image and associated with at least a portion of the working image, including selecting a set of image features and determining a real value in a normalized range for the set of selected image features for each pixel location in the portion of the working image, determining a vector field of each pixel of the portion of the working image, applying the depth selection mask to the vector field of the portion of the working image to create a weighted displacement mask having a displacement vector associated with each pixel of the portion of the working image, the displacement vector having a magnitude and direction, displacing each pixel of the portion of the working image in accordance with the magnitude of the vector associated with that pixel to create a modified working image; and wherein the video monitor, in response to a second input signal, displays the modified working image as part of the stereo pair of images. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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