# US 12,008,726 B2 · System and methods for providing a picture frame with an interactive experience > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,008,726 B2 - Document ID: US12008726B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/943,381 - Filed: 2022-09-13 - Published: 2024-03-21 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2022-09-13 - Assignees: Vizilu, Inc. - Applicants: Vizilu, Inc. - Inventors: George Wolberg; Jeffrey Wolberg; Siavash Zokai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12008726B2 ## CPC - G06T 3/08: Projecting images onto non-planar surfaces, e.g. geodetic screens - A47G 1/06: Picture frames (making from paper B31D) - A47G 1/065: {Interconnected frames; Frame assemblies; Frames for two or more pictures} - G06T 3/18: Image warping, e.g. rearranging pixels individually - A47G 2001/0672: {employing magnets} - B44F 1/10: Changing, amusing, or secret pictures - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) - B44F: SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES ## Abstract Implementations provide method that includes: accessing data encoding the one or more images sized and shaped for presentation on a square or rectangular surface; providing the first set of data for warping by one or more computer processors such that each of the one or more images is projected onto a respective trapezoidal surface having a first base and a second base that is longer than the first base, wherein the first base is arranged to be closer to a viewer than the second base, and wherein a first portion of each image is projected further away from the viewer than a second portion of each image; and presenting each of the projected one or more images on the respective trapezoidal surface, wherein the first portion of each projected image is presented by the first base and the second portion of each projected image is presented by the second base. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for creating a perceived motion when one or more images are viewed between a first viewing angle and a second viewing angle, the method comprising: accessing a first set of data encoding the one or more images sized and shaped for presentation on a square or rectangular surface; providing the first set of data for warping by one or more computer processors such that each of the one or more images is projected onto a respective trapezoidal surface having a first base and a second base that is longer than the first base, wherein the first base is arranged to be closer to a viewer than the second base, and wherein a first portion of each image is projected further away from the viewer than a second portion of each image; and presenting each of the projected one or more images on the respective trapezoidal surface, wherein the first portion of each projected image is presented by the first base and the second portion of each projected image is presented by the second base even though the first portion of each projected image is further away than the second portion of each projected image, and wherein when the projected one or more images are viewed between the first viewing angle and the second viewing angle, the projected one or more images appear with the perceived motion even though each of the projected one or more images is static. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: accessing a second set of data encoding each of the projected one or more images for presentation on the respective trapezoidal surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein presenting each of the projected one or more images comprises: providing the second set of data for printing such that each of the projected one or more images is printed as a respective printout; and mounting each respective printout on a corresponding trapezoidal surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein presenting each of the projected one or more images comprises: displaying each of the projected one or more images as a digital image on the respective trapezoidal surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein providing the first set of data for warping comprises: submitting the first set of data to one of: a server, or a mobile app. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein said warping comprises: causing the one or more processors to perform a transformation that projects each of the one or more images from the square or rectangular surface to the respective trapezoidal surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the respective trapezoidal surface for each of the projected one or more images is sized and shaped to represent portions of a scene where each of the projected one or more images is presented to the viewer. ### Claim 8 A method for creating a perceived motion when one or more images are viewed between a first viewing angle and a second viewing angle, the method comprising: accessing a first set of data encoding the one or more images sized and shaped for presentation on a square or rectangular surface; warping the first set of data such that each of the one or more images is projected onto a respective trapezoidal surface having a first base and a second base that is longer than the first base, wherein the first base is arranged to be closer to a viewer than the second base, and wherein a first portion of each image is projected further away from the viewer than a second portion of the image; generating a second set of data encoding each of projected the one or more images; and providing the second set of data for presenting each of the projected one or more images on the respective trapezoidal surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein providing the second set of data comprises: transmitting, to a user device, the second set of data; and causing an operator of the user device to present each of the projected one or more images on the respective trapezoidal surface, wherein the first portion of each projected image is presented by the first base and the second portion of each projected image is presented by the second base even though the first portion of each projected image is further away than the second portion of each projected image, and wherein when the projected one or more images are viewed between the first viewing angle and the second viewing angle, the projected one or more images appear with the perceived motion even though each of the projected one or more images is static. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein providing the second set of data for presenting comprises: printing each of the projected one or more images as a respective print-out; and mounting each respective print-out on a corresponding trapezoidal surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein said warping comprises: performing, using one or more computer processors, a perspective transformation that projects each of the one or more images from the square or rectangular surface to the respective trapezoidal surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein accessing the first set of data comprises: receiving, at the one or more processors and from a user device, the first set of data. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: configuring the respective trapezoidal surface for each of the projected one or more images to represent portions of a scene where each of the projected one or more images is presented to the viewer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein each of the projected one or more images is one of: a digital image, or a physical photograph. ### Claim 15 A picture frame for creating a perceived motion when one or more images are viewed between a first viewing angle and a second viewing angle, the picture frame comprising: at least one trapezoidal surface, each having a first base and a second base, wherein each trapezoidal surface is sized and shaped to present a corresponding one of the one or more images projected thereon, wherein the first base of each trapezoidal surface is arranged to be closer to a viewer than the second base of each trapezoidal surface, wherein a first portion of the corresponding one of the projected one or more images is further away from the viewer than a second portion of the corresponding one of the projected one or more images, and wherein the first portion of the corresponding one of the projected one or more images is presented by the first base and the second portion of the corresponding one of the projected one or more images is presented by the second base even though the first portion of the corresponding one of the projected one or more images is further away than the second portion of the corresponding one of the projected one or more images such that when the projected one or more images are viewed between the first viewing angle and the second viewing angle, the projected one or more images appear with the perceived motion even though each of the projected one or more images is static. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The picture frame of claim 15, wherein the picture frame is sized and shaped to represent a scene where the projected one or more images are presented to the viewer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The picture frame of claim 16, wherein the scene comprises: at least one framed panel, each framed panel incorporating a corresponding one of the at least one trapezoidal surface; and at least one region representing an intervening structure, wherein the intervening structure is further away from the viewer than the first portion of the corresponding one of the projected one or more images, wherein the intervening structure is presented on a flat surface closer to the viewer than the first portion of the corresponding one of the projected one or more images, and wherein the at least one trapezoidal surface is not co-planar with respect to the flat surface of the intervening structure. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The picture frame of claim 17, wherein each of the projected one or more images is mounted on a corresponding one of the at least one trapezoidal surface such that a front side of each of the projected one or more images faces the viewer. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The picture frame of claim 18, wherein the at least one trapezoidal surface comprises metal dots so that the corresponding one of the projected one or more images can be mounted using one or more magnets from a back side of the corresponding one of the projected one or more images. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The picture frame of claim 15, wherein the at least one trapezoidal surface comprises more than one trapezoidal surfaces, and wherein at least one of the more than one trapezoidal surfaces is not co-planar with respect to another of the more than one trapezoidal surfaces.