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US 2002/0117775 A1Published application
Method for producing quasi-three dimensional images
OwnerMichael A. Tarabulainventor
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Abstract
A method to transform any portion of a two-dimensional visual image into a three-dimensional formed visual image device within the overall two-dimensional visual areas on a single image piece is provided. The resultant image has both two-dimensional and three-dimensional aspects in the same single image piece, or visual device. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method that offers fall control of the amount of,visual distortion involved in the above processes.
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A method for creating a quasi-three dimensional image starting from a two-dimensional image comprising the steps of:
- a. selecting an overall two-dimensional image,
- b. determining that portion of the overall two-dimensional image that is to be made three-dimensional and that portion of the overall two-dimensional image that is to remain two-dimensional,
- c. producing a three-dimensional mold of the area predetermined to become a three-dimensional visual image within the overall two-dimensional image,
- d. determining that registration system that makes image-to-mold alignment compatible according to the optical or digital system that is being used in the method,
- e. precompressing that portion of the overall two-dimensional image that is to be made three dimensional using the registration system,
- f. determining the size and substrate, or material, to carry the overall image;
- the desired use;
- forming process compatibility;
- and lighting methods/conditions that the three-dimensional visual will ultimately be viewed in,
- g. aligning the three-dimensional mold with the overall two-dimensional image in preparation for formation,
- h. forming the three-dimensional image using the overall two-dimensional image and three-dimensional mold.
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