Contextual adjustment to shadow box images
AssigneeFont Diner, Inc.
InventorStuart Sandler
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Abstract
Apparatus and associated methods relate to modifying contextual images to portions of an image applied to a layer in a shadow box. In an illustrative example, contextual imagery may adjust a portion of an original complete two-dimensional image deconstructed and applied to any of a plurality of panel substrates. Each of the plurality of panel substrates may be spatially separated into, for example, parallel layers in the shadow box. The adjustment may be made, for example, as a static addition or subtraction to provide visual context. Some examples may include standoff contextual features on one or more of the layers. Various examples may visually enhance a dimensional parallax effect for a viewer from a wide range of viewing angles.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a shadow box, the method comprising:
- providing a housing formed of laterally opposing side walls, opposing top and bottom walls, and a back wall that extends between the side walls to define a viewing chamber;
- extracting a first plurality of images from a first source image;
- receiving the first plurality of extracted images;
- providing a plurality of transparent substrates;
- for each of the plurality of substrates, providing a corresponding mounting receiver to support the substrate layer in the viewing chamber;
- spatially distributing the first plurality of images onto at least two of the plurality of substrate layers by displacing each of the received images to register with one of the plurality of substrates;
- selecting at least one of the substrate layers to modify with visually perceptible contextual information;
- modifying the selected substrate layer to provide the visually perceptible contextual information.
An apparatus formed by a method of manufacturing a shadow box, the method comprising:
- providing a housing formed of laterally opposing side walls, opposing top and bottom walls, and a back wall that extends between the side walls to define a viewing chamber;
- extracting a first plurality of images from a first source image;
- receiving the first plurality of extracted images;
- providing a plurality of transparent substrates;
- for each of the plurality of substrates, providing a corresponding mounting receiver to support the substrate layer in the viewing chamber;
- spatially distributing the first plurality of images onto at least two of the plurality of substrate layers by displacing each of the received images to register with one of the plurality of substrates;
- selecting at least one of the substrate layers to modify with visually perceptible contextual information;
- modifying the selected substrate layer to provide the visually perceptible contextual information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.