Projection media three-dimensional simulation and extrusion
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLC
InventorAnthony A. Mecca
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Abstract
A three-dimensional (3-D) projection system includes a projector configured to output a projection of light to simulate a 3-D object, an opaque surface configured to receive the projection of light to simulate a portion of the 3-D object on the opaque surface, and a translucent scrim disposed at a boundary of the opaque surface and configured to receive the projection of light to simulate an extension of the 3-D object away from and beyond the boundary of the opaque surface.
Claims20
A three-dimensional (3-D) projection system, comprising:
- a projector configured to output a projection of light to simulate a 3-D object;
- an opaque surface configured to receive the projection of light to simulate a portion of the 3-D object on the opaque surface;
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- a translucent scrim disposed at a boundary of the opaque surface and configured to receive the projection of light to simulate an extension of the 3-D object away from and beyond the boundary of the opaque surface.
A system, comprising:
- an opaque surface;
- a transparent or translucent scrim disposed at a boundary of the opaque surface;
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- a projector configured to output a projection of light onto the opaque surface to simulate a portion of a three-dimensional (3-D) object on the opaque surface and onto the transparent or translucent scrim to simulate an extension of the 3-D object away from and beyond the boundary of the opaque surface.
A method of simulating a three-dimensional (3-D) object via a projection system, comprising:
- determining a boundary line between an opaque surface and a scrim disposed adjacent to the opaque surface;
- determining, based on a squinching algorithm, a first set of projection characteristics associated with a first portion of projected light corresponding to the opaque surface and a second set of projection characteristics associated with a second portion of the projected light corresponding to the scrim, wherein the first set of projection characteristics is different than the second set of projection characteristics;
- outputting, via a projector and based on the boundary line, the first portion of projected light onto the opaque surface to simulate the 3-D object on the opaque surface;
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- outputting, via the projector and based on the boundary line, the second portion of projected light onto a scrim to simulate an extension of the 3-D object away from and beyond the opaque surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.