Light filtering system for creating perception of stereoscopic images from two-dimensional images and enhancing perception of objects
OwnerElliot Kornberginventor
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Abstract
A light filtering system for creating perception of a stereoscopic image from a conventional video image is disclosed. The light filtering system has a first lens formed of a red filter and a second lens formed of a green filter. In a preferred embodiment, the red filter will filter light to the dominant eye while the green filter will filter light to the non-dominant eye. A method creating perception of a stereoscopic image by a viewer of a conventional video image also is disclosed.
Claims17
A light filtering apparatus through which a person views an image to perceive the image as a stereoscopic image, said apparatus comprising:
- a first lens for filtering incident red light, said first lens comprising a red filter which substantially attenuates incident light having frequencies from approximately 450 nm to 550 nm to less than 5% transmittance and
- a second lens for filtering incident green light, said second lens comprising a red filter which substantially attenuates incident light having frequencies from approximately 450 nm to 550 nm to less than 5% transmittance and
- a second lens for filtering incident green light, said second lens comprising a green filter which transmits more than 53% of incident light having frequencies from approximately 475 nm to approximately 700 nm,
- each of said lenses being adapted to be positioned to filter light received by a corresponding eye of a person viewing.
A method of creating a three dimensional image for a viewer of a two dimensional video image provided by a standard color television said method comprising the steps of:
- placing a red filtering lens which transmits more than 45% of incident light having frequencies from approximately 600 nm to approximately 700 nm over one eye of the viewer, and a green filtering lens which transmits more than 53% of incident light having frequencies greater than approximately 475 nm over the other eye of the viewer, and
- viewing the two-dimensional video image through said red filtering and green filtering lenses to thereby create a perception of a stereoscopic image in a viewer when viewing a two dimensional video image.
A method of enhancing perception for a viewer of an object, said method comprising the steps of:
- placing a red filtering lens which transmits more than 45% of incident light having frequencies from approximately 600 nm to approximately 700 nm and which substantially attenuates incident light having frequencies from approximately 450 nm to 550 nm to less than 5% transmittance over one eye of the viewer, and a green filtering lens which transmits more than 53% of incident light having frequencies from approximately 475 nm to approximately 700 nm over the other eye of the viewer, and
- viewing the object through said red and green filtering lenses.
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