Method and apparatus for converting a two dimensional motion picture into a three dimensional motion picture
AssigneeSynthonics, Inc.
InventorCharles S. Palm
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Abstract
Techniques for converting a two-dimensional motion picture into a three dimensional stereo motion picture are disclosed. Wire frames of objects in the motion picture are constructed using the frames of the two-dimensional motion picture, substituted for the two dimensional view of the object, photorealistically rendered and stereo views generated of the rendered wireframes to create stereo views of the scenes of the original motion picture. Key frame sequences can be generated in stereo automatically from stereo set up of the key frame.
Claims18
A method for converting at least one two dimensional first image comprising part of a motion picture into a three dimensional stereo representation of the first image, comprising:
- a. for at least one object within said first image, identifying a view of said object from a second image of said motion picture;
- b. using the first image and the second image to construct a three dimensional wireframe representation of said object;
- c. transforming said wireframe representation to approximately match the size and orientation of said object in said first image;
- d. replacing said object of said first image with a transformed wireframe representation of said object to produce a composite image;
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- e. capturing two views of said composite image to form a three dimensional stereo representation of the first image.
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