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US 8,570,652 B2Granted
Solid vision
OwnerNagappan Muthusamy Sundararinventor
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Abstract
Two image formation apparatuses are used to create pairs of images of an object analogously to the operation of two human eyes. Then the portions of the images analogous to the nasal field of view of the eyes are removed, leaving the outer portions of each pair of images. These outer portions are combined to create a resultant image that gives an enhanced impression of solidity. The relative proportions of the portions removed from the images are adjustable responsive to factors such as position of the object being imaged.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- obtaining first and second images of a scene to be imaged, from image formation apparatus;
- segmenting each image into respective first and second portions prior to display;
- receiving and mixing a first and second signals, representative of the first and second images respectively, in a mixer and
- wiping the second portion of the first image and the first portion of the second image;
- displaying the first portion of the first image adjacent to the second portion of the second image to yield a result image perceivable as solid by a viewer,
- wherein
- for the first image, the first portion substantially corresponds to an expected temporal portion of a field of view of a user's first eye and the second portion substantially corresponds to an expected nasal portion of the field of view of the user's first eye;
- for the second image, the first portion substantially corresponds to an expected nasal portion of a field of view of the user's second eye and the second portion substantially corresponds to an expected temporal portion of the field of view of the user's second eye;
- and
- the result image substantially eliminates the expected nasal portions of the first and second images.
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Apparatus comprising:
- first and second image formation devices;
- at least one processor for performing operations comprising
- segmenting each image into respective first and second portions prior to display;
- and
- combining the first portion of the first image with the second portion of the second image to yield a result image perceivable as solid by a viewer;
- mixer adapted to receive a first and second signals representative of the first and second images, respectively and mix the first and second signals by wiping the second portion of the first image and the first portion of the second image;
- at least one display adapted to display the result image
- wherein
- for the first image, the first portion substantially corresponds to an expected temporal portion of a field of view of a user's first eye and the second portion substantially corresponds to an expected nasal portion of the field of view of the user's first eye;
- for the second image, the first portion substantially corresponds to an expected nasal portion of a field of view of the user's second eye and the second portion substantially corresponds to an expected temporal portion of the field of view of the user's second eye;
- and
- the result image is a single real image consisting of the first portion of the first image and the second portion of the second image adjacent to one another;
- and
- the result image substantially eliminates the expected nasal portions of the first and second images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.