# US 8,570,652 B2 · Solid vision > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,570,652 B2 - Document ID: US8570652B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/308,874 - Filed: 2007-04-16 - Published: 2010-01-07 - Granted: 2013-10-29 - Earliest claimed: 2007-04-16 - Applicants: Nagappan Muthusamy Sundarar - Inventors: Nagappan Muthusamy Sundarar - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8570652B2 ## CPC - G03B 35/08: by simultaneous recording - H04N 13/239: using two two-dimensional [2D] image sensors having a relative position equal to or related to the interocular distance (H04N13/243 takes precedence) - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising adjusting a relative size of the first and second portions in accordance with a distance from an object in the scene to the image formation apparatus prior to display. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the result image is perceivable as solid by the viewer looking straight ahead. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the image formation apparatus comprises at least one camera. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the physical image formation apparatus comprises first and second identical lenses for forming the first and second images, respectively. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the lenses are separated by a distance comparable to that between two human eyes in a human face, the focal points of the lenses forming a first plane in conjunction with some aspect of the scene and a second, perpendicular plane bisecting the distance and the scene, such that—in the result image—the first portion of the first image and second portion of the second image join at first and second sides of the second plane. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the first plane is horizontal and the second plane is vertical. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the lenses are separated by a distance adapted to a desired application. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the physical image formation apparatus comprises first and second identical assemblies for forming the first and second images, respectively. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the assemblies are separated by a distance comparable to that separating a pair of human eyes. ### Claim 11 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the operations comprise adjusting a relative size of the first and second portions in accordance with a distance from an object in the scene to the image formation devices. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the result image gives a solid impression when regarded by a viewer looking straight ahead. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The process of claim 1, wherein the first and second images are real images; and the first and second portions of the first and second images are formed by dividing the first and second images in half, respectively, based on geometries of the images. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first and second images are real images; and the first and second portions of the first and second images are formed by dividing the first and second images in half, respectively, based on geometries of the images. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The process of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the first image and the second portion of the second image do not depict overlapping regions of the scene; and the first portion of the first image and the second portion of the second image are displayed adjacent to one another to create a single result image. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first portion of the first image and the second portion of the second image do not depict overlapping regions of the scene; and the first portion of the first image and the second portion of the second image are displayed adjacent to one another to create a single result image.