Lenticular print and method of creating
OwnerRobert Chih-Jen Chiinventor
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Abstract
A lenticular print and method of producing that substantially reduces progressive pixel misalignment to produce a lenticular print that has increased angular resolution. The lenticular print includes a dot matrix pixel arrangement that is rotated with respect to the X-Y axis of a printer. The printed output of the rotated dot matrix pixel arrangement requires substantially no re-sampling interpolation. The lenticular print includes a conventional lenticular sheet having a plurality of convex shaped lenticular elements wherein the axis of the lenticular elements are substantially aligned with the axis of the pixel direction.
Claims5
A method of producing a lenticular print wherein the lenticular print is produced such that progressive pixel misalignment is substantially eliminated comprising the steps of:
- capturing a plurality of frames a subject, wherein each of said plurality of frames contains an image of the subject at a different planar angle with respect to each other;
- transferring said plurality of frames to a computing device;
- converting, with the computing device, said plurality of frames into a multi-frame composite image;
- translating said multi-frame composite image into a rotated dot matrix pixel arrangement with the dot matrix pixel arrangement having a pixel direction;
- printing the rotated dot matrix pixel arrangement onto a suitable printing substrate;
- overlaying a plurality of lenticular elements over the printed dot matrix pixel arrangement on the printing substrate such that the axis of each of the plurality of lenticular elements are in substantial alignment with the axis of the pixel direction and
- wherein said dot matrix image pixel arrangement is printed on said print substrate at an angle greater than zero degrees and less than or equal to 10 degrees with respect to the horizontal and vertical alignment of the output of the printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.