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A process whereby a sequence of geometric transformations is applied to a three-dimensional data set so that the resulting stereogram has one image plane made congruent with one plane in the viewer's space. The image plane is usually, but not necessarily, the X-Z or ground plane of the image made congruent with some X-Z plane in the viewer's spatial environment, typically a desk top, table top or floor. When viewed from an angle of view and angle of regard which duplicates that used to create the stereogram, the resulting stereoscopic image appears as a virtual, erect, orthoscopic stereo environment whose X-Y-Z coordinates are congruent with the X-Y-Z coordinates of the viewer's space.

Inventor: Steve Aubrey
Primary Examiner: Almis R. Jankus
Attorneys: Daniel L. Dawes, Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman LLP
Current U.S. Classification: 345/419; 348/E13.022
International Classification: G06T/1700

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Citations

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Claims

1. A method of creating and viewing a stereoscopic image comprising:

a) creating a digitized set of at least two images;
b) geometrically altering each individual image such that a selected plane in each of the pair of images is rectilinear;
c) presenting the stereoscopic image wherein the selected plane of one of the images is coincident with the other images; and
d) viewing the stereoscopic image from an angle and distance which recapitulates that used in creating the stereo pair of images, wherein the resulting image presents depth and congruency to a viewer's coordinate space.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein geometrically altering each of the images includes removing convergence from each of the images.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein geometrically altering each of the images includes removing parallax skew from each of the pair of images.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein geometrically altering each of the images includes removing foreshortening from each of the images.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein geometrically altering each of the images includes projective mapping.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein graphics software is used to geometrically alter each of the images.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the set of images is created by a camera.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein a non-digital set of images is digitized.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the set of images is created by a computer graphics program.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the set of images is created by a microscope.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the selected plane of each of the images is selected from a group consisting of:

a) the X-Z plane;
b) the Y-Z plane;
c) the X-Y plane;
d) a diagonal combination of any of the planes.

12. The method at claim 1 wherein the viewing technique includes anaglyphic and polarized printing and projection.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the viewing technique includes vectography.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the viewing technique includes opaque projection.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the viewing technique includes CRT.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the viewing technique includes holography.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the viewing technique includes lenticular stereography.

18. A method of creating a stereoscopic image comprising:

a) creating a digitized set of at least two images;
b) geometrically altering each of the images such that a selected plane in each of the images is restored, wherein said alteration includes at least one of a group consisting of:
i) removing convergence from each image;
ii) removing parallax skew from each image;
iii) removing foreshortening from each image;
iv) projective mapping; and
d) presenting the stereoscopic image wherein the selected plane of each image of the set is coincident with the ground plane.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the set of images is created by a camera.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein a non-digital set of images is digitized.

21. The method of claim 18 wherein the set of images is created by a computer graphics program.

22. The method of claim 18 wherein the set of images is created by geometric construction.

23. The method of claim 18 wherein the set of images is created by a microscope.

24. The method of claim 18 wherein the selected plane of each of the images is selected from a group consisting of:

a) the X-Z plane;
b) the Y-Z plane;
c) the X-Y plane; or
d) a diagonal combination of any of the planes.

25. The method of claim 18 further including viewing the stereoscopic image using anaglyphic polarized printing and projection.

26. The method of claim 18 further including viewing the stereoscopic image using vectography.

27. The method oh claim 18 further including viewing the stereoscopic image using opaque projection.

28. The method of claim 18 further including viewing the stereoscopic image using CRT.

29. The method of claim 18 further including viewing the stereoscopic image using holography.

30. The method of claim 18 further including viewing the stereoscopic image using lenticular stereoscopy.

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