Image transformation of a picture by using a superimmposed hologram
US5991057A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03H2001/2273
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention uses a hologram superimposed on a traditional picture such as a photograph or printed picture. The hologram is more viewable at certain angle ranges than at others. This allows the hologram image, the picture or a combination of both to be seen at different angles, thus allowing different visual effects. In a preferred embodiment a pre-made multi-channel hologram is superimposed over a user's portrait photograph taken in a photo booth. The multi-channel hologram is aligned with the photograph so that by varying the viewing angle of the combined picture and hologram an interesting, entertaining or educational effect, such as transforming, or "morphing," the user's face into another face or image, is seen. For example, a portrait photograph of the user can morph into an animal's face, a skeleton, a scary beast, etc. The morphing, or transformation, effect is easily achieved by insuring that the hologram image is substantially aligned with the portrait photograph. For example, the eyes of the user's face in the portrait photograph must match up with the eyes in the multi-channel hologram. The multi-channel hologram is affixed to the photograph to produce the devi…
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