Method of converting two dimensional images into three-dimensional images
US6553184B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 20, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 20, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2013/0085
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images. In the present invention, a first image which forms the basis and a second image obtained by horizontally shifting the first image are produced from the original two-dimensional image. One of the first image and the second image is taken as a left eye image, and the other image is taken as a right eye image. If the left eye image and the right eye image obtained are displayed on a display almost simultaneously, and the left eye image and the right eye image displayed are viewed with the left eye and the right eye of a viewer, therefore, the original two-dimensional image is recognized as an image having a three-dimensional effect by the viewer even when it is a still image.
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