Patent · US Expired

3D motion picture theatre

US7180663B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 19, 2002
Grant dateFeb 20, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 19, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N13/363
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When any observer receives an image of a scene having the same relative size, shape and location on the retina of each of his two eyes at any instant and the image of the scene has some component of horizontal motion in any direction, the image viewed is three dimensional. If the motion occurs, all scene-object points are spatially located in playback since all of the original ray angles between camera and scene points are reproduced for both eyes by the ray cross-overs at the scene image points. When successive frames are presented, the brain cognizes the motion in linking the frames by persistence of vision. For the brain to perceive an item as moving it must connect these frames, but because of intersecting rays coming from any spatial location in successive frames, the brain cannot connect the frames without also locating the points in space.

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