UNITED STATES PATENT
TITLE: Method to Convert Two-Dimensional Motion
Pictures for Three-Dimensional Systems
PATENT NUMBER: 4,925,294
INVENTOR: David M. Geshwind, et. al.
ISSUE DATE: May 15, 1990
ABSTRACT
Techniques are disclosed for converting standard two-dimensional film, video and stilll images to stereoscopic or binocular 3D. The output may be formatted for presentation by any three-dimensional display system including: anaglyphic, polarized or LCD-shuttered glasses for use with film, video or computer displays; goggles or helmet-mounted displays for use with immersive Virtual Reality systems; or holographic displays. In addition to conversion of existing film and video libraries to 3D, the process (commercially available as StereoSynthesis) is useful as a way to bring much-needed detail and texture to Virtual Reality environments.
The StereoSynthesis process shares much of the user-interface technology developed in US Patent #4,606,625.
Additional information is provided in the papers StereoSynthesis: A Process for Adapting Traditional Media for Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Environments and The Medical Applications of StereoSynthesis and CyberSomatic Visualization.
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