Patent ID: 11874493
Assignee: LIGHT FIELD LAB, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC F  G  H

Claim 22:
23. A method of determining four-dimensional (4D) plenoptic coordinates for content data, the method comprising:
receiving content data;
determining locations of data points with respect to a first surface to create a digital volumetric representation of the content data, the first surface being a reference surface;
determining 4D plenoptic coordinates of the data points at a second surface by tracing the locations the data points in the volumetric representation to the second surface where a 4D function is applied; and
determining energy source location values for 4D plenoptic coordinates that have a first point of convergence;
wherein the second surface corresponds to a waveguide system of an energy directing device, and energy is operable to be directed through the waveguide system according to the 4D plenoptic coordinates of the data points to form a detectable volumetric representation of the content data.