Patent ID: 6916436
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: B29C,B44C,B44F

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a quasi-three dimensional image starting from a two-dimensional image comprising the steps of: a. selecting an overall two-dimensional image, b. determining a portion of the overall two-dimensional image that is to be made three-dimensional and a portion of the overall two-dimensional image that is to remain two-dimensional, c. producing a three-dimensional mold of the area predetermined to become a three-dimensional visual image within the overall two-dimensional image, d. determining a registration system that makes image-to-mold alignment compatible according to either an optical or digital system that is being used in the method, e. precompressing a portion of the overall two-dimensional image that is to be made three dimensional using the registration system, f. determining the size and substrate, or material, to carry the overall image; the desired use; forming process compatibility; and lighting methods/conditions that the three-dimensional visual will ultimately be viewed in, g. printing the overall two dimensional image, including the precompressed portion onto the substrate, h. aligning the three-dimensional mold with the substrate with the printed overall two-dimensional image having a precompressed portion using the predetermined registration system, in preparation for three dimensional image formation, i. forming a three-dimensional image out of the substrate with the printed overall two-dimensional image having a precompressed portion using the overall two-dimensional image having a precompressed portion and three-dimensional mold.