Patent ID: 6115101
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A method of producing a plurality of three-dimensional images viewable using a lenticular sheet, comprising the steps of:selecting a plurality of subjects;choosing one of the plurality of subjects;capturing a plurality of views of the chosen subject at different parallax angles;parsing each of the views of the subject into a plurality of narrow rectangular segments equal to the number of lenticules of the lenticular sheet;compressing the width of each narrow rectangular segment by a ratio equal to the reciprocal of the plurality of parallax views of the subject obtained in the step of capturing;interleaving the plurality of segments;printing the interleaved segments;sequentially select each of the plurality of subjects and repeating the steps of capturing, parsing, compressing, interleaving and printing, whereby printed images are produced for each of the plurality of subjects;combining the printed images; andsequentially aligning a plurality of the printed images with the lenticular sheet, whereby the position of each segment below each lenticule corresponds to the parallax angle view represented by that segment obtained in the step of capturing.