Patent ID: 8166625
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: A47G,A63J,B21D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of transforming a two-dimensional image into a diorama having a focal zone and a plurality of panels which are inclined outwardly from the focal zone, comprising the steps of: constructing a layout guide in the form of a two-dimensional projection of the diorama with guide lines diverging outwardly from the focal zone and outlining two-dimensional projections of the panels, superimposing the layout guide on the two-dimensional image with the focal zone in registration with a focal area of the image, selecting areas of the image for display on the panels of the diorama, creating an adjusted image having panels in which the selected areas are adjusted in size and/or shape to fit precisely within the guide lines for the panels of the diorama, selecting an anchor panel which remains fixed in place with the focal area of the adjusted image, rotating the other panels of the adjusted image about the focal area from a seam line toward the anchor panel to separate the image at the seam line and bring facing edges of adjacent image panels together to form an image that extends continuously across the panels from one side of the seam line to the other, printing the image with the rotated panels, trimming the printed image along the edges of the image where it was separated at the seam line, and bringing the trimmed edges together along the seam line to form a three-dimensional image.