Patent Document ID: 20140300646
Application ID: 14311592
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for generating a dolly zoom effect in two-dimensional images projected from light field data, comprising: a) at a processor, obtaining light field data representative of a scene, the light field data comprising a plurality of representative rays; b) at the processor, generating a depth map for the scene, based on the obtained light field data; c) at the processor, selecting a location in the scene to be a fixed location; d) at the processor, determining a depth of the fixed location; e) at the processor, initializing a dolly zoom effect parameter; f) at the processor, for each of a plurality of representative rays in the light field data: determining spatial coordinates of the intersection of the representative ray with the depth map; and adjusting the determined spatial coordinates by a factor dependent on the product of the dolly zoom effect parameter and the difference between the depth of the representative ray and the depth of the fixed location; g) at the processor, generating a two-dimensional image based on the adjusted determined spatial coordinates; h) at the processor, adjusting the dolly zoom effect parameter; i) repeating steps f) through h) to generate a series of two-dimensional images; and j) at an output device, outputting the series of two-dimensional images as a motion picture.