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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425953 | Method, node, and network for compositing a three-dimensional stereo image from an image generated from a non-stereo application A method of assembling a composite image comprising generating three-dimensional data defining a non-stereo image, assigning a first screen portion to a first rendering node, assigning a second screen portion to a second rendering node, rendering, by the first rende... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7218376 | Adapter for three-dimensional moving image photographing device An adapter for a three-dimensional moving image photographing device includes a lens unit and a half-reflecting mirror. The lens unit comprises entrance and exit lens parts, each including release lenses disposed in the middle of the lens unit. The entrance and exit... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7142281 | Method and system for providing a three dimensional image One embodiment of the invention provides a system for providing a three dimensional image from at least two plane images. The system includes first and second image display devices substantially simultaneously outputting first and second plane images, each plane ima... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7116323 | Method of hidden surface reconstruction for creating accurate three-dimensional images converted from two-dimensional images An exemplary method of reconstructing a hidden surface area in an image includes the steps of: identifying a separation pixel gap in an image resulting from a repositioning of image pixels to create a three-dimensional image; identifying pixels from one or more imag... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116324 | Method for minimizing visual artifacts converting two-dimensional motion pictures into three-dimensional motion pictures A method for converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images includes: tracking an object in an image, the object having an object edge and an object outline thereabout, from frame to frame over a sequence of images; and creating object outlines in s... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6877857 | Steerable lightfield display An apparatus for showing images. The apparatus includes a screen. The apparatus includes a mechanism for displaying a distinct and separate image for each of a number of different observers simultaneously on the screen. A method for showing images. ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6801127 | Driving assistance display apparatus In correspondence with each face of a rectangular parallelepiped obtained when the inside of the rectangular parallelepiped is shot, a monitor screen is split into a plurality of sub-screen areas. An image shot by a vehicle-mounted camera is processed and the proces... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6778253 | Apparatus and method for displaying 3-dimensional image This invention relates to an apparatus for displaying a 3-dimensional image from at least two plane images. The apparatus comprises first and second image display devices, and first and second mirrors. The first and second image display devices receive first and sec... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6513933 | Projector and display system An image projector, having a light source, an LCD panel into which a light emitted from the light source enters, and a projection lens into which the light emitted from the LCD panel enters. There exists, in an entrance pupil of the projection lens, a ran... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6108130 | Stereoscopic image sensor A stereoscopic image sensor may be formed of a single image sensor having a pair of fields formed therein. The fields may be closer to one another than are a pair of left and right image collectors. The close spacing may be achieved by using an image redi... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5740802 | Computer graphic and live video system for enhancing visualization of body structures during surgery An interactive surgery planning and display system mixes live video of external surfaces of the patient with interactive computer generated models of internal anatomy obtained from medical diagnostic imaging data of the patient. The computer images and th... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5719620 | Autostereoscopic video device The invention relates to a single-camera autostereoscopic picture-taking device implementing an array of cylindrical lenses, characterized in that it comprises in succession: a single inlet objective (L1, L2); said lens array (20), which has a focal length suc... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5668595 | Multi-lens imaging apparatus having a mechanism for combining a plurality of images without displacement of registration This invention relates to a multi-lens imaging apparatus and, more particularly, to a multi-lens imaging apparatus for obtaining a single high-fine image by synthesizing a plurality of images obtained by picking up an image of a common object using a plur... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5640222 | Method and apparatus for producing stereoscopic images The lens body of a camera for sensing moving images is adapted for producing a stereoscopic image by first and second spaced apart optical deflectors. The deflectors include reflective surfaces which lie in parallel planes with respect to one another and ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5532777 | Single lens apparatus for three-dimensional imaging having focus-related convergence compensation The invention comprises an adapter having a set of four mirrors in two pairs located in front of a camera lens. The outer two mirrors face generally outward along the optical axis of the lens and the inner two mirrors face generally inward into the lens. ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5499051 | Multi-lens image pickup apparatus having unsharpness correcting mechanism A multi-lens imaging apparatus comprises a plurality of imaging optical systems in which an angle formed by optical axes is varied by inclining an optical axis of at least one optical system between a first state and a second state, and a plurality of ima... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5481321 | Stereoscopic motion picture projection system A stereoscopic film projection system including one or more electro-optical light modulators used as part of, or in conjunction with, stereoscopic projection optics for the above-and-below film format employed for 35 mm theatrical cinema. The optical stat... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5361106 | Cinematographic optical system A method and apparatus for providing high definition cinema pictures involves the use of a plurality of filters, each capable of transmitting light in a different wavelength band, to form a plurality of superimposed image components on the cinema film dur... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5125733 | Stereoscopic projector and method for driving projecting lenses A method and an apparatus for driving projecting lenses in a stereoscopic projector wherein a pair of projecting lenses are integrally driven so as to match (coincide) two images on a screen and simultaneously focus the images on the screen for producing ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5119234 | Camera for stereoscopic images A method and apparatus for the provision of stereoscopic three-dimensional images applicable in visual representations such as photographs, paintings, pictures and other patterns or diagrams on a surface which could be produced by other means; to kinemati... | 06/02/1992 |
| 4999713 | Interlocked zooming apparatus for use in stereoscopic cameras Disclosed is an improved interlocked zooming apparatus used in a two-barrel type stereo scopic camera. The improved interlocked zooming apparatus includes an adjusting apparatus for adjusting the range of movement of one of the zoom lenses and an automati... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4993828 | Camera and method of producing and displaying a 3-D motion picture A camera for producing 3-D motion pictures has "left eye" and "right eye" camera lenses and two corresponding film transport mechanisms. Images to be recorded on films transported by the mechanisms are reflected by semitransparent mirrors and the mechanis... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4971435 | 3-D motion picture projection apparatus In an alternate eye 3-D motion picture projection apparatus of the rolling loop type, light projection is accomplished by the combination of focal plane shutters that are coupled to the rotor of the projector and a supplementary shutter arrranged to trim ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4963015 | Recording and reproduction of images A method of recording an image of a scene onto cinematographic color film comprises forming a number of successive partial images through a single lens system onto each single frame of the film, the successive partial images being recorded in light of dif... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4934824 | Recording and reproduction of images A method of recording an image of an object onto cinematographic color film comprises forming a number of successive images of the object through a single lens system onto each frame of the film, the successive images being recorded in light of different ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4915497 | Stereoscopic motion picture apparatus with horizontal film movement An apparatus for photographing a pair of diagonally related left and right images of a stereoscopic image couple on to film frames of a horizontally moving 65 mm film having 15 film perforations per frame.... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4725863 | Stereo camera A stereoscopic camera with two lenses, in which each lens is supported by a support table fixed rigidly to two parallel resilient plates. Simultaneous focussing and convergence of the lenses is brought about by a cam urging the plates to bend, thereby con... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4603952 | Professional stereoscopic projection This invention relates to an attachment for motion picture projectors to utilize stereoscopic film. The invention contains a quick mounting means to mount it on most standard theater projectors, a means to precisely adjust the attachment to the projector ... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4596451 | Crystal pre-polarizer for 3D projection system In a 3D motion picture projection system using polarized light, a light source and a reflector for imaging a convergent beam of light onto a film gate, a film with right and left stereo images at the gate, and means for projecting, polarizing and overlapp... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4480893 | Optical and viewing system for stereoscopic photography A stereoscopic optical system for use in a camera to simultaneously photograph two separated views of a three-dimensional scene with lenticular type film and a viewing system by which the stereo pairs recorded on the lenticular film can be projected and c... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4436369 | Stereoscopic lens system A stereoscopic lens system for simultaneously recording left and right images on longitudinally displaced half-frames of a motion picture film. Left and right images are formed by a pair of adjustable receiving lenses horizontally spaced by the average hu... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4418993 | Stereoscopic zoom lens system for three-dimensional motion pictures and television Paired movie cameras, each having synchronized movements and in phase shutters, are provided with focus and zoom optics of identical, but conventional and commercial manufacture. The paired lenses are first rotated relative to one another to obtain a coin... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4295153 | Stereoscopic apparatus and method of using same A light weight, compact, stereoscopic apparatus in the form of a lens assembly that can be removably attached to a conventional still motion picture or television camera as an integral unit in place of the normal lens so that a camera may be conveniently ... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4240731 | Stereoscopic camera A stereoscopic camera has two lens-and-mirror trains for imposing a pair of stereoscopic images in side-by-side relationship on a common photographic film. Each optical train comprises a pair of oblique mirrors and plural lens elements. However, the final... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4235503 | Film projection lens system for 3-D movies Dual projection lens systems are housed together to project adjacent stereo images onto a screen in stereoscopic position relationship. An ultra-violet filter is positioned on the optical axis of each lens system, and toward the screen a separate polarize... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4183633 | Motion picture film for three dimensional projection Stereo pairs which have been printed on a single film strip are directed and focused upon a screen by an attachment for a standard motion picture projector. The images are overlapped and polarized at right angles to the other upon the screen by an optical... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4178090 | 3-Dimensional camera device This invention relates to a reflex camera device having a single lens for the photography of right and left images from an object space transmitted as first and second light ray bundles from two positions separated by an interocular distance onto a single... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4168885 | Compatible 3-dimensional motion picture projection system Stereo pairs suitable for motion picture projection are derived from conventionally taken motion picture film by selection of frames and rearrangement thereof in side by side relationship upon a continuous strip of motion picture film. The pairs so prepar... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4009951 | Apparatus for stereoscopic photography Photographic apparatus employing a single color filter for use in conjunction with a camera to produce a decodable composite image of a scene, which image has a three dimensional quality when decoded. The composite image is formed of two images, each imag... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3990087 | 3-Dimensional camera This invention relates to a reflex camera device having a single lens for the photography of right and left images from an object space transmitted as first and second light ray bundles from two positions separated by an interocular distance onto a single... | 11/02/1976 |
