3D Image Device Using Intermittent Occluder and Optical Shift
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current three-dimensional imaging technologies, such as stereoscopy and holography, often rely on additional viewing aids like glasses or complex equipment, and do not fully replicate the natural depth perception experienced in real life, limiting the immersion and information conveyed in recorded and displayed three-dimensional images.
Innovation Solution
A device that shifts and alternately occludes two or more image pathways horizontally and vertically to create a composite three-dimensional image, using optical elements like wedges and a coincidence mirror, allowing for the formation of a more natural three-dimensional effect without the need for additional viewing aids.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If stereoscopic methods present two offset images separately to the left and right eye using special glasses or polarized light, then the three-dimensional illusion is achieved, but the device complexity and requirement for additional viewing aids increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the requirement for special viewing aids (glasses, polarized light equipment) from the stereoscopic imaging system. By using a single imaging element that captures both left-eye and right-eye perspectives simultaneously in the same optical path, the invention removes the need for separate imaging channels and associated viewing equipment, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining three-dimensional illusion quality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the left-eye and right-eye imaging paths into a single optical path using one imaging element. The captured image is then processed to separate and present the two perspectives alternately to each eye, combining the functions of multiple imaging elements into one, which reduces device complexity while preserving the stereoscopic effect
2Reliability
If binocular imaging technique uses two cameras disposed eye distance apart working in different colors, then the three-dimensional impression is produced, but the information content does not exceed the sum of two two-dimensional images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs dynamic temporal separation of the left-eye and right-eye image presentations. Instead of static simultaneous presentation as in traditional binocular imaging, the invention alternates the presentation of each eye's perspective in time, allowing each eye to receive a complete high-quality image sequence rather than a continuous composite, thereby preserving full information content while maintaining three-dimensional impression
3Reliability
If holographic imaging uses laser beams and interference patterns to create three-dimensional objects, then the observer can go round the object with complete three-dimensional impression, but the device complexity and equipment requirement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a simplified optical copy of the holographic effect by using conventional imaging elements and alternating image presentation. Instead of requiring complex holographic recording and playback equipment with laser beams and interference patterns, the invention replicates the three-dimensional viewing experience using standard camera or sensor components combined with temporal image separation, thereby reducing device complexity while achieving complete three-dimensional impression
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances the natural appearance of three-dimensional images, enabling more immersive and detailed three-dimensional recordings and displays without requiring special glasses or equipment, and allows for the integration of three-dimensional imagery into various media formats.
Implementation Method 1
The component may include a first optical wedge positioned behind the intermittent optical occluder and oriented to shift the first image pathway horizontally or vertically
Implementation Method 2
an angularly adjustable coincidence mirror positioned to receive one of the two image pathways after the image pathways are shifted by the first or second set of optical elements and having a forward reflective surface
Data Source
AI summary
A device for creating more natural three-dimensional image effects which may be recorded, for example, by video cameras. The device has an intermittent image pathway occluder for receiving at least two image pathways which alternately and intermittently occludes the two image pathways, a horizontal imaging-shifting component for shifting at least one of the image pathways leftward or rightward, a vertical imaging-shifting component for shifting the image pathways upward and downward, and an image pathway compositing component which forms a coincident superimposed composite three-dimensional image after the image pathways have been shifted by the horizontal and vertical imaging-shifting components, and after passing through the intermittent image pathway occluder. Also, a device for enhancing the more natural three-dimensional effect of such images which are created and which may be recorded and/or displayed.