3D Image Generation via Visible Input Surface Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for creating three-dimensional images are cumbersome for users, requiring both visual-spatial intelligence to visualize objects and logical-mathematical intelligence to express them as functions, making it difficult for users to effectively generate three-dimensional images.
Innovation Solution
A system that includes an input surface, a visualization device, and a processing system with memory containing computer-readable instructions to display a three-dimensional image volume, allowing users to input two-dimensional images directly into the volume, eliminating the need to define functions and providing stability through visible input surfaces and position detection for intuitive interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If users are required to define functions to create three-dimensional images, then the system can generate precise three-dimensional representations, but the ease of operation deteriorates because users must possess both visual-spatial and logical-mathematical intelligences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism that captures two-dimensional image data from the input surface and automatically transforms it into three-dimensional representations. This intermediary processing layer eliminates the need for users to directly define complex three-dimensional functions, while still achieving precise three-dimensional image generation through automated conversion of the two-dimensional input into the required three-dimensional format.
2Shape
If the input surface is not visible within the three-dimensional image volume, then the three-dimensional space appears cleaner, but the ease of operation worsens because users must mentally compensate for the separation between input surface and image volume
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the visual presentation of the input surface with the three-dimensional image volume by displaying the input surface as transparent or semi-transparent within the three-dimensional space. This merging allows users to see both the input surface and the three-dimensional image simultaneously, eliminating the need for mental compensation while maintaining the aesthetic quality of the three-dimensional representation.
3Ease of operation
If users draw directly in three-dimensional space, then the ease of operation improves, but the accuracy of input deteriorates due to lack of stability and control
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses the input surface as a stable two-dimensional reference plane that copies and translates user drawing actions into the three-dimensional space. Instead of requiring direct three-dimensional drawing, the system captures precise two-dimensional input from the stable input surface and converts it to three-dimensional representations, maintaining both the intuitiveness of direct drawing and the accuracy of precise input through the two-dimensional to three-dimensional transformation.
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AI summary
Apparatus, method and computer program for use in generating a three dimensional image. A three dimensional image volume comprising a three dimensional image is displayed using a visualization device in a way that the position and orientation of an input surface is visible within the three dimensional image volume. User input indicative of a two dimensional image provided in the plane of the input surface is received via the input surface. First positional data indicative of a relative position and orientation of the input surface in relation to the three dimensional image volume is then determined. Subsequently, the three dimensional image is modified to include a three dimensional representation of the two dimensional image, the three dimensional representation having a position and orientation within the three dimensional image volume determined from the first positional data.