3D Image Projection via Slice Segmentation and Color Interpolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional processing capabilities are insufficient to display images on large two-dimensional visual displays, especially when transitioning to even larger three-dimensional visual displays in venues, leading to inadequate immersion for audiences.
Innovation Solution
An image projection system that employs a kernel-based sampling technique to transform two-dimensional images into three-dimensional projections by logically segmenting the media plane and image into slices, interpolating color information using nearby pixels, and projecting these onto a three-dimensional media plane, enabling real-time or near-real-time image rendering.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional processing capabilities are used for two-dimensional visual displays, then the processing load is manageable, but the processing capability is insufficient for three-dimensional visual displays
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the three-dimensional media plane into multiple two-dimensional slices at different depths. Each slice can be processed independently using conventional two-dimensional processing capabilities, then composited together to form the final three-dimensional image. This segmentation allows the system to handle complex 3D processing tasks using simpler 2D processing operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the three-dimensional image processing problem into a series of two-dimensional processing problems by slicing the 3D space. The processing occurs in 2D planes, but the results are combined across the third dimension (depth) to create the final 3D visualization, effectively solving a 3D problem using 2D processing techniques.
2Adaptability or versatility
If large three-dimensional visual displays are implemented, then audience immersion is enhanced, but conventional processing capabilities become insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the large three-dimensional display into multiple smaller two-dimensional slices, the system can process each slice independently and in parallel. This segmentation maintains high display capability while improving processing efficiency through distributed computation across multiple slices rather than attempting to process the entire 3D volume as a single unit.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent processes only the necessary two-dimensional slices required for the current view rather than computing the entire three-dimensional dataset. This partial processing approach maintains high display quality while significantly reducing the computational burden, allowing real-time or near-real-time rendering of large 3D displays.
3Ease of operation
If two-dimensional images are projected directly without transformation, then processing is simple, but the immersion experience is insufficient for three-dimensional venues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality transformation by converting two-dimensional input images into three-dimensional visualizations through slice-based processing. The system creates multiple 2D slices at different depths, applies transformations to each slice, and composites them into a 3D image, thereby enhancing immersion capability while building upon simple 2D processing foundations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary slicing and preprocessing of the image data into multiple two-dimensional slices before the actual projection. This preliminary action organizes the data in a way that enables efficient three-dimensional reconstruction during projection, maintaining processing simplicity while achieving enhanced immersion through pre-organized slice structures.
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Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can retrieve an image or a series of images, often referred to as video, that can be projected onto a media plane of a venue. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can transform the image from two-dimensions to three-dimensions for projection onto the media plane. As part of this transformation, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can logically segment the media plane into multiple slices of the media plane and the image into multiple slices of the image. Thereafter, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can project one or more pixels of the slices of the media plane onto an image space of an image slice to provide one or more points on the image slice. These systems, methods, and apparatuses thereafter weighs and accumulates color information of one or more pixels from the image slice that are nearby the one or more points on the image to interpolate color information, of the pixels of the media plane.