Digital Image Transitions via 3D Origami Folding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional slideshow technologies lack the ability to create a three-dimensional display effect for images, limiting the engagement and visual appeal in presentations and image displays.
Innovation Solution
The method involves dividing a two-dimensional display area into sections and manipulating images to create a three-dimensional effect by using techniques such as folding, flipping, and petal folds, allowing images to appear as if they are moving in a three-dimensional space, with transitions between image subsets to enhance the visual experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If conventional slideshow technologies are used, then images can be displayed sequentially, but a three-dimensional display effect cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality change by transitioning from traditional two-dimensional image display to three-dimensional visual effects. Images are manipulated to appear as if they are folding, flipping, or moving in 3D space, creating depth and spatial awareness without requiring actual 3D hardware. This resolves the contradiction by achieving enhanced dimensional display through software-based visual manipulation rather than complex hardware modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The display area is divided into multiple sections or layers that can be independently manipulated. Images are segmented into portions that can fold or flip relative to each other, creating the illusion of three-dimensional movement. This segmentation allows complex 3D effects to be achieved through coordinated manipulation of simpler display portions, reducing the overall system complexity while maintaining the desired visual effect.
2Ease of operation
If images are displayed in traditional two-dimensional format, then the display system remains simple, but viewer engagement and visual appeal are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic manipulation of images, transforming static two-dimensional displays into dynamic three-dimensional effects. Images appear to fold, flip, or move through space, creating engaging visual transitions that capture viewer attention. This dynamic approach enhances ease of operation by making the display more captivating without requiring complex interactive input from the user, as the 3D effects occur automatically during the slideshow presentation.
Data Source
AI summary
Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for displaying a sequence of multiple images to provide an appearance of a three-dimensional (3D) effect. A data processing device or system can identify multiple images to be displayed. The data processing device or system can divide a two-dimensional (2D) display area into multiple display portions. The data processing device or system can display a sequence of the identified images on the display portions so as to provide an appearance of a three-dimensional (3D) effect.