SVVRON Sensor Mesh for Glass-Free 3D Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image capturing and producing devices are unable to capture and reproduce the angles of light rays falling from various directions, limiting their ability to produce 3D images without the need for special glasses.
Innovation Solution
The use of SVVRONs (Raised Rivet Crown Head with Rectangular or Hexagonal Base) for image sensors and light emitters, arranged in a mesh layout to capture and produce light rays at various angles and intensities, mimicking the way light interacts with mirrors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If flat mesh layout of light sensors and emitters is used, then device complexity is reduced and manufacturing is easier, but the ability to capture and reproduce light ray angles from various directions is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a 2D flat mesh layout to a 3D hemispherical arrangement of light sensors and emitters. This dimensional change enables capture and reproduction of light rays from multiple angles simultaneously, preserving angular information that would be lost in a flat configuration while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through modular assembly processes
2Ease of operation
If 3D image capture and production without glasses is achieved, then viewer comfort and accessibility are improved, but device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the imaging system into multiple independent sensor elements and emitter elements arranged in a hemispherical pattern. Each segment captures or emits light from a specific angular direction, and the collective arrangement achieves full 3D image capture and reproduction without requiring complex single-element optics or special viewing glasses
Solution Approach 2:
By arranging sensors and emitters in a 3D hemispherical configuration rather than a flat 2D array, the system naturally captures and reproduces angular information from all directions. This geometric approach to 3D imaging avoids the need for complex mechanical or optical mechanisms, reducing overall device complexity while enabling glass-free viewing
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
This approach enables the capture and production of 3D images from all angles without the need for special glasses, providing a more natural and immersive viewing experience.
Implementation Method 1
Household cheap mirrors can produce 3D images without any complex circuitry and 'without any special glasses'... normal household mirrors reflect light rays falling on it from all 'directions' at corresponding various 'angles', in all directions, at each point of the mirror
Implementation Method 2
Market available image producing devices have 'flat' (or cuboid) light emitters which are laid out in a mesh layout, which send same light rays, with same intensity, in front and all directions... SVVRONs... that can capture and produce light rays at various angles and intensities, mimicking the way light interacts with mirrors
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AI summary
The present invention relates to enhancing the image capturing devices, and to enhance the image producing devices, in such a way that they can capture and produce 3D images without the need of any gear to be worn by the viewers. The proposed solution is inspired by ray optics, geometry, mirrors, diamond cuts, eyes, rods & cones of human eyes, and retina design of human eyes. It doesn't “trick” the eyes and brain, it doesn't manipulate the images like current technologies do to give the 3D effect. The invention describes how the light sensors and light emitters, and their layouts to be changed in imaging devices like cameras and TV screens, to capture and produce 3D images, whether or not the directional information can be captured by image sensors and emitters.