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`61/239,049
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`24201
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`CONFIRMATION NO. 4283
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`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING TWO—D|MENS|ONAL IMAGES INTO
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`PROTECTING YOUR INVENTION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
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`Since the rights granted by a U.S. patent extend only throughout the territory of the United States and have no
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`Legend3D, Inc.
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`Legend3D, Inc.
`Exhibit 1003-0002
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`Legend3D, Inc.
`Exhibit 1003-0003
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`Legend3D, Inc.
`Exhibit 1003-0003
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`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES INTO
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`Legend3D, Inc.
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`Legend3D, Inc.
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`Legend3D, Inc.
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`Legend3D, Inc.
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`Legend3D, Inc.
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`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING TWO-DIMENSIONAL
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`Legend3D, Inc.
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`Legend3D, Inc.
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`Legend3D, Inc.
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`Legend3D, Inc.
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`Legend3D, Inc.
`Exhibit 1003-0010
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`Legend3D, Inc.
`Exhibit 1003-0010
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`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING TWO—DIMENSIONAL IMAGES INTO
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`THREE—DIMENS IONAL IMAGES
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`[0001]
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`The field of the invention is generally related to three—dimensional film post—production
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`processes. In particular, the invention relates to a system and method for converting two-
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`dimensional images into three—dimensional images.
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`BACKGROUND
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`[0002]
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`In human stereo vision, each eye captures a slightly different View of the scene being
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`observed. This difference, or disparity, is due to the baseline distance between the left and right
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`eye of the viewing subject, which results in a different viewing angle and a slightly different
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`image of the scene captured by each eye. When these images are combined by the human visual
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`system, these disparities (along with several other visual cues) allow the observer to gain a strong
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`sense of depth in the observed scene.
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`[0003]
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`Stereo image pairs exploit this ability of the human brain to combine slightly different
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`images resulting in perception of depth. In order to mimic this effect each stereo image pair
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`consists of a left eye image and a right eye image. Each image differs in the same manner as the
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`image captured by a human left and right eye would when viewing the same scene that the stereo
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`pair images. By presenting the left eye image to the left eye of a viewer only, and the right eye
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`image to the right eye only, the viewer’s visual system will combine the images in a similar
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`manner as though the viewer were presented with the scene itself. The result is a similar
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`perception of depth.
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`[0004]
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`Presenting the appropriate images to the left and right eye requires the use of a stereo
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`apparatus, of which there are any number of variations on the setup. For viewing a film
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`sequence of stereo images, however, a common setup is as follows. A pair of left and right
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`digital projectors each project the left and right eye image respectively of the stereo pair on to the
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`same film screen space. Each projector has a lens which polarizes the light leaving the projector
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`in a different manner. The viewer wears a pair of 3D eyeglasses, the viewing lenses of which
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`have a special property. The left eye—viewing lens screens out light of the type of polarization
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`Legend3D, Inc.
`Exhibit 1003-0011
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`Legend3D, Inc.
`Exhibit 1003-0011
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`being projected by the right camera, and vice versa. As a result, the left eye sees only the image
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`being projected by the left eye projector, and the right eye sees only the image being projected by
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`the right eye projector. The viewer’s brain combines the images as mentioned above, and the
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`stereo perception of depth is achieved. This setup is illustrated in FIG. 1. The projectors are
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`depicted as being side by side, but they are often stacked on top of one another in a fashion that
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`minimizes the distance between the projection sources.
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`[0005] Another common setup substitutes the pair of digital projectors with a single projector
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`which alternately displays left eye/right eye images above some minimum display rate. The
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`projector has a synchronized lens which switches polarization in time with the alternate display
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`of the images to keep the left eye and right eye images correctly polarized. Again, a pair of
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`appropriately polarized 3D eyeglasses are worn by the viewer to ensure that each eye only sees
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`the image intended for that eye.
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`[0006] Although these are common setups for the viewing of stereo image pairs, there are any
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`number of variations on the apparatus that can achieve a stereo depth effect. Essentially, any
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`apparatus that allows for the presentation of two different images, one to each eye, can
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`potentially be used to achieve the stereo depth effect.
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`[0007]
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`Capturing a stereo pair of images with the aim of reproducing a depth effect as
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`described above is relatively simple. A stereo rig is set up with a pair of synchronized cameras
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`that capture a scene simultaneously. The cameras are separated by a sufficient baseline to
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`account for the distance between the eyes of an average human viewer. In this manner, the
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`captured images will effectively mimic what each individual eye of the viewer would have seen
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`if they were viewing the scene themselves.
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`[0008]
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`There exists, however, a substantial library of image streams that were captured by
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`only a single camera, thus these image streams only contain two—dimensional information.
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`Various methods have been attempted to convert these image streams into three—dimensional
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`image streams.
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`[0009]
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`Creating a sequence of complimentary stereo image pairs from a given sequence of one
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`or more images, each captured with only a single camera, to induce the perception of three
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`Legend3D, Inc.
`Exhibit 1003-0012
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`Legend3D, Inc.
`Exhibit 1003-0012
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`dimensional depth, is a difficult problem. The pair must be constructed carefully to mimic the
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`differences a human visual system would expect to observe in a stereo pair as described above,