METHOD OF CREATION OF A VIRTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE TO ENABLE ITS REPRODUCTION ON PLANAR SUBSTRATES

摘要

A METHOD OF CREATION OF A VIRTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE (1901) TO ENABLE ITS REPRODUCTION ON AT LEAST ONE PLANAR SUBSTRATE INCLUDES CREATING A VIRTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE (100) THAT INCLUDES A GROUND PLANE (101). A VIRTUAL MODEL (409) OF AN OBJECT IS MERGED INTO THE VIRTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE AND LOCATED AT A DESIRED POSITION ON THE GROUND PLANE. A FIRST VIRTUAL CAMERA (205) IS PLACED AT A FIRST POSITION (206) IN THE VIRTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE (100). VIRTUAL LIGHTING (710) IS ADDED TO THE VIRTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE (100) TO CREATE SHADOWS (711) OF THE VIRTUAL MODEL ON AT LEAST THE GROUND PLANE (101). THE FIRST VIRTUAL CAMERA (205) IS USED FOR RENDERING OF THE VIRTUAL MODEL (409) AND THE SHADOWS TO OBTAIN A RENDERED IMAGE. THE VIRTUAL MODEL IS REMOVED AND THE RENDERED IMAGE IS PROJECTED ONTO THE GROUND PLANE. A SECOND VIRTUAL CAMERA (1617) IS PLACED VERTICALLY ABOVE THE PROJECTION OF THE RENDERED IMAGE (1516) ON THE GROUND PLANE (101) AND IS USED TO CAPTURE THE VIRTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF THE PROJECTION OF THE RENDERED IMAGE ON THE GROUND PLANE TO ENABLE REPRODUCTION OF THE VIRTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ON THE AT LEAST ONE PLANAR SUBSTRATE.