SLANTED LENS INTERLACING

摘要

A method interlacing of images into an interlaced print file for controlling an output device. The interlacing method involves arranging a set of pixels in a line that is traverse but non-orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of a slant lens or lenticule. Each of these pixels is associated with a different frame/image, e.g., six or more frames are used in each interlaced image, with one being visible through the lens or lenticule at a time by a viewer. The slant lens interlacing method does not involve slicing each frame and the splicing these slices together. Instead, individual pixels from each frame are combined within a digital print file in a unique pattern to provide the non-orthogonal interlacing described herein (e.g., the new interlacing may be considered “matrix interlacing” or “angular-offset interlacing”), and a significantly larger amount of information is presented under each slant lens.

主权项

1. A method of generating an interlaced print file for a lens sheet with slanted lenticules, comprising:
providing digital files for a set of frames for interlacing; inputting a slant angle for lenticules of the lens sheet; and interlacing the frames to form an interlaced print file by positioning a number of pixels from each of the frames in the print file based on a pattern of pixel locations provided in a predefined pixel matrix, wherein the pixel matrix is configured to map the plurality of pixels to the lenticules of the lens sheet based on the slant angle with interlacing of the frames being non-orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of each of the lenticules.