Anamorphic imaging system for the moving viewer by projecting onto two orthogonal planes

The demands for stereoscopic images are rapidly growing in recent years. However, complicated system installation and expensive devices are usually required for those applications. Also, the restrictions of visual angles and the problem of slowly displaying the contents still exist. Furthermore, the traditional applications of anamorphosis are confined to fixed viewing positions with static content. Motivated by solving those problems, this paper presents an imaging system using one projector and perspective projection to generate static and dynamic anamorphic images. Then 3D images can be superimposed and displayed above two orthogonal planes. Furthermore, not only the images can be watched at a fixed position, but the function of demonstrating anamorphic images to viewers standing at different positions can also be achieved. Experimental results have shown that the proposed algorithms can successfully fulfil those two requirements. By using perspective projection to produce static and dynamic anamorphic images, this system can diversify the usage of stereoscopic images, provide high-quality images, and enhance the 3D visual effect. Also, those functions can increase the system variety in different applications of object demonstration.

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This paper presents an imaging system using one projector and perspective projection to generate static and dynamic anamorphic images, solving the existing problems in traditional applications of stereoscopic images and enhancing the 3D visual effect.