IP Library Granted Patent US 9,167,177
Granted Patent B2
US 9,167,177 · App. 14/268,423 · Granted Oct 20, 2015

Systems and methods for creating an eternalism, an appearance of sustained three dimensional motion-direction of unlimited duration, using a finite number of images

Inventors: Kenneth Martin Jacobs (New York, NY); Ronald Steven Karpf (Corvallis, OR)
H04N5/2627G02B27/017G02B27/2221G02C7/101H04N13/0033H04N13/04H04N13/0438H04N13/0454H04N13/0456H04N13/0497G02B2027/014G02B2027/0134H04N13/026H04N13/0431H04N13/0434H04N2213/002H04N2213/006H04N2213/008
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Patent No.
US 9,167,177
App. No.
14/268,423
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Data comprising a compressed image frame and temporal redundancy information is received. The image frame is decompressed. A plurality of bridge frames that are visually dissimilar to the image frame are generated. The image frame and the plurality of bridge frames are blended, generating a plurality of blended frames, and the plurality of blended frames are displayed.

Claims (43)

1. A method of displaying one or more frames of a video, the method comprising:

receiving data comprising a compressed image frame and temporal redundancy information;

decompressing the image frame;

generating a plurality of bridge frames that are visually dissimilar to the image frame, wherein the plurality of bridge frames includes:

a first bridge frame having a first width, the first bridge frame comprising a first white rectangle in an upper portion of the first bridge frame, the first white rectangle having the first width, and a first dark rectangle in a lower portion of the first bridge frame, the first dark rectangle having the first width; and

a second bridge frame having a second width, the second bridge frame comprising a second white rectangle in a lower portion of the second bridge frame, the second white rectangle having the second width, and a second dark rectangle in an upper portion of the second bridge frame, the second dark rectangle having the second width;

blending the image frame and the plurality of bridge frames, generating a plurality of blended frames, wherein the plurality of blended frames include:

a first blended frame that includes the first dark rectangle in a lower portion of the first blended frame and a first portion of the image frame in an upper portion of the first blended frame; and

a second blended frame that includes the second dark rectangle in an upper portion of the second blended frame and a second portion of the image frame different from the first portion in a lower portion of the second blended frame; and

displaying the plurality of blended frames consecutively within a video.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

decompressing the image frame based on the temporal redundancy information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data comprises a compressed video file associated with a compression format that uses temporal redundancy to achieve compression of video data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein each bridge frame comprises a timed unlit-screen pause.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying the plurality of blended frames in accordance with a predetermined pattern.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying the blended frames in accordance with a predetermined pattern that includes a first pattern comprising the plurality of blended frames, and a second pattern that comprises repetition of the first pattern.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bridge frames comprise a first bridge frame having a first pattern and a second bridge frame having a second pattern that is complementary to the first pattern.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a storage configured to:

store a compressed image frame and temporal redundancy information; and

a processor configured to:

receive the compressed image frame and the temporal redundancy information;

decompress the image frame;

generate a plurality of bridge frames that are visually dissimilar to the image frame, wherein the plurality of bridge frames includes:

a first bridge frame having a first width, the first bridge frame comprising a first white rectangle in an upper portion of the first bridge frame, the first white rectangle having the first width, and a first dark rectangle in a lower portion of the first bridge frame, the first dark rectangle having the first width; and

a second bridge frame having a second width, the second bridge frame comprising a second white rectangle in a lower portion of the second bridge frame, the second white rectangle having the second width, and a second dark rectangle in an upper portion of the second bridge frame, the second dark rectangle having the second width;

blend the image frame and the plurality of bridge frames, generating a plurality of blended frames, wherein the plurality of blended frames include:

a first blended frame that includes the first dark rectangle in a lower portion of the first blended frame and a first portion of the image frame in an upper portion of the first blended frame; and

a second blended frame that includes the second dark rectangle in an upper portion of the second blended frame and a second portion of the image frame different from the first portion in a lower portion of the second blended frame; and

display the plurality of blended frames consecutively within a video.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

decompress the image frame based on the temporal redundancy information.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the data comprises a compressed video file associated with a compression format that uses temporal redundancy to achieve compression of video data.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein each bridge frame comprises a timed unlit-screen pause.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the plurality of blended frames in accordance with a predetermined pattern.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the blended frames in accordance with a predetermined pattern that includes a first pattern comprising the plurality of blended frames, and a second pattern that comprises repetition of the first pattern.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of bridge frames comprise a first bridge frame having a first pattern and a second bridge frame having a second pattern that is complementary to the first pattern.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image frame is associated with a first video, the method further comprising:

displaying the plurality of blended frames derived from the image frame in a second video.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: KARPF, RONALD S
To: VDPP, LLC
Reel/Frame 049648/0059 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 049039 FRAME: 0170. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 2, 2019
From: VISUAL EFFECTS INNOVATIONS, LLC
To: JACOBS, KENNETH; KARPF, RONALD
Reel/Frame 049079/0956 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2019
From: VISUAL EFFECTS INNOVATIONS, LLC
To: JACOBS, KENNETH; KARPF, RONALD
Reel/Frame 049039/0170 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2017
From: JACOBS, KENNETH; KARPF, RONALD
To: VISUAL EFFECT INNOVATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 041136/0651 →
Continuity (17)
Continuation 13168493 · Jun 24, 2011
Continuation In Part 12555482 · Sep 8, 2009
Continuation In Part 12938495 · Nov 3, 2010
Division 12555545 · Sep 8, 2009
Continuation In Part 12274752 · Nov 20, 2008
Division 12274752 · Nov 20, 2008
Continuation In Part 11928152 · Oct 30, 2007
Continuation In Part 11372723 · Mar 10, 2006
Continuation 11373702 · Mar 10, 2006
Continuation 11373702
Continuation In Part 10054607 · Jan 22, 2002
Continuation In Part 10054607
Provisional Application 61398981 · Jul 2, 2010
Provisional Application 60664369 · Mar 23, 2005
Provisional Application 60661847 · Mar 15, 2005
Provisional Application 60263498 · Jan 23, 2001
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