METHOD FOR ENABLING A USER TO VIEW 2D IMAGES AS 3D IMAGES WITHOUT THE HELP OF STEREOGRAPHIC EYEGLASSES AND A SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE METHOD

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for enabling a user to view 2D images as 3D images without the help of stereographic eyeglasses and a system incorporating the method for enabling a user to view 2D images as 3D images. More specifically, the present invention method and system use two reflection mirrors, in which the first reflection mirror reflects an image, thereby creating a mirror image with the right and left sides being reversed, and then the second reflection mirror reverses the mirror image back to the original image without the right and left sides being reversed. When two eyes spaced apart from each other look at the same image through the first reflection mirror and the second reflection mirror, because of the distance between two eyes, two images having a depth are received simultaneously by the right and left eyes at different angles from each other and then perceived as 3D images by the brain. As such, without the help of stereographic eyeglasses or any other particular tool or device, those typical 2D images on an existing display can be viewed as 3D stereographic images. Accordingly, there are provided a method and system for enabling a user to view 2D images as 3D images by means of two reflection mirrors, instead of using stereographic eyeglasses, the method comprising the steps of: reflecting a 2D image by one reflection mirror, thereby creating a mirror image with the right and left sides being reversed, and then reflecting the mirror image again by another reflection mirror to restore the image back to the original 2D image; and synthesizing the 2D image received by the eyes on the left and right sides in the brain and viewing as a 3D image, wherein the eyes look at the 2D image having a depth, through said two reflection mirrors, at different angles of view, thereby making the brain perceive the 2D image as a 3D image.