This invention describes a system that creates special printed images called light field prints. It takes multiple views of a scene and, using information about the printing process and how light blurs, generates two distinct patterns. These patterns are then printed onto separate transparent layers, which, when stacked, form a single print that shows different views depending on the angle it's seen from. The claims specifically focus on the manufacturing process for these passive, layered prints.
Why it matters: The complex pattern generation for light field prints, computationally intensive in 2023, could now be more efficiently handled by advancements in AI-driven computational imaging and rendering techniques.
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