Method and system for providing three dimensional stereo image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9509974-B2
Application number	US-87193510-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2010
Priority date	Apr 13, 2010
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for providing 3D stereo image. The method comprises: accepting a request submitted from a client system by an intermediate server system; selecting an image server based on the request and responding to the client system from the image server through a processor in the intermediate server system; requesting at least one 3D stereo image by the client system from the image server according to the response; and providing the at least one 3D stereo image to the client system by the image server system. The present invention also provides a system for providing 3D stereo image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing three-dimensional stereo image of neurons or neuropils, the method comprising:
accepting a request submitted from a client system for acquiring images by an intermediate server system with no image file upload allowance;
utilizing a connection management module to select the most suitable image server system for load balancing from a plurality of image server systems by said intermediate server system based on said request and utilizing a connection control module to answer a response from the image server system to said intermediate server system without capability to change stored image files;
sending a first distribution command comprising a key information from said intermediate server system to the client system and the image server system;
sending a second distribution command from said intermediate server system to the image server system;
preventing said client system from directly accessing image files in said image server system with said intermediate server system by transmitting only plotted images from said image server system to said client system to improve security problem of data leakage;
making an image request for at least one three-dimensional stereo image of the neurons or neuropils to said image server system through said intermediate server system by said client system according to said first distribution command comprising the key information;
utilizing said connection control module to check said image request;
utilizing a 3D stereo image application module to generate a plotted image of said at least one three-dimensional stereo image of the neurons or neuropils according to an interaction command;
dividing said plotted image of said at least one three-dimensional stereo image of the neurons or neuropils into a plurality of segmented images on said selected image server system;
providing said plurality of segmented images of said plotted image of said at least one three-dimensional stereo image of the neurons or neuropils separately or together to said client system through said intermediate server system by said image server system, wherein said at least one segmented image is displayed in one or multiple synchronized three-dimensional stereo display by said client system, wherein different neurons or neuropils are shown in different colors in said at least one three-dimensional stereo image to identify different neurons or neuropils;
providing a mobile storage medium which comprises an executable computer program product for constructing an environment of said client system so as to setup said client system to be compatible to said image server system and said intermediate server system on a network, wherein said mobile storage medium comprises a USB storage device, a mobile hard disk drive, a CD disk, a DVD disk or a Blue-Ray disk; and
connecting said mobile storage medium to a computer and executing said computer program product on said computer to construct said environment of said client system on said computer.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
fetching , by a fetcher, a plurality of viewpoints of entire or a segment of at least one image from a plurality of buffers;
encoding, by a encoder, said entire or a segment of at least one image, for generating a plurality of viewpoints of entire or a segment of at least one encoded image; and
packetizing, by a packetizer, said plurality of viewpoints of entire or a segment of at least one encoded image, into at least one packet for said plurality of viewpoints of entire or a segment of at least one encoded image.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
packet reassembling, by a packet reassembler, said at least one packet for said plurality of viewpoints of entire or a segment of at least one encoded image, for acquiring said plurality of viewpoints of entire or a segment of at least one encoded image; and
decoding, by a decoder, said plurality of viewpoints of entire or a segment of at least one encoded image, for acquiring said plurality of viewpoints of entire or a segment of at least one image.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one pixel is updated in a frame of said three-dimensional stereo image from the previous frame in a video stream.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein said at least one pixel is fetched by at least one temporary history module.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising utilizing a three-dimensional stereo display to display said three-dimensional stereo image of the neurons or neuropils in active mode, passive mode, anaglyph mode, integral photography mode, or the combinations thereof.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising utilizing a plurality of three-dimensional display to display said three-dimensional stereo image of the neurons or neuropils with television wall display mode.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising utilizing a network service module in said intermediate system to provide a web server.

9. A method for providing three-dimensional stereo image of neurons or neuropils, the method comprising:
providing a web page for a client system by an intermediate server system, said web page providing a list of at least one three-dimensional stereo image of the neurons or neuropils provided by a plurality of image server systems and a summary of said at least one three-dimensional stereo image of the neurons or neuropils;
accepting a request submitted from said client system by said intermediate server system with no image file upload allowance;
utilizing a connection management module to select the most suitable image server system for load balancing from a plurality of image server systems by said intermediate server system based on said request and utilizing a connection control module to answer a response from the image server system to said intermediate server system without capability to change stored image files;
sending a first distribution command comprising a key information from said intermediate server system to the client system and the image server system;
sending a second distribution command from said intermediate server system to the image server system;
preventing said client system from directly accessing image files in said image server system with said intermediate server system by transmitting only plotted images from said image server system to said client system to improve security problem of data leakage;
making an image request for said at least one three-dimensional stereo image of the neurons or neuropils to said image server system through said intermediate server system by said client system according to said first distribution command comprising the key information;
utilizing said connection control module to check said image request;
utilizing a 3D stereo image application module to generate a plotted image of said at least one three-dimensional stereo image of the neurons or neuropils according to an interaction command;
dividing said plotted image of said at least one three-dimensional stereo image of the neurons or neuropils into a plurality of segmented images on said selected image server system;
providing user interface information and said plurality of segmented images of said plotted image of said at least one three-dimensional stereo image of the neurons or neuropils separately or together to said client system through said intermediate server system by said image server system, wherein said at least one segmented image is displayed in one or multiple synchronized three-dimensional stereo display by said client system, wherein different neurons or neuropils are shown in different colors in said at least one

Assignees

• Wang Guo-Tzau
• Chiang Ann-Shyn
• Chang Hsiu-Ming
• Chuang Chao-Chun
• Yeh Chang-Wei
• Hsieh Chang-Huain
• Nat Univ Tsing Hua
• Nat Applied Res Laboratory

Inventors

• Wang Guo-Tzau
• Chiang Ann-Shyn
• Chang Hsiu-Ming
• Chuang Chao-Chun
• Yeh Chang-Wei
• Hsieh Chang-Huain

Classifications

• H04N13/398

  Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof · CPC title

• H04N13/194 Primary

  Transmission of image signals · CPC title

• H04N13/296

  Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof · CPC title

• H04N19/597

  specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding · CPC title

• H04N13/0497

  Electricity · mapped topic