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20090040296 | Head mounted display assembly - A display assembly comprised of a binocular micro-display attached to a head supported structure such as goggles, helmet, eyewear, or a headband and provides the user with an optical projection in the user's upper line of sight while providing an unobstructed horizontal line of sight of the user's external environment. | 02-12-2009 |
20090046141 | STEREOSCOPIC SPECTACLES - To provide stereoscopic spectacles for enabling a user to stably enjoy stereoscopic viewing of a stereoscopic image shown on a display screen of a portable game machine. Stereoscopic spectacles ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090051758 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The position and orientation of the viewpoint of the observer are acquired ( | 02-26-2009 |
20090051759 | EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF STEREOSCOPIC PROJECTION DISPLAYS - Equipment and methods for the synchronization of stereoscopic projection displays are described. One projection system described includes at least one projector for projecting alternate left and right eye stereoscopic images for viewing with stereoscopic viewing eyewear, and further includes an image data storage and retrieval device capable of outputting an image data stream in a first image data format, a projector capable of producing displayed image frames for viewing and having at least one spatial light modulator and a signal processing unit capable of receiving the image data stream and converting the first format to a second image data format, wherein the second image data format is compatible with the at least one spatial light modulator, and a synchronizing device comprising a frame synchronizing signal detector, a time delay unit, and a synchronizing signal transmitter, wherein the frame synchronizing signal detector is capable of generating a synchronization signal for synchronizing the eyewear with the displayed image frames, the synchronizing signal transmitter is capable of transmitting the synchronization signal, and the time delay unit is capable of causing a time delay for transmission of the synchronizing signal based at least in part on either or both of the first image format and the second image data format. | 02-26-2009 |
20090051760 | FUSION NIGHT VISION SYSTEM - A fusion night vision system having image intensification and thermal imaging capabilities includes an edge detection filter circuit to aid in acquiring and identifying targets. An outline of the thermal image is generated and combined with the image intensification image without obscuration of the image intensification image. The fusion night vision system may also include a parallax compensation circuit to overcome parallax problems as a result of the image intensification channel being spaced from the thermal channel. The fusion night vision system may also include a control circuit configured to maintain a perceived brightness through an eyepiece over a mix of image intensification information and thermal information. The fusion night vision system may incorporate a targeting mode that allows an operator to acquire a target without having the scene saturated by a laser pointer. The night vision system may also include a detector, an image combiner for forming a fused image from the detector and a display, and a camera aligned with image combiner for recording scene information processed by the first detector. | 02-26-2009 |
20090102915 | STEREOPROJECTION SYSTEM - The invention relates to stereo projection systems for displaying stereopaired images on mirror-spherical or parabolic screens and for collectively watching a stereo effect without using stereo spectacles. Said invention makes it possible to continuously dynamically superimpose the projections of the left and right picture frames of a steropair with the user's left and right eyes, respectively. Such impositions are carried out simultaneously and independently for each viewer. The technical result is attainable by that the inventive stereo projection system comprises stereo projectors which are individually allocated to each viewer and in-series connected, a monitoring system for continuously and accurately determining the viewers' eye positions, a self correcting device, video-correcting devices, automatic drives for the mechanical self-correction of the stereo projectors and the system optical elements, units which are used for forming stereopair projected images in the stereo projector and which are coupled with the video-correcting device for the video-correction of the optimal parameters of the screen images. The inventive system makes it possible to carry out the self- and video-correction in an integral manner in such a way that the comfort of the stereo effect viewing is maximally satisfied. | 04-23-2009 |
20090115842 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The image display apparatus includes first and second display elements displaying partial images of a single image, and first and second optical elements each having first, second, and third surfaces. The first and second optical elements respectively allow light fluxes from the first and second display elements to enter the first and second optical elements through the first surface, and then respectively causing the light fluxes to be reflected by the second and third surfaces to emerge from the first and second optical elements through the second surface toward an exit pupil. The second surface of the second optical element has an overlap area facing or contacting the third surface of the first optical element. The second optical element causes the light flux from the second display element to emerge toward the exit pupil through a non-overlap area in the second surface. | 05-07-2009 |
20090185030 | Multi-Person Stereo Display System - The multi-person stereo display system permits several independent viewers to see different stereo images on a single projection surface. This is accomplished through the innovative use of video multiplexing, software, control electronics, and special viewing glasses. The system is particularly useful in situations where the viewers see computer generated images from their own independent perspectives. | 07-23-2009 |
20090189976 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE SYSTEM - Provided is a stereoscopic image system. The stereoscopic image system includes a display device radiating linearly polarized light, glasses including left and right oculars each including a first polarizer disposed between the display device and the eyes of a user, a second polarizer disposed between the first polarizer and the eyes of the user, and a polarization plane rotator disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, and a quarter wave plate disposed between the display device and the first polarizer. Accordingly, even when the glasses are rotated around a normal line to surfaces of the left and right oculars, a change in the brightness of a stereoscopic image can be reduced. | 07-30-2009 |
20090231417 | Protective Glasses - The invention concerns eye protection glasses ( | 09-17-2009 |
20090273665 | Viewing System for the Manipulation of an Object - Viewing device used in the field of stereoscopy to allow a user to manipulate in his close environment a real or virtual object situated a greater or lesser distance from the user. The user can then view the manipulation spaces as well as the real and virtual spaces in the viewing device. | 11-05-2009 |
20090278917 | Providing A Collaborative Immersive Environment Using A Spherical Camera and Motion Capture - Embodiments of the present invention provide a collaborative visualization system, which integrates motion capture and virtual reality, along with kinematics and computer-aided design (CAD), for the purpose of, for example, validating a simulation with a real-world video. A spherical camera captures real-world video at a first location. At a second location, one or more head-mounted display devices display the captured real-world video and also display a simulation corresponding to the real-world video. A motion capture system captures head rotation information for one or more users to thereby to control a pan, tilt, and zoom of the real-world video so that when a position of a user's head changes, the portion of the real-world video displayed in the head-mounted display changes accordingly. Upon user input, a computer program product selects between displaying the real-world video and the simulation in the head-mounted display. | 11-12-2009 |
20090322861 | CONTINUOUS ADJUSTABLE 3DEEPS FILTER SPECTACLES FOR OPTIMIZED 3DEEPS STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING AND ITS CONTROL METHOD AND MEANS - Significantly faster state transitioning time between the optimal optical density for viewing 2D Movies as 3D movies through Continuous Adjustable 3Deeps Filter Spectacles can be achieved by using multiple layers (multi-layer) of electronically controlled variable tint materials to fabricate the right and left lenses of the 3Deeps spectacles. The use of multi-layered lenses may result in as much as a 50% decrease in transition time between states. The invention also relates to Multi-Use Electronically Controlled Continuous Adjustable 3Deeps Filter Spectacles that house within a single spectacle frame several layers of optoelectronic material in which each layer of electronically controlled relates to a different method of viewing. | 12-31-2009 |
20100007722 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display device and method for driving the same includes a plasma display device and spectacles. A 3D effect is produced by turning on the left-eye lens of the spectacles in synchronization with a left-eye image and turning on the right-eye lens of the spectacles in synchronization with a right-eye image. The left-eye image is displayed on a group of discharge cells on the plasma display device during one frame, and the right-eye image is displayed on another group of discharge cells during the next frame. The cells displaying the left-eye image have an idle period while the right-eye image is displayed, and the cells displaying the right-eye image have an idle period while the left-eye image is displayed. Thus, the cells are not continuously discharged so an afterglow phenomenon of the discharge cells is reduced. | 01-14-2010 |
20100045783 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC VIRTUAL CONVERGENCE AND HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAY USING SAME - Methods and systems for dynamic virtual convergence ( | 02-25-2010 |
20100053311 | Eyewear with Segmented Look-Through Elements - An eyewear is described comprising two segmented look-through elements each comprising an upper and a lower segment, wherein the upper segments are provided with means to selectively direct an image to the left and/or to the right eye. Preferably, said means are configured as LCD shutter glasses, optically polarized glasses, red and green glasses or as display units. The two lower segments of the two look-through elements are preferably configured as normal glasses including a pair of magnifying glasses. The eyewear can be used in a variety of environments including, in particular, the medical field and industrial processes. Furthermore, a system is described comprising such an eyewear as well as a display device to be looked at by means of said eyewear. | 03-04-2010 |
20100066819 | METHOD FOR PLAYING IMAGES ACCORDING TO A DATA COMPARISON RESULT AND IMAGE PLAYBACK SYSTEM THEREOF - An image playback method includes starting an image display module, detecting glasses data in a predetermined range, comparing the detected glasses data with a set of data to generate a first comparison result, and the image display module playing a 3D image or a 2D image according to the first comparison result. | 03-18-2010 |
20100066820 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - Provided are methods and apparatuses for displaying a stereoscopic image. The method includes alternately generating repeated left-eye images and repeated right-eye images; turning off a backlight unit during a period in which a left-eye image and a right-eye image are mixed and turning on the backlight unit during a period in which only one of the left-eye and right-eye images is displayed; and controlling a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter of shutter glasses during a period in which the backlight unit is turned on. | 03-18-2010 |
20100085424 | SWITCHABLE 2-D/3-D DISPLAY SYSTEM | 04-08-2010 |
20100091095 | Method for driving glasses-type stereoscopic display preventing visual fatigue and refractive index-variable shutter glasses - Disclosed are a method for driving a glasses-type stereoscopic display preventing visual fatigue and refractive index-variable shutter glasses. The method includes generating a plurality of left-eye viewing point images and a plurality of right-eye viewing point images. The plurality of left-eye viewing point images and right-eye viewing point images have viewing points different from each other. An initial left-eye viewing point image and a subsequent left-eye viewing point image of the plurality of left-eye viewing point images are output, and an initial right-eye viewing point image and a subsequent right-eye viewing point image of the plurality of right-eye viewing point images are output. Each of the plurality of left-eye viewing point images and right-eye viewing point images is inputted into a single pupil. The glasses include a refractive index control unit to control a strength of an electric field to vary a refractive index of the glasses. | 04-15-2010 |
20100091096 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An index extraction unit detects indices from a sensed image sensed by a sensing unit which senses an image of a physical space on which a plurality of indices is laid out. A convergence arithmetic unit calculates position and orientation information of the sensing unit based on the detected indices. A CG rendering unit generates a virtual space image based on the position and orientation information. A sensed image clipping unit extracts, as a display image, an image in a display target region from the sensed image. An image composition unit generates a composite image by compositing the extracted display image and the generated virtual space image. A display unit displays the composite image. | 04-15-2010 |
20100118128 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a display apparatus which includes a display unit; an image processor which scans a three-dimensional image including a left or right eye image to the display unit; and a controller which adjusts a blanking time, during which neither the left eye image nor the right eye image is scanned, to be different from a reference time and controls the image processor to alternately scan the left and right eye images to the display unit based on the adjusted blanking time. | 05-13-2010 |
20100157027 | Clear Mode for 3D Glasses - A viewing system for viewing video displays having the appearance of a three dimensional image. | 06-24-2010 |
20100157028 | Warm Up Mode For 3D Glasses - A viewing system for viewing video displays having the appearance of a three dimensional image. | 06-24-2010 |
20100157029 | Test Method for 3D Glasses - A viewing system for viewing video displays having the appearance of a three dimensional image. | 06-24-2010 |
20100177171 | DUAL-VIEW STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY USING LINEAR MODULATOR ARRAYS - A method for displaying first and second stereoscopic images to first and second viewers provides the first viewer with a first decoding device having a first viewer differentiating element for receiving the first stereoscopic image and further having a first left- and right-eye differentiating elements for separating left- and right-eye images. The second viewer is provided with a second decoding device having a second viewer differentiating element for receiving the second stereoscopic image and further having a second left- and right-eye differentiating element. The first stereoscopic image is displayed to the first viewer by forming a first left-eye image and forming a first right-eye image, each over substantially half of the refresh period. The second stereoscopic image is displayed to the second viewer by forming a second left-eye image and forming a second right-eye image, each over substantially half of the refresh period. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177172 | STEREOSCOPIC SCREEN SHARING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Apparatus, systems and methods of providing respective video signals to at least two viewers using a common display are disclosed. An image from a first video signal corresponding to a left perspective of a scene and an image from a second video signal corresponding to a right perspective of the scene are alternately displayed with the display. A first shuttered filter is synchronized to the display such that the first filter is shuttered when the left perspective image is displayed and a second shuttered filter is synchronized to the display such that the second filter is shuttered when the right perspective image is displayed, thereby alternately providing left and right perspective images for perception as a 3D images. In addition, display of one or more images from an additional video signal on the display is synchronized with shuttering of one or more additional shuttered filters. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177173 | Stereoscopic glasses - A pair of stereoscopic glasses includes a pair of left and right stereoscopic rims connected to each other and respectively holding stereoscopic optical components used when observing a stereoscopic image, and a stereoscopic frame that includes stereoscopic temples extending rearward from the stereoscopic rims. The stereoscopic frame is provided with an engagement section that is brought into engagement with a rim or a bridge of a frame of glasses already worn by a user in a state where the stereoscopic optical components are positioned in front of lenses of the glasses so that the stereoscopic optical components are positionally maintained in front of the lenses of the glasses. | 07-15-2010 |
20100188488 | VIDEO CUSTOMIZATION AND PRESENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A disclosed projection system includes a display that renders a video representing a sequence of original images each having a corresponding frame interval, and one or more viewing device(s). During each frame interval, multiple subimages are displayed that, in some cases, average together to approximate an original image corresponding to that frame interval. The viewing device(s) attenuate each of the subimages by a respective coefficient to synthesize a target image for each frame interval. The system may include additional viewing device(s) that apply attenuation coefficients to the subimages to synthesize a second, different target image for each frame interval. A described projection method includes displaying multiple subimages in each frame interval, and transmitting attenuation coefficients to the viewing device(s). A disclosed movie customization system includes software that causes processor(s) to process each of multiple original video images to determine the corresponding subimages and weight coefficients. | 07-29-2010 |
20100188489 | Stereoscopic Image Display System and Projection-Type Image Display Apparatus - An image display unit, such as a projection-type image display apparatus, displays a first image and a second image, having a predetermined parallax relative to the first image, onto a predetermined display region by dividing the first image and the second image temporally or spatially. First eyeglasses are to be worn by a first viewer to see the first image and the second image displayed on the display region. Second eyeglasses are to be worn by a second viewer to see the first image and the second image displayed on the display region, and the second viewer faces the first viewer in a direction parallel to the plane of display. The first eyeglasses perform a function of having the right eye of the first viewer see the first image and having the left eye of the first viewer see the second image. The second eyeglasses perform a function of having the right eye of the second viewer see the second image and having the left eye of the second viewer see the first image. | 07-29-2010 |
20100201790 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING VIEW OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY USING THE SAME - Provided is a method of controlling view of a stereoscopic image. The method includes changing the view angle and depth information of a 3D image displayed on a display according to position information for each user; and combining at least two of a spatial division technique spatially dividing light from the display, a time division technique temporally dividing light from the display and a polarization division technique dividing light from the display into lights having polarization characteristics to divide the 3D image for the each user by using the combined technique and producing a binocular disparity of for the each user. | 08-12-2010 |
20100201791 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING STEREO GLASSES SHUTTERS - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for controlling stereo glasses shutters. In use, a right eye shutter of stereo glasses is controlled to switch between a closed orientation and an open orientation. Further, a left eye shutter of the stereo glasses is controlled to switch between the closed orientation and the open orientation. To this end, the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter of the stereo glasses may be controlled such that the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter simultaneously remain in the closed orientation for a predetermined amount of time. | 08-12-2010 |
20100208043 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A 3D EFFECT ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of operating a digital video device to create an effect of a three-dimensional image comprises loading a left image into a frame buffer prior to displaying the left image on a display of the digital video device. The method additionally comprises writing a right image, displaying the right image to a right eye of a viewer, powering on a backlight to allow the right eye of the viewer to view the right image, powering off the backlight, loading a subsequent right image into the frame buffer prior to displaying the subsequent right image, writing the left image to the display, displaying the left image to a left eye of the viewer, powering on the backlight to allow the left eye of the viewer to view the left image and powering off the backlight. | 08-19-2010 |
20100208044 | Stereoscopic systems for anaglyph images - Encoding left and right eye stereoscopic image pairs into a color coded ‘anaglyph’ image allows for 3-D viewing through colored eyewear. The color mapping may be tailored locally to specific eyewear and display hardware and generates anaglyph output from distributed full-color left and right eye stereoscopic data. In an exemplary embodiment, determination of eyewear may involve viewer interaction through visual inspection of displayed calibration images or by other means. Left and right eye data may be mapped onto high quality anaglyph images. The overall approach attempts to provide a consistent, good quality stereoscopic experience for different displays and eyewear. | 08-19-2010 |
20100231696 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING STEREO GLASSES SHUTTERS - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for controlling stereo glasses shutters. In use, a right eye shutter of stereo glasses is controlled to switch between a closed orientation and an open orientation. Further, a left eye shutter of the stereo glasses is controlled to switch between the closed orientation and the open orientation. To this end, the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter of the stereo glasses may be controlled such that the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter simultaneously remain in the closed orientation for a predetermined amount of time. | 09-16-2010 |
20100259603 | Video display apparatus, video viewing glasses, and system comprising the display apparatus and the glasses - Provided is a video system equipped with a video display apparatus, and video viewing glasses for use in viewing a video displayed on the video display apparatus. The video display apparatus includes: a display section for displaying a video; a synchronizing signal generator for generating an external synchronizing signal for notifying an end of displaying a frame constituting the video in synchronism with the video; and a synchronizing signal transmitter for transmitting the external synchronizing signal to the video viewing glasses. The video viewing glasses include: a synchronizing signal receiver for receiving the external synchronizing signal; an optical filter section having a pair of optical filters for adjusting amounts of light to be transmitted to a left eye and a right eye of a viewer, respectively; and an optical filter controller for controlling the optical filter section based on the external synchronizing signal. | 10-14-2010 |
20100277575 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A 3D IMAGE VIA A MEDIA DEVICE - Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for providing a 3D image and/or 3D video. Specific embodiments can provide a 3D image and/or 3D video via a handheld media player. Examples of handheld media players via which embodiments can provide a 3D image and/or 3D video include, but are not limited to, an IPod®, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cell phone, or an IPhone®. In accordance with specific embodiments of the invention, the problem of viewing three-Dimensional (3D) images on personal or handheld media devices is solved by the use of a compatible 3D viewer. Embodiments of the viewer, can provide a 3D experience to a user from images provided on the smaller viewscreen of a smaller, personal, or handheld media device. Specific embodiments described herein provide a 3D viewer that can present two stereoscopic images (i.e., 2-Dimensional (2D) images, having horizontal disparity) to a user's or viewer's eyes, such that each eye sees only one of the two stereoscopic images. By the process of stereopsis, the images are combined by the brain into a single 3D image giving the sensation, or perception, of depth and/or distance. | 11-04-2010 |
20100295929 | SYNCHRONIZATION CIRCUITS AND METHODS USABLE IN SHUTTER GLASSES - Described herein are circuits and methods enabling a user to view 3D video using shutter glasses. The shutter glasses can wirelessly receive a video synchronization signal to synchronize the timing of a shutter operation with the timing of displayed video. A self-timing signal can be generated based on a measured period of the video synchronization signal. A low-power mode of operation can be entered for a period of time in which reception of the video synchronization signal is disabled and the shutter operation is controlled based on the self-timing signal. | 11-25-2010 |
20100302350 | Method of Defining Stereoscopic Depth - A method for efficiently manipulating 3D scenes recorded by a virtual camera using a computer system comprised of projectors, graphics accelerators, one or more CPUs, instances of 3D rendering software, and a MIDI interface, includes receiving from the MIDI controller camera parameters, defining left camera and right camera parameters based on the camera parameters, determining left and right images based upon left and right camera parameters, projecting left and right images, viewing left and right images, integrating left and right images to represent a 3D scene, manipulating the 3D scene until the user is satisfied, and storing the left and right camera parameters, and storing the left and right images. | 12-02-2010 |
20100309295 | 3D VIDEO PROCESSOR INTEGRATED WITH HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - A 3-D stereo video device that includes a headset housing that incorporates a 3-D video processor chip, video display driver circuitry, micro-displays and optics such that the only required external component is a joystick or other user input device. By utilizing a direct digital video interface between the video processor chip and the video driver chip, the need for video signal encoder/decoders, digital to analog converters, video up-converters and other similar complicated circuitry to handle remotely generated analog video signals are eliminated. The design not only saves cost but also allows for a higher resolution, higher frame-rate video presentations than previous designs. | 12-09-2010 |
20100315494 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are a display apparatus and a control method of the same. The display apparatus includes: an organic light emitting panel which alternately scans a left-eye image and a right-eye image in units of a frame; a signal transmitter which outputs a control signal to external shutter glasses to open or to close a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter of the shutter glasses; and a controller which controls the signal transmitter to make open and closed states of the left-eye shutter and the right-eye shutter be opposite to each other, and controls emission of the organic light emitting panel to display an image corresponding to an open shutter and not to display an image opposite to the open shutter when one of the left-eye shutter and the right-eye shutter is open. | 12-16-2010 |
20100328439 | IMAGE SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE VIEWING EYEGLASSES WITH THEM - An image system comprises an image display device which displays images, and image viewing eyeglasses used for viewing images displayed by the image display device. The image display device comprises an image display device configured to display image; and image viewing eyeglasses used for viewing the image displayed by the image display device, wherein the image display device includes: a display portion configured to display the image in time series to be viewed using the image viewing eyeglasses; a synchronization signal generator configured to generate a synchronization signal in synchronization with frame of the image, the synchronization signal including prescribed bit series to transmit bit data described by the presence or absence of a pulse; and a synchronization signal transmitter configured to transmit the synchronization signal, and the image viewing eyeglasses include: an optical filter portion configured to adjust an amount of light transmitted to a left eye and a right eye of a viewer; a synchronization signal receiver configured to receive the synchronization signal transmitted from the synchronization signal transmitter; a synchronization signal analyzer configured to detect the bit series, analyze a pattern of the bit series during a predetermined detection time when the synchronization signal analyzer detects the first pulse received by the synchronization signal receiver, and generate control data to control the optical filter portion; and an optical filter controller configured to control the optical filter portion with the control data. | 12-30-2010 |
20110018980 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic display apparatus is cooperated with a shutter apparatus. The stereoscopic display apparatus includes a light-emitting diode (LED) display unit. The LED display unit has a plurality of LEDs. The LED display unit alternately outputs a left-eyed image and a right-eyed image. | 01-27-2011 |
20110037837 | Shutter glasses and shutter control method - Shutter glasses for allowing a user to perceive 3D video includes: a shutter for a right eye and a shutter for a left eye performing open and close operations of shutters in accordance with a timing signal synchronized with 2D video displayed on a display; a detection means for detecting light intensity of linear polarized light; and a shutter control means for controlling ON/OFF for driving the shutter for the right eye and the shutter for the left eye in accordance with the detected light intensity of the linear polarized light. | 02-17-2011 |
20110050865 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus and a driving method thereof. The display apparatus includes: a video processor which processes an input video signal including a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a display unit which displays an image based on the video signal processed by the video processor; a backlight unit which emits light to the display unit; and a controller which controls at least one of the display unit and the backlight unit so that a margin period between a scan of the left-eye image and a scan of the right-eye image corresponds to a period during which the left shutter and the right shutter are shifted between opened and closed states. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050866 | SHUTTER GLASSES FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Shutter-type three-dimensional (3D) glasses used with a display apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic image, and a driving method thereof are provided. The shutter-type 3D glasses include a shutter which includes a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter alternately opened and closed in sync with a left-eye image and a right-eye image; a signal receiver which receives a synchronous signal for driving the shutter from the display apparatus; and a shutter driver which determines whether a synchronous signal is normal or abnormal, compensates the synchronous signal if the synchronous signal is abnormal, and supplies the compensated synchronous signal to the shutter. | 03-03-2011 |
20110058025 | LEFT AND RIGHT SHUTTER CONTROL USING VISIBLE LIGHT EMITTER - Methods and means related to viewing three-dimensional images are provided. Three-dimensional imagery is displayed on an electronic display of a laptop computer or other suitable device. A light-emitting device that is integral to the laptop is controlled to provide shutter synchronization signals to a pair of three-dimensional viewing glasses. The light-emitting device can also be controlled to provide a user with status information for a camera or other feature of the laptop. Materials and user time are conserved by using a built-in resource of the laptop rather than requiring a single-purpose peripheral device. | 03-10-2011 |
20110096154 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, 3D SPECTACLE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional ( | 04-28-2011 |
20110141246 | System and Method for Producing Stereoscopic Images - A system and method for displaying a stereoscopic image to a guest that compensates for spatial orientation of the guest includes providing a guest with a device comprising eye lenses, projecting a first and a second image on a surface viewable by the guest, wherein the first image has a polarizing vector that is orthogonal to a polarization vector of the second image, varying the rotational and translational orientation of the guest relative to the surface viewable by the guest, maintaining a directional correspondence between the polarizing vector for the one eye lens and that of the first image and the other eye lens and that of the second image during changes in the guest rotational and translational orientation to reduce distortion in the images viewed by the guest. | 06-16-2011 |
20110164122 | Vision correction for high frame rate TVs with shutter glasses - A television consistent with certain implementations has a display system having a display frame refresh rate R. A frame synchronizer transmitter transmits a signal used to synchronize frame refreshes for a left and right eye images of shutter glasses, where a sequence of left and right eye images to the shutter glasses defines one image cycle. A video processor that alters at least one image per image cycle so that at least one of the images to at least one eye of at least one of the shutter glasses is synchronized to a display frame that has been altered by the video processor. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 07-07-2011 |
20110169928 | VIDEO EYEWEAR FOR SMART PHONE GAMES - Connections, software programming and interaction between a smart phone and a Head Mounted Display (HMD) or other video eyewear to improve user experience. The signal from an accelerometer and/or a touch screen in a smart phone is used only for certain control of an application program, such as to steer a racing car or a plane or to move a game persona character within a virtual space. The main scene for the game is displayed in the HMD and not the smart phone screen. One or more inputs from the HMD such as a head tracker or camera, are connected to the smart phone either via a wire or wirelessly such as via WiFi or Bluetooth. The head tracking and/or camera inputs are used as another input to the game, such as to pan/zoom or change the viewpoint of the user. In a still further implementation, the HMD also can have an integrated processor to make it a “smart” HMD. The game can take advantage of the processing power in such a smart HMD, to implement functions such as side-by-side video processing to provide 3D video to the user. | 07-14-2011 |
20110181707 | METHOD FOR DRIVING 3D BINOCULAR EYEWEAR FROM STANDARD VIDEO STREAM - A video eyewear device in which parallel side-by-side video signals are driven as analog signals to the left and right displays, with timing controlled by a common sampling clock. A left display sampling clock burst occurs during an active video period and the right display burst occurs during the same portion of the active video period. | 07-28-2011 |
20110187837 | PIXEL SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING THREE-DIMENSIONAL EYEWEAR - An application for a three-dimensional television system includes content encoded with left/right frame indicators at a pre-determined location on each frame. For example, during display frames meant for a first eye, the set of pixels contain a first pattern while during display of frames meant for the second eye, the set of pixels contain a second pattern. A detector interfaced to the screen of the television detects the left/right indication and provides synchronization to shutters of three-dimensional eyewear. The detector is positioned over the set of pixels and determines which pattern is displayed, generating a synchronization signal based upon the patterns. The synchronization signal is then transmitted to three-dimensional eyewear where it is used to control the shutters. In some embodiments, a phased-locked loop is provided within the three-dimensional eyewear to continue operation during periods when the transmission of the synchronization signal is blocked or otherwise interrupted. | 08-04-2011 |
20110187838 | FRAME SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING THREE-DIMENSIONAL EYEWEAR - An application for a three-dimensional television system includes content encoded with left/right frame indicators at a pre-determined location on each frame. For example, during display frames meant for a first eye, the set of pixels contain a first pattern while during display of frames meant for the second eye, the set of pixels contain a second pattern. A detector interfaced to the screen of the television detects the left/right indication and provides synchronization to shutters of three-dimensional eyewear. The detector is positioned over the set of pixels and determines which pattern is displayed, generating a synchronization signal based upon the patterns. The synchronization signal is then transmitted to three-dimensional eyewear where it is used to control the shutters. In some embodiments, a phased-locked loop is provided within the three-dimensional eyewear to continue operation during periods when the transmission of the synchronization signal is blocked or otherwise interrupted. | 08-04-2011 |
20110187839 | FRAME BASED THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENCODING METHOD - An application for three-dimensional encoding of frames of a digital video includes reserving a subset of pixels of each frame of the digital video and encoding frames meant for a first eye with a first pattern and encoding frames meant for the second eye with a second pattern, the second pattern being detectably different than the first pattern. Optionally, for frames having content for both eyes, any other pattern that is detectably different from the first pattern or second pattern is encoded into the subset of pixels. The subset of pixels is used during playback to shutter the left-eye and right-eye to simulate three-dimensions. | 08-04-2011 |
20110187840 | THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY AND METHOD THEREOF - A three dimensional display and a method thereof are provided. The display includes an image display device and a shutter glasses. The image display device receives a video signal to display a left eye frame or a right eye frame, and outputs a shutter synchronization signal according to whether the left eye frame or the right eye frame is displayed. The shutter glasses is coupled to the image display device to open a left eye glass or a right eye glass according to the shutter synchronization signal. Therefore, the display and the method prevents the left eye and the right eye from receiving an incomplete frame. | 08-04-2011 |
20110193946 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS SYNCHRONIZING THREE-DIMENSIONAL EYEWEAR - An application for transmission of a three-dimensional eyewear synchronization signal to synchronize the operation of shutters of three-dimensional eyewear uses an industry standard wireless transmission technique. To compensate for inherent latencies of such transmission techniques, the latencies are measured and monitored to determine expected latencies and the shutter synchronization signal is skewed by the latency. In some embodiments, the synchronization signal is further adjusted by a user skew control. | 08-11-2011 |
20110199463 | DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED CAMERA - A display system for displaying images to one or more people is disclosed having a display that receives and presents at least one image to a viewing region, wherein the images include 2D or 3D images and an image capture device associated with the display for capturing images of the viewing regions. The display further includes an image analyzer for detecting people in the viewing regions including detecting a category of eyewear that is worn by at least one person; and the image analyzer adjusting at least one image based on the detected people and the detected category of eyewear that is worn by at least one person. | 08-18-2011 |
20110199464 | 3D Glasses - A viewing system for viewing video displays having the appearance of a three dimensional image. | 08-18-2011 |
20110211051 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device is provided. The display device includes a signal receiving unit which receives an image signal including a left image and a right image; a signal processing unit which processes the image signal received by the signal receiving unit; a display unit which displays a three-dimensional image based on the image signal processed by the signal processing unit; a user input unit which receives user input regarding an operation mode of the three-dimensional glasses; a synchronizing signal output unit which outputs a synchronizing signal to open and close the left shutter and the right shutter of the three-dimensional glasses corresponding to the left image and the right image, respectively; and a controller which controls the synchronizing signal output unit to output the synchronizing signal based on the operation mode of the three-dimensional glasses obtained from the received user input. | 09-01-2011 |
20110216172 | Cross talk reduction technique - A method for reducing cross talk for a video displayed on a liquid crystal display includes addressing a portion of the liquid crystal display with data for first and second frames for a left view and a right view of a stereoscopic pair of images while a backlight of the liquid crystal display is free from illuminating the liquid crystal display. Illuminating the addressed portion of the display for the left view and the right view with the backlight after the addressing of the liquid crystal display. Wherein the addressing and the illumination occurs within respective frames of the video. | 09-08-2011 |
20110234771 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZATION AND 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Apparatus, method, and system for synchronization and a three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus using the same are provided. The 3D display apparatus includes: a power generator which generates power based on a received alternating current (AC) power signal, a detector which detects zero crossing points of time of the received AC power signal, and a controller which generates a reference signal based on the detected zero crossing points of time and transmits the reference signal to at least one other 3D display apparatus. | 09-29-2011 |
20110254931 | SHUTTER GLASSES AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are shutter glasses, a display apparatus, and control method therefore, which enables a user to control the display apparatus while wearing the shutter glasses. The shutter glasses include a communication unit which communicates with a display apparatus; a shutter which comprises a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter that are alternately open and shut; a sensor which senses a predetermined movement of the shutter glasses; and a controller which controls the shutter to be open and shut selectively based on a sync signal received from the display apparatus through the communication unit and corresponding to the 3D image, and controls the communication unit to generate and transmit a control signal controlling the display apparatus corresponding to the predetermined movement of the shutter glasses sensed by the sensor. | 10-20-2011 |
20110267439 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING MULTIPLE FULL-SCREEN IMAGES AND RELATED METHOD - A display system displays multiple full-screen images and includes a first video source for outputting a first video signal, a second video source for outputting a second video signal, a display module for displaying an image frame, a system control module for receiving the first video signal and the second video signal, and generating an image signal comprising alternating full-screen image frames of the first and second video signals. | 11-03-2011 |
20110279658 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING REMOTE DEVICE - A method for synchronizing a function on a remote device with a function on a primary device includes selectively broadcasting, from a radio frequency (RF) transmitter of the primary device, data broadcast on channels at different times relative to a fixed period strobe signal of the primary device. Only the channels that have a noise level below a specified threshold level selectively broadcast the data and each of the channels have an associated fixed time frame offset relative to the fixed period strobe signal. Each of the channels is broadcast after their associated fixed time frame offset expires. An RF receiver of the remote device receives the data on one of the channels. The data on each of the channels is received at different times, depending on its associated fixed time frame offset, which results in the data on each received channel having an associated received time reference relative to a strobe signal of the remote device. The remote device strobe signal is synchronized to determine a received time reference and the fixed time frame offset. The remote device function is cyclically performed, which results in the remote device function being synchronized with the primary device function. The method may be used to synchronize a 3D video signal broadcast from a transmitter to sets of 3D glasses. | 11-17-2011 |
20110285829 | IMAGE WATCHING GLASSES IDENTIFICATON DEVICE, IMAGE WATCHING SYSTEM, PAIR OF IMAGE WATCHING GLASSES, IMAGE WATCHING GLASSES IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An image watching glasses identification device | 11-24-2011 |
20110310234 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING SEQUENTIAL VIDEO FRAMES - Methods and systems are provided for presenting content comprising a plurality of frames using display panel comprising an array of display elements. A method comprises transferring image data for a first frame of the plurality of frames to a display element at the beginning of a first frame interval and activating an illumination assembly after transferring image data for the first frame to the display element to present the first frame. The method further comprises transferring image data for a second frame to an energy storage element corresponding to the display element during the first frame interval, and deactivating the illumination assembly prior to transferring the image data for the second frame from the energy storage element to the display element. | 12-22-2011 |
20120019633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC SYNCHRONIZATION OF AUDIO AND VIDEO SIGNALS - Described herein are techniques which facilitate the automatic synchronization of audio and video signals between an entertainment device and a presentation device. A sensing device detects and records timing information from a video test pattern generated by an entertainment device and output by a presentation device. Using the timing information from the sensing device, the entertainment device synchronizes the audio and video signals it outputs to one or more presentation devices. The presentation device exhibits synchronized audio and video to a user. | 01-26-2012 |
20120105607 | Image Display System and Image Display Method Thereof - An image display system and image display method thereof. The image display system includes a multimedia receiving port, a 3D content detection engine, a format converter and an image display device. The multimedia receiving port is operative to receive a video signal. The 3D content detection engine analyzes one image of the video signal to determine whether the video signal includes 3D content. When the 3D content detection engine determines that the video signal includes 3D content, the format converter is enabled to convert the video signal into a 3D format, to display 3D video on the image display device. When no 3D content is contained in the received video signal, the format converter is not enabled, and the image display device displays the non-format converted video signal. | 05-03-2012 |
20120127284 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE WHICH PROVIDES SURROUND VIDEO - A see-through head-mounted display (HMD) device, e.g., in the form of augmented reality glasses, allows a user to view a video display device and an associated augmented reality image. In one approach, the augmented reality image is aligned with edges of the video display device to provide a larger, augmented viewing region. The HMD can include a camera which identifies the edges. The augmented reality image can be synchronized in time with content of the video display device. In another approach, the augmented reality image video provides a virtual audience which accompanies a user in watching the video display device. In another approach, the augmented reality image includes a 3-D which appears to emerge from the video display device, and which is rendered from a perspective of a user's location. In another approach, the augmented reality image can be rendered on a vertical or horizontal surface in a static location. | 05-24-2012 |
20120154557 | COMPREHENSION AND INTENT-BASED CONTENT FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAYS - A method and system that enhances a user's experience when using a near eye display device, such as a see-through display device or a head mounted display device is provided. The user's intent to interact with one or more objects in the scene is determined. An optimized image is generated for the user based on the user's intent. The optimized image is displayed to the user, via the see-through display device. The optimized image visually enhances the appearance of objects that the user intends to interact with in the scene and diminishes the appearance of objects that the user does not intend to interact with in the scene. The optimized image can visually enhance the appearance of the objects that increase the user's comprehension. The optimized image is displayed to the user, via the see-through display device. | 06-21-2012 |
20120169851 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SHUTTER GLASSES - A method for controlling shutter glasses in synchronization with a video signal, comprising the steps of receiving a shutter glasses driving signal, the signal indicating the opening and closing time of shutter glasses, receiving a L/R side selection signal, the signal indicating the left or the right eye for which the a video frame of the video signal is displayed, opening or closing the left of right shutter glass according to the value of shutter glasses driving signal and the L/R side selection signal, wherein the method further comprises the steps of monitoring a screen programming signal at a display unit on which the video signal is to be displayed and processing the screen programming signal to generate the shutter glasses driving signal. | 07-05-2012 |
20120293639 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY OF A STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO STREAM | 11-22-2012 |
20120320169 | VOLUMETRIC VIDEO PRESENTATION - Various embodiments are disclosed that relate to the presentation of video images in a presentation space via a head-mounted display. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises receiving viewer location data and orientation data from a location and orientation sensing system, and from the viewer location data and the viewer orientation data, locate a viewer in a presentation space, determine a direction in which the user is facing, and determine an orientation of the head-mounted display system. From the determined location, direction, and orientation, a presentation image is determined based upon a portion of and an orientation of a volumetric image mapped to the portion of the presentation space that is within the viewer's field of view. The presentation image is then sent to the head-mounted display. | 12-20-2012 |
20130010089 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF AUTOMATIC 2D/3D SWITCHING - In a 3D television viewed using 3D viewing glasses, a 3D image and a non-3D image can be automatically switched. A 3D image can be displayed when the viewer removes 3D viewing glasses from a special seat, when an image sensor equipped on 3D viewing glasses worn by the viewer detects a motion on the television screen, when a television set is equipped with a camera and determines from an image of the camera that the viewer wears 3D viewing glasses, or when the viewer opens the arms of 3D viewing glasses to wear the glasses. | 01-10-2013 |
20130016195 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR 3-D DISPLAY CONTROL - A control device for three dimensional display has an image processor and a timing signal generator. The image processor is used for receiving a first and a second input image signals to generate a first, a second, and a third output image signals. The first output image signal comprises part of the first input image signal. The second output image signal comprises part of the first input image signal and part of the second input image signal. The third output image signal comprises part of the second input image signal. The timing signal generator is used for generating a first lens control signal for configuring a first lens to be non-opaque when the second output image signal is displayed on a display device, and generating a second lens control signal for configuring a second lens to be non-opaque when the third output image signal is displayed on the display device. | 01-17-2013 |
20130021457 | Multi-Person Stereo Display System - The multi-person stereo display system permits several independent viewers to see different stereo images on a single projection surface. This is accomplished through the innovative use of video multiplexing, software, control electronics, and special viewing glasses. The system is particularly useful in situations where the viewers see computer generated images from their own independent perspectives. | 01-24-2013 |
20130063577 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - The present description discloses a method and apparatus for displaying images. An image display method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the following steps: generating, from an inputted source, 3D image data to be outputted; taking, as an input, first information on whether or not there are a plurality of viewers, and, in the event there are a plurality of viewers, on the number of viewers, and second information on the viewing mode of each viewer based on the first information; generating individual synchronization information for the generated 3D image data in response to the viewing mode of each viewer in accordance with the inputted first information and second information; and outputting the generated 3D image data via a screen, and transmitting the generated synchronization information to the 3D eyeglasses of each viewer. In addition, an image display method according to another embodiment of the present invention comprises the following steps: generating, from an inputted source, 3D image data to be outputted and first synchronization information; outputting the generated 3D image data via a screen, and transmitting the generated first synchronization information to each viewer; generating second synchronization information on the basis of the generated first synchronization information in accordance with a received viewing mode switch request; and transmitting the generated second synchronization information to the 3D glasses of the corresponding viewer. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063578 | GLASSES, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM - Glasses worn by a user during viewing of a stereoscopic image include a signal transmission/reception unit | 03-14-2013 |
20130128012 | SIMULATED HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - To overcome problems with vergence, a binocular head mounted display (HMD) is used in a simulator in which an out-the-window scene is displayed in real time on a screen arrangement. Imagery for the left and right eyes of the HMD is derived by generating a starting HMD image for a Cyclops viewpoint between the user's eves, and then rendering respective views for each eve from the position of the eye in a virtual 3D model of the screen arrangement, wherein the starting HMD image is frustum projected against the screen arrangement of the 3D model. | 05-23-2013 |
20130182086 | APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - The ability of some people to perceive simulated stereoscopic images or even actual stereoscopic images can be enhanced by treating the two eyes differently. The disclosed system can enhance stereoscopic images by selectively modifying the incoming images using right/left differentiation filter. The system can also include the capability of filtering images using parameters that for which the right eye and left eye images are treated independently of each other. | 07-18-2013 |
20130194399 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF SHUTTER SIGNALS FOR MULTIPLE 3D DISPLAYS/DEVICES - A device for controlling shutter glasses used in a 3D display system, including: a generator unit generating sync signals used to synchronize shutter glasses with the 3D display system, the sync signals having a timing and a sync rate; a transmit unit for transmitting the sync signals to the shutter glasses, and a sync signal adjusting unit coupled to the generator unit and configured to adjust the timing and/or sync rate of the sync signal generated by the generator unit. The adjusting unit includes a transmit element transmitting an adjusting signal indicating the timing and/or the sync rate and receivable by other devices for controlling shutter glasses. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194400 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES AND THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to three-dimensional glasses, to a three-dimensional image display apparatus, and to a method for driving the three-dimensional glasses and the three-dimensional image display apparatus. The present invention is a method for driving three-dimensional glasses for watching a three-dimensional image consisting of a left-eye image and a right-eye image, wherein the method comprises the following steps: transmitting glasses characteristic information, including information relating to the opening/closing speed of shutters of a left-eye lens unit and a right-eye lens unit of the three-dimensional glasses, to an external three-dimensional image display apparatus for outputting the three-dimensional image; receiving synchronization information, including information relating to the output periods of the left-eye image and right-eye image, from the three-dimensional image display apparatus; and synchronizing, using the synchronization information, the opening/closing periods of the shutters of the left-eye lens unit and the right-eye lens unit with the output periods of the left-eye image and right-eye image outputted by the three-dimensional image display apparatus. The synchronization information includes information on the time of opening the shutter of the left-eye lens unit, information on the time of closing the shutter of the left-eye lens unit, and information on modes for indicating the type of image outputted by the three-dimensional image display apparatus, and the method for driving the three-dimensional glasses and three-dimensional image display apparatus of the present invention, efficient data communication between the three-dimensional glasses and the three-dimensional image display apparatus is enabled, in order to increase the convenience of a user watching the three-dimensional images and prevent the unnecessary consumption of a battery of the three-dimensional glasses. | 08-01-2013 |
20130215242 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN A STEREOSCOPIC OR BINOCULAR DISPLAY SYSTEM - The general field of the invention is that of the methods for displaying at least two non-stereoscopic images of a different nature intended to be superposed so as to form only one final image. The method according to the invention comprises the following two successive steps:
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20130235169 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY AND POSITION GAP ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An HMD includes: a display which displays a three-dimensional video image; a position obtaining unit which measures a position of an inner corner or tail of an eye of a viewer with respect to the display; a standard position storage unit which obtains and stores, as a standard position relating to the position, the measured position of the inner corner or outer corner of the eye, in calibration for determining the standard position; a position gap detecting unit which detects, as a position gap, a difference between the standard position and a newly measured position of the inner corner or outer corner of the eye of the viewer viewing content with respect to the display; and an image processing unit which performs image processing on the 3D video image to be displayed on the display, to rotated or parallely move the 3D video image according to the detected position gap. | 09-12-2013 |
20130242066 | WAVELENGTH SEPARATION DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A wavelength separation device includes a waveplate adapted to convert the polarization direction of light in a predetermined wavelength band so that right-eye and left-eye image light in a time-divisional manner can be separated into first outgoing light as first polarized light in a first wavelength band and second outgoing light as second polarized light in a second wavelength band, a polarization control element adapted to keep the polarization direction of the first and the second outgoing light input from the waveplate in the case of either one of the right-eye and the left-eye image light, and respectively change the polarization direction of the first and the second outgoing light input from the waveplate in the case of the other thereof, and a polarization plate adapted to absorb one of the first polarized light and the second polarized light, and transmit the other thereof. | 09-19-2013 |
20130293688 | HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A head-mountable display system comprises a head mountable display having a frame to be mounted onto an observer's head, the frame defining one or two eye display positions which, in use, are positioned for viewing by the observer. The frame comprises one or more shutters for obscuring the observer's view of the surrounding real environment and a display element mounted with respect to each of the eye display positions. The display element provides a virtual image of a video display of a video signal from a video signal source to the observer. An object detector detects the presence of an object within a detection range of the observer's head. And a controller controls operation of the head mountable display so as to allow the observer to view at least a portion of the surrounding real environment in response to detection of the presence of an object within the detection range. | 11-07-2013 |
20130300843 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING A SOUND PROJECTOR - The present disclosure relates to an image display system, including a television having a screen, a sound projector, a control unit in signal communication with said screen and said sound projector, said control unit being configured for said sound projector to project one or more audible beams in a room towards one or more target paths. The system includes an optical instrument having a frame and a pair of lenses, detection means and transmission means, said detection means being designed to receive at their input an audio signal having a frequency falling in a 20-20 kHz frequency band and to output a processed signal, said transmission means being designed to receive at their input said processed signal, and to output a calibration signal. The control unit calibrates said sound projector according to said calibration signal generated by said optical instrument. | 11-14-2013 |
20130335536 | HEAD MOUNT DISPLAY - A head mount display used in a state worn on the head of a user is provided. | 12-19-2013 |
20130342662 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - By the prior art, it was not possible to cope with a change in the way colors are viewed depending on the posture of a viewer. An image processing device for an image display system including glasses having polarizing elements and an image display device, characterized by having a color correction unit configured to perform color correction processing on image data indicating an image to be displayed based on inclination information of the glasses with respect to a display screen of the image display device. | 12-26-2013 |
20140071254 | THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DATA VIEWER AND/OR VIEWING - A method includes displaying three dimensional medical imaging data in three dimensions via a display monitor ( | 03-13-2014 |
20140198190 | WEARABLE SURGICAL IMAGING DEVICE WITH SEMI-TRANSPARENT SCREEN - A mobile, wearable imaging system, having operator eyewear with a plurality of semi-transparent lenses, a microphone, a video capture device, and an accelerometer, wherein the semi-transparent lenses provide the operator a full-forward head's up view and a view of an external image superposed on the full-forward head's up view. The system also includes a mobile multifunction controller including an image processor that receives the external image and produces the view of an external image superposed on the full-forward head's up view in the operator eyewear, an audio signal processor, a motion signal processor, a gesture sensor, a manual input device, and a general processor unit, which executes a received system command, and where symbolic data received by the controller is selectively combined with the external image superposed on the full-forward head's up view. | 07-17-2014 |
20140198191 | HEAD MOUNTED IMAGE-SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPOSITE IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - The invention provides a head mounted image-sensing display device including a pair of image-sensing units ( | 07-17-2014 |
20140198192 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - To appropriately prevent the occurrence of a burn-in phenomenon during a display of a video in which an OSD screen is superimposed on a video screen. By appropriately moving the position for displaying an OSD screen when the OSD screen is displayed on a video screen in a superimposed manner, a burn-in phenomenon is prevented from occurring in a menu background area of the OSD screen or a boundary portion between a menu background area and a menu phrase. For example, each time the OSD screen is displayed, the OSD screen is moved by one pixel and then displayed. Movement of the display position of the OSD screen is implemented by an instruction from an OSD display position control unit | 07-17-2014 |
20140210961 | 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a 3D display system, which includes: shutter glasses and display device. The shutter glasses include driving device, and normally white liquid crystal panel and normally black liquid crystal panel, disposed overlappingly. The display device controls the ON duration of shutter glasses. Based on the ON duration, the driving device inquires to find the luminance amplification ratio corresponding to the ON duration and selects a driving manner based on the luminance amplification ratio. The driving manner includes driving only the normally black liquid crystal panel, or driving simultaneously both the normally black liquid crystal panel and the normally white liquid crystal panel. As such, the present invention can improve the commonality of the shutter glasses and save energy consumption. | 07-31-2014 |
20140240473 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic display apparatus is provided. The stereoscopic display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight, a controller and an active polarizer disposed adjacent to the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel alternately displays a left image and a right image to passive polarized glasses according to a synchronization signal. The backlight supplies light to the liquid crystal panel. The controller provides the left image, the right image and the synchronization signal according to a video input signal. The active polarizer polarizes the light from the backlight in response to the synchronization signal to form two viewing zones, such that the left image and the right image are observed by the passive polarized glasses via the corresponding zones, respectively. | 08-28-2014 |
20140267636 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device performs control to provide light distribution characteristics in which a light distribution angle is wider in a horizontal direction corresponding to a lateral direction parallel to a direction in which eyes of an observer are arranged, rather than in a vertical direction corresponding to a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the direction in which the eyes of the observer are arranged, to thus obtain a state where the light distribution angle is wider in the horizontal direction, and the occurrence of a luminance difference by an emission angle of video light related to the horizontal direction can be suppressed. That is, it is possible to observe a good image in which the luminance of video light is adjusted and to reduce fatigue in the observer. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267637 | HYBRID STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING DEVICE - A virtual reality hardware and software platform comprised of a stereoscope which attaches to a mobile touchscreen computer/tablet. The stereoscope, in which the user looks through, covers just the top portion of the tablet screen. This top portion displays the stereoscopic view of a virtual environment. The bottom portion displays the two-dimensional view. The user touches the view with his/her thumbs and/or fingers in order to interact with and travel through the virtual environment seen in the view. | 09-18-2014 |
20140307067 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL VIEWING OF IMAGES - A method and apparatus for three dimensional viewing of images is presented. Left eye viewing point (LEVP) imagery is passed through a left eye filter to obtain a filtered LEVP imagery. Right eye viewing point (REVP) imagery is passed through a right eye filter to obtain a filtered REVP imagery. The filtered LEVP imagery is projected on a display and the filtered REVP imagery is projected on the display. A user wearing polarized glasses is able to view the filtered LEVP imagery and the filtered REVP imagery as three-dimensional imagery on the display. The three dimensional imagery can be augmented. | 10-16-2014 |
20140333734 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM - There is provided a stereoscopic display system that can provide a high resolution, a wide field-of-view, and wearing comfort. The system includes an image generating device configured to display images and decrease a display area on which the images are displayed, an image transmission device configured to transmit the image displayed on the decreased display area, and an image output device configured to enlarge the transmitted image and output a mixed image in which the enlarged image and real-view information are mixed. Therefore, the invention can satisfy main requirements on, for example, resolution, field-of-view, weight, in HMD/FMD/EGD technology, and provide a natural immersive stereoscopic image. | 11-13-2014 |
20140362196 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WHICH DISPLAYS A PLURALITY OF CONTENT VIEWS, GLASSES APPARATUS WHICH SYNCHRONIZES WITH ONE OF THE CONTENT VIEWS, AND METHODS THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a video processor which, in a multi-view mode, processes a plurality of contents and generates a plurality of content views, a display which displays the plurality of content views, a sync signal generator which generates a sync signal regarding the plurality of content views, a communicator which transmits the sync signal, and a controller which, upon communicating with a glasses apparatus, transmits information on a target content view which is controllable from among the plurality of content views to the glasses apparatus. Accordingly, a newly-connected glasses apparatus may be directly synchronized with a target content view. | 12-11-2014 |
20150077528 | SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A surgical guidance system and method for assisting a surgeon in a surgical procedure performed on a patient is disclosed. The system comprises an image acquisition device configured to generate substantially real-time digital video data representing patient images of an eye of the patient. The system further comprises a processor coupled to the image acquisition device and configured to receive the digital video data from the image acquisition device, receive external data from an external data source, and generate composite digital image data based on the digital video data and the external data. The system further comprises a display device coupled to the processor, the display device being configured to display, to the surgeon from the composite digital image data, overlaid images including procedural prompts according to the patient images and the external data. | 03-19-2015 |
20150103152 | HEAD-MOUNTED STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - The present invention provides a head-mounted stereoscopic display comprises a head-mounted base unit, a single display unit arranged on the side facing away from the human face inside the head-mounted base unit for presenting images to human eyes, optical magnifying lens which are arranged on the side near the human face of the head-mounted base unit, and the annular headband which is connected with the head-mounted base unit and extending around user's head for fixing the head-mounted base unit, the head-mounted base unit comprises a face-mask unit and an optical base unit, the face-mask unit fits with human face tightly, and the optical base unit fixes the display unit and the optical magnifying lens, the single display unit displays two different images for the left and right eyes respectively side by side simultaneously. | 04-16-2015 |
20150130911 | STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO OBSERVATION DEVICE AND TRANSMITTANCE CONTROL METHOD - In a stereoscopic video observation device | 05-14-2015 |
20150312559 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - According to one of aspects, a display device includes: a display unit configured to three-dimensionally display a predetermined object, by displaying images respectively corresponding to both eyes of a user by being worn; a detection unit configured to detect displacement of a predetermined body in a display space of the object; and a control unit configured to perform an operation associated with the object, according to the displacement of the predetermined body detected by the detection unit. | 10-29-2015 |
20150350629 | COLOR NIGHT VISION CAMERAS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS THEREOF - Disclosed are improved methods, systems and devices for color night vision that reduce the number of intensifiers and/or decrease noise. In some embodiments, color night vision is provided in system in which multiple spectral bands are maintained, filtered separately, and then recombined in a unique three-lens-filtering setup. An illustrative four-camera night vision system is unique in that its first three cameras separately filter different bands using a subtractive Cyan, Magenta and Yellow (CMY) color filtering-process, while its fourth camera is used to sense either additional IR illuminators or a luminance channel to increase brightness. In some embodiments, the color night vision is implemented to distinguish details of an image in low light. The unique application of the three-lens subtractive CMY filtering allows for better photon scavenging and preservation of important color information. | 12-03-2015 |
20150381969 | SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING MULTIPLE MULTIMEDIA STREAMS, INCLUDING MULTIPLE VIEWING SPECTACLES AND A DISPLAYING MEDIUM - A system for displaying N multimedia streams, including multiple pairs of viewing spectacles and a displaying medium. The system obtains N multimedia streams, each stream including two multimedia substreams among 2×N multimedia substreams, and has N sources generating the 2×N substreams on the displaying medium. Each source has an encoder for coding two of the 2×N multimedia substreams, each substream being coded with a set of N coding modes each using a specific set of at least two states, having at least 2 | 12-31-2015 |
20160004907 | SHAPE RECOGNITION DEVICE, SHAPE RECOGNITION PROGRAM, AND SHAPE RECOGNITION METHOD - Provided are a shape recognition device, a shape recognition program, and a shape recognition method capable of obtaining more accurate information for recognizing an outer shape of a target object. A shape recognition device according to the present invention includes: an outer shape detection unit that detects an outer shape of a hand; a reference point extraction unit that extracts a central point of a maximum inscribed circle of the detected outer shape as a reference point; a distance measurement unit that measures a distance between the reference point and each of a plurality of outer shape points on the outer shape; and a feature recognition unit that determines a feature part of the outer shape from the plurality of outer shape points on the basis of the distance. | 01-07-2016 |
20160007010 | Display Apparatus and Display System - A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, and a plurality of light sources irradiating the liquid crystal panel with light. The display apparatus respectively displays signals corresponding to the respective regions in an image frame, in respective regions of the liquid crystal panel irradiated with light by each of the light sources, in an order from both end sides in an arrangement direction thereof toward a center alternately with each other, respectively. The display apparatus irradiates the respective regions with light by the light sources corresponding thereto, in a latter period within a period in which the signals are displayed in the respective regions of the liquid crystal panel. | 01-07-2016 |
20160014403 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPUTER WITH SENSORS AND CONTROL APPROACHES | 01-14-2016 |
20160019835 | PIXEL, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE PIXEL, AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device that includes a pixel including an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a driving transistor connected to the driving voltage and supplying a driving current to the OLED, a compensation capacitor connected to the gate electrode of the driving transistor, and a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor electrically connected to or blocked from the compensation capacitor, and a driving method thereof. | 01-21-2016 |
20160021360 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A head-mount type display device is a transmissive display device adapted to make a user visually recognize an image and transmit an external sight, including an image display section having a left optical image display section adapted to display an image corresponding to a left eye of the user, and a right optical image display section adapted to display an image corresponding to a right eye of the user, an additional information acquisition section adapted to obtain additional information, and a control section adapted to make either of the left optical image display section and the right optical image display section display included in the image display section display the additional information obtained by the additional information acquisition section. | 01-21-2016 |
20160048018 | Display device - A display device | 02-18-2016 |
20160057410 | 3D IMAGE FRAME DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ITS METHOD - A 3D image frame display system comprises a liquid crystal panel for alternately displaying a plurality of left-eye frames and a plurality of right-eye frames; a backlight module providing light to the liquid crystal panel when being turned on; and a pair of shutter glasses including a left lens and a right lens, wherein the left lens or right lens is turned on for passing through the light and turned off for shielding the light from the backlight module for corresponding to the left-eye frames or the right-eye frames; wherein, in a time period for forming one of the left-eye frames or one of the right-eye frames, the left lens or the right lens is not turned on earlier than the backlight module, and the left lens or the right lens is not turned off later than the backlight module. | 02-25-2016 |
20160091715 | HIGH TRANSMITTANCE EYEWEAR FOR HEAD-UP DISPLAYS - A system and method of displaying a conformal-capable head-up display image is provided. Distortions caused by combiner curvature, for example, are removed by pre-distorting and projecting separate images for each eye. Shutter-based eyewear controls the visibility as the imagery is cycled, e.g., shuttered, between left and right eyes. The combined image generator, projector and eyewear system maintains minimal vergence errors, minimal dipvergence errors, acceptable average transmittance, and optionally, high conformality. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091725 | MULTIVIEW IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A multiview image displaying system is provided. The multiview image displaying system includes: a display panel, a shutter panel, a shutter panel, and glasses. The display panel is for displaying images for different viewpoints by time division and includes a first polarizer. The shutter panel is provided in front of the display panel and includes an active shutter panel and a phase retardation plate. The glasses are for observing the images. The glasses are selected from among polarized glasses and shutter glasses. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094837 | DISTRIBUTED STEREOSCOPIC RENDERING FOR STEREOSCOPIC PROJECTON AND DISPLAY - A method of generating stereoscopic images includes receiving a call from an application programming interface (API) via at least one communication channel of a network, intercepting the call, via the network, transmitting the call to at least one remote computing device, modulating the call to match a user's head position and direction, generating left and right perspective views, rendering outputs of the left and right perspective views, and forwarding the outputs, via the network, to a graphics processing unit. The left and right perspective views are displayed on display hardware, such as power walls and/or 3D caves and/or wearable stereoscopic display devices. | 03-31-2016 |
20160105662 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Three-dimensional (3D) glasses for a 3D display device including a glass unit including a left-eye glass and a right-eye glass, a sensor configured to sense a location of the 3D display device, a region determination unit configured to determine a transparent region of the glass unit on which a light emitted by the 3D display device is incident based on the location of the 3D display device, and a control unit configured to control the glass unit to pass external light through the transparent region and to block the external light on a blocking region other than the transparent region in the glass unit. | 04-14-2016 |
20160125652 | AUGMENTED REALITY SUPERVISOR DISPLAY - Apparatus and method to display worker status for a supervisor, the apparatus including: a frame configured to be coupled to a head of the supervisor; a processor coupled to the frame, the processor configured to render a transparent display of worker status to the supervisor; a position determination module configured to determined a physical location of the frame; a communication module communicatively coupled to the processor and to the position determination module, the communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with a base station; and a gaze detector coupled to the frame and communicatively coupled to the processor, the gaze detector configured to detect a direction of gaze of the supervisor. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127716 | VIRTUAL REALITY UNDERWATER MASK - The proposed invention refers to an underwater virtual reality mask which makes it possible to breathe easily and naturally under water while observing the virtual reality on a screen such as a smartphone screen, and which has all the intrinsic control elements such as lenses, a speaker, a button to control the screen functions and a device for breathing while the wearer is semi-submerged. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127718 | Method and System for Stereoscopic Simulation of a Performance of a Head-Up Display (HUD) - Methods and systems for simulating performance of a head-up display (HUD) are provided. An example method comprises receiving images of symbology for display by a head-up display, generating distortions to the images as perceived from observer locations through the head-up display, and the distortions are based on design characteristics of an optical component of the head-up display with respect to a model of a projection of the images. The method also includes applying the distortions to the images to generate modified images, and the modified images represent a view of the head-up display corresponding to respective observer locations. The method further includes providing, for stereoscopic display, the modified images overlaying onto a background image. An example system comprises a storage device, a head tracking device to determine the observer location, and a projector to project the modified images onto a display corresponding to the determined observer location. | 05-05-2016 |
20160156897 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | 06-02-2016 |
20160182877 | AUGMENTED REALITY BASED USER INTERFACING | 06-23-2016 |
20160199729 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE OR VIDEO ON A RETRO-REFLECTIVE SCREEN | 07-14-2016 |
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20160381269 | USING CAMERA IMAGE LIGHT INTENSITY TO CONTROL SYSTEM STATE - A method, system, and apparatus provide the ability to control a system state of/in an image viewing application using a camera/portable viewing device. An image is acquired from the device and converted to gray scale values. The gray scale values are averaged to determine an average light intensity. A determination is made regarding whether the average light intensity is below a threshold value. If the average light intensity is below the threshold value, the system state of the image viewing application is toggled. If the average light intensity is not below the threshold value, a second image is acquired from the device and the process is repeated. | 12-29-2016 |
20160381353 | PRACTICAL TWO-FRAME 3D+2D TV - Our inventive method enables stereoscopic 3D displays to be watched by 3D and 2D viewers simultaneously. Ghosted images observed on traditional 3D displays can be eliminated for viewers without stereoscopic glasses while 3D perception is preserved for viewers with glasses. A preferred method for displaying an image on a 3D+2D television comprises displaying a composite image (“L+wN”), comprising a left (“L”) image and a weighted image (“wN”), for a first period of time; and displaying a right (“R”) image for a second period of time. The display of “wN” partially cancels out the perception of “R” to mitigate ghosting for viewers not wearing 3D eyeglasses. In the illustrative embodiment, “wN” is a weighted negative version of “R”. | 12-29-2016 |
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