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20080218856 | Stereoscopic display device and method - In a one-dimensional IP (vertical disparity discarding system), it is made possible to obtain a perspective projection image with no distortion or reduced distortion. A stereoscopic display device is provided with a display device including a display plane in which pixels are arranged flatly in a matrix shape; and a parallax barrier including a plurality of apertures or a plurality of lenses and being configured to control directions of rays from the pixels such that a horizontal disparity is included but a vertical disparity is not included. A horizontal direction pitch of the parallax barrier is integer times a horizontal pitch of the pixels, the display plane of the display device is divided so as to correspond to elemental images for respective apertures or the lenses of the parallax barrier, and an image whose vertical direction corresponds to a perspective projection in a fixed viewing distance and whose horizontal direction corresponds to an orthographic projection is divided and arranged for respective columns of the pixels. | 09-11-2008 |
20080278807 | Method and system for shaped glasses and viewing 3d images - Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses and spectrally complementary filters disposed on the curved surface lenses configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. The spectrally complementary filters include guard bands to prevent crosstalk between spectrally complementary portions of a 3D image viewed through the shaped glasses. In one embodiment, the spectrally complementary filters are disposed on the curved lenses with increasing layer thickness towards edges of the lenses. The projected complementary images may also be pre-shifted to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts occurring while viewing the images. | 11-13-2008 |
20090059366 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device capable of maintaining continuity of images of adjacent image display elements on a display screen that is composed of a plurality of image display element includes image display elements ( | 03-05-2009 |
20090073558 | CONTINUOUS ADJUSTABLE 3DEEPS FILTER SPECTACLES FOR OPTIMIZED 3DEEPS STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING AND ITS CONTROL METHOD AND MEANS - Continuous Adjustable 3Deeps Filter Spectacles are provided with lenses with continuously changeable optical densities, so that viewing of 2D movies is optimized for visualization in natural 3D. Method and means are disclosed for the continuous Adjustable 3Deeps Filter Spectacles to perform two independent optimizations to achieve optimized 3Deep visual effects on 2D movies. First they compute the optical density setting of the lenses for optimal viewing of 2D movies as 3D. Then they continuously render the lenses of the spectacles to these optical densities optimized for characteristics of the electro-optical material from which the lenses of the spectacles are fabricated. The invention works for both 3DTV and 3D Cinema theater viewing. | 03-19-2009 |
20100053749 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display device includes; a display panel, a lens substrate facing the display panel, an air layer disposed between the display panel and the lens substrate, and a light refraction portion disposed on a surface of the lens substrate facing the display panel, wherein an average refractive index of the light refraction portion taken along a plane substantially parallel to the display panel increases in a direction substantially parallel to a path of light from the display panel to the lens substrate. | 03-04-2010 |
20100067108 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHAPED GLASSES AND VIEWING 3D IMAGES - Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses and spectrally complementary filters disposed on the curved surface lenses configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. The spectrally complementary filters include guard bands to prevent crosstalk between spectrally complementary portions of a 3D image viewed through the shaped glasses. In one embodiment, the spectrally complementary filters are disposed on the curved lenses with increasing layer thickness towards edges of the lenses. The projected complementary images may also be pre-shifted to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts occurring while viewing the images. | 03-18-2010 |
20100073769 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHAPED GLASSES AND VIEWING 3D IMAGES - Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses and spectrally complementary filters disposed on the curved surface lenses configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. The spectrally complementary filters include guard bands to prevent crosstalk between spectrally complementary portions of a 3D image viewed through the shaped glasses. In one embodiment, the spectrally complementary filters are disposed on the curved lenses with increasing layer thickness towards edges of the lenses. The projected complementary images may also be pre-shifted to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts occurring while viewing the images. | 03-25-2010 |
20100123952 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic image display apparatus having a function for tracking at least one observer is provided. The stereoscopic image display apparatus includes a detection and calculation module and a display unit. The detection and calculation module detects the position of the observer to configure N views of a displayed image corresponding to two eyes of the observer, and outputs a control information, wherein N≧4. The display unit receives the control information and generates N view images corresponding to the N views. Each eye of the observer receives at least two view images, and the two eyes respectively receive multiple view images in different views. | 05-20-2010 |
20100149635 | SYSTEM FOR REPRODUCING STEREOGRAPHIC IMAGES - A system for reproducing stereographic images is provided that includes a display unit that has a pixel array for representing image data which reproduces the same when controlled with stereoscopic image data, and a light source for fully illuminating the pixel array. The system further includes a pair of glasses that are suitable to make the reproduced stereoscopic image data available to a wearer of the pair of glasses in an eye-selective manner. The display unit has at least one additional light source for fully illuminating the pixel array. Every light source is additionally configured to emit light in a plurality of narrow spectral ranges, thereby defining a color range, the spectral ranges of the light sources being orthogonal to each other. They system also includes a control unit that sequentially operates the light sources. The pair of glasses has optical glasses, spectral transmission ranges of which are orthogonal to each other and correspond to the spectral ranges of the light sources in such a manner as to allow the reproduction of stereographic images in a reliable and cost-effective manner. | 06-17-2010 |
20100157425 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a stereoscopic image display apparatus and a control method thereof which selectively generates one of a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional image in an image information playback device according to whether a user wears stereoscopic glasses. The stereoscopic image display apparatus includes stereoscopic glasses, and an image information playback device including an output unit which generates one of a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional image according to whether the user wears the stereoscopic glasses, and a first transceiver unit which performs bidirectional communication with the stereoscopic glasses. | 06-24-2010 |
20100202046 | DISTINGUISHING 3D TV GLASSES - Various ways are provided to visually distinguish one pair of TV 3D glasses from another in a home, including numbering the glasses, providing a white space on each pair of glasses that can be marked, color coding the glasses, and providing a visually unique band for each pair of glasses that can be engaged with the stem of the glasses. | 08-12-2010 |
20100202047 | STEREO DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH SCANNING OF LIGHT VALVES - A display method and system are described for displaying a stereo image comprising a first image and a second image. A light valve array comprising an array of light valve elements is driven according to an image and a light source is provided for generating a shaped light beam which can illuminate a portion of the light valve array. A scanning device is provided which is arranged to scan the shaped light beam across the light valve array. Light valve elements of the same light valve array are caused to sequentially adopt a state representative of the first image of the stereoscopic image and a state representative of the second image, and to cause the light valve elements to adopt a new state representative of one of the first and second images in advance of the scanning by the shaped light beam and to change to a new state representative of the other of the first and second images during a period between successive scans of the shaped light beam. | 08-12-2010 |
20100208342 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING PASSIVE STEREO 3D IMAGES - Methods and systems are provided for creating passive 3D images. A color modulator having at least six filters is used to send light to a single imager in respective RGB spectrums during successive time periods for a left-eye image and then in a different RGB spectrum for a right-eye image, or vice versa. Resulting 3D imaging systems can use a single projector and a single imaging chip without the need for specialized display surfaces, and thus are inexpensive to build and have a low maintenance cost. In addition, better color properties between the left and right images may be provided with a color spectrum of a first image having at least two peaks that surround a peak of the corresponding color for the second image. A color shift of the images may thus be decreased without a loss in other color properties. | 08-19-2010 |
20110051239 | THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PARALLAX BARRIER - A three-dimensional display device includes a display unit that displays a left eye image and a right eye image by dividing the images thereof into a plurality of vertically elongated stripes of images and by alternately arranging the divided left eye image and the divided right eye image in a horizontal direction, a barrier formation unit that forms a parallax barrier in front of the display unit, the parallax barrier including a pattern of a plurality of slits to selectively transmit the left eye image and the right eye image towards spatially different points, respectively, that correspond to a left eye and a right eye of the viewer, and a distance measurement unit that measures a distance between the display unit and a viewer viewing the display unit, wherein the barrier formation unit changes the pattern of the slits in the parallax barrier in accordance with the distance measured by the distance measurement unit. | 03-03-2011 |
20110051240 | PARALLAX BARRIER 3D IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A parallax barrier 3D image display method is provided. Particularly, a vertical strip parallax barrier design method is provided to avoid transverse ghost images generated by a conventional parallax barrier and directed to arrangement of sub-pixels on a screen of a flat panel display, which displays multi-view 3D images with minimal ghost images, thereby achieving the purpose of optimum 3D image display. | 03-03-2011 |
20110063726 | Interference filters for viewing anaglyphs - This invention provides apparatus for viewing anaglyphic stereoscopic images with color filters comprising polymer interference films. The interference films may be mounted in lightweight paper frames or rigid frames. The interference films may have a curved profile in order to reduce reflections into a user's eyes. The interference films may be laminated to a substrate. The viewing apparatus may comprise adsorption films in order to block primary colors and attenuate primary colors reflected into a user's eyes. | 03-17-2011 |
20110063727 | Method and system with indicating marks for projection film - Indicia are established on the film to clearly indicate locations where cuts for splices may and may not be properly made. These indicia are different from each other to signify whether a cut can or cannot be made in the vicinity of the respective indicia. Differences for these indicia can be exhibited in terms of one or more of a distinctive shape or size or orientation or pattern of the indicia. When cuts and splices are correctly performed, the resulting indicia in the vicinity of the splice match substantially one of the two original indicia. When cuts and splices are incorrectly executed, the resulting indicia in the vicinity of the faulty cut and splice will be a third indicia that is combination of portions of the two original indicia. Third indicia will be different from each of the two original indicia and will therefore be readily apparent to be indicative of the presence of an incorrect cut and splice. | 03-17-2011 |
20110075257 | 3-Dimensional electro-optical see-through displays - An exemplary display is placed in an optical pathway extending from an entrance pupil of a person's eye to a real-world scene beyond the eye. The display includes at least one 2-D added-image source that is addressable to produce a light pattern corresponding to a virtual object. The source is situated to direct the light pattern toward the person's eye to superimpose the virtual object on an image of the real-world scene as perceived by the eye via the optical pathway. An active-optical element is situated between the eye and the added-image source at a location that is optically conjugate to the entrance pupil and at which the active-optical element forms an intermediate image of the light pattern from the added-image source. The active-optical element has variable optical power and is addressable to change its optical power to produce a corresponding change in perceived distance at which the intermediate image is formed, as an added image to the real-world scene, relative to the eye. | 03-31-2011 |
20110128622 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH LENS FOR SPLITTING LIGHT ALONG TWO AXES - A three-dimensional display device includes a display panel and an optical film. The display panel includes a plurality of display units arranged in a matrix. Each display unit includes a plurality of pixels configured for displaying sub-images having stereoscopic parallax. The optical film includes a plurality of lenses, each corresponding to a respective display unit. The lens is disposed opposite to the corresponding display unit and configured to split light corresponding to two sub-images of the corresponding display unit to reach both left and right viewing sides, respectively. | 06-02-2011 |
20110199679 | Stereoscopic Illumination System for Retroreflective Materials - A system and method of illuminating a portable object even when the object is otherwise well illuminated by ambient light. Retroreflective material is provided on the exterior of the portable object. The retroreflective material may be pigmented to absorb most light and reflects only light within a predetermined frequency range. An illumination assembly is provided that contains a first light source and a second light source. The first light source and the second light source are positioned a short distance apart so that they produce stereoscopic beams of light. Each of the stereoscopic beams of light is monochromatic. Furthermore, the frequency of each of the stereoscopic beams of light falls within the predetermined frequency range. When the stereoscopic beams of light strike the retroreflective material, it shines even in bright ambient light. | 08-18-2011 |
20110205624 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus and method of adjusting displayed image - A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image combiner which combines a grid-like right-eye image and a grid-like left-eye image, which are substantially identical to each other, into a grid-like combined image, and a position adjusting mechanism which adjusts a position of the image combiner with respect to an observer to adjust a blur in the grid-like combined image due to a positional deviation between the grid-like right-eye image and the grid-like left-eye image. | 08-25-2011 |
20110222153 | 3D GLASSES CHARGEABLE BY REMOTE CONTROLLER, REMOTE CONTROLLER AND CHARGING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Three-dimensional (3D) glasses which are capable of being charged by a remote controller, the remote controller, and a charging system using the same are provided. The charging system includes: a remote controller and 3D glasses, wherein the remote controller generates a signal for wirelessly charging the 3D glasses, and the 3D glasses are charged by receiving the generated signal from the remote controller and generating power using the received signal. Therefore, the 3D glasses may be charged while being used, thereby improving a user convenience. | 09-15-2011 |
20110222154 | 3D EYEGLASSES, CHARGING CRADLE, 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CHARGING 3D EYEGLASSES WIRELESSLY - Three-dimensional (3D) eyeglasses, a charging cradle, a 3D display apparatus, and a system for charging 3D eyeglasses wirelessly are provided. A pair of 3D eyeglasses which operates in association with the 3D display apparatus includes a wireless charging unit which generates electricity using a signal wirelessly received from an external apparatus, and a power supply unit which supplies power to the 3D eyeglasses using the electricity charged by the wireless charging unit. | 09-15-2011 |
20110249331 | Method and Arrangement for Spatial Display - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for spatial display, in particular to a display that can be perceived in three dimensions simultaneously by several viewers without viewing aids, also known as autostereoscopic visualization. With the invented method, bits of partial information from different views A(k) with k=1, . . . , n and n>1 are made visible on a grid ( | 10-13-2011 |
20110255160 | THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) GLASSES, 3D DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CHARGING 3D GLASSES - Three dimensional (3D) glasses, a 3D display apparatus, and a 3D glasses charging system are provided. The 3D glasses, which operate in association with a 3D display apparatus, includes an interface unit which is configured to connect to the 3D display apparatus, and through which power is transmittable; a battery unit which supplies power to the 3D glasses; and a charging unit which is connected to the interface unit and the battery unit, and receives power input from the interface unit and charges the battery unit using the input power. | 10-20-2011 |
20110310479 | FORMING SPECTRAL FILTERS - A lens bears a plurality of roll-coated layers to pass, to one eye of a viewer, a first image, in a first band of wavelengths, that is appropriate for 3D viewing of a stereoscopic image. | 12-22-2011 |
20120013978 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE FILM FOR AN ORIENTATING TREATMENT IN A PHOTO-ORIENTABLE LAYER - The present invention relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive film for an orientating treatment of a photo-orientable layer, a laminated film, a method for preparing an optical filter or a stereoscopic image display device. In the present invention, the pressure sensitive adhesive film for an orientating treatment in a photo-orientable layer which can minimize the generation of the un-orientated regions, and can form the orientated pattern having high degrees of accuracy, and the preparation method for an optical filter using the pressure sensitive adhesive film are provided. Further, the present invention can provide the optical filter and the stereoscopic image display device having excellent performance. | 01-19-2012 |
20120038982 | FILMS ENABLING AUTOSTEREOSCOPY - A stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display module includes a liquid crystal display panel and a directional backlight positioned to provide light to the liquid crystal display panel. A double sided prism film is disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the directional backlight. The prism film includes a first surface having a series of cylindrical lenses adjacent the liquid crystal display panel and a second surface, opposite the first surface, having a series of non-contiguous prisms adjacent the directional backlight. Each of the non-contiguous prisms is separated from adjacent prisms by a transmissive flat portion or an opaque portion. | 02-16-2012 |
20120081783 | DEPTH ADUSTABLE STEREO GLASSES - A pair of glasses suitable for viewing stereoscopic content from a display includes a left lens to receive a left image from said display and a right lens to receive a right image from said display. A viewer adjustable adjustment mechanism, said as a knob permits adjustment resulting in a directional shifting of the left image with respect to said the image for the stereoscopic image. | 04-05-2012 |
20120127573 | Directional flat illuminators - Disclosed is an optical valve or light valve for providing large area collimated illumination from localized light sources, and system and method thereof for 2D, 3D, and/or autosteroscopic displays. An optical valve may include a stepped structure, in which the steps include separated extraction features which may be optically hidden to light propagating in a first direction. Light propagating in a second direction may be refracted, diffracted, or reflected by the features to provide illumination beams exiting from the top surface of the optical valve. Such controlled illumination may provide for efficient, multi-user autostereoscopic displays as well as improved 2D display functionality. | 05-24-2012 |
20120134020 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus includes a light source controlled to be turned on and off, a spatial light modulator that modulates light from the light source, and a controller that alternately switches an image to be displayed between an image for the left eye and an image for the right eye and turns on the light source so that the image for the left eye or the image for the right eye is displayed. When the image for the left eye is displayed, the controller starts opens a shutter for the left eye in eyeglasses before turning on the light source, whereas when the image for the right eye is displayed, the controller starts opening a shutter for the right eye in the eyeglasses before turning on the light source. | 05-31-2012 |
20120140321 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES - A pair of three-dimensional glasses include two lenses, a frame holding the two lenses, a circuit board controlling the two lenses, and a power unit powering the circuit board. The power unit includes a control switch. The control switch extends from an inner surface of the frame. The circuit board is powered on when the control switch is contacted, and powered off when the control switch is not contacted. | 06-07-2012 |
20120154909 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM, EYEGLASSES DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An eyeglasses device includes: an attitude detection section detecting attitude information which represents a tilt relative to a horizontal direction; and a separation unit optically separating a left eye image and a right eye image from perspective images selected from a plurality of supplied perspective images and displayed on a display device, based on the obtained attitude information. | 06-21-2012 |
20120182612 | 3D VIEWING GLASSES WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTION - A 3D viewing glass comprises a frame, two lenses, a flexible printed circuit board, and two reinforcement elements. Each lens has an electrically interlocking element located on the inner side and adjacent to a bridge of the frame. The electrically interlocking element has an electrical adjoining plane electrically connected with the flexible printed circuit board. The electrically interlocking element and the flexible printed circuit board are further connected by the reinforcement element. | 07-19-2012 |
20120194905 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus for displaying plural sets of a pair of right-eye image and left-eye image to their corresponding viewing points is provided, which includes: a multi-view image generating unit which receives a right image and left image corresponding to predetermined two viewing points, and generates right-eye images and left-eye images corresponding to a plurality of viewing points by shifting the entireties of the received right image and left image; and a display unit which displays the right-eye images and left-eye images generated by the multi-view image generating unit to their corresponding viewing points. | 08-02-2012 |
20120224260 | EYEGLASSES FOR PERSONAL AND COMMERCIAL USE INCLUDING REUSE IN 3D THEATER AND OTHER REPEATED OPERATIONS - 3D glasses including features for an enhanced viewing experience with lower production and operating costs for theaters. Keyed lenses and removable temples facilitate assembly and field repairs. Specific angles of lens placement and the provision of specific anti-reflective areas on the frames enhance the quality of the optical path content being viewed. RFID and radio chips increase accountability and collection of use statistics. Smooth areas enhance cleaning and lower the time and material costs for between use cleanings. | 09-06-2012 |
20120236405 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display unit in which pixels having first and second regions are arrayed in a matrix, the first region emitting first color light for displaying a stereoscopic image including images of a plurality of viewing points and the second region emitting second color light in order to display the stereoscopic image. A separation unit separates optically the images of the respective viewing points from each other so that the images of different viewing points are observed by different eyes of a viewer, wherein in a region on the display unit in which the image of a predetermined viewing point is displayed, widths of the first and second regions in a parallax direction of the stereoscopic image are approximately the same and widths of the first and second regions in a vertical direction, which is approximately perpendicular to the parallax direction, are different | 09-20-2012 |
20120236406 | 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, 3D GLASSES, AND DRIVING METHODS OF THE 3D IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND THE 3D GLASSES - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel which alternately displays a left-eye image and a right-eye image, a backlight unit which includes a plurality of different types of light sources and which is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to emit light toward the display panel, a driving unit which drives the backlight unit, and a control unit which controls the different types of light sources to be used to display the left-eye image and the right-eye image, respectively. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236407 | SUPPORT DEVICE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSES - A support device for three-dimensional glasses includes a stand extending upward and a cradle mounted on the stand to support three-dimensional glasses. The cradle is movable in an up and down direction and rotatable in a left-right direction or an up-down direction. Therefore, a user may easily adjust a position of the cradle and conveniently use three-dimensional glasses. | 09-20-2012 |
20120250152 | VARIABLE FOCUS STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A variable focus stereoscopic display system includes first and second lenses positioned between a viewer's eyes and a stereoscopic display that alters the distance to the focus plane of the viewer based on the vergence of the viewer's eyes while viewing the stereoscopic display. | 10-04-2012 |
20120257276 | TOOL PATH DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR MACHINE TOOL - A tool path display apparatus, configured to display a three-dimensional path of a movable part of a machine tool, calculates three-dimensional coordinate values of the movable part as viewed from a coordinate system secured to a workpiece, thereby determining the three-dimensional path of the movable part. Left- and right-eye stereoscopic image data are determined based on the determined three-dimensional path of the movable part, and the determined left- and right-eye stereoscopic image data are displayed on the display apparatus so that they can be viewed by an operator's left and right eyes, respectively. | 10-11-2012 |
20120307358 | Color filter for generating and viewing three-dimensional colored pictures - The invention relates to the field of 3D cinema projection using wavelength-division multiplexing. Three-dimensional color images are generated and viewed using a filter pair. Respectively differently pre-specified regions of the visible spectrum are filtered out by the two filters of the filter pair such that a plurality of delimited spectral intervals are transmitted in the blue, green and red domain of color perception. Here, the position of the transmitting intervals for the two perspective partial images is different. The respectively filtered-out regions are produced by absorption bands. The absorption bands here can be generated by a plurality of different colorants in the filter material. The filters can, for example, be disposed in glasses for viewing three-dimensional color images with two viewing openings for the eyes of an observer. | 12-06-2012 |
20130003177 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A stereoscopic image display apparatus is provided. The stereoscopic image display apparatus has a common state generator, a display panel and an active light control layer. The common state generator is arranged for receiving stereoscopic information and generating a left-eye image, a right-eye image, a common sub-image and a corresponding state signal, wherein the common sub-image is a common part of the left-eye image and the right-eye image. The display panel is arranged for displaying the left-eye image, the right-eye image and the common sub-image according to a predetermined display order. The active light control layer is at a first state, a second state, and a third state, respectively, according to the state signal when the display panel displays the left-eye image, the right-eye image, and the common sub-image, respectively. | 01-03-2013 |
20130010358 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic image, and there is provided an image display method, and the method may include acquiring information on a user's face; determining whether to allow a stereoscopic image based on the face information; and displaying an image based on a result of the determination as to whether to allow a stereoscopic image. Hence, according to the present invention, a person disqualified for viewing a stereoscopic image may be prevented from viewing TV in a stereoscopic image mode. | 01-10-2013 |
20130016426 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GLASSESAANM CHIANG; WEN-LINAACI Tu-ChengAACO TWAAGP CHIANG; WEN-LIN Tu-Cheng TW - A pair of 3D glasses comprises a glasses frame, a pair of nosepieces, a pair of temple arms pivotally mounted on the glasses frame and a power supply. The power supply comprises a battery and a tactile switch located inside one of the pair of nosepieces. The battery supplies power to the glasses when the user wears the glasses and power is turned off when the glasses are not being used by the user. | 01-17-2013 |
20130027772 | VARIABLE-DEPTH STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - This document describes various techniques for implementing a variable-depth stereoscopic display. A first distance at which a viewer is disposed relative to a stereoscopic display is received. Once received, a second distance by which to change a front focal distance of a lens structure of the stereoscopic display is determined based on the first distance. The front focal distance of the lens structure is then caused to change by the second distance effective to display a stereoscopic image at the first distance. | 01-31-2013 |
20130033749 | STEREO DISPLAY DEVICE AND SWITCHING PANEL USED IN STEREO DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereo display device includes a display panel and a switching panel. The display panel has a plurality of unit regions, and each of the unit regions includes a right eye unit region and a left eye unit region. The switching panel is disposed on the display panel and includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of electrode patterns and an optically anisotropic medium. The first substrate and the second substrate are disposed opposite to each other. The electrode patterns are disposed on the second substrate. The optically anisotropic medium is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 02-07-2013 |
20130063813 | Method of viewing anaglyphs with single color filter to optimize color perception - The present invention discloses a method of improving color quality in anaglyphs. Stereo pair images are viewed using a filter of one primary color on the side corresponding to the side of the same color primary filter used in recording the anaglyph. The other side, corresponding to the side recorded using color filter of the remaining primary colors, has only a fixed or adjustable neutral density filter that matches the luminosity to that of the one primary color filter. Retinal rivalry suppresses the one primary color image on the side of the less luminous neutral density filter image, thus generating full stereopis. Since the side with the neutral density filter perceives all of the primary colors, the color gamut is maintained. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063814 | THREE DIMENSIONAL GLASSES - A pair of 3D glasses includes a pair of lenses, a circuit board, and a pair of electrical interlock pieces. Each lens has an electrical adjoining pad at an inner edge adjacent to a nosepiece of the 3D glasses. The electrical interlock pieces are positioned between the lenses and are coupled to the lenses and the circuit board. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063815 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In an optical system, first green light reflected by a first diffractive optical element propagates in a left direction by repeating total reflection within a first light guide unit, is reflected by a third diffractive optical element, and is guided to a left eye. First red light reflected by a fifth diffractive optical element propagates in a left direction by repeating total reflection within a second light guide unit, is reflected by a seventh diffractive optical element, and is guided to a left eye. First blue light reflected by a ninth diffractive optical element is reflected by an eleventh diffractive optical element, and is guided to a left eye. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063816 | VIEWING AID FOR STEREOSCOPIC 3D DISPLAY - This invention relates to a stereoscopic viewing aid for viewing images received from a stereoscopic imaging system, the imaging system comprising two channels providing images having two different sets of wavelength ranges, the viewing aid comprising two filtering means, the first transmitting light within the first set of wavelengths and the second transmitting light within the second set of wavelengths, each of said filtering means comprising a first optical device having a selected focal length at the corresponding wavelengths. | 03-14-2013 |
20130114135 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING 3D IMAGE - A method of displaying a 3D image is provided, which mainly proposes a real-time detection method of a viewing position, an optimum alignment method of a viewing position and a view, a dynamic multi-view 3D image combination method, and a design method of a static parallax barrier device, to eliminate defects of auto-stereoscopic display especially in the case that a common flat-panel display screen and a static parallax barrier device are used to display a 3D image, so as to effectively solve problems of a ghost image, a pseudo stereoscopic image, and insufficient viewing freedom in horizontal and vertical directions on an optimum viewable plane, thereby achieving the objectives of greatly improving the 3D image quality and the convenience of use. | 05-09-2013 |
20130128355 | Flat Panel Display Device, Stereoscopic Display Device, and Plasma Display Device - The present invention provides a flat panel display device. The flat panel display device includes a backlight system and a display panel, wherein: the backlight system includes a light source, a light homogenization mechanism, and a back frame; the back frame carries the light source and the light homogenization mechanism and the back frame includes at least first and second primary assembling pieces, wherein the first primary assembling piece has an end forming at least two joint sections, each of the joint sections having a structure mating an end of the second primary assembling piece, the first primary assembling piece using one of the joint sections to join the corresponding end of the second primary assembling piece. The primary assembling pieces forms a cavity. The present invention also provides a stereoscopic display device and a plasma display device. The flat panel display device, the stereoscopic display device, and the plasma display device of the present invention form a cavity in a primary assembling piece to receive a light source so as to facilitate replacement of the light source of flat panel displaying. | 05-23-2013 |
20130135720 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY AND AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - Method for producing an autostereoscopic display with an optical element and an image forming unit, characterized by the following method steps: provide an optical element preferably generated on a flat substrate, determine position parameters of the optical element using a sensor unit, particularly an optical sensor unit, and deposit the image forming unit onto the back of the optical element based on the position parameters determined. In addition, an autostereoscopic display produced in this manner is disclosed. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135721 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN DISPLAY PANEL AND FILM PATTERNED RETARDER - The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for inspecting misalign between a display panel and a film patterned retarder (FPR) in the stereoscopic image display separating polarized lights of a left-eye image and a right-eye image using the FPR. The present disclosure suggests a system for inspecting misalign between a display panel and a film patterned retarder, comprising: an inspection target panel including the display panel to which the film patterned retarder adheres; a misalign inspector for imaging edge images of both sides of the inspection target panel or imaging a central image of a pixel array of the inspection target panel; and a controller for analyzing an image received from the misalign inspector to measure a misalign degree between the film patterned retarder and the display panel. | 05-30-2013 |
20130155504 | POLARIZATION GLASSES TYPE STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A polarization glasses type stereoscopic image display displaying a stereoscopic image on a display surface includes a thin film transistor array substrate, a color filter array substrate having a plurality of black matrix patterns formed on a first plane facing the thin film transistor array substrate, a plurality of black stripe patterns that are aligned correspondingly to the black matrix patterns on a second plane of the color filter array substrate opposite to the first plane, and a patterned retarder disposed over the second plane of the color filter array substrate. The overall vertical pitch of the patterned retarder is less than the overall vertical pitch of a pixel array formed on the display surface. | 06-20-2013 |
20130170029 | LENS UNIT - A 3D adapter comprises a left-eye optical system (OL), a right-eye optical system (OR), an adjusting mechanism, and an exterior casing. The exterior casing accommodates the left-eye optical system (OL) and the right-eye optical system (OR), and can be mounted to a video camera. The adjusting mechanism is provided to adjust the position of a left-eye optical image QL | 07-04-2013 |
20130182320 | STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES USING DICHROIC AND ABSORPTIVE LAYERS - Filter glasses for use with a stereoscopic digital display system that displays stereoscopic images including left-eye images and right-eye images. The left-eye images are formed with light in a plurality of left-eye spectral bands, and the right-eye images are formed with light in a corresponding plurality of spectrally-adjacent right-eye spectral bands. The filter glasses include a left-eye filter and a right-eye filter, each of which includes a dichroic filter stack and one or more absorptive filter layers. Each of the filters transmits 50% or more of the light in the corresponding eye spectra bands, while providing less than 5% crosstalk. A frame is used to position the right-eye filter in front of an observer's right eye and to position the left-eye filter in front of the observer's left eye. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182321 | FILTER GLASSES FOR SPECTRAL STEREOSCOPIC PROJECTION SYSTEM - Filter glasses for use with a stereoscopic digital display system that displays stereoscopic images including left-eye images and right-eye images. The first-eye images are formed using red, green and blue first-eye light emitters having corresponding spectral bands with red, green and blue first-eye central wavelengths, λ | 07-18-2013 |
20130182322 | STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES USING TILTED FILTERS - Filter glasses for use by an observer of a stereoscopic digital display system that displays stereoscopic images including first-eye images and second-eye images. The filter glasses include a first-eye filter that substantially transmits light from the first-eye images and blocks light from the second-eye images, and a second-eye filter that substantially transmits light from the second-eye images and blocks light from the second-eye images. A frame is used to position the first-eye filter in front of the observer's first eye and to position the second-eye filter in front of the observer's second eye, such that the front surfaces of the filters are oriented at a tilt angle of at least 5 degrees relative to vertical so that light from the display surface that is reflected from the first-eye filter and the second-eye filter is directed over the heads of other observers that are seated in front of the observer. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182323 | Stereoscopic Image Capture System Comprising Means for Calibration of the Image Capture Lenses - In the field of stereoscopic image capture systems comprising two cameras, each camera comprising a lens and an electromechanical device allowing the adjustments of the lens to be controlled, a system is provided which comprises calibration means comprising means for storing adjustment setpoints fixed by an operator in operational use and control means allowing the adjustment setpoints of the first lens and those of the second lens to be closed-loop controlled in such a manner that the optical parameters of the first and of the second lens are identical. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188252 | EYEWEAR DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides an eyewear device for transmitting a signal and a communication method thereof. The eyewear device comprises a receiving unit, a shutter and a transmitting unit. For example, the receiving unit is capable of receiving a synchronization signal, and the shutter performs an operation in response to the synchronization signal. Meanwhile, the transmitting unit transmits the synchronization signal to another eyewear device. By this way, each eyewear device is capable of receiving the synchronization signal, and re-transmits the synchronization signal to another eyewear device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130194663 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE VIEWING EYEWEAR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Stereoscopic image viewing eyewear includes a left-eye shutter that controls a visual field of a viewer's left eye, a right-eye shutter that controls a visual field of a viewer's right eye, a distance determiner that detects a distance between the display device and the eyewear and determines whether the detected distance is smaller than a predetermined value, and a shutter controller that controls open and close of the left-eye shutter and the right-eye shutter based on the determined result of the distance determiner to cause the viewer to view the stereoscopic image when the detected distance is larger than a predetermined value, and to cause the viewer to view a non-stereoscopic image when the detected distance is smaller than the predetermined value. | 08-01-2013 |
20130215504 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DEVICE AND GLASSES - A stereoscopic image processing system, a stereoscopic image processing method and glasses are disclosed. The stereoscopic image processing system transmits a control value for controlling a prism diopter of glasses having a prismatic effect on light irradiated for displaying a left-view image and a right-view image, controls the prism diopter of the glasses based on the transmitted control value, and causes the prismatic effect on the light passing through the glasses. | 08-22-2013 |
20130222905 | DYNAMIC ANAGLYPH DESIGN APPARATUS - A printed dynamic anaglyph design apparatus is provided having a source of left eye information and right eye information, a memory data regarding colorant characteristics and a processor. The processor determines a colorant type map. At least one mutable colorant and at least one non-mutable colorant are selected for a colorant type map so that the printed dynamic anaglyph image has a first appearance state in which the at least one mutable colorant is in the first colorant state and is color matched to at least one of a left eye information and a right eye information and so that when the image is exposed to an external stimulus the mutable colorant changes color to provide a second appearance state having a color in a difference region that spectrally overlaps a spectral filter in one eye of a pair of stereo color glasses. | 08-29-2013 |
20130229711 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL EYEGLASSES - Provided is an image display system which can assuredly perform collaborative processing such as determination of a fatigue state of a viewer using three-dimensional eyeglasses and an image display apparatus, without increasing system scale, the image display system including: a transmitting and receiving unit included in a three-dimensional display TV which transmits to three-dimensional eyeglasses a specification-designating signal designating a specification which at least includes a data format for a communication signal; a transmitting and receiving unit included in the three-dimensional eyeglasses which receives the specification-designating signal transmitted from the three-dimensional display TV and, according to the specification designated by the received specification-designating signal, converts a biometric signal acquired by a biometric signal sensor into the communication signal, and transmits the communication signal to the three-dimensional display TV. | 09-05-2013 |
20130242386 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display portion and an opening portion. In the display portion, pixels having different optical characteristics are arranged. The opening portion is arranged so as to face a display surface side of the display portion and causes a light from the display portion to pass in a predetermined direction. With respect to the pixels having the different optical characteristics in the display portion, the pixels having the same color are located in the opening portion. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242387 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL EYEGLASSES - Provided is a three-dimensional image display system including: eyeglasses including a type information transmission unit which transmits type information of the eyeglasses and a potential information transmission unit which transmits a biopotential of a viewer as potential information; and a three-dimensional display TV including a type information reception unit which receives the type information, an electrode position determination unit which determines, based on the received type information, a position of an electrode included in the eyeglasses, a potential information reception unit which receives the transmitted potential information, and a wearing conditions determination unit which determines wearing conditions of the viewer wearing the eyeglasses, based on the determined electrode position and the received potential information. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242388 | 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. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242389 | Method and System for Shaped Glasses and Viewing 3D Images - Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses and spectrally complementary filters disposed on the curved surface lenses configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. The spectrally complementary filters include guard bands to prevent crosstalk between spectrally complementary portions of a 3D image viewed through the shaped glasses. In one embodiment, the spectrally complementary filters are disposed on the curved lenses with increasing layer thickness towards edges of the lenses. The projected complementary images may also be pre-shifted to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts occurring while viewing the images. | 09-19-2013 |
20130258461 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - A 3D display device that includes: a first optical section of focal distance f1 provided with a group of small lenses arrayed along a specific direction; and a second optical section of focal distance f2 that converges N beams of parallel light that are emitted from the first optical section and hit the individual small lenses by converging so as to offset the N beams from an optical axis. A distance d1 between the first optical section and the second optical section satisfies f2−f1≦d1≦f2 and a viewing distance d2 from the second optical section satisfies d2≈f2. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258462 | STEREOSCOPIC OPTICS - An adapter system for displaying and recording stereoscopic images from a single lens optic device and methods of producing stereoscopic images using such an adapter are provided herein. The adapter system utilizes an active stereoscopic shutter mounted along the optical path of the single lens optic device, such as, for example, a microscope or an endoscope, to provide a stereoscopic image to a video or still camera mounted along the same optical path. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258463 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND 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. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258464 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device capable of maintaining continuity of images of adjacent image display elements on a display screen that is composed of a plurality of image display element includes image display elements ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130301123 | SUPPORTING MEMBER FOR ATTACHING FUNCTIONAL PANEL TO DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device according to the present disclosure includes a display panel to output an image thereon, a functional panel attached onto the display panel by use of an adhesive, a supporting member disposed on one side of the display panel, and having a partial area disposed between the display panel and the functional panel to maintain a uniform gap between the display panel and the functional panel, and at least one adhesive introduction space formed on the supporting member such that an adhesive is introduced therein, the adhesive filled between the display panel and the functional panel. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301124 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device has an NTSC ratio of higher than or equal to 80% and a contrast ratio of higher than or equal to 500 and includes a display portion. In the display portion, a pixel is provided at a resolution of greater than or equal to 80 ppi, and the pixel includes a light-emitting module capable of emitting light with a spectral line half-width of less than or equal to 60 nm. Further, the light emission of the light-emitting module is raised to a desired luminance with a gradient of greater than or equal to 0 in response to an input signal within a response time of longer than or equal to 1 μs and shorter than 1 ms. | 11-14-2013 |
20130321913 | Directional Backlight - Disclosed is an optical inline light guiding apparatus which may include a substantially parallel planar light expansion section and a light extraction section comprising a stepped structure, in which the steps may be extraction features and guiding features. Such controlled illumination may provide for efficient, multi-user autostereoscopic displays with wide viewing freedom, high efficiency and low cross talk and other directional display uses. | 12-05-2013 |
20130335821 | Source conditioning for imaging directional backlights - Disclosed is an imaging directional backlight apparatus for providing large area uniform directed illumination from localized light sources. Within an exemplary optical valve system, a waveguide comprises a stepped structure, where the steps comprise extraction features hidden to guided light, propagating in a first forward direction. Returning light propagating in a second backward direction may be refracted, diffracted, or reflected by the features to provide discrete illumination beams exiting from the top surface of the waveguide. Such controlled illumination may provide for efficient, multi-user autostereoscopic displays as well as improved 2D display functionality. Illumination uniformity is provided by the positioning, packaging, and optically modifying of individual input sources. The latter employs non-imaging and refractive optics. | 12-19-2013 |
20130342904 | 3D PROJECTION SYSTEM USING LASER LIGHT SOURCES - Laser or narrow band light sources are utilized to from left (R | 12-26-2013 |
20140002898 | Display Apparatus and Display Method Using Invisible Light | 01-02-2014 |
20140022637 | System for 3D Image Projections and Viewing - Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses with spectrally complementary filters disposed thereon. The filters curved surface lenses are configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. Complementary images are projected for viewing through projection filters having passbands that pre-shift to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts. At least one filter may have more than 3 primary passbands. For example, two filters include a first filter having passbands of low blue, high blue, low green, high green, and red, and a second filter having passbands of blue, green, and red. The additional passbands may be utilized to more closely match a color space and white point of a projector in which the filters are used. The shaped glasses and projection filters together may be utilized as a system for projecting and viewing 3D images. | 01-23-2014 |
20140029095 | Method of Autostereoscopic Display on a Screen Having its Largest Dimension in a Vertical Direction - A method for autostereoscopic display of an autostereoscopic image with N points of view of rank between 1 and N—in an ascending order from right to left—on a screen having pixels arranged in rows and in columns, said pixels consisting of a plurality of subpixels of different colors (R, G, B), wherein said screen is arranged with its largest dimension in the vertical direction so that the subpixels forming each pixel are arranged in said vertical direction, and each column of the screen is filled with blocks of at least three subpixels corresponding to a set of subpixels of one of the points of view of the image to be displayed, separated by blocks of one or more subpixels that are off or darkened. | 01-30-2014 |
20140049821 | DRIVING METHOD OF 3D SHUTTER TYPE GLASSES AND DRIVING CIRCUIT THEREOF - The present disclosure discloses a driving method of three-dimensional (3D) shutter type glasses and a driving circuit thereof. In a driving method of the 3D shutter type glasses, a left lens is transparent in its transparent cycles and dosed in its shutdown cycles, and a right lens is transparent in its transparent cycles and closed in its shutdown cycles the driving circuit of the 3D shutter type glasses executes a step of at least outputting a section of low-level signals in one transparent cycle of each lens. The present disclosure can effectively improve the flash of the 3D shutter type glasses. | 02-20-2014 |
20140063602 | Pixel Structure And Display Device - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a pixel structure and a display device concerning to the technical field of 3D display. In this pixel structure, the distance of the center points of the transmitting regions of any two adjacent sub-pixels in each row is equal to the distance of the center points of the transmitting regions of the any two adjacent sub-pixels in each column. The pixel structure and the display device decrease the costs of the display device, and also a better 3D effect in the horizontal and vertical directions can be achieved at the same viewing distance without parallax barriers placed at two different heights. | 03-06-2014 |
20140092472 | Stepped waveguide autostereoscopic display apparatus with a reflective directional element - An autostereoscopic display apparatus may include a stepped waveguide, optical elements, and one or more reflective imaging and/or directional elements. These elements may be arranged to return light from the stepped waveguide into an array of viewing windows. Such elements can be used to achieve observer tracking autostereoscopic display for landscape and portrait modes of operation. System thickness and cost may be reduced and system brightness can be increased or low operating power modes may be achieved. | 04-03-2014 |
20140098419 | SHUTTER GLASSES - Provided are shutter eyeglasses that can have simplified internal wiring. The shutter glasses include: a circuit board to which a drive circuit adapted to drive a left eye shutter and a right eye shutter is mounted; a battery adapted to supply power to the circuit board; and a reception element adapted to receive a synchronizing signal transmitted from an image display device. The circuit board, battery, and reception element are arranged between the left eye shutter and the right eye shutter. | 04-10-2014 |
20140104683 | Parallax Barrier, Designing Method Thereof And Parallax Barrier Type 3D Display Device - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a parallax barrier, a designing method thereof and a parallax barrier type 3D display device. The parallax barrier comprises: a plurality of grating sheets, utilized to shield light, disposed in an arrangement direction and spaced apart from each other, wherein the plurality of grating sheets are divided into 2K identical grating sections each of which comprises two or more grating segments, each grating segment comprises one or more grating sheets with an identical grating pitch C, and the grating sheets included in different grating segments have different grating pitches, and the 2K grating sections are arranged symmetrically about a center line of the parallax barrier in the arrangement direction, and K is a natural number. | 04-17-2014 |
20140118824 | THREE DIMENSIONS DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - An autostereoscopic display device including a display panel, a parallax barrier and a control module is provided. The display panel has a display surface and includes a plurality of first sub-pixel units and a plurality of second sub-pixel units alternately arranged with each other. The parallax barrier is arranged at a side of the display surface and includes a plurality of barrier units. Each barrier unit includes 1st to Nth gratings, wherein N is an odd number larger than 1. The controlling module is electrically coupled to the display panel and the parallax barrier, and used for controlling the parallax barrier and images displayed by the first sub-pixel units and the second sub-pixel units. A displaying method of the autostereoscopic display device is also disclosed. | 05-01-2014 |
20140133024 | Projection Systems with Despeckled Laser Light - An apparatus and method for the projection of stereoscopic images that includes a pulsed laser that generates green light and an optical fiber that generates stimulated Raman scattered light. The stimulated Raman scattering light is divided into green light and red light and the colors are used to form stereoscopic images. Additional lasers may be added to meet specific primary color targets and to balance the brightness of the images for each eye. | 05-15-2014 |
20140177046 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY FOR NAKED EYES - Provided is a three-dimensional display. The display includes a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a barrier layer on a first surface of the substrate and at an area corresponding to a boundary between neighboring pixel areas of the plurality of pixel areas; a driving circuit layer on the barrier layer; and a display device layer on the driving circuit layer and forming pixels at positions corresponding to the plurality of pixel areas, wherein light emitted by the display device layer is emitted outside via a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface of the substrate. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177047 | AUTO STEREO DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR SUBWAY TUNNEL - An auto stereo display system for subway tunnel is disclosed. When a train is traveling through the tunnel at high speed, passengers can see stereo images outside the window by the system. The system is composed of LED light columns that vertically aligned at equal distance on the tunnel wall. Each LED light column is composed of multiple columns of LEDs and slit gratings. When the LEDs are changing with the changing instant speed of multi viewing angle image pixel array and the train, the passengers can see stereo image without glasses. The display system is specially applicable for business advertisement and nonprofit propagation in subway tunnel. | 06-26-2014 |
20140198382 | INTERFACE USING EYE TRACKING CONTACT LENSES - Methods of eye gaze tracking are provided using magnetized contact lenses tracked by magnetic sensors and/or reflecting contact lenses tracked by video-based sensors. Tracking information of contact lenses from magnetic sensors and video-based sensors may be used to improve eye tracking and/or combined with other sensor data to improve accuracy. Furthermore, reflective contact lenses improve blink detection while eye gaze tracking is otherwise unimpeded by magnetized contact lenses. Additionally, contact lenses may be adapted for viewing 3D information. | 07-17-2014 |
20140254007 | Parallax Shutter Barrier For Temporally Interlaced Autostereoscopic Three Dimensional (3D) Display Apparatus - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus related to displaying 3D images. In one aspect, an apparatus includes an array of display elements and a plurality of parallax barrier shutters. Each parallax barrier shutter corresponds to one of the display elements and is configured to be driven into a first state in which an angular distribution of light passing the parallax barrier shutter from the corresponding display element is weighted towards a first side of the apparatus or a second state in which the angular distribution of light passing the parallax barrier shutter from the corresponding display element is weighted towards a second side of the apparatus opposite the first side. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254008 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - If a detected orientation of a device is turned 180 degrees from the upright direction, a three-dimensional image that can be viewed normally as a stereoscopic view can be displayed regardless of the orientation in which the device is used, by turning images that are to be viewed respectively by the left and right eyes, and inverting the arrangement of the images that are to be viewed respectively by the left and right eyes. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254009 | OPTICAL IMAGING APPARATUS - An optical imaging apparatus | 09-11-2014 |
20140320959 | ANTISTATIC FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An antistatic film includes a substrate, a lower coating layer positioned on the substrate and including a conductive material, tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), and silsesquioxane (SSQ), and an upper coating layer positioned on the lower coating layer and including the conductive material and tetraethyl orthosilicate. | 10-30-2014 |
20140340746 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present application discloses a display device including a display portion for displaying a composite image of left and right images to be viewed by left and right eyes by using display elements arranged in a matrix. The display portion defines first and second element groups for displaying the left and right images, respectively. The first element groups include first and second height group situated at first and second vertical positions, which is different from each other. The second element groups include first and second adjacent groups horizontally adjacent to the first and second height group, respectively. The first and second adjacent groups include first and second adjacent elements adjacent to the first and second height groups, respectively. The first adjacent element emits different light in a luminescent color from the second adjacent element. | 11-20-2014 |
20150092269 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL EYEGLASSES FOR VIEWING 2D IMAGE OR OBJECT IMAGE AS 3D IMAGE - The present invention relates to three-dimensional eyeglasses for viewing a 2D image or an object image as a 3D image. The three-dimensional eyeglasses ( | 04-02-2015 |
20150138635 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING NARROWBAND IMAGES - A system may produce images including narrow-bandwidth colors. One or more sets of the narrow-bandwidth colors may be selected to be interpreted as substantially a same color by a user. The system may include a light source configured to produce the narrow-bandwidth colors, and/or narrow-passband filters may create narrow-bandwidth colors from light emitted by broad-spectrum light sources or color sources. Spatial and/or time multiplexing may be used to create separate narrow-bandwidth colors interpreted as substantially a same color by the user. For example, the light source and/or the narrow-passband filter elements may be adjustable and may alternate between emission of two or more narrow-bandwidth colors. A viewing device may include filters allowing the user to selectively filter the narrow-bandwidth colors. The user may filter the narrow-bandwidth colors to separate a stereoscopic image pair, to view a user-specific image, to view desired content obfuscated by an obfuscating image, and/or the like. | 05-21-2015 |
20150293367 | 3D cover glasses for applying over prescription eyeglasses - The invention discloses a cover glass system for securing lenses to prescription eyeglasses to allow the viewer to watch a three dimensional motion picture or television program. Lenses having different characteristics are mounted in a frame having elastic loops are attached to the upper corners of the cover glass system to further secure the cover glass system to prescription eyeglasses. | 10-15-2015 |
20150378085 | Directional privacy display - A directional privacy display may include a waveguide; and an array of light sources and spatial light modulator that operate in a time sequential manner. The waveguide may include light extraction features arranged to direct light from an array of light sources by total internal reflection to an array of viewing windows and a reflector arranged to direct light from the waveguide by transmission through extraction features of the waveguide to the same array of viewing windows. First and second phases may be temporally multiplexed with respective primary and secondary images and primary and secondary angular illumination distributions. An efficient and bright privacy display may be provided with obscured primary image visibility for off-axis observers. | 12-31-2015 |
20160097933 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH SEMI-TRANSPARENT SCREEN SHARED BY TWO OBSERVERS - The general field of the invention is that of display systems comprising means for generating images of a predetermined object and a display device comprising a semi-transparent projection screen. The system according to the invention is intended to be used simultaneously by at least two observers. The image generating means comprise features arranged to generate a first image of a first object and a second image of a second object, and the display system comprises two pairs of glasses worn by the first and second observer, arranged such that the first observer sees only the first image and not the second image and the second observer sees only the second image and not the first image, each pair of glasses allowing the exterior light to pass through. The first object and the second object may be identical. | 04-07-2016 |
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