Image display device to display a plurality of viewpoint images
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsSatoshi Mitani, Tomoya Yano, Yutaka Imai
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Abstract
An image display device according to the present disclosure includes: one or more image sources that output a two-dimensional projection image; and one or more image deflection sections that generate a plurality of area images by dividing the projection image from the image source into a plurality of areas at least in a horizontal direction, and deflects and projects, toward a screen having anisotropic diffusion properties, the plurality of area images at respective angles different from each other to partially overlap the plurality of area images with each other on the screen and thereby display images from a plurality of viewpoints.
Claims18
An image display device, comprising:
- a cylindrical screen having anisotropic diffusion properties that provides different light diffusion properties in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction, wherein the cylindrical screen is one of a cylindrical transmissive screen or a cylindrical reflective screen;
- a reflecting mirror above the cylindrical screen;
- at least one image source configured to output a two-dimensional projection image;
- and
- at least one image deflection section configured to:
- generate a plurality of area images by division of the two-dimensional projection image from the at least one image source into a plurality of areas at least in the horizontal direction, and
- deflect and project, toward the reflecting mirror that is above the cylindrical screen, the plurality of area images at different angles,
- wherein the reflecting mirror that is above the cylindrical screen is configured to:
- reflect the plurality of area images onto the cylindrical screen to partially overlap a first area image of the plurality of area images with a second area image of the plurality of area images on the cylindrical screen,
- and
- display a plurality of viewpoint images from a plurality of viewpoints on the cylindrical screen by the partial overlap of the first area image and the second area image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.