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US 2002/0001045 A1Published application
Parallax viewing system
OwnerMinakanagurki Ranganath, John Frank Riberainventors
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A parallax viewing system is disclosed that permits a viewer to change viewpoints and look around objects by providing the viewer with multiple viewpoints. The parallax viewing system can include a plurality of viewpoints in each viewing direction of a two dimensional display. A viewpoint/parallax generator causes a liquid crystal array to vary its viewing angle over time across a plurality of viewpoints 1 through N, while applying the appropriate image data for the respective viewpoint. The liquid crystal array or other suitable display technology is fabricated with a narrow viewing angle. The liquid crystal material should be selected to handle a wide bias voltage (contrast) variation. Thus, by varying the applied bias voltage, the viewing angle of the display system may be tuned from left to right, for example, by varying the bias voltage. In an illustrative three dimensional implementation, the input image signal is encoded with a left eye (LE) and right eye (RE) image for each viewpoint. In addition, the input image signal may optionally contain viewpoint data, including an indication of the viewing angle in each direction corresponding to the respective LE/RE image, for a variable viewpoint implementation.
A method of presenting one or more objects on a display with parallax, said display having a plurality of viewing angles, said objects having a plurality of viewpoints, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of presenting one or more objects on a three dimensional display with parallax, said display having a plurality of viewing angles, said objects having a plurality of viewpoints, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of simultaneously presenting information on a display in a plurality of formats, said display having a plurality of viewing angles, said method comprising the steps of:
A display system for presenting one or more objects with parallax, said display having a plurality of viewing angles, said objects having a plurality of viewpoints, said display system comprising:
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