Stereoscopic display method and apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomotaka Muramoto
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Abstract
A stereoscopic display apparatus discriminates image signals for the left and right eyes by comparing the received image signals, and displays an image without adding special signals for discriminating the left and right eyes. A mechanical connection between an image pickup and an image display is not needed to properly distinguish left and right eye images.
Claims9
A stereoscopic display apparatus which receives two different image signals, and displays the two different image signals, comprising:
- display means for stereoscopic display having portions for right and left eyes;
- right/left determination means for discriminating, based on a correlation between the input two different image signals, determining which of the two received different image signals corresponds to a signal for the right or left eye by comparing the two different image signals to each other and for generating a determination result;
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- switching means for switching image signals to be output to the display means based on the determination result of said right/left determination means.
A stereoscopic display method which receives two different image signals, and displays the two different image signals on display means for stereoscopic display for right and left eyes, respectively, comprising:
- a right/left determination step of determining which of the two received different image signals corresponds to a signal for the right or left eye by comparing the two different image signals to each other and for generating a determination result;
- a switching step of switching the two different image signals to be output to the display means based on the determination result of said right/left determination step;
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- a displaying step of displaying the two different image signals on the display means.
A stereoscopic display apparatus which receives two different image signals, and displays the two different image signals, comprising:
- display means for stereoscopic display having portions for right and left eyes;
- right/left determination means for determining which of the two received different image signals corresponds to a signal for the right or left eye by comparing the two different image signals to each other and for generating a determination result;
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- switching means for providing the two received different image signals to proper output terminals for the right eye and for the left eye based on the determination result of said right/left determination means.
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