Image displaying method and an image display
AssigneeThe University of Tokyo
InventorsIsao Shimoyama, Kazunori Hoshino
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Abstract
An image display has a substrate, plural optical sources on the substrate, and a microlens-array in which plural microlens are arranged so as to be opposed to the respective optical sources. Then, driving devices are provided under the optical sources. The driving devices move the microlenses relatively for the respective optical sources. At the same time, the optical intensities or the optical wavelengths of light beams from the optical sources are varied with synchronized with the above relative movements, and taken out as image information of an object to be observed. As a result, a three-dimensional image of the object can be provided.
Claims52
An image displaying method comprising the steps of:
- arranging plural microlenses for plural optical sources with optical signals corresponding to image information of a given object as an image information source, respectively,
- moving the plural microlenses, provided in front of the optical sources, relatively for the plural optical sources, and
- varying light beams from the plural optical sources in synchronization with the relative movements on a basis of the image information of a given object to be observed,
- whereby a three-dimensional image of the given object can be provided.
An image displaying method comprising the steps of:
- arranging plural microlenses for plural optical sources with optical signal corresponding to image information of a given object, and providing the plural micro lenses in front of the plural optical sources, respectively,
- arranging plural light beam-scanning means between the plural microlenses and the plural optical sources, respectively,
- moving at least one of the plural microlenses and the plural light beam-scanning means relatively for the plural optical sources, and
- varying light beams from the plural optical sources in synchronization with the relative movements on a basis of image information of a given object to be observed,
- whereby a three-dimensional image of the given object can be provided, the plural optical sources providing the image information of a given object.
An image display, comprising:
- plural optical sources with optical signals corresponding to image information of a given object as an image information source;
- plural microlenses provided in front of the optical sources and arranged so as to be opposed to the plural respective optical sources;
- an optical controller to control light beams from the plural optical sources on the basis of image information of a given object to be observed;
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- a driving device to move the plural microlenses relatively for the plural optical sources in synchronization with the optical control.
An image display, comprising:
- plural optical sources with optical signals corresponding to image information of a given object as an image information source,
- plural microlenses provided in front of the optical sources, and arranged so as to be opposed to the plural respective optical sources,
- plural light beam-scanning means provided respectively between the plural optical sources and the plural microlenses,
- an optical controller to control light beams from the plural optical sources on the basis of image information of a given object to be observed, and
- a driving device to move at least one of the plural microlenses and the plural light beam-scanning means relatively for the plural optical sources in synchronization with the optical control.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.