Multiview display device

A method of driving a multiview display device for displaying multiple views for observation at different observation angles relative to the multiview display device including at a first observation angle and a second observation angle, the multiple views having respective viewing angles related to an object to be displayed, the method comprising the act of:

• displaying by an optical device multiple viewing cones, a first cone of the multiple viewing cones comprises different views so that a different view is observed by a right eye and a left eye of a viewer of the multiview display device, the different views of the first cone having an angular distribution of the views relative to the display device;
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• providing the optical device with sets of image data corresponding to the respective views such that:
• the angular distribution has a first part of adjacent views with increasing viewing angle and a second part of adjacent views with decreasing viewing angle;
• minimizing a difference between a viewing angle corresponding to the first observation angle of a first view at a first boundary of the first viewing cone and a viewing angle corresponding to the second observation angle of a second view at a second boundary of the first viewing cone;
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• the angular distribution has a first one of the views in between a maximum view which corresponds to a maximum viewing angle and a minimum view which corresponds to a minimum viewing angle.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program to be loaded into a computer arrangement, said computer program comprising instructions for causing the computer arrangement to drive a multiview display device for displaying multiple views for observation at different observation angles relative to the multiview display device including at a first observation angle and a second observation angle, the multiple views having respective viewing angles related to an object to be displayed, the display device comprising:

• an optical device configured to display multiple viewing cones, a first cone of the multiple viewing cones comprises different views so that a different view is observed by a right eye and a left eye of a viewer of the multiview display device, the different views of the first cone having an angular distribution of the views relative to the display device;
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• a driver configured to provide the optical device with sets of image data corresponding to the respective views, the computer arrangement comprising a processor and a memory, the computer program, after being loaded in the memory, providing said processor with a capability to provide the sets of image data to the driver such that:
• the angular distribution has a first part of adjacent views with increasing viewing angle and a second part of adjacent views with decreasing viewing angle;
• minimizing a difference between a viewing angle corresponding to the first observation angle of a first view at a first boundary of the first viewing cone and a viewing angle corresponding to the second observation angle of a second view at a second boundary of the first viewing cone;
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• the angular distribution has a first one of the views in between a maximum view which corresponds to a maximum viewing angle and a minimum view which corresponds to a minimum viewing angle.