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US 9,866,824 B2Granted
Position indicator for 3D display
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorWilhelmus Hendrikus Alfonsus Bruls
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Abstract
A device 120 for processing three-dimensional [3D] image data 122 for display on a 3D display 160, the 3D display being arranged for adjacently emitting, in a viewing cone 180, a series of views 100 of the 3D image data, the series of views enabling autostereoscopic viewing of the 3D image data at multiple viewing positions 182, 184 in the viewing cone by a viewer perceiving two different ones of the series of views, and the device comprising an indicator generator 140 arranged for establishing a graphical shape in the 3D image data for, when being displayed on the 3D display, providing to the viewer a position indicator graphically representing a relative position of the two different ones of the series of views within the series of views.
Claims16
A device for processing three-dimensional image data, the device comprising:
- a three-dimensional display,
- wherein the three-dimensional display is arranged for adjacently providing, in a viewing cone, a series of views of the three-dimensional image data,
- wherein the series of views enable autostereoscopic viewing of the three-dimensional image data by a viewer perceiving two different ones of the series of views at multiple viewing positions in the viewing cone,
- an indicator generator,
- wherein the indicator generator is configured to place a graphical shape in the three-dimensional image data,
- wherein a display of the graphical shape on the three-dimensional display provides to the viewer a position indicator,
- wherein the position indicator graphically represents a relative position of the two different ones of the series of views within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape comprises a reference shape for graphically representing a reference position of a reference view within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape comprises a position shape for graphically representing a current position of the two different ones of the series of views within the series of views,
- wherein the display of the graphical shape on the three-dimensional display provides to the viewer a reference part and a position part of the position indicator,
- wherein the display of the graphical shape has a relative spatial alignment graphically representing the relative position of the two different ones of the series of views within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape can provide an indication of a pseudoscopic perception of the three-dimensional image data,
- wherein the indication is perceivable as a change in size between at least two of the graphical shapes in the series of views.
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A non-transitory storage medium comprising three-dimensional image data for display on a three-dimensional display,
- wherein the three-dimensional display is arranged for adjacently providing, in a viewing cone, a series of views of the three-dimensional image data,
- wherein the series of views enabling autostereoscopic viewing of the three-dimensional image data by a viewer perceiving two different ones of the series of views at multiple viewing positions in the viewing cone,
- wherein the three-dimensional image data comprises a graphical shape,
- wherein a display of the graphical shape on the three-dimensional display provides to the viewer a position indicator graphically representing a relative position of the two different ones of the series of views within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape comprises a reference shape for graphically representing a reference position of a reference view within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape comprises a position shape for graphically representing a current position of the two different ones of the series of views within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape is arranged in the three-dimensional 3D image data,
- wherein the display of the graphical shape on the three-dimensional display provides to the viewer a reference part and a position part of the position indicator having a relative spatial alignment graphically representing the relative position of the two different ones of the series of views within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape can provide an indication of a pseudoscopic perception of the three-dimensional image data,
- wherein the indication is perceivable as a change in size between at least two of the graphical shapes in the series of views.
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A method of processing three-dimensional image data for display on a three-dimensional display, wherein the three-dimensional display is arranged for adjacently providing, in a viewing cone, a series of views of the three-dimensional image data, wherein the series of views enable autostereoscopic viewing of the three-dimensional image data by a viewer perceiving two different ones of the series of views at multiple viewing positions in the viewing cone, the method comprising:
- placing a graphical shape in the three-dimensional image data;
- displaying the graphical shape on the three-dimensional display to provide to the viewer a position indicator;
- graphically representing a relative position of the two different ones of the series of views within the series of views;
- wherein the graphical shape includes a reference shape for graphically representing a reference position of a reference view within the series of views, and a position shape for graphically representing a current position of the two different ones of the series of views within the series of views
- wherein the graphical shape is arranged in the three-dimensional image data,
- wherein displaying the graphical shape on the three-dimensional display provides to the viewer a reference part and a position part of the position indicator,
- wherein the position part has a relative spatial alignment graphically representing the relative position of the two different ones of the series of views within the series of views, and
- providing an indication to the viewer that the viewer has a pseudoscopic perception of the three-dimensional image data,
- wherein the indication is perceivable as a change in size of at least two of the graphical shapes in the series of views.
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A device for processing three-dimensional image data, the device comprising:
- a three-dimensional display,
- wherein the three-dimensional display is arranged for adjacently providing, in a viewing cone, a series of views of the three-dimensional image data,
- wherein the series of views enable autostereoscopic viewing of the three-dimensional image data by a viewer perceiving a first view of the series of views and a second view of the series of views at multiple viewing positions in the viewing cone,
- an indicator generator,
- wherein the indicator generator is configured to place a first graphical shape in the three-dimensional image data of the first view of the series of views and a second graphical shape in the three-dimensional data of the second view of the series of views,
- wherein a display of the graphical shape on the three-dimensional display provides to the viewer a position indicator,
- wherein the position indicator graphically represents a relative position of the first view of the series of views and the second view of the series of views within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape comprises a reference shape for graphically representing a reference position of a reference view within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape comprises a position shape for graphically representing a current position of the first view and the second view of the series of views within the series of views,
- wherein the display of the graphical shape on the three-dimensional display provides to the viewer a reference part and a position part of the position indicator,
- wherein the display of the graphical shape has a relative spatial alignment graphically representing the relative position of the first view of the series of views and the second view of the series of views within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape can provide an indication of a pseudoscopic perception of the three-dimensional image data,
- wherein the first graphical shape is perceivable as wider than the second graphical shape.
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A method of processing three-dimensional image data for display on a three-dimensional display, wherein the three-dimensional display is arranged for adjacently providing, in a viewing cone, a series of views of the three-dimensional image data, wherein the series of views enable autostereoscopic viewing of the three-dimensional image data by a viewer perceiving a first view of the series of views and a second view of the series of views at multiple viewing positions in the viewing cone, the method comprising:
- placing a first graphical shape in the three-dimensional image data of the first view of the series of views and a second graphical shape in the three-dimensional data of the second view of the series of views;
- displaying the graphical shape on the three-dimensional display to provide to the viewer a position indicator;
- graphically representing a relative position of the first view of the series of views and the second view of the series of views within the series of views;
- wherein the graphical shape includes a reference shape for graphically representing a reference position of a reference view within the series of views, and a position shape for graphically representing a current position of the first view of the series of views and the second view of the series of views within the series of views
- wherein the graphical shape is arranged in the three-dimensional image data in the first view of the series of views and the second view of the series of views,
- wherein displaying the graphical shape on the three-dimensional display provides to the viewer a reference part and a position part of the position indicator,
- wherein the position part has a relative spatial alignment graphically representing the relative position of the first view of the series of views and the second view of the series of views within the series of views, and
- providing an indication to the viewer that the viewer has a pseudoscopic perception of the three-dimensional image data,
- wherein the first graphical shape is perceivable as wider than the second graphical shape.
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A non-transitory storage medium comprising three-dimensional image data for display on a three-dimensional display,
- wherein the three-dimensional display is arranged for adjacently providing, in a viewing cone, a series of views of the three-dimensional image data,
- wherein the series of views enabling autostereoscopic viewing of the three-dimensional image data by a viewer perceiving a first view of the series of views and a second view of the series of views at multiple viewing positions in the viewing cone,
- wherein the three-dimensional image data comprises a first graphical shape and a second graphical shape,
- wherein a display of the graphical shape on the three-dimensional display provides to the viewer a position indicator graphically representing a relative position of the first view of the series of views and the second view of the series of views within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape comprises a reference shape for graphically representing a reference position of a reference view within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape comprises a position shape for graphically representing a current position of the first view of the series of views and the second view of the series of views within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape is arranged in the three-dimensional image data in at least two views of the series of views,
- wherein the display of the graphical shape on the three-dimensional display provides to the viewer a reference part and a position part of the position indicator having a relative spatial alignment graphically representing the relative position of the first view of the series of views and the second view of the series of views within the series of views,
- wherein the graphical shape can provide an indication of a pseudoscopic perception of the three-dimensional image data,
- wherein the first graphical shape is perceivable as wider than the second graphical shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.