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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6400394 | 3-Dimensional image projection display system and method A 3D image projection display system for displaying a 3D image on a screen includes a projector for projecting the left eye image of the 3D image polarized in a first polarizing direction and the right eye image polarized in a second polarizing directionp... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6396627 | Stereoscopic microscope including zoom and relay optical systems The stereoscopic microscope includes a common close-up optical system that faces an object, a pair of zoom optical systems that form a pair of primary image, a pair of field stops, a pair of relay optical systems that relay the primary images to form a pa... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396397 | Vehicle imaging system with stereo imaging A vehicular stereoscopic imaging system provides a calculation of a distance between one or more sensors on a vehicle and a light source or object in a target scene remote from the vehicle. The imaging system may be useful in a headlamp dimmer control sys... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392688 | High accuracy stereo vision camera system A stereo camera system suitable for use in high performance computer vision systems has two or more electronic cameras. Each camera has an assembly comprising a light sensing array and a lens assembly which are each directly mounted to a rigid mounting me... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6366370 | Rendering methods for full parallax autostereoscopic displays A method of rendering image data for full parallax autostereoscopic displays. The method is based on a double frustrum camera technique, where two cameras provide image data from opposing sides of an image plane. The near clipping plane is located on the ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6351280 | Autostereoscopic display system An autostereoscopic display system is capable of tracking one or more users within a viewing zone and presenting complementary stereoimages to each of the viewer's (or viewers') eyes. Polarization is used to segregate the images that are to be directed to... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6339445 | Apparatus for deflecting light, device for scanning light, device for reading information and device for stereoscopic display An apparatus for deflecting light of the present invention comprises: (a) at least one pair of transference electrodes arranged facing one another; (b) a drive circuit which applies a voltage among the transference electrodes; and (c) a liquid crystal whi... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6314211 | Apparatus and method for converting two-dimensional image sequence into three-dimensional image using conversion of motion disparity into horizontal disparity and post-processing method during generation of three-dimensional image An apparatus and a method for converting a two-dimensional image sequence into a three-dimensional image using a conversion of a motion disparity into a horizontal disparity and a post-processing method during the generation of a three-dimensional image a... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6304286 | Stereoscopic display apparatus for generating images in accordance with an observer's viewing position A stereoscopic display apparatus such that when an viewing point position of an observer is moved, a stereoscopic image similar to that observed at the moved position is obtained. A plurality of images according to a plurality of viewing point positions a... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6295067 | Method of manufacturing a 3D viewing disk A transparency embodying left and right stereoscopic images of a selected scene, positioned to provide a 3D image of the selected scene when viewed using a 3D viewing device, is made by creating first and second image data files representing the left and ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6288741 | Electronic stereoscopic system An electronic stereoscopic system provides registered images to a viewer's left eye and right eye to obtain a three-dimensional view. The system include a parallactic simulation for changing a viewing angle of the pixels of a liquid crystal screen, or ano... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6271875 | Three-dimensional image processing apparatus and three-dimensional image processing method It comprises a head position-detecting device, a modeling data memory, a CPU, a coordinates transformation device, a compression transformation device, a polygon code memory, a polygon cache, an internally divided value generator, a rendering device, a di... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6252623 | Three dimensional imaging system A method and apparatus for imaging three dimensional objects is described which has a source of illumination that is projected through a color grating onto the object to be imaged. A camera captures an image from the object which reflects the pattern impo... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6239830 | Displayer and method for displaying A displayer. The displayer comprises a sensor mechanism for identifying where N different eyes of V viewers are in space, where N is greater than or equal to 2 and is an integer and V is greater than or equal to 1 and is an integer. The displayer comprise... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6236428 | Multi-eye image sensing and recording and reproduction apparatus Timing signal generators 24R and 24L, simultaneously initialized, synchronize image-sensing devices 21R and 21L with each other. Video signal processors 23R and 23L process the synchronized image signals, from the image sensing devices 21R and 21L, to obt... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6233004 | Image processing method and apparatus An image processing apparatus detects corresponding pixels in object images picked up from a plurality of viewpoints and interpolates object images which are supposed to be seen from viewpoints other than the plurality of viewpoints on the basis of the de... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6230319 | Managing interruption while downloading data over a network A World Wide Web browser software is implemented in a processing system housed in a set-top box connected to a television and communicating over a wide-area network with one or more servers. The browser software allows a user to navigate using a remote co... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6229561 | Three-dimensional image system A multi-view three-dimensional image system that enables a plurality of observers to view a three-dimensional image simultaneously in the visible ray range without the utilization of special spectacles adapted for viewing three-dimensional images. The mul... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6225979 | Cursor display method and apparatus for perceiving cursor as stereoscopic image in stereoscopic display region, and recording medium recorded with cursor display program that can be read out by computer When a CPU of a computer in which a cursor display apparatus is incorporated reads out the position of a cursor in a display which is input through an input operation unit, determination is made whether the read out cursor position is inside or outside a ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6219444 | Synthesizing virtual two dimensional images of three dimensional space from a collection of real two dimensional images Method and apparatus are provided for generating two dimensional images representing scenes of three dimensional spaces as viewed for arbitrary observing point. In a specific embodiment of the method and apparatus, consecutive virtual images, computed fro... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6215516 | Method and apparatus for monoscopic to stereoscopic image conversion A method and apparatus for converting a monoscopic image with one perspective to a stereoscopic image with two perspectives is provided. A foreground object is identified and outlined. The depth of the object is endowed with depth information. The second ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6205241 | Compression of stereoscopic images A set of stereoscopic images (300) is compressed. For apparent points (404) in the set of stereoscopic images (300), a region (502) is identified in each image (300) which represents at least the apparent point (404). The locations of these regions (502) ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6198484 | Stereoscopic display system According to the present invention, there is provided a stereoscopic display system for displaying a model stereoscopically using a pair of images seen from two different viewpoints and adapted for the right eye and the left eye, comprising P, gaze range ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6195455 | Imaging device orientation information through analysis of test images A method and apparatus for calibrating an imaging device having an image sensor is disclosed. A deviation of the image sensor with respect to a chosen coordinate system is determined. A roll of the image sensor with respect to the chosen coordinate system... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6191808 | Image processing method with viewpoint compensation and apparatus therefor There are provided a multi-viewpoint image database for holding images from a plurality of different viewpoints, a viewpoint detector for detecting a position of the observer's viewpoint, and a viewpoint parameter calculating portion for obtaining a viewp... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6181304 | Convertible right eye/left eye monocular head mounted display system A monocular head mounted display system that is convertible between a right eye display system and a left eye display system includes a generally symmetrical frame. A flexible support arm moveably mounted on the frame, supports an image display module. Th... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6177913 | Volumetric display A volumetric display comprises complementary segments made of a transparent material. An optical scattering layer is formed on a surface between adjoining segments. The segments are joined to form a display volume that may be rotated to cause the scatteri... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6175648 | Process for producing cartographic data by stereo vision The method produces three dimensional cartographic data of a scene from n two-dimensional images of the scene, n being an integer higher than 2. The images are delivered by n respective detectors seeing the scene from different points of view. In a first ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6163336 | Tracking system for stereoscopic display systems A tracking system for tracking a viewer of an auto-stereoscopic display system including means to locate the position of the head and/or eyes of the viewer relative to the auto-stereoscopic display system. The auto-stereoscopic display system may provide ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6157351 | Three dimensional display on personal computer A system which can automatically display either regular two dimensional images or three dimensional images: The system includes, a processor which executes a program, a display, eye glasses which have electronically controllable lenses, and a detector uni... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6157402 | Autostereoscopic image presentation system using a screen assembly A system for producing stereoscopic television images enables viewers to discriminate between left and right scan lines, as displayed on the television screen, by virtue of the binocular parallax of human vision. The viewer can perceive a three-dimensiona... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6151362 | Joint rate control for stereoscopic video coding A method and apparatus are provided for controlling and balancing a quality ratio between left and right channels of a stereoscopic video sequence. A complexity measure for each of the channels is first determined. Thereafter, a number of bits representin... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6151062 | Stereoscopic image display apparatus using specific mask pattern A stereoscopic image display apparatus for stereoscopically viewing an image displayed on a display, by transmitting light through a mask pattern where plural apertures and plural light shielding portions are arranged in a predetermined pitch in the horiz... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6144404 | Electronic stereoscopic system The invention is based upon the use of the characteristic of LCD screen which offer the possibility of directing the visibility angle of said screens as a function of the voltage applied. By directing said angle towards one eye or the other of the viewer ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6141035 | Video signal processing and apparatus therefor When the corresponding position of each pixel in stereo video pair is searched, a fixed pixel is set in one side video and the corresponding pixel is set in the other side video. Then, a window is set around the fixed pixel in one side video and a same si... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6118475 | Multi-eye image pickup apparatus, and method and apparatus for measuring or recognizing three-dimensional shape An apparatus is arranged to have two cameras set at a predetermined angle of convergence, image motion vector extracting portions each for extracting motion vectors between predetermined frames from images obtained in time series from the respective camer... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6112033 | Multiple-lens image pickup apparatus for viewing in stereoscopic panoramic, and ordinary photographing modes A multiple lens image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of image pickup systems, a control system, and an optical viewfinder. Each image pickup system is arranged to allow an angle an optical path makes through the system to be changed. The control sy... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6111598 | System and method for producing and displaying spectrally-multiplexed images of three-dimensional imagery for use in flicker-free stereoscopic viewing thereof A Method and apparatus is provided for producing and displaying pairs of spectrally-multiplexed gray-scale or color images of 3-D scenery for use in stereoscopic viewing thereof. In one illustrative embodiment of the present invention, pairs of spectrally... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6111596 | Gain and offset correction for efficient stereoscopic coding and improved display A method for increasing compression efficiency of a stereoscopic image encoder employed for compressively encoding first and second signals representing respective first and second views of a stereoscopic image, comprises: providing a first histogram of t... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6108005 | Method for producing a synthesized stereoscopic image Methods, devices and systems are provided which produce a synthesized stereoscopic image of a source image by forming at least two images from a source image where at least one image has been modified relative to the source image such that the images have... | 08/22/2000 |
