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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8059063 | Barrier device, autostereoscopic display using the same and driving method thereof A 3D image display device includes a display panel, a barrier, a controller, and a barrier driver. The barrier includes: a first substrate; a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first substrate and extended in a first direction; a plurality of second elect... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8022895 | Active screen volumetric 3D display The volumetric 3D display system of this invention applies a moving display panel that sweeps a display space. The full volume swept by the active screen is used as display space. A 3D image to be displayed is first processed into slices of image data based on an or... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7978151 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7932874 | Display device The present invention aims at the lowering of an image quality of an outer peripheral portion of an image display region. For this end, in a display device in which a plurality of display panels are arranged from a front side to a depth side in an overlapped manner ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7859484 | Three-dimensional display apparatus A three-dimensional display apparatus is provided that is suitable for displaying information or instruction relating to the work that the viewer is doing. The three-dimensional display apparatus has a display data generation unit for generating a plurality of displ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7843402 | 3D displaying method, device and program In a technology for displaying two-dimensional images on a plurality of display planes placed at different depth positions as seen from an observer to display a three-dimensional stereoscopic image, when a display object having brightness darker than that of a backg... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7808449 | Method and system for multi-channel viewing applications Methods and apparatus for rendering plural channels on a common display are provided. In a method embodiment, a method for allowing sharing of a display by a plurality of users wishing to view a plurality of respective images includes displaying the plurality of res... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7760157 | Enhanced ZScreen modulator techniques A method and system for use in conjunction with a push-pull liquid crystal modulator system for creating circularly polarized light of alternating handedness is provided. The method and system comprise a pair of surface mode liquid crystal cells and a driver electri... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7733296 | Driving method of three-dimensional display device A three-dimensional display device includes an image display portion for time-sharing a left eye image and a right eye image, and a parallax barrier for separating the left and right eye images provided from the image display portion into a direction of a left eye a... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7724209 | Image display apparatus that allows viewing of three-dimensional image from directions An image display apparatus includes an image display device having pixels to display right- and left-eye images for a three-dimensional image, a first and second optical shutter devices located on rear and front sides of the image display device. The pixels include ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7714803 | Data writing methods for volumetric 3D displays This invention describes procedures for writing data to a spatial light modulator (SLM) to achieve the purpose of “sub-frame method”, i.e. increasing effective frame rate of the SLM, without the need of additional color switching means or modulation at illuminat... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7692605 | Error correction schemes for volumetric 3D displays This invention describes methods and systems for correcting frame position error on one category of volumetric 3D displays that generates volumetric 3D images by using a rotary mechanism to move a screen to sweep a volume and projecting 2D profile images on the scre... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7602351 | Three-dimensional display assembly An assembly for displaying three-dimensional images includes a base portion forming a housing adapted to house electronics and mechanics, and having a planar surface, a projection member disposed in a position removed from the base portion planar surface, drive rods... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7495634 | Display apparatus displaying three-dimensional image and display method for displaying three-dimensional image A three-dimensional display apparatus is provided with an optical element including optical apertures arranged opposite a display module and in association with the parallax images. The optical apertures cause the parallax images to be displayed in a near-side regio... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7477206 | Enhanced ZScreen modulator techniques A method and system for use in conjunction with a push-pull liquid crystal modulator system for creating circularly polarized light of alternating handedness is provided. The method and system comprise a pair of surface mode liquid crystal cells and a driver electri... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7432892 | Light transmission controlling apparatus, 2D and 3D image display apparatus having the same and method of manufacturing the same A light transmission controlling apparatus including: a transparent substrate which has first regions at a predetermined interval, the first regions allowing light to always transmit therethrough; a light screen material and a light transmission material which are i... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432878 | Methods and systems for displaying three-dimensional images Methods and systems are provided for displaying 3D images using a display system having multiple physical layers. The physical layers of the display system are controlled (or manufactured) such that the display system produces a desired 4D light field corresponding ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428469 | Three-dimensional-information detecting system and three-dimensional-information inputting device A three-dimensional-information detecting system includes a switching portion that sequentially selects sensor coils of a three-dimensional-information detecting device. Electromagnetic coupling is used to perform signal transmission and reception between the sensor... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428001 | Materials and methods for simulating focal shifts in viewers using large depth of focus displays A large depth of focus (DOF) display provides an image in which the apparent focus plane is adjusted to track an accommodation (focus) of a viewer's eye(s) to more effectively convey depth in the image. A device is employed to repeatedly determine accommodation as a... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7397443 | Spatial image type display A spatial image type display includes a front display device and a rear display device having display surfaces for displaying images in the same direction. The display devices are arranged with a predetermined spacing between their respective display surfaces. The d... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397444 | 2D/3D convertible display A two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) convertible display using a pinhole array, and more particularly, a 2D/3D convertible display, which is easily convertible between the 2D or 3D modes using an electro-optic material of which the refractive index varies a... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394506 | Reflective stereoscopic display with first and second liquid crystal cells An apparatus comprising a first cell (10b), said first cell comprising a plurality of first elements (34b), said first elements being controllable between a non-reflective state, in which electromagnetic radiation having a first polarizat... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7375701 | Scanless virtual retinal display system A scanless display system that projects an image directly onto a retina, comprising a plurality of organic laser cavity devices. The organic laser cavity devices are placed in close proximity to a user's eye, for variably changing individual image pixels; wherein pr... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365809 | Stereoscopic image display device having negative pressure regions within A stereoscopic image display device 30 comprising a backlight 32, a liquid crystal display panel 36, a liquid crystal parallax barrier 44, and a spacer member 40 arranged between the liquid crystal display panel 36 and the l... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364300 | Theta-parallax-only (TPO) displays A 3-D display may comprise a rotating optical diffuser for displaying 3-D parallax images in specific substantially unidirectional viewing zones as the rotating optical diffuser rotates; and a projector for projecting images through the rotating optical diffuser. | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365707 | Display system for displaying images within a vehicle A display system (100) for displaying images from different data streams (1,2) simultaneously is described. Images corresponding to the first data stream (1) are shown to a first observer (106) in a vehicle and images corresponding to the second data stream (... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358159 | Method for manufacturing ZnTe compound semiconductor single crystal ZnTe compound semiconductor single crystal, and semiconductor device The present invention relates to a method for producing an n-type ZnTe system compound semiconductor single crystal having high carrier concentration and low resistivity, the ZnTe system compound semiconductor single crystal, and a semiconductor device produced by u... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359547 | Pseudo three dimensional image generating apparatus The pseudo depth information of a subject is generated from multiple images of the subject captured with and without illumination or under various illumination intensities. A pseudo 3D image generating apparatus generates a pseudo 3D image. It includes an image stor... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359124 | Wide-angle variable focal length lens system A variable focal length microlens system having a base section with a fluid chamber and a fluid pressurization mechanism. A flexible, substantially transparent polymer lens section is fixed above the fluid chamber and the lens section has a curvature providing an in... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359108 | Display device An exemplary display device based on layer displacement having a perforated white substrate positioned close to a transparent substrate. Layer (fluid) displacement such as oil movement results in the (colored) oil film being pumped in a controlled manner above the w... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355563 | Display apparatus and display device A display apparatus (1) for generating a stereoscopic image by superimposing a plurality of images at a predetermined interval from each other on the view line of the viewer, the apparatus comprising: a first display unit (11) having a plurality of emi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349158 | Diffraction grating-based encoded micro-particles for multiplexed experiments Microparticles 8 includes an optical substrate 10 having at least one diffraction grating 12 disposed therein. The grating 12 having a plurality of colocated pitches Λ which represent a unique identification digital code that is detected... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345658 | Three-dimensional image display device A three-dimensional image display device including at least one transmissive light-emitting display panel and a second light-emitting display panel located behind the transmissive panel. The transmissive panel has a plurality of light-emitting portions arranged in t... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7345654 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342721 | Composite dual LCD panel display suitable for three dimensional imaging A three-dimensional imaging system and related methods is provided that utilizes a composite transmissive LCD panel. The composite LCD panel contains at least two layers of stacked liquid crystal cells positioned on top of one another relative to the imaging directi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336289 | Projection type display apparatus A projection type display apparatus that projects video onto a screen includes a liquid crystal panel using polymer-dispersed liquid crystal that disperses light when a voltage is applied and that transmits light when a voltage is not applied, being attached to an a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336244 | Optical device and three-dimensional display device An optical device includes a transparent material layer having a desired curved surface configuration, a layer including a variable refractive index material having a dielectric constant anisotropy, at least two transparent electrodes arranged to sandwich the transp... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333541 | Variable square-wave drive device A variable square-wave drive device for controlling square waves using feedback- and bias-control methods. The variable square-wave drive device includes an oscillator for generating a clock pulse; a frequency-divider/duty controller for frequency-dividing the clock... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327330 | Electronic device having stereo speakers It is an object of this invention to properly output sounds in stereo at the time of reproducing of images in a video camera having a pivotal image display unit. The invention includes an image display unit which can pivot on an electronic device body and displays i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327410 | High resolution 3-D image display with liquid crystal shutter array A 3-D image display comprising a backlight, a liquid crystal shutter array having an opening and a mask alternately formed therein and selectively passing light emitted from the backlight by switching the opening and the mask. A display device having left eye image ... | 02/05/2008 |
