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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174566 | Stereoscopic image display apparatus of net pattern A stereoscopic image display apparatus is provided which includes an image display panel and a parallax barrier having parallax barrier pieces in the front of the image display panel. In the stereoscopic image display apparatus, the image display panel has a pixel p... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8134591 | Display using bidirectionally scanned linear modulator A method for forming a stereoscopic image forms separate left-eye and right-eye images in a repeated cycle that forms the left-eye image by providing data for lines of the left-eye image, ordered in sequence from a first to a second edge of an image frame, then form... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8111285 | Stereoscopic display apparatus and display method A stereoscopic display apparatus and a display method are provided. The stereoscopic display apparatus includes a display panel, a dynamic-backlight module, a tracking panel, an optical lens array. The display has an updated region and a non-updated region during a ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7430018 | Timesharing of a display screen Since a continuous movie effect is created at 24 frames/second, a TV or a movie screen capable of displaying 48 frames/second can alternate the frames from two different programs, so that the frames of each program will have the rate of 24 frames/second. Two viewers... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425951 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus, method of distributing elemental images to the display apparatus, and method of displaying three-dimensional image on the display apparatus An apparatus is provided with a display unit and a optical filter. The unit has pixels arranged in a matrix form, which are grouped into a first group and second groups to display two-dimensional image information constituting elemental images, the image information... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7411604 | Synchronization of a stereoscopic camera A method for synchronizing the recordings of two video cameras which are operated in parallel for the three-dimensional representation of an image sequence includes fading a light signal into the image area of the two cameras and simultaneously recording the light s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7324279 | Dual modulator projection system A three dimensional display system 100 using two spatial light modulators and a single projection path. Light source 102 emits a white light beam 104 which typically is focused onto an aperture of a recycling integrator 106. The light bea... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317494 | Autostereoscopic video display with a parallax barrier having oblique apertures In the case of a four-eye type stereoscopic viewing system, four videos (dots) “video {circle around (1)}, video {circle around (2)}, video {circle around (3)}, and video {circle around (4)}” composing each of minimum units of video g... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7298393 | Stereo-observation system A stereo-observation system includes a stereo imaging unit which has at least two entrance pupils and an imaging means forming a first image for the left eye and a second image for the right eye which have parallax and a stereo display unit which has two image displ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7268747 | Electronics with two and three dimensional display functions A mobile phone is electronics with 2D and 3D display function, having a first casing and a second casing linked to allow the phone to be foldable, and including a first display unit located inside with the phone folded, and selectively switching and displaying 2D an... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7215356 | 3D stereo display method and a device thereof A 3D stereo display method and a device thereof. Two sets of shutters are disposed in a display. The shutters are complimentarily interlaced with each other. The opening/closing of the two sets of shutters are controlled by time interval concept. When the display fr... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7170677 | Stereo-measurement borescope with 3-D viewing Two stereo images are created by splitting a single image into two images using a field of view dividing splitter. The two images can be displayed side by side so that they can be viewed directly using stereopticon technology, heads-up display, or other 3-D display ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7116477 | Stereoscopic image display apparatus and stereoscopic image display system A stereoscopic image display apparatus in accordance with the present invention solves a problem with a conventional multi-view stereoscopic image display apparatus in that the resolution of each parallax image deteriorates as the number of provided parallax images ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7068252 | Display unit capable of displaying two- and three-dimensional images and method for controlling display unit A display unit includes an organic electroluminescence device having light-emitting regions, and a liquid crystal panel having pixels. The liquid crystal panel is spaced apart from the organic electroluminescence device so that the light of each light-emitting regio... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7050020 | 3D image/2D image switching display apparatus and portable terminal device A 3D image/2D image switching display apparatus is provided with a liquid crystal display unit and first and second lenticular lenses. To display a 3D image, the first lenticular lens is arranged in such a way that the optical axis of the first lenticular lens coinc... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046272 | Autostereoscopic display An autostereoscopic display has a flat display for representing a left stereo image and a right stereo image. It also has an image separating mask having vertical periodic structures for channeling the left and right stereo images onto a left eye and a right eye of ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7030903 | Image display system, information processing apparatus, and method of controlling the same A stereoscopic image display apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic image, which is obtained by alternately arranging stripe parallax images R and L corresponding to the right and left eyes, in a window includes a parallax barrier for a stereoscopic vision. When th... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6999071 | Method and apparatus for displaying 3d images The invention relates to a method for displaying three-dimensional images. In the method light beams (Le) are associated to several different screen points (P) of a screen (20). The light beams (Le) produce different views associated to ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6980176 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus and color reproducing method for three-dimensional image display In a three-dimensional image display apparatus provided with a shading mask with a minute aperture array in front of a color display device, the minute apertures are provided with color filters, a setting is provided so that the visual angles between the respective ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6970290 | Stereoscopic image display device without glasses A display 1a with a shading means is divided into three areas. A shading part of the shading means shifts by ¼ of a pitch of the shading part in each of the areas. When the shading part shifts by the ¼ of the pitch, an image passes by corresponding t... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970144 | Kiosk for 3D display The invention is an improved kiosk for a 3D display. A clear plastic or transparent band surrounds a μPol based 3D stereo flat panel LCD display system. The radius of the band is designed to provide the optimum viewing distance from all angles. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6940646 | Method and apparatus for stereoscopic image display It is an object of the present invention to provide a stereoscopic image displaying method and a stereoscopic image displaying apparatus using the same, which are capable of excellently observing a stereoscopic image. In order to achieve the object, a stereoscopic i... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6924846 | Information processing apparatus, graphic processing unit, graphic processing method, storage medium, and computer program An information processing apparatus obtains a first image and display timing information of the first image via a first channel, and a second image via a second channel different from the first channel. The information processing apparatus includes a main CPU for pr... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920234 | Method and device for monitoring the interior and surrounding area of a vehicle A method and device for capturing a surrounding area and interior of a motor vehicle are described. The device for performing the method includes a camera device that has a beam path that points in a direction of the surrounding area of the vehicle, in particular a ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6906686 | Apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic two-dimensional image and method therefor An apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic two-dimensional picture includes a display unit having a flat image display screen for displaying a two-dimensional picture containing a stereoscopic image and an image transmitting panel placed parallel to and apart from t... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6813083 | Device for reproducing three-dimensional image with background A device for reproducing a three-dimensional image with a background, which device reproduces a three-dimensional image standing out from a background picture. The device includes a white-color point light source array and a color transmission spatial distribution f... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6795042 | Image display apparatus The present invention relates to an image display apparatus, e.g. a head-mounted image display apparatus, in which an image from a single image display device is led to two eyes without using a half-mirror, thereby allowing observation of a bright image. The image d... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6765545 | Stereoscopic image display system using polarization characteristics of a liquid crystal device panel The present invention relates to a stereoscopic image display system using polarization characteristics of a liquid crystal display panel, which realizes a stereoscopic image by disposing in an entrance pupil or in an exit pupil of a projection lens a polarization p... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6703989 | Stereoscopic display A stereoscopic display comprises a spatial light modulator such as a liquid cryatal device. The modulator comprises an array of pixels such as RGB pixels. A retarder array is disposed on the front of the spatial light modulator. The array comprises first ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6703988 | Monitor for showing high-resolution and three-dimensional images and method A display system or monitor arrangement for stereoscopic displaying of images includes a pair of displays for providing respective left eye and right eye images and arranged in perpendicular intersecting planes, a beam splitter for combining the images fr... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6624842 | Methods and apparatus for the creation and transmission of 3-dimensional images Three-dimensional color images are produced by combining the red image plane from a left color camera and the blue and green image planes from a right color camera. Techniques for compensating for over or underexposure in a particular image plane are depl... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6603504 | Multiview three-dimensional image display device The present invention discloses a multiview 3D image display device which decreases the size of system and has a high resolution of images, and which can thus improve the quality of images. The image display system comprises an image display element for altern... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6522351 | Stereoscopic image display apparatus using a single projector A stereoscopic image display apparatus displays a stereoscopic image using only a single projector. The apparatus includes a photography section for sensing a left image and a right image of an object and converting the left and right images into respecti... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6483534 | Stereoscopic image production method and device for implementing same A device and a method for producing a stereoscopic image with horizontal parallax including diffracting electromagnetic rays emitted by an object to provide a first dispersion of dispersed electromagnetic rays in which a lateral deviation of the rays emit... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6459532 | Parallax autostereoscopic 3D picture and autostereoscopic 3D display A parallax barrier comprises a plurality of parallel vertical apertures or apertures. In a direction transverse to the apertures, the apertures have an optical transmission function which comprises a plurality of sub-apertures so that the function varies ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6239908 | Compact binocular imaging system using a single display Temporally interlaced first and second sequential pluralities of image frames are displayed and alternately directed along respected first and second optical paths to distinct viewing locations, for example the left and right eyes of a viewer, wherein the... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6233035 | Image recording apparatus and image reproducing apparatus An image recording apparatus has an image display device for displaying image information, a lens array having a plurality of element lenses for focusing the image information displayed in the image display device, the element lenses being arrayed at a pr... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6222508 | VLSI visual display The present invention provides a visual display including a high resolution miniature display compatible with VLSI technology and an optical system such as an optical magnifier used to enlarge the images display on the miniature display to be visible to t... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6215590 | Stereoscopic image display apparatus A stereoscopic image display apparatus having a light source that defines at least one right and left light-cells which provide plural pairs of right and left lights. A spatial modulator, spaced apart from the light source, spatially modulates the right a... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6204967 | Stereoscopic image display apparatus A stereoscopic image display apparatus has a light source for emitting patterned light in a predetermined shape, an optical system having horizontal optical action and vertical optical action different from each other, and a display device. The display de... | 03/20/2001 |
