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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7405801 | System and method for Pulfrich Filter Spectacles Pulfrich Filter Spectacles to view a 2-dimensional motion picture with 3-dimensional visual effects are disclosed. A method for synchronizing the Puifrich filter spectacles and a method of displaying 2-dimensional motion pictures as 3-dimensional pictures using the ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7362324 | Stereo image display apparatus and method, and storage medium There is provided a stereo image display apparatus in which a CPU 201 of a PC 101 carries out control in accordance with a stereo image display program such that a suitable viewing position verification image that appears different when a glasses-free ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356969 | Electronically shaded thin film transparent monochromatic liquid crystal display laminated window shading system An electronically shaded glass window system is described that provides a progressively darkening window, based on either user input or detection of ambient light. This invention is appropriate for use in commercial buildings, residential buildings, public areas and... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349570 | Graphic image to 3D image conversion device A device applicable to computers, TV sets, and projectors for converting a graphic image into a 3D image includes an image input loop, image control loop, output parity horizontal translation image IR circuit, and IR spectacles, wherein the IR spectacles create mask... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349006 | Image processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program An image processing apparatus for generating image data for displaying a stereoscopic image on the basis of an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye, the image processing apparatus includes first detecting means for detecting image pairs each taken in a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7327389 | Apparatus and method for photographing three-dimensional image, apparatus and method for displaying three-dimensional image, and apparatus and method for converting three-dimensional image display position The present invention makes it possible to acquire image information required for displaying a three-dimensional image of an object in a space with a simple configuration and to achieve display of a stereoscopic dynamic image in a true sense with a simple configurat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319520 | Method for separating fluorescence spectra of dyes present in a sample A system and a method for setting a fluorescence spectrum measurement system for microscopy is disclosed. Using illuminating light (3) from at least one laser that emits light of one wavelength, a continuous wavelength region is generated. Dyes are stored, wi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7298552 | Observer-adaptive autostereoscopic display An observer-adaptive autostereoscopic display system (100) comprises a display device (102) having a screen for displaying an image and a shutter (204) being electronically controlled to have transparent (230) and non transparent segments... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292271 | Process and apparatus for taking slow motion picture, and process and apparatus for taking and playing slow motion picture A process for taking a slow motion picture is disclosed which comprises: setting a plurality of cameras each having a shutter so that each of them can take an image with a similar view; and continuously taking fields of a subject by said a plurality camera in a time... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289539 | Synchronization of stereo glasses in multiple-end-view environments Methods and apparatus for synchronizing a stereo viewing device in a multiple end-view environment. Two or more video streams and a corresponding number of signals, each synchronous with one of the video streams, are provided. Each of the video streams may have a di... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7268943 | 3D display apparatus The present invention relates to a 3D image display apparatus of a parallax barrier method. In the 3D image display apparatus of a parallax barrier method, a parallax barrier of which a transparent slit portion is formed in a tooth shape is adapted, so that it is po... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265775 | Three-dimensional display apparatus A three-dimensional image display apparatus comprising a display panel, which displays a parallel projection image corresponding to a three-dimensional image, and an array plate disposed on a front of the display panel and having pinholes arranged two-dimensionally.... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262573 | Medical tele-robotic system with a head worn device A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station includes a head worn device worn on the head of a user. The head worn device senses movement of the user's head and generates corresponding input signals. The input signals are processed i... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261920 | Process for forming a patterned thin film structure on a substrate A process for forming a patterned thin film structure on a substrate is disclosed. A pattern is printed with a material, such as a masking coating or an ink, on the substrate, the pattern being such that, in one embodiment, the desired thin film structures will be f... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242422 | Circuit and method for decoding color code of a 3D display A circuit and a method for decoding a color code of a 3D display. The color code decoding circuit is built into an on-screen display of a circuit in a display. The color code decoding circuit has several comparators, several recording buffers, a register, a first co... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7215357 | Line blanker system A line blanker system for converting a stereoscopic image into a line-blanked stereoscopic image suitable for stereoscopic viewing on a standard non-interleaved display device is provided. The system includes a method for controlling the line blanker. According to t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7193773 | Stereomicroscopy method and stereomicroscopy system A stereomicroscopy system and method for generating at least a pair of representations of an object 7 for observation a user 9 are provided, comprising a detection system 15 for providing radiation data corresponding to detected radiation emanat... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190371 | 3D stereo browser for the internet A viewer for viewing stereo images either downloaded over a network, such as the Internet, or resident on a personal computer uses a graphical user interface (GUI) to facilitate the display of wireframes with or without texture applied in a variety of formats. In st... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191338 | Secure method for providing privately viewable data in a publicly viewable display A method for securely providing privately viewable data in a publicly viewable display can include interspersing private data frames among public data frames according to a sequencing pattern. A syncstream can be encoded based upon a syncstream mask. More particular... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7156945 | Process for forming a patterned thin film structure for in-mold decoration A process for forming a patterned thin film structure on a substrate or in-mold decoration film is disclosed. A pattern is printed with a material, such as a masking coating or ink, on the substrate, the pattern being such that, in one embodiment, the desired struct... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154506 | 3D stereo browser for the internet A viewer for viewing stereo images either downloaded over a network, such as the Internet, or resident on a personal computer uses a graphical user interface (GUI) to facilitate the display of wireframes with or without texture applied in a variety of formats. In st... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7129981 | Rendering system and method for images having differing foveal area and peripheral view area resolutions A client-server arrangement for camera viewing using digital cameras across a computer network. A camera server controls a motorized gimbal which determines the viewing angles of a set of cameras according to signals from a client computer which is equipped with an ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123213 | Three dimensional display unit and display method In a structure in which six active matrix regions 103 to 108 are integrated on one glass substrate, horizontal scanning control circuits 101 and 102 are commonly disposed for the respective active matrix regions 103 to 105 a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116323 | Method of hidden surface reconstruction for creating accurate three-dimensional images converted from two-dimensional images An exemplary method of reconstructing a hidden surface area in an image includes the steps of: identifying a separation pixel gap in an image resulting from a repositioning of image pixels to create a three-dimensional image; identifying pixels from one or more imag... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116324 | Method for minimizing visual artifacts converting two-dimensional motion pictures into three-dimensional motion pictures A method for converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images includes: tracking an object in an image, the object having an object edge and an object outline thereabout, from frame to frame over a sequence of images; and creating object outlines in s... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114809 | Apparatus based on shutter function for projection of a stereo or multichannel image An apparatus for projecting a moving or still stereo or multichannel image. At least a first and at least a second video projector, or the like, project images intended for the left and the right eye of a viewer alternately in time and in synchronization with the fu... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108692 | Apparatus for applying light to a vessel wall An apparatus for applying light to a site to be treated on a wall of a vessel in the human or animal body, in particular for laser welding of two vessels to one another, has a light-feeding instrument that guides light generated by an extracorporeal light source to ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7098883 | Liquid crystal display drive method There is provided a liquid crystal display drive method that uses a drive voltage waveform consisting of a display signal period (display waveform 32 bits) and a control signal period irrelevant to display (control waveform 2 bits) in a given time or a period of plu... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091991 | 3D stereo browser for the internet A viewer for viewing stereo images either downloaded over a network, such as the Internet, or resident on a personal computer uses a graphical user interface (GUI) to facilitate the display of wireframes with or without texture applied in a variety of formats. In st... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7072110 | Apparatus based on pulsing for projection of a stereo or multichannel image The invention relates to an apparatus for projecting a moving or still stereo or multichannel image (IM), said apparatus comprising at least a first (R) and at least a second (L) video projector, or the like, for projecting images intended for the left and the right... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068241 | Stereo picture recognition device and method of displaying stereo picture A stereo picture recognition device has a time-sharing picture display shutter disposed between a display surface of a display device and a viewer. The time-sharing picture display shutter has a function of shutting off only an area covered by a viewing angle which ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064895 | Stereoscopic image display method and stereoscopic image display apparatus using it Parallax images corresponding to a plurality of different view points are each divided into predetermined stripe images, a synthetic parallax image is synthesized from the stripe images, and display light, from stripe images corresponding to one view point of the sy... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064754 | Stereoscopic-image display apparatus A stereoscopic-image display apparatus displays a stereoscopic image by inputting a character string of a portion common to two image-file names corresponding to an arbitrary pair of stereoscopic images when selecting the pair of stereoscopic images from a plurality... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7057638 | Stereoscopic image display apparatus A stereoscopic image display apparatus having a low image data input rate, in which the required capacity of a memory is reduced without causing flicker and ghosts. In the invention, right and left parallax image data is compressed, the compressed image data is stor... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7046228 | Electrophoretic display with dual mode switching The present invention relates to an improved EPD which comprises both the traditional up/down switching and the in-plane switching modes. In other words, the improved EPD has dual switching modes. The monochrome EPDs of the present invention are capable of di... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7038698 | 3D stereo browser for the internet A viewer for viewing stereo images either downloaded over a network, such as the Internet, or resident on a personal computer uses a graphical user interface (GUI) to facilitate the display of wireframes with or without texture applied in a variety of formats. In st... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7027664 | Method for removing noise regions in stereo 3D display system A method for removing noise regions in a stereo 3D image, which includes a first eye image and a second eye image is achieved by calculating a maximum offset value and turning a horizontal synchronization signal and a display enable signal of the CRT timing paramete... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7002619 | Method and apparatus for presenting stereoscopic images Systems including projection mechanisms, screens, and eyeglasses are detailed. The systems significantly reduce perceptible ghosting even when high contrast images (such as dark figures against a white background) are projected. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999047 | Displaying video on a plasma display panel A method of displaying a video signal (Vs) with m video lines in a video field period on a plasma display panel (1) which has n display lines (Di), includes selecting (2) the n display lines (Di) in an interlaced way to subsequently select a first and ... | 02/14/2006 |
