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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8081380 | Stereoscopic zoom endoscope A stereoscopic lens system for a stereo endoscope is disclosed, the stereoscopic lens system converting light propagated from an object and received at an objective end of the stereoscopic lens system to left and right optical images at an image plane end of the ste... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7957060 | Optical filter and visual display device with optical filter An aspect of the present invention provides an optical filter that includes a plurality of slits arranged in parallel, each slit corresponding to a pair of displays including at least a first display of a first image, and a second display of a second image, wherein ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7843636 | Image display method for a stereoscopic image Disclosed herein is an image display method wherein an image display apparatus which includes a light source and an optical system is used, the optical system including, an optical modulation section, a Fourier transform image forming section, a Fourier transform im... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7808703 | System and method for implementation of interferometric modulator displays This invention generally relates to methods and systems for providing three-dimensional displays. In one embodiment, a system for displaying to a user a stereoscopic image has pixels formed on a single substrate, wherein each pixel has at least one interferometric m... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7796332 | 3D display device Upon displaying a targeted stereoscopic image formed by a background image planar component and a spring-out image stereoscopic component, a stereoscopic display device controls and stereoscopically displays the spring-out image having a large parallax so that the a... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7760429 | Multiple mode display device An apparatus including a selection device and a multiple mode display device is disclosed. The multiple mode display device has a lens sheet including a plurality of individual lenticules forming a lenticular surface, an electro-optical modulator positioned adjacent... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7719764 | Method and device for stereo projection of pictures A device for stereo projection of pictures represented by a picture signal which alternates periodically between pictures intended for right eye and pictures intended for left eye. A page selector which is adapted to transmit picture signals for first and, thereupon... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7589894 | Apparatus for the optical manipulation of a pair of landscape stereoscopic images Apparatus (204) for optical manipulation of a pair of landscape stereoscopic images, such that the side-by-side orientation needed by a pair of human eyes is reoriented to an orientation which is required for recording with a single camera. The apparatus comp... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7564626 | 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 ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7551353 | Glassless stereoscopic display A glassless stereoscopic display, which does not produce color separation and black stripes, includes: a display panel displaying an image using a plurality of pixels; a 3D optical plate separating the image displayed by the display panel into a left-eye image and a... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7492513 | Autostereoscopic display and method An apparatus and method are provided for generating a three-dimensional image having all four physiological depth perception cues. One embodiment includes backlighting device for projecting light; a spatial light modulator for modulating light emanated by the backli... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7436594 | Autostereoscopic display apparatus An autostereoscopic display device (1), includes a display panel (10), a lenticular sheet (15) and an electrically controllable diffuser (80). The electrically controllable diffuser (80) includes an optical medium (94), e.g.... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7414783 | Apparatus for the optical manipulation of a pair of landscape stereoscopic images Apparatus (2) for the optical manipulation of a pair of landscape stereoscopic images, which apparatus (2) comprises a housing (4), and optical re-orientation means (6) positioned in the housing (4) and for re-orienting the pair of... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7409152 | Three-dimensional image processing apparatus, optical axis adjusting method, and optical axis adjustment supporting method The present invention provides a technique for enabling even a person having no expert knowledge to adjust the direction of an optical axis easily with high precision. In a three-dimensional image processing apparatus having plural image capturing apparatuses, optic... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405877 | Stereoscopic endoscope Stereoscopic device, including a first image detector and a second image detector, a first entrance pupil, receiving a first image of an object, a second entrance pupil, receiving a second image the object, a directional image separator, receiving the first and seco... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404642 | Autostereoscopic display An autostereoscopic display having an improved 2D/3D mode switchable structure, including a display device to display an image, and a parallax barrier unit to transmit all incident light in a 2D mode and to separate a left-eye image and a right-eye image by forming ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400431 | Method for encoding video holograms for holographically reconstructing a scene A method and a device for encoding and reconstructing computer-generated video holograms using a conventional LC display: it provides holographic reconstruction of three-dimensional scenes using electronically controllable pixel in a holographic array (3) wit... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400447 | Stereoscopic image display device An object of the invention is to provide a stereoscopic image display device, which does not generate a non-display region when an observer observes each parallax image despite being a stereoscopic image display device for displaying a multi-visual point image, and ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7375885 | Autostereoscopic display In an autostereoscopic display, a cylindrical lens focuses collimated light emitted from pixels of a display array, and a scanning device sequentially provides the light to openings in a display screen. The image information is provided in the display area at a rate... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375886 | Method and apparatus for optimizing the viewing distance of a lenticular stereogram A method and apparatus for optimizing viewing distance for a stereogram system. In a stereogram, an image is held in close juxtaposition with a lenticular screen. In the invention, a data store is used to store optimum pitch values for specified viewing distances. A... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372480 | Non-lithographic photo-induced patterning of polymers from liquid crystal solvents with spatially modulated director fields A liquid crystal device comprises a first and second cell wall structure; at least one liquid crystal material disposed within a space between the first and second cell wall structures; and polymer micro-structures, wherein the micro-structures are formed by polymer... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7359595 | Adaptive transmitter arrangement for optical fiber communications and related method An arrangement for optical fibre communications, for used, e.g., in millimetre (MM) fibre transmission systems includes: a source (1) of optical radiation defining an offset launch path of optical radiation (R) into an optic... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355657 | Laser illuminated projection displays A projection video display includes a light source including an OPS-laser delivering laser radiation in multiple transverse modes (a multiple-transverse-mode OPS-laser). The display includes a spatial light modulator for spatially modulating the radiation from the m... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356211 | Lighting system A stereoscopic display device is provided. The stereoscopic display device includes an optical waveguide member and a first main surface and a second main surface. The first and second main surfaces face each other. A first light path changing member is provided on ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7349156 | Display device for displaying three-dimensional image A display device includes a screen having opposite ends and a curved surface between the opposite ends, the curved surface being protrudingly curved toward a side opposite to a display observation side. First and second display elements are respectively provided at ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7339149 | Vehicle headlight control using imaging sensor A headlamp control system for a motor vehicle includes an imaging array sensor operable to sense light in a field of view forward of the motor vehicle and a control that is responsive to the imaging array sensor. The control is operable to identify at least one obje... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340382 | Lens array and display apparatus using same In an autostereoscopic display, a horizontal view range can be widened without reducing two-dimensional resolutions. Lenses are arranged to be a linear combination having integer coefficients of two unit vectors, thereby to control the vertical and horizontal view r... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7325935 | Image sensing system for a vehicle An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements. The system includes a logic and control circuit comprising an image processor for processing image data derived from the imagin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325934 | Image sensing system for a vehicle An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor having a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements, and a logic and control circuit having an image processor for processing image data derived from the imaging sensor. The logic and ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7311406 | Image sensing system for a vehicle An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements, preferably formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a logic and control circuit, preferably with at least a portion of the logi... | 12/25/2007 |
