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Three-dimensional image display device

US5430560A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 13, 1993
Grant dateJul 4, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03H2210/45
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A three-dimensional image display device which comprises a light source; a hologram divided into a plurality of divided areas and exposed so that point images are formed at different positions in a three-dimensional space in the respective divided areas when the light from the light source is irradiated; a hologram driver unit for driving the hologram such that light from the light source is selectively entered into one of the plurality of divided areas and; a control unit for controlling the lighting up of the point images formed in the three-dimensional space in correspondence to a three-dimensional image signal by controlling the hologram and the light source in accordance with the three-dimensional image signal to be displayed, whereby a three-dimensional image is obtained by the hologram with the simple-configured device.

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