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Multiview three-dimensional image display system

US6178043A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 23, 1999
Grant dateJan 23, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B21/005
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A multiview three-dimensional image display system comprises an image projection screen, two image generation components, a bifold mirror, an spatial light modulator, and projection optics. Each of the image generation components generates successive finite time sequences of time-multiplexed multiview images and thus form a channel of multiview images. Each of the reflecting surfaces of the bifold mirror reflects a different one of the two channels of multiview images. The spatial light modulator comprises a plurality of strip-like shutters, each of which transmits a different one of the finite time sequences of time-multiplexed multiview images. The projection optics projects the images through the spatial light modulator onto the image projection screen, where the spatial light modulator is imaged to make a single viewing zone.

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