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Stereoscopic image display apparatus using specific mask pattern

US6462871B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 17, 1998
Grant dateOct 8, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N13/282
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention provides a stereoscopic image display apparatus, which allows the observer to satisfactorily observe a plurality of stereoscopic images from a plurality of positions by appropriately setting individual elements such as two lenticular lenses having refractive power in orthogonal directions, a mask pattern on which aperture portions and light-shielding portions are arranged at predetermined pitches, a display for dividing a plurality of parallax images into a large number of horizontal stripe-shaped parallax images and displaying the plurality of horizontal stripe-shaped parallax images at predetermined pitches in the vertical direction, and the like, upon observing a stereoscopic image using the lenticular lenses.

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