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Method and apparatus for stereoscopic image display

US6940646B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 18, 2001
Grant dateSep 6, 2005
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Expiry dateApr 18, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N13/398
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a stereoscopic image displaying method and a stereoscopic image displaying apparatus using the same, which are capable of excellently observing a stereoscopic image. In order to achieve the object, a stereoscopic image forming apparatus of the present invention is configured such that display light from an image corresponding to a viewpoint of one parallax image on an image displaying device, on which parallax images corresponding to a plurality of different viewpoints can be displayed, is guided to an optical modulator, on which a light transmitting section and a light shielding section can be formed, by a second optical system disposed in the front of the image displaying device, and that the display light transmitted through the light transmitting section of the optical modulator is collected at a position that is a predetermined distance apart corresponding to the viewpoint on an observation surface by a first optical system, and the entire screen of a parallax image to be displayed on the image displaying device is thereby caused to be incident on each eye by controlling transmitted light from the optical modulator in synchro…

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