Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
348052000 | More than two display devices | 22 |
20100066818 | THREE-DIMENSIONALVIDEO IMAGE PROJECTING DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO IMAGE PROJECTING METHOD - In a three-dimensional video image projecting device and projecting method for projecting on a screen, by means of video image projectors, a three-dimensional video image which can be three-dimensionally viewed through three-dimensional glasses having a first polarizing filter and a second polarizing filter arranged thereon, the screen is obtained as a cylindrical body, with an inner circumferential face being a screen face, a plurality of video image projectors are disposed to be opposed to the screen face, and the video image projectors produce a continuous, three-dimensional video image in a circumferential direction, by projecting, from the video image projectors, three-dimensional video images, each of which has an angle of 30 degrees in a circumferential direction of the screen face, arranged horizontally along the circumferential direction of the screen face. | 03-18-2010 |
20100079584 | 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method - A two dimensional/three dimensional (2D/3D) switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method to selectively display a 2D image and a 3D image using two displays and a convertible lens. When outputting the 2D image, the 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus may control a first display to output a white image/white light, control a second display to output an image, and control an electrical diffuser lens of the convertible lens to be switched off and the white image to be diffused so as to operate as a backlight. When outputting the 3D image, the 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus may control the first display to output an image, control the second display to be switched off to be in a transparent state, control the electrical diffuser lens of the convertible lens to be switched on to be in the transparent state, and control the lenticular lens to output the 3D image. | 04-01-2010 |
20100194865 | METHOD OF GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A 3D IMAGE AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - To provide an image of a scene having three-dimensional characteristics, without the use of special glasses, a special camera employing an electrically controllable LCD lens which may be changed as to focal length by varying an applied voltage is used to record a plurality of images of the scene at each of a plurality of closely spaced focal lengths. All of the recorded images are simultaneously displayed on a device employing a stack of transparent LCD screens with one image being provided to each screen in the same order as the focal lengths used during the recording step. | 08-05-2010 |
20100259602 | HYBRID SYSTEM FOR MULTI-PROJECTOR GEOMETRY CALIBRATION - A method of calibrating a multi-projector image display system is provided. According to the method, non-parametric calibration data for the display system is recovered and used to generate a non-parametric model of the display system. Local parametric models relating to the display surface of the projection screen are generated and are compared with data points defined by the non-parametric calibration data to identify one or more local errors in the non-parametric calibration data. The local errors in the non-parametric calibration data are converted to data points defined at least in part by the local parametric models and the projectors are operated to project an image on the image projection screen by utilizing a hybrid calibration model comprising data points taken from the non-parametric model and data points taken from one or more local parametric models. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 10-14-2010 |
20110037836 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND 3-D IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A stereoscopic display device is provided for displaying a 3-dimensional image including a first slice, a second slice and a third slice arranged in the order written. The stereoscopic display device includes a first LCD, a second LCD adjacent to the first LCD and a distance adjusting member. The first LCD has a first display surface. The second LCD is spaced from the first LCD. The second liquid crystal display having a second display surface facing away from the first display surface. The distance adjusting member is arranged between the first and second LCDs. The distance adjusting member is configured for reciprocally moving the first LCD relative to the second LCD between a first position where the first LCD displaying a contour of the second slice and a second position where the first LCD displaying a contour of the third slice. | 02-17-2011 |
20110063421 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - To make it possible to stably provide a stereoscopic image which can be viewed by each viewer in the state where the stereoscopic effect and the sense of reality are maximized. Left eye and right eye images (images for measurement), the parallax between which is continuously or stepwise changed, are outputted beforehand to a stereoscopic image display device, and the face of the viewer viewing the images for measurement is photographed. The pupil width of the photographed viewer is measured, and based on the state of the change in the pupil width, the fusion limit of the viewer is measured and registered. In the case where a stereoscopic image for appreciation is displayed, the stereoscopic image is outputted by controlling the parallax of the stereoscopic image so as to prevent the parallax from exceeding the fusion limit of the viewer, which is measured beforehand. | 03-17-2011 |
20110090322 | MULTI-FRAME DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH PERSPECTIVE BASED IMAGE ARRANGEMENT - Systems and methods are provided for presenting digital images using a plurality of digital media frames separated spatially along at least two axes. In one aspect the method comprises the steps of obtaining the digital images to be presented determining the multi-dimensional relationship between the digital media frames analyzing the digital images and any associated metadata to assign an image perspective determination to each of the digital images and determining an arrangement of the digital images for presentation on the plurality of the digital media frames according to the multi-dimensional relationship between the digital media frames and according to the determined image perspectives. | 04-21-2011 |
20120274750 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARED VIEWING EXPERIENCE USING HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS - Systems and methods are operable to share a viewing experience of a free viewpoint format media content event. An exemplary embodiment receives the free viewpoint format media content event, receives unique geometric orientation information from each one of a plurality of head mounted displays (HMDs), determines a unique viewpoint location for each one of the plurality of HMDs based upon the geometric orientation information received from each one of the plurality of HMDs, determines a unique viewpoint area for each one of the plurality of HMDs based upon the determined unique viewpoint location, and communicates each one of the unique viewpoint areas to the associated one of the plurality of HMDs. | 11-01-2012 |
20120274751 | INCLUSION DETECTION IN POLISHED GEMSTONES - A method and apparatus for generating a 3D model of and/or detecting inclusions in a polished gemstone such as diamond is described. The gemstone ( | 11-01-2012 |
20130176407 | Beam scanned display apparatus and method thereof - Generally, display systems may be employed in cinema and exhibition applications. Laser scanned display systems may be enabled such that the display systems may display three dimensional (“3D”) content. One example of a display system may include a diffusive screen which may be a transmissive diffuser and at least a light engine or an array of light engines, in which the light engine or array of light engines may include at least a light source, beam combining optics which may combine colors into at least one of a single beam or closely spaced beams, and at least a scanning system which may steer the beam to a desired location on the diffusive screen. | 07-11-2013 |
20140139651 | NAKED-EYE 3D TV WALL - A naked-eye 3D TV wall is disclosed, which is composed of a full-color light-emitting diode (LED) display array and a slit grating (or a cylinder lens grating). The grating is placed in front of and parallel to the array, and a distance is made between the grating and the array. The grating direction of the array is provided as an oblique angle. A red, green and blue color LED tube are packed into one tube to make a full-color LED tube to emit full-color light, and the full-color LED tube is the element unit of the array. When a multi-view image is interlaced and displayed on the array, the resolution loss is shared in the horizontal and vertical directions. A 3D image will be watched on the wall without wearing special glasses. | 05-22-2014 |
20140152784 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING OF 3-D DISPLAY DEVICES - Method and apparatus for generating a synchronization signal for a plurality of three-dimensional (3-D) image display devices is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes a synchronization manager configured for generating the synchronization signal utilized by the plurality of 3-D display devices for synchronously displaying respective content in accordance with a timing signal associated with the synchronization signal. | 06-05-2014 |
20140184760 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - A three-dimensional (3D) video display apparatus includes: a viewing action detecting unit which detects whether or not a viewing state of a user who views a plurality of 3D video display screens with a viewing target being changed between the 3D video display screens has changed a predetermined number of times or more in a predetermined time period; and a control unit which restricts user's viewing action of viewing a 3D video image displayed by an image display unit when the viewing action detecting unit detects that the viewing state of the user has changed the predetermined number of times or more in the predetermined time period. | 07-03-2014 |
20140253697 | LASER BASED DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to display technologies. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide projection display systems where one or more laser diodes are used as light source for illustrating images. In one set of embodiments, the present invention provides projector systems that utilize blue and/or green laser fabricated using gallium nitride containing material. In another set of embodiments, the present invention provides projection systems having digital lighting processing engines illuminated by blue and/or green laser devices. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a 3D display system. There are other embodiments as well. | 09-11-2014 |
20140285639 | TRANSPARENT STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a transparent stereoscopic image display, and in particular, to a transparent stereoscopic image display without a barrier slit or lenticular sheet, which enables an observer to feel a sense of three-dimensionality, by assembling transparent display panels and alternately outputting a left eye image frame and a right eye image frame, and enables the resolution to be improved about two-fold when a 2-dimensional image is output. | 09-25-2014 |
20150022646 | System and Method for Display of Image Streams - A system for projecting a first image stream containing a first set of frames for displaying primary content and a second image stream containing a second set of frames that contain alternate content and for allowing a user to configure passive filters to alternate between viewing the first image stream and the second image stream. | 01-22-2015 |
20150103151 | TWO IMAGER PROJECTION DEVICE - The present disclosure describes optical elements and optical devices that use the optical elements to allow the output of two imagers to be combined onto a single optical axis. Each of the two imagers can be based on alternate polarization directions, and the disclosed embodiments can enable high contrast 3D projectors without requiring either time or polarization sequencing. The present disclosure further describes projection systems that include the optical devices. | 04-16-2015 |
20160080710 | TRI-SURFACE IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Digitally acquiring digital media content using a computer model simulation of a real venue in which the digital content is to be shown. Frontally projecting content from a virtual center of the simulated venue, the real venue having a frontal screen and two side screens. Digitally capturing the frontally projected digital media content from a view that a real frontal projector and two real side projectors would have in real life in order to “bake in” a warped transformation of the frontally projected digital media content. Projecting the warped, transformed frontally projected content through a frontal digital projector and two side digital projectors in the real venue, thus completing an illusion of a “cinematic window” of the digital media content in the real venue. Controlling the digital projectors using a digital server to feed the three digitally captured, warped media streams synchronously to the front, left and right digital projectors. | 03-17-2016 |
20160127711 | METHOD AND APPAPATUS FOR NORMALIZING SIZE OF COTENT IN MULTI-PROJECTION THEATER AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for normalizing the size of content in a multi-projection theater and a computer-readable recording medium. The method may include receiving theater parameters stored in a database, computing the scale factor of an image projected on a main screen based on the received theater parameters, controlling the image projected on the main screen by applying the computed scale factor to the image, and controlling the scale of an image projected on a sub-screen according to the controlled image of the main screen. | 05-05-2016 |
20160134862 | METHOD AND APPAPATUS FOR NORMALIZING SIZE OF COTENT IN MULTI-PROJECTION THEATER AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for normalizing the size of content in a multi-projection theater and a computer-readable recording medium. The method may include receiving theater parameters stored in a database, computing the scale factor of an image project on a main screen based on the received theater parameters, controlling the image projected on the main screen by incorporating the computed scale factor into the image, and controlling an image projected on a sub-screen so that the height or width of at least any one of images of sub-screens having a different pixel size or ratio from the controlled image of the main screen is identical with a height or width of the controlled image of the main screen. | 05-12-2016 |
20180027219 | TRI-SURFACE IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | 01-25-2018 |
20190149799 | THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT AND VIEWING THEATER | 05-16-2019 |