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Stereoscopic television
Assignee: Sea Phone Co Ltd
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Filing: 1997-09-04
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Granted: 1998-06-30
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Expires: 2017-09-04
Abstract
Abstract A stereoscopic television which enables plural observers to simultaneously observe a stereoscopic images includes a color liquid-crystal plate, a monochrome TV display disposed behind the liquid-crystal plate, and a large format lens disposed between the color liquid-crystal plate and the monochrome TV display so as to focuss the observer's image on the screen of the TV display. The color liquid-crystal plate alternately displays stereo-pairs composed of left and right eye perspectives, and the monochrome TV display alternately displays inverted binary images of half face of each oberver. The large format lens distrubutes light emitted from the inverted binary images of half face of each observer to the left and right eyes of each observer through the color liquid-crystal plate, whereby the left and right eye perspectives of the stereo-pairs displayed by the liquid-crystal plate respectively reach the left and right eyes of each observer.
Inventors
- 👤 Tomohiko Hattori
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 02:03
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N13/00; H04N13/30; H04N13/398; H04N13/302; H04N13/366; H04N13/368
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
A stereoscopic television comprising: stereoscopic image display means for enabling display of stereo-pairs composed of left and right eye perspectives; observer's image display means for enabling display of binary images of an observer's face; focusing means for focusing said left and right eye perspective of said stereo-pairs to left and right eyes of each observer based on said binary images displayed by said observer's image display means, said focusing means being disposed in a predetermined plane from which said focusing means substantially focuses the observer's image on a screen of said observer's image display means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
95 words
A stereoscopic television comprising: stereoscopic image display means for enabling display of stereo-pairs composed of left and right eye perspectives; observer's image display means for enabling display of binary images of an observer's face; focusing means for focusing said left and right eye perspective of said stereo-pairs to left and right eyes of each observer based on said binary images displayed by said observer's image display means, said focusing means being disposed in a predetermined plane from which said focusing means substantially focuses the observer's image on a screen of said observer's image display means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 1, wherein said stereoscopic image display means is composed of transparent and electro-optical spatial modulation elements which are disposed in front of said focusing means, and said observer's image display means is composed of a back-light which is disposed behind said focusing means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 2, wherein said electro-optical spatial modulation elements are composed of a color liquid-crystal plate, and said back-light is composed of a monochrome TV display.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 1, wherein said stereoscopic image display means is disposed behind said observer's image display means, and said observer's image display means is composed of transparent and electro-optical spatial modulation elements which are disposed behind said focusing means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 4, further comprising a large format lens which is disposed in a predetermined plane on which the stereoscopic image displayed by said stereoscopic image display means is focused by said focusing means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 4, wherein said electro-optical spatial modulation elements are composed of a monochrome liquid-crystal plate, and said stereoscopic image display means is composed of a color TV display.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 1, further comprising taking means provided near said focusing means for enabling the observer's face images to be continuously taken and outputting a binary image signal based on said observer's face images to said observer's image display means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
55 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 7, further comprising illuminating means provided on left and right sides of said focusing means for alternately illuminating the observer's face from the left and right sides thereof in synchronization with said stereoscopic image, and wherein said taking means takes left and right illuminated face images of the observer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 8, further comprising imaging means for subtracting one of said left and right illuminated face images of the observer from the other face image, and emphasizing the contrast of the resultant image.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 7, wherein said taking means comprises a video camera.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 1 wherein said focusing means is composed of a large format lens including at least one lens.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 11 wherein said large format lens is a Fresnel convex lens.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 1, wherein said focusing means is selected from the group consisting of a concave mirror, a holographic lens, and a diffraction grating lens.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
45 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 1, wherein said binary images of the observer's face are displayed on the screen of the observer's image display means at a position which substantially geometrically corresponds with the observer's image which is substantially focused by said focusing means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
55 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 1, wherein said stereoscopic image display means enables time-interlaced display of said stereo-pairs, and said observer's image display means enables time-interlaced display of said binary images such that said time-interlaced displays by said stereoscopic image display means and said observer's image display means are in synchronization with each other.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
The stereoscopic television according to claim 1, wherein said stereoscopic image display means enables time-parallel display of said stereo-pairs, and said observer's image display means enables time-parallel display of said binary images.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
79 words
A stereoscopic television comprising: stereoscopic image display means for enabling display of stereo-pairs composed of left and right eye perspectives; observer's image display means for enabling display of binary images of an observer's face; and focusing means for focusing said left and right eye perspectives of said stereo-pairs to left and right eyes of each observer based on said binary images displayed by said observer's image display means, said observer's image display means being disposed behind said focusing means.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
79 words
A stereoscopic television comprising: stereoscopic image display means for enabling display of stereo-pairs composed of left and right eye perspectives; observer's image display means for enabling display of binary images of an observer's face; and focusing means for focusing said left and right eye perspectives of said stereo-pairs to left and right eyes of each observer based on said binary images displayed by said observer's image display means, said observer's image display means being disposed behind said focusing means.
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