Auto-stereoscopic 3-D TV

Auto-stereoscopic 3-D TV

(3D without glasses)

 

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      HinesLab “3-D TV”, a 3-dimensional video display that provides true stereoscopic images, without glasses.  Several viewers can move comfortably in front of the display, seeing true stereo images with motion parallax.  Applications include 3-D television, 3-D video arcade games, scientific, medical and avionic displays.

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Images used in 3DTV demonstrations at HinesLab.

      The HinesLab 3DTV is built around a single liquid crystal panel, on which multiple images are arranged and projected to a rear-projection screen where they form the 3-D image. Stereo and motion parallax allow the viewer to confirm the positions and roundness of objects as the observer changes positions.

 

HinesLab 3DTV advantages over other stereo displays:

  1. Neither 3-D glasses nor head-tracked devices are not required.  
  2. 3DTV provides lateral head positioning and look-around ability.  Pseudo-3D (reversed depth) is eliminated as with lenticular 3-D systems.
  3. The 3DTV broadcasts are done with a single TV channel.  3DTV images are shown directly in 3D, or recorded and replayed with a single DVR.
  4. The device can be used as a computer display, for video arcade games, medical visualization, or by air traffic controllers.
  5. The 3DTV image can be projected to virtually any screen size.
  6. The 3DTV is flickerless.

 

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      The 3DTV is economical to produce because it uses a single LC panel and conventional optics.

 

Right …. (Cross-eyed stereo) …. Left ….. (Parallel Viewing) ….. Right

 

 

* For further information:
  3. Journal of the Society for Information Display, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2000,  p. 171 & 176.
  5. The Clock magazine, Mar./April 1997,  p. 17, 20 & 27.
  6. Stereo World magazine, Jan/Feb, 1996, p. 12-15.
  8. Electronic Display World, Vol, 15, No. 11, Nov. 1995,  p. 38-41.
  9. Electronic Engineering Times, Oct. 2, 1995,  p. 2, 35, 38 & 40.
  10. Stereo World magazine, Jul/Aug, 1995,  p. 25.

 

Hines’ original laboratory notebook entries for this invention.

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p. 66 p. 67

 

      HinesLab is actively seeking licensees to commercialize this technology.  This is not a product being offered for sale to end users.  To discuss licensing, please contact Steve Hines at:

 

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