Time-multiplexed color autostereoscopic display

John R. Moore; Neil A. Dodgson; Adrian R. L. Travis; Stewart R. Lang

doi:10.1117/12.237418

10 April 1996 Time-multiplexed color autostereoscopic display

John R. Moore, Neil A. Dodgson, Adrian R. L. Travis, Stewart R. Lang

Proceedings Volume 2653, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems III; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237418
Event: Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A practical color autostereoscopic display has been developed at Cambridge, and has been in operation since 1994. It provides six view directions at half VGA resolution (640 X 240 pixels) of 24-bit color at a luminance of 100 cd/m². Each individual view direction is refreshed at standard television rates, so the display is capable of full motion animation or live 3D video. Versions with both 10 and 25 inch screen diagonal have been built. This paper describes the principles of the display, its development from an earlier monochrome version, the results of this development work, and ideas for future research. The original monochrome display, developed at Cambridge, has been in use since late 1991. It provides eight views at full VGA resolution or sixteen views at half VGA resolution. A series of views of a scene are displayed sequentially and an optical directional modulator, constructed from a liquid crystal shutting element, is synchronized with the image repetition rate to direct each image to a different zone in front of the display. The viewer's eyes thus see two different images and the head can be moved from side to side to look around objects, giving an autostereoscopic display with correct movement parallax. The use of a CRT makes for a flexible system where resolution and number of views can be easily varied. Development of the color display from the monochrome version was achieved by a color sequential system using a liquid crystal color shutter. As each view direction had to be displayed three times for the three primary colors, the maximum number of view directions was decreased to six. Full color (24-bit) images have been displayed on these six view autostereoscopic displays from a number of sources: computer generated images, digitized photographs, and live color video from a multiplexed camera also designed at Cambridge.

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John R. Moore, Neil A. Dodgson, Adrian R. L. Travis, and Stewart R. Lang "Time-multiplexed color autostereoscopic display", Proc. SPIE 2653, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems III, (10 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.237418

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