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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1998
Sung-sik Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A 3-dimensional image apparatus based on a polarizing method is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a stereo camera unit in which two integrated cameras picture an object for a left eye and a right eye at different angles: a 3-dimensional image display unit for outputting left eye and right eye images pictured by the stereo camera unit through an additional image display apparatus, for polarizing the images outputted from the image display apparatus to have a 90° phase difference therebetween, and for outputting the polarized images in two directions using more than two reflection mirrors; and a polarizing glass formed of polarizing lenses having 90° phase difference for transferring a left eye image polarized and outputted from the 3-dimensional image display unit to a left eye and a right eye image to a right eye of a viewer, thereby preventing image loss by viewing the 3-dimensional image in two directions and significantly decreasing the volume and weight of the system by using an LCD as a display unit in contrast to use of a CRT as a display apparatus in the conventional art.