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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tibor Balogh, Budapest, HU;
Assignee:
Sony International (Europe) GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/100 ; G03B 3/500 ; G03H 1/12 ; G02B 5/32 ; G02B 2/722 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/100 ; G03B 3/500 ; G03H 1/12 ; G02B 5/32 ; G02B 2/722 ;
Abstract
A pixel element for a 3D display, wherein multiple substantially collimated controllable light beams are emitted in multiple directions, with each light beam associated with a predetermined viewing direction. A set of substantially point type sources are individually addressable and are arranged in a line. The light sources are serially addressed; and the light from each source is imaged in a collimated light beam and deflected in a predetermined individual deflection direction.