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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2004
Applicants:

Cheong Soo Seo, Seoul, KR;

Dong Woo Gim, Gyoungnam, KR;

Gyoung IL Cho, Seoul, KR;

James Greenup Boyd, Brenham, TX (US);

Sang Hyune Baek, Suwon, KR;

Inventors:

Cheong Soo Seo, Seoul, KR;

Dong Woo Gim, Gyoungnam, KR;

Gyoung Il Cho, Seoul, KR;

James Greenup Boyd, Brenham, TX (US);

Sang Hyune Baek, Suwon, KR;

Assignees:

Angstorm Inc., Suwon, KR;

Stereo Display Inc., Fullerton, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/00 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); G02B 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A three-dimensional display device includes a two-dimensional display displaying a first image, and a variable focusing lens receiving light from the two-dimensional display and forming a second image. The variable focusing lens reflects light from the two-dimensional display. The first image includes a predetermined number of first depthwise images that are displayed within a unit time, and the second image includes corresponding second depthwise images. Each depthwise image represents the portion of the first image having the same image depth, and the two-dimensional display displays one depthwise image at a time. The focal length of the variable focusing lens changes according to the depth of the depthwise image being displayed. A micromirror array lens is used as the variable focusing lens. The micromirror array lens has enough speed and focusing depth range for realistic three-dimensional display.


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