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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Lenny Lipton, Greenbrae, CA (US);
Mark H. Feldman, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Robert Akka, Fairfax, CA (US);
Lenny Lipton, Greenbrae, CA (US);
Mark H. Feldman, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Robert Akka, Fairfax, CA (US);
Real D, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for interdigitating multiple perspective views in a stereoscopic image viewing system. A lenticular sheet is affixed in intimate juxtaposition with a display area having a defined aspect ratio. The display area includes a plurality of scan lines each having a plurality of pixels, each pixel including subpixels. A map having the same resolution as the display is created to store values corresponding to each subpixel in the display area. Preferably, the map is generated beforehand and stored for later use through a lookup operation. A buffer stores a frame having n views, wherein each of the n views has the same aspect ratio as the display area. A plurality of masks is also created and stored. Each mask corresponds to a unique one of the n views and includes opaque areas and a plurality of transparent windows, each of which corresponds to a selected subpixel location. The n views are then interdigitated while applying the corresponding masks, and a value is assigned to each subpixel using the map.