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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Sidney Kassouf, Burbank, CA (US);
John M. Tamkin, Pasadena, CA (US);
Sidney Kassouf, Burbank, CA (US);
John M. Tamkin, Pasadena, CA (US);
Broadcast 3DTV, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for distributing auto-stereoscopic images, a parallax blocking mask and methods for producing a parallax blocking mask. A parallax blocking mask is provided as an 'add-on' for an existing image display device having a flat panel type display screen. The mask is tailored to the needs of the existing device and delivered to a remote user of the display device. The user mounts the mask to the display device so that the mask overlies the display screen. 3D content in the form of composite stereoscopic images derived from one or more stereoscopic image pairs, and application software, are downloaded to the display device over the Internet, and the application software interleaves the composite stereoscopic images for display on the display screen while the mask is in place. Use of a parallax blocking mask having variable edge transitions, a duty cycle less than fifty percent, or both, is disclosed.