Patent ID: 6510002
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: G02B,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
Apparatus for generating a display, comprising:polarization means adapted to be placed in front of a screen for displaying images; spectacles for viewing said images from said polarizing means, said spectacles having left and right lenses that are orthogonally polarized; and control means for controlling the polarization of said polarization means in accordance with the nature of the images displayed on said screen; said control means being adapted to control said polarization means in first, second, and third modes, wherein; in said first mode, said images comprise alternating left and right fields that are polarized alternately to 0 and 90 to generate a stereoscopic image; in said second mode, said images are polarized to 90 to generate a Pulfrich image; and in said third mode, said images are polarized to 45 to generate a two-dimensional image.