Patent ID: 6924833
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A multi-person stereoscopic display system comprising: a display surface; a first pair of stereoscopic shutter glasses for use by a first viewer; a second pair of stereoscopic shutter glasses for use by a second viewer; a computer programmed to generate a first set of stereo images and a second set of stereo images, the first set of stereo images being generated for the first viewer, the second set of stereo images being generated for the second viewer, the first and second set of images to be transmitted to the display surface; and a controlling unit which controls the state of the optical transparency of shutters in the first pair of glasses and the second pair of glasses; said controlling unit operating in conjunction with the computer to control the first pair of glasses and the second pair of glasses so that the first pair of glasses is stereoscopically transparent when the first set of stereo images is displayed on the display surface, and control the second pair of glasses so that the second pair of glasses is stereoscopically transparent when the second set of stereo images is displayed on the display surface.