Patent ID: 8860790
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of creating image data, the image data being suitable for use with an autostereoscopic display comprising a two dimensional display and a switchable aperture array, the method comprising: generating a model including a model of a display plane modeling the two dimensional display of the autostereoscopic display and a model of an aperture plane modeling the switchable aperture array of the autostereoscopic display, taking a plurality of samples of a three dimensional scene using the display plane modeling the two dimensional display of the auto stereoscopic display and the aperture plane modeling the switchable aperture array of the autostereoscopic display, each sample of the plurality of samples of the three dimensional scene being taken for a combination of a pixel on a two dimensional display of the modeled autosteroscopic display and an aperture of the modeled autostereoscopic display, including first samples and second samples wherein according to the modeling for the first samples of the three dimensional scene samples are taken for a combination of each of a plurality of pixels of the modeled autosteroscopic display and a particular aperture of the modeled auto stereoscopic display along respective first lines which pass through substantially the same point of the aperture of the modeled autostereoscopic display, and wherein for the second samples of the modeled autosteroscopic display samples are taken for a combination of a particular pixel of the modeled autosteroscopic display and each of a plurality of apertures of the modeled autostereoscopic display along respective second lines which pass through substantially the same point of the pixel of the modeled autosteroscopic display.