Patent ID: 6178043
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G02B,G03B

Abstract:
An autostereoscopic multiview three-dimensional image display system comprising:an image projection screen;two image generation components, each component generating successive finite time sequences of time-multiplexed multiview images, whereby two channels of multiview images are formed;a bifold mirror having two reflecting surfaces, a folding line, and a folding angle, each surface reflecting a different one of the two channels of the multiview images;an spatial light modulator comprising a plurality of strip-like shutters the spatial light modulator having a line of symmetry parallel to the strip-like shutters, each shutter transmitting a different one of each finite time sequence of one of the channels of multiview images; andoptics for projecting onto the image projection screen the images transmitted by the spatial light modulator,wherein the two channels of multiview images generated by the image generation components, reflected by the reflecting surfaces, and transmitted through the spatial light modulator are combined into a single viewing zone without overlapping.