Patent ID: 6094216
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
A stereoscopic image display method comprising the steps of:dividing each of a plurality of parallax images supplied from a parallax image source having parallax image information into stripe pixels;displaying, on a display, a single stripe image by arranging and synthesizing some of the stripe pixels in a predetermined order;displaying a slit pattern consisting of a light-transmission portion and a light shielding portion arranged at a predetermined pitch on a spatial light modulation element arranged at a predetermined position on a front or rear side of said display;inputting light transmitted through the stripe pixels, corresponding to right and left eyes of an observer, of the stripe image to the right and left eyes of the observer via said spatial light modulation element; andsynchronously displaying the stripe pattern and the slit pattern in units of pixels or scan lines on corresponding scan lines of said display and said spatial light modulation element, wherein said synchronously displaying step is performed such that the respective scanning lines of stripe image of said display and the respective scanning lines, corresponding to the respective scanning lines of stripe image of said display, of slit pattern of said spatial light modulation element are synchronously driven successively, or that the respective pixels of stripe image of said display and the respective pixels, corresponding to the respective pixels of stripe image of said display, of slit pattern of said spatial light modulation element are synchronously driven successively.