Patent ID: 7319436
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image of an object to be displayed, through a superimposing of a plurality of images of said object, which are placed so as to be apart from each other on a line of sight of an observer, comprising: a plurality of display units disposed in tandem on said line of sight, each of said plurality of display units comprising at least one screen section for displaying at least one image of said plurality of images; an image generation unit for generating images of contents to be displayed on the display units; and a display image control unit for controlling the image generation unit to display the images of contents on the display units so as to enable the observer to recognize the images of contents as three-dimensional images; wherein the image generation unit generates, in addition to the images of contents, adjustment images having a geometric pattern; and the display image control unit controls the image generation unit to display the adjustment images on the display units so as to provide an appropriate relative viewing position between the observer and the display units, at which position the images of contents are visually recognized as a three-dimensional image.