Patent ID: 8294987

Claim:
An image transforming device for auto-stereoscopic display of a two-dimensional image that is projected, the two-dimensional image comprising: pixels arranged in a grid, the grid comprising rows of pixels having a uniform height and columns of pixels having a uniform width; the image transforming device comprising: a plurality of optical waveguides assembled into ribbons, each ribbon having a height at least equal to the height of a row of pixels in the grid, the number of optical waveguides in each ribbon comprising at least two times the number of pixels in the row of pixels; each ribbon comprising: a receiving end for receiving a portion of the pixels, the portion of the pixels comprising at least one of the rows of pixels in the grid; an output end emitting the portion received at the receiving end; the ribbons organized into a stack at their receiving end, the stack comprising a quantity of ribbons at least equal to the number of pixels in one of the columns of pixels; the ribbons connected at the output end to form a screen, wherein a first quantity of ribbons is fixed into position adjacent to each other to form a first output row of pixels and the remaining ribbons forming additional output rows of pixels fixed similarly as the first output row of pixels and aligned above the first quantity of ribbons; and a spacer material between each output row of pixels separating each ribbon from another ribbon in the screen.