Patent ID: 8120646

Claim:
An arrangement for spatially displaying a scene or an object, comprising: an image display device, on which a great number of individual pixels (α ij ) arranged in a grid of rows (j) and columns (i) are made visible simultaneously, the pixels (α ij ) rendering bits of partial information from several views (A K ) (k=1. . . n, n>1) of the scene or object; a structured plate, arranged in front of or behind the image display device, by which propagation directions are established for light radiated by the pixels (α ij ), wherein the structured plate contains a great number of optical imaging elements (β pq ) arranged in a grid of rows q and columns p for establishing the propagation directions, the structured plate including simultaneously at least two of the following kinds of optical imaging elements (β pq ), wavelength filters, gray level filters, a spherical lens, a cylinder lens or a prism, wherein, within a viewing space occupied by a viewer, the propagation directions intersect in a great number of intersection points, each of which corresponds to a viewing position, such that, from any of the viewing positions, a viewer visually perceives bits of partial information from a first selection with one eye and bits of partial information from a second selection of views (A k ) (k=1 . . . n) with the other eye; and wherein the image display device is coupled with an electronic control system such that the assignment of bits of partial information from the views (A k ) (k=1 . . . n ) to pixels (α ij ) of the position (i,j) is effected according to the equation k = i - c ij · j - n ′ · IntegerPart ⁡ [ i - c ij · j - 1 n ⁢ ′ ] , where (i) is the index of a pixel (α ij ) in a row of the grid, (j) is the index of a pixel (α ij ) in a column of the grid, (k) is the consecutive number of the view (A k ) (k=1 . . . n) from which the partial information to be presented by a particular pixel (α ij ) originates, (n′) is an integral number greater than zero, which may correspond to the total number (n) of the views (A k ) (k=1 . . . n) used in the respective case, (c ij ) is a selectable coefficient matrix for combining or mixing on the grid the various bits of partial information originating from the views (A k ) (k=1. . . n), and IntegerPart is a function for generating the greatest integral number that does not exceed the argument put in square brackets.