Patent ID: 7820954

Claim:
A device for generating a view of a three-dimensional object, comprising: a plurality of adjacently arranged light source groups, each light source group assigned to an image pixel of the view and comprising a plurality of light sources, each of said light sources assigned to a respective deflected beam direction, the deflected beam directions so dimensioned relative to one another so as to provide different views of the object to two eyes of an observer, or to a plurality of observers simultaneously; and a control unit that controls the light sources to produce a respective different view of the three-dimensional object as seen in each respective deflected beam direction, wherein each light source emits a respective emitted beam diverging less than 15 degrees from an emitting direction and partially illuminating an optical lens arranged in front of the respective light source group, the optical lens deflecting the emitted beams into the respective deflected beam directions; wherein the intensity of each of the light sources is controlled individually by the control unit to generate the respective different views; and wherein adjacent ones of the emitted beams of a given pixel only illuminate respective adjacent portions of an aperture of the optical lens.