Patent ID: 8134591

Claim:
A method for forming a stereoscopic image comprising: a) forming separate left-eye and right-eye images in a repeated cycle that comprises: (i) forming the left-eye image by providing data for lines of the left-eye image, ordered in sequence from a first edge of an image frame to a second edge of the image frame; forming successive lines of modulated light according to the ordered sequence of provided data for lines of the left-eye image and progressively scanning the lines of modulated light across a display surface from a first position to a second position; (ii) forming the right-eye image by providing data for lines of the right-eye image, ordered in sequence from the second edge of the image frame to the first edge of the image frame; forming successive lines of modulated light according to the ordered sequence of provided data for lines of the right-eye image and progressively scanning the lines of modulated light across the display surface from the second position to the first position; and b) distinguishing the left-eye image from the right-eye image for at least one viewer.