Patent ID: 7046270

Claim:
A stereoscopic video observation system comprising: an optical adaptor having a stereoscopic optical system; an image pick-up apparatus to which said optical adaptor is attached, comprising an image pick-up device for forming a stereoscopic image composed of left and right images having a parallax in the left and right directions by said stereoscopic optical system; a signal processing apparatus for signal processing for processing a signal from said image pick-up device and generating a video signal; a display control apparatus for controlling a display position of said stereoscopic image in the video signal outputted from said signal processing apparatus said display position being dictated by a position of an observer's left and right eyes; a display apparatus comprising left and right display devices for changing the display position by said display control apparatus so that said left image and said right image are positioned and displayed just in front of and aligned with said observer's left and right eyes; wherein said display control apparatus controlling a display start signal of said left and right display devices of said display apparatus, and supplying a display control signal, corresponding to display pixels of said left and right display devices, for forming said stereoscopic image in said video signal of said left and right display devices, thereby controlling the display positions of said left and right images displayed on said left and right display devices, said display control signal being a two-valued digital signal.