Patent ID: 8208012

Claim:
Method for multimode representation of image contents on a display device for video holograms, at least comprising one or multiple light sources, an optical system and a spatial light modulator with hologram contents, where the display device directs a wave front which would be emitted by an object at the respective eye positions so that an observer sees a reconstruction of a scene, and where for the generation of a stereo effect the eyes are provided different perspectives using temporal or spatial multiplexing, wherein in a first mode, for a holographic representation, light of a first diffraction order is directed at the eye positions, so that the observer sees the reconstructed scene; and in partial regions of the spatial light modulator or exclusively in a second mode, for a direct representation, non-diffracted light is directed at the eye positions, so that the observer sees on the spatial light modulator an autostereoscopic representation while the multiplexing is active, and a two-dimensional representation while the multiplexing is deactivated or compensated.