Patent ID: 8581833

Claim:
A stereo glasses apparatus, comprising: a right eye shutter of stereo glasses operable to switch between a closed orientation and an open orientation; and a left eye shutter the stereo glasses operable to switch between the closed orientation and the open orientation; wherein the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter of the stereo glasses are operable such that the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter simultaneously remain in the closed orientation for a predetermined amount of time; wherein the right eye shutter of the stereo glasses is operable such that the right eye shutter is in the open orientation only for a duration of a first set of vertical blanking intervals, and the left eye shutter of the stereo glasses is operable such that the left eye shutter is in the open orientation only for a duration of a second set of vertical blanking intervals, by: (a) holding the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter of the stereo glasses in the closed orientation during painting, by a display, of right display content intended for viewing by a right eye of a viewer, (b) after the right display content is painted by the display, and during a vertical blanking interval of the first set of vertical blanking intervals which is when the right display content is held on the display by no update occurring by the display, holding the right eye shutter of the stereo glasses in the open orientation and the left eye shutter of the stereo glasses in the closed orientation, (c) after the right display content is held on the display during the vertical blanking interval of the first set of vertical blanking intervals, holding the right eye shutter and the left eye shutter of the stereo glasses in the closed orientation during painting, by the display, of left display content intended for viewing by a left eye of the viewer, (d) after the left display content is painted by the display, and during a vertical blanking interval of the second set of vertical blanking intervals which is when the left display content is held on the display by no update occurring by the display, holding the left eye shutter of the stereo glasses in the open orientation and the right eye shutter of the stereo glasses in the closed orientation, and (e) repeating (a) after the left display content is held on the display during the vertical blanking interval of the second set of vertical blanking intervals.