Patents by Inventor René de la Barré

René de la Barré has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10116927
    Abstract: A method for reproducing image information on an autostereoscopic screen including a pixel matrix and an optical grid, in which a period length defined by a lateral offset of adjacent strip-shaped structures of the optical grid is greater by a certain factor than a lateral offset of directly adjacent columns of the pixel matrix. The method including the steps of assigning an angle value and a location coordinate value to each of the specified columns, for each of the columns, calculating an extract of an image by image synthesis, wherein this image is a parallel projection of a 3D scene to be reproduced having a projection direction corresponding to the angle value assigned to the respective column, and controlling the pixels of the pixel matrix in such a way that each of the columns has written into it the extract calculated for this column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Patent number: 9992484
    Abstract: A method for reproducing image information on an autostereoscopic screen that has a pixel matrix and an optical grid, wherein pixels are arranged to form rows arranged equidistantly next to one another, and the optical grid has strip-like structures parallel to the rows and arranged equidistantly next to one another. The method includes association of first and second coordinate values with each row, wherein the first coordinate value indicates a location on an axis that is oriented horizontally at the viewing interval in front of the screen and on which the propagation plane of the light exiting the row intersects the axis, and the second coordinate value indicates a position of the respective row or the strip-like structure, through which the light passes, in the lateral direction. For each row, an excerpt from an image is calculated by image synthesis, with the pixels being driven accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Patent number: 9883171
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic screen for the simultaneous reproduction of more than two different pictures, including a pixel matrix with a multitude of pixels, an optical element arranged on front of or behind the pixel matrix, and a control unit for activating the pixel matrix and the optical element. The optical element forms an optical grid with a family of strip-like structures which run next to one another, wherein a period length of the optical grid is changeable by way of activating the optical element. Thereby, for a change of a viewing distance (Ln, L; L?) the control unit is configured to increase or reduce the period length and to simultaneously change a distribution of picture information onto the pixel matrix. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding method for the simultaneous reproduction of more than two different pictures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Publication number: 20170371224
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically controlled interference colour filter comprising at least two transparent electrodes, at least one nematic liquid crystal layer and alignment layers for alignment of the liquid crystals. When an electrical field is applied the liquid crystals can be realigned and thus the transmission wavelength range of the interference colour filter can be shifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Arno SEEBOTH, Detlef LÖTZSCH, Christian RABE, Peter FRACH, Matthias GITTNER, Hagen BARTZSCH, René DE LA BARRÉ, Roland BARTMANN, Michael VERGÖHL, Stefan BRUNS, Thomas NEUBERT, Johanna FISCHER, Gerhard SCHOTTNER
  • Patent number: 9838671
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an autostereoscopic screen for the simultaneous reproduction of at least two different images, in a manner such that each of these images is visible from at least one of different viewing zones, comprising a subpixel matrix, an optical element and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured, on the subpixel matrix, to define different subsets of subpixels such that each of the subsets forms a family of parallel strips and is assigned to at least one of the viewing zones, wherein the strips of the different subsets cyclically alternate, and to activate the subpixels in dependence on image data such that each of the images is reproduced on one of the subsets, wherein the optical element has a grating-like structure aligned according to the strips, in order to lead light departing from the subpixels of each of the subsets into the viewing zone assigned to this subgroup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Patent number: 9628784
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic display for simultaneously displaying more than two different images. The display including: a pixel matrix having pixels distributed over different subsets; an optical element, which has a grid-like structure and imposes a propagation direction on light from the pixels so that a plurality of viewing zones are defined so that each of the viewing zones is associated with exactly one of the subsets and the light from each of the subsets is directed into the viewing zone associated with this subset; and a control unit for controlling the pixel matrix based on image data defining a 3D image. The control unit configured to: determine a value of a location coordinate; determine intensity values defined by the image data for an image strip corresponding to a direction of gaze from a position defined by the value; and control the pixels of this strip using the intensity values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDT FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Patent number: 9497449
    Abstract: A monitor for representing autostereoscopically, three-dimensionally perceivable pictures includes a matrix screen with a multitude of subpixels which are arranged in lines and columns and which may be changed in their illumination intensity and may be put together into a multitude of picture points, a control device for activating the subpixels in dependence on picture information of at least two stereoscopic fields, in a manner such that the picture points are divided in at least two subgroups for reproducing in each case one of the fields, and a barrier raster, with which light coming from the picture points of each of the subgroups may be led into in each case one of several observation zones which lie in a laterally displaced manner, said one of several observation zones being assigned to this subgroup by way of this.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Hans Röder
  • Patent number: 9398291
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic screen including a pixel matrix, an optical element, and a control unit. The pixel matrix having a multitude of disjoint subsets of pixels, with each of the subsets forming a family of parallel strips of pixels having a vertical or inclined to vertical course, wherein the subsets cyclically alternate in the horizontal direction. The optical element having a grating-like structure parallel to the strips, which sets a propagation direction of light emitted from the pixels, so that at a nominal distance from the screen, a number corresponding to the multitude, of viewing zones laterally offset relative to one another, are defined with each of the viewing zones assigned to one of the subsets and the light emitted from each of the subsets deflected into the viewing zone of the subset, the control unit for activating the pixel matrix in dependence on image data which defines a 3D-image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Patent number: 9319663
    Abstract: An image display device has a matrix screen having a plurality of pixels arranged in columns and a periodic grating arranged in front of the matrix screen having a structure extending parallel to the columns. A lateral direction grating period corresponds to a whole number multiple of adjacent column spacing of the matrix screen. In a use of this image display device, at least two different viewing positions are detected and disjunctive excerpts of columns of the matrix screen are determined in accordance with the detected viewing positions such that a respective excerpt is associated with each of the detected viewing positions, this excerpt including all columns at least partly visible through the grating from this viewing position, wherein the matrix screen is controlled in dependence with image information of at least two different images such that exactly one of the images is displayed on each of the excerpts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventor: René de la Barré
  • Publication number: 20160105663
    Abstract: A method for reproducing image information on an autostereoscopic screen that has a pixel matrix and an optical grid, wherein pixels are arranged to form rows arranged equidistantly next to one another, and the optical grid has strip-like structures parallel to the rows and arranged equidistantly next to one another. The method includes association of first and second coordinate values with each row, wherein the first coordinate value indicates a location on an axis that is oriented horizontally at the viewing interval in front of the screen and on which the propagation plane of the light exiting the row intersects the axis, and the second coordinate value indicates a position of the respective row or the strip-like structure, through which the light passes, in the lateral direction. For each row, an excerpt from an image is calculated by image synthesis, with the pixels being driven accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Publication number: 20150256818
    Abstract: A method for reproducing image information on an autostereoscopic screen including a pixel matrix and an optical grid, in which a period length defined by a lateral offset of adjacent strip-shaped structures of the optical grid is greater by a certain factor than a lateral offset of directly adjacent columns of the pixel matrix. The method including the steps of assigning an angle value and a location coordinate value to each of the specified columns, for each of the columns, calculating an extract of an image by image synthesis, wherein this image is a parallel projection of a 3D scene to be reproduced having a projection direction corresponding to the angle value assigned to the respective column, and controlling the pixels of the pixel matrix in such a way that each of the columns has written into it the extract calculated for this column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandlen Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Publication number: 20150222885
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic screen for the simultaneous reproduction of more than two different pictures, including a pixel matrix with a multitude of pixels, an optical element arranged on front of or behind the pixel matrix, and a control unit for activating the pixel matrix and the optical element. The optical element forms an optical grid with a family of strip-like structures which run next to one another, wherein a period length of the optical grid is changeable by way of activating the optical element. Thereby, for a change of a viewing distance (Ln, L; L?) the control unit is configured to increase or reduce the period length and to simultaneously change a distribution of picture information onto the pixel matrix. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding method for the simultaneous reproduction of more than two different pictures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Publication number: 20150163481
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic screen including a pixel matrix, an optical element, and a control unit. The pixel matrix having a multitude of disjoint subsets of pixels, with each of the subsets forming a family of parallel strips of pixels having a vertical or inclined to vertical course, wherein the subsets cyclically alternate in the horizontal direction. The optical element having a grating-like structure parallel to the strips, which sets a propagation direction of light emitted from the pixels, so that at a nominal distance from the screen, a number corresponding to the multitude, of viewing zones laterally offset relative to one another, are defined with each of the viewing zones assigned to one of the subsets and the light emitted from each of the subsets deflected into the viewing zone of the subset, the control unit for activating the pixel matrix in dependence on image data which defines a 3D-image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Publication number: 20150015686
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic display for simultaneously displaying more than two different images. The display including: a pixel matrix having pixels distributed over different subsets; an optical element, which has a grid-like structure and imposes a propagation direction on light from the pixels so that a plurality of viewing zones are defined so that each of the viewing zones is associated with exactly one of the subsets and the light from each of the subsets is directed into the viewing zone associated with this subset; and a control unit for controlling the pixel matrix based on image data defining a 3D image. The control unit configured to: determine a value of a location coordinate; determine intensity values defined by the image data for an image strip corresponding to a direction of gaze from a position defined by the value; and control the pixels of this strip using the intensity values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Patent number: 8687051
    Abstract: A method for representing picture information on an autostereoscopic screen that is designed as a multiperson screen and that is suitable for the simultaneous display of a plurality of views which are visible in each case from at least one of different observation zones. The screen includes a matrix screen having a plurality of pixels as well as a beam splitter raster that is suitable for guiding light coming from the pixels, in each case into at least one of the observation zones. In the method, the pixels are activated with picture information of at least two different scenes, in a manner such that a first observer of the screen may exclusively see a first of the at least two scenes and a second observer of the screen may exclusively see a second of the at least two scenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Rene de la Barre, Silvio Jurk
  • Publication number: 20140071253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an autostereoscopic screen for the simultaneous reproduction of at least two different images, in a manner such that each of these images is visible from at least one of different viewing zones, comprising a subpixel matrix, an optical element and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured, on the subpixel matrix, to define different subsets of subpixels such that each of the subsets forms a family of parallel strips and is assigned to at least one of the viewing zones, wherein the strips of the different subsets cyclically alternate, and to activate the subpixels in dependence on image data such that each of the images is reproduced on one of the subsets, wherein the optical element has a grating-like structure aligned according to the strips, in order to lead light departing from the subpixels of each of the subsets into the viewing zone assigned to this subgroup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Patent number: 8633972
    Abstract: A method for displaying image information on an autostereoscopic screen that is suitable for simultaneous display of a plurality of views visible respectively from at least one of a plurality of laterally offset viewing zones. A first stereoscopic half-image and a second stereoscopic half-image, which are perceptible simultaneously and together produce a stereoimage, are reproduced on the screen such that the first stereoscopic half-image is visible from two laterally offset and respectively continuous regions, while the second stereoscopic half-image is visible from a stereozone which is situated between the two mentioned regions and is smaller than each of these two regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Geselschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Patent number: 8441522
    Abstract: A method for the autostereoscopic representation of image information on a matrix screen on which image points are formed through a subpixel group, each with a plurality of subpixels, wherein two stereoscopic fields are imaged on one of two subgroups of the image points, and wherein light emanating from the two subgroups of image points is guided through a barrier raster into two adjacent viewing zones, and wherein a change of the viewer's head position is further detected, and activation of the subpixels is adapted to the change of the head position by shifting intensity centroids, in particular, within the image points upon a change in the viewing distance between the head position and matrix screen by adapting of weightings of intensities within the image points such that a lateral distance between the centroid of the intensity distributions in a left viewing zone and the centroid of the intensity distributions in a right viewing zone in a viewing plane remains constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: René De La Barré, Siegmund Pastoor, Hans Röder
  • Patent number: 8358335
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for displaying image information in which pixels of a matrix screen (21) are actuated as a function of the image information (30) of a plurality of more than two different mutually complementary stereoscopic half-images such that each of the half-images is reproduced with a large number of image points on one of different sub-groups of the pixels and light emanating from each of these sub-groups of pixels is conducted through a beam splitter grid (22) into a region (31, 32, 33, 34) which is assigned to this sub-group, from which region only the half-image reproduced by this sub-group is visible, eye positions of respectively two eyes of at least two viewers (27, 28, 29) being determined and the sub-groups of pixels, on which respectively one of the half-images is reproduced, being chosen as a function of the detected eye positions such that the eyes of each of the at least two viewers (27, 28, 29) are situated in two of the mentioned regions (31, 32, 33, 34) from which two mu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Patent number: 8319824
    Abstract: For continuous tracking without noticeable skips during physical changes in head position, the intensities of all subpixels of the matrix screen are reduced in order to form intensity focuses for subpixel groups behind barrier elements, which comprise a number n of subpixels, including a subpixel reserve, in the image lines. In the case of parallel alterations, these intensity focuses are then displaced by a constant absolute value continuously through directly adjacent subpixels and also through subpixel group boundaries with different stereo image views. Distance changes involve the intensity focuses being increasingly widened or compressed relative to the screen edges. The intensities of the individual subpixels can be altered by means of simple multiplication by standardized constant or variable intensity factors which can be ascertained as a function of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: René De La Barre, David Przewozny, Siegmund Pastoor