Abstract: A privacy function structure, a display panel, and a display device are provided in the present disclosure. The privacy function structure includes a privacy state and a non-privacy state. The privacy function structure includes a first conductive layer, a privacy liquid crystal layer, a light-transmitting cover plate, and a second conductive layer. The privacy liquid crystal layer is disposed on a side of the first conductive layer, the light-transmitting cover plate is disposed on a side of the privacy liquid crystal layer away from the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer is disposed on a side of the light-transmitting cover plate facing the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer includes multiple conductive strips mutually parallel. By controlling on and off of the multiple conductive strips, the privacy function structure is switched between the privacy state and the non-privacy state.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device includes; a display device into which left-eye image data and right-eye image data are alternately input, and a shutter member including a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter, wherein the left-eye shutter and the right-eye shutter are opened in at least one of at least a part of an input period for the left-eye image data and at least a part of an input period for the right-eye image data.

Abstract: Various embodiments are disclosed that relate to the presentation of video images in a presentation space via a head-mounted display. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises receiving viewer location data and orientation data from a location and orientation sensing system, and from the viewer location data and the viewer orientation data, locate a viewer in a presentation space, determine a direction in which the user is facing, and determine an orientation of the head-mounted display system. From the determined location, direction, and orientation, a presentation image is determined based upon a portion of and an orientation of a volumetric image mapped to the portion of the presentation space that is within the viewer's field of view. The presentation image is then sent to the head-mounted display.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image input unit that inputs a two-dimensional image signal, a depth information output unit that inputs or generates depth information of image areas constituting the two-dimensional image signal, an image conversion unit that receives the image signal and the depth information from the image input unit and the depth information output unit, and generates and outputs a left eye image and a right eye image for realizing binocular stereoscopic vision, and an image output unit that outputs the left and right eye images. The image conversion unit extracts a spatial feature value of the input image signal, and performs an image conversion process including an emphasis process applying the feature value and the depth information with respect to the input image signal, thereby generating at least one of the left eye image and the right eye image.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for telepresence sharing is described. The method may include providing an indication of a plurality of remote vehicles that are available for telepresence sharing to a user. The method may also include receiving a selection from the user to engage a remote vehicle from the plurality of remote vehicles in a telepresence sharing session. Furthermore, the method may also include providing a live video feed captured by the remote vehicle to a mobile device associated with the user.

Abstract: A display device is mounted on and/or inside the eye. The eye mounted display contains multiple sub-displays, each of which projects light to different retinal positions within a portion of the retina corresponding to the sub-display. The projected light propagates through the pupil but does not fill the entire pupil. In this way, multiple sub-displays can project their light onto the relevant portion of the retina. Moving from the pupil to the cornea, the projection of the pupil onto the cornea will be referred to as the corneal aperture. The projected light propagates through less than the full corneal aperture. The sub-displays use spatial multiplexing at the corneal surface. Various electronic devices interface to the eye mounted display.

Abstract: A multi-view distribution format is described for stereoscopic and autostereoscopic 3D displays. In general, it comprises multi-tile image compression with the inclusion of one or more depth maps. More specifically, it provides embodiments that utilize stereoscopic images with one or more depth maps typically in the form of a compressed grey scale image and, in some instances, incorporates depth information from a second view encoded differentially.

Abstract: To provide an image display device of an excellent display quality with which the brightness is not deteriorated in reflective displays, and to provide a portable terminal using the same. Provided is a display device which includes: a plurality of arranged display elements each including at least a pixel for displaying a first-viewpoint image and a pixel for displaying a second-viewpoint image, each of the pixels having a transmissive display area for transmitting light and a reflective display area for reflecting external light; and an optical device for distributing light emitted from each of the pixels to different directions from each other, wherein the reflective display areas of each of the display elements are arranged asymmetrically with respect to an axis that is perpendicular to an image distributing direction.

Abstract: A method for operating an image display apparatus that receives a three-dimensional (3D) image signal and displays the 3D image signal as a 3D image, includes according to an embodiment displaying an image, detecting a connected external device, receiving data from the detected external device, generating at least one 3D object corresponding to the received data, and displaying the at least one 3D object corresponding to the received data. The at least one 3D object corresponding to the received data is processed to have a different depth from the image.

Abstract: In accordance with one aspect, the present invention provides a real-time 3D visualization system. The system includes means for conveying electromagnetic energy emanating from one or more 3D surfaces including a scene and means for sensing spatial phase characteristics of the electromagnetic energy as the configuration of the 3D surfaces relative to the system changes. The system includes means for creating a 3D scene model utilizing the spatial phase characteristics sensed in a plurality of configurations and means for displaying the 3D scene model in real-time. The means for displaying includes means for synthesizing depth cues.

Abstract: A volume scanning three-dimensional floating image display is constructed from a real mirror image forming optical system capable of forming the real mirror image of an object to be projected in a planar symmetric position with respect to a symmetry surface, and a display located under the symmetry surface showing images that serve as the object to be projected, and an actuator means capable of moving the display in a direction with a component perpendicular to the display surface, so by changing the displayed image synchronously with the motion of the display, the real mirror image of that image will be formed in the space on the other side of the symmetry surface as a three-dimensional floating image.

Abstract: Architecture that combines multiple depth cameras and multiple projectors to cover a specified space (e.g., a room). The cameras and projectors are calibrated, allowing the development of a multi-dimensional (e.g., 3D) model of the objects in the space, as well as the ability to project graphics in a controlled fashion on the same objects. The architecture incorporates the depth data from all depth cameras, as well as color information, into a unified multi-dimensional model in combination with calibrated projectors. In order to provide visual continuity when transferring objects between different locations in the space, the user's body can provide a canvas on which to project this interaction. As the user moves body parts in the space, without any other object, the body parts can serve as temporary “screens” for “in-transit” data.

Abstract: A miniaturized imaging module, a 3D display system using the same and an image arrangement method are disclosed. The 3D display system includes a plurality of multi-viewing zone miniaturized imaging modules and an image output module. The image output module is for editing, adjusting and distributing a multi-viewing zone image to the multi-viewing zone miniaturized imaging modules for display. Each multi-viewing zone miniaturized imaging module includes a housing, a projection unit and a viewing zone modulating screen. The projection unit and the viewing zone modulating screen are respectively disposed on two opposite sides inside the housing. In each multi-viewing zone miniaturized imaging module, the projection unit projects an image onto respective viewing zone modulating screen, and forms a plurality of viewing zones in front of the viewing zone modulating screen, wherein the image is a segmented image of an image composed of a plurality of images having different view-angles.

Abstract: A video processing system receives left and right 3D video and/or graphics frames and generates noise reduced left 3D video, right 3D video and/or graphics frames based on parallax compensated left and right frames. Displacement of imagery and/or pixel structures is determined relative to opposite side left and/or right frames. Parallax vectors are determined for parallax compensated left 3D video, right 3D video and/or graphics frames. A search area for displacement may be bounded by parallax limitations. Left 3D frames may be blended with the parallax compensated right 3D frames. Right 3D frames may be blended with the parallax compensated left 3D frames. The left 3D video, right 3D video and/or graphics frames comprise images that are captured, representative of and/or are displayed at a same time instant or at different time instants. Motion estimation, motion adaptation and/or motion compensation techniques may be utilized with parallax techniques.

Abstract: A three-dimensional viewing system includes a television having an electric circuit provided therein for the generation of alternating left-eye image and right-eye image on a screen, a micro controller unit provided inside the television and configured to extract a vertical synchronizing signal therefrom, a signal transmitting system for directly transmitting the vertical synchronizing signal to a pair of three-dimensional shutter glasses to be worn by the viewer in front of the television. The shutter glasses include left and right liquid crystal shutter lenses adapted to receive the vertical synchronizing signal and produce alternating transparency and opacity of the left and right shutter lenses. A switch unit connected to the left and right shutter lenses for independently switching the transparency and opacity thereof so that left eye of the viewer sees the left-eye image and right eye of the viewer sees the right-eye image to perceive a three-dimensional image.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for a video capture device for recording 3 Dimensional (3D) stereoscopic video with motion sensors is provided are provided. The apparatus includes includes a camera unit having one lens for capturing video, a video encoder/decoder for encoding the captured video, a motion sensor for capturing motion data of the video capture device corresponding to the captured video, and a controller for controlling the video encoder/decoder and motion sensor to encode the captured video with the captured motion data.

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.

Abstract: 3D display device, 3D display system and method for displaying 3D images are disclosed in the present invention. The 3D display device comprises: a display screen; a backlight means including a pulse light source; and a drive means used to receive video signals which are based on a standard video transmission protocol, so as to control the display screen to display 3D images according to the video signals, and control the pulse light source to emit a backlight pulse in the form of pulse during a vertical blank of each frame period of the video signals, wherein the duration of the backlight pulse is shorter than that of the vertical blank. The degrading of light is avoided in the 3D display device and the efficiency of the backlight can achieve almost 100%.

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.

Abstract: A 3D image display device includes a data receiving unit receiving frame data. The frame data includes left eye image data and right eye image data. An image modification unit generates modification image data corresponding to one of the left eye image data and the right eye image data. The modification image data corresponding to the left eye image data is based on left eye image data of a current frame and left eye image data of a next frame. The modification image data corresponding to the right eye image data is based on right eye image data of the current frame and right eye image data of the next frame. Utilization of the modification image data improves the display quality of moving objects in the 3D image display device.

Abstract: A passive-stereo three-dimensional display device is described. The display device includes unconventional pixel elements that may display, substantially simultaneously, colors from two image channels using different types of polarized light. The display integrates two polarizing filters over two sets of sub-pixel elements associated with the image channels. In a two-dimensional mode, a single color value may be displayed on both sets of sub-pixel elements to display a single color per pixel. In a three-dimensional mode, two color values may be displayed on the two discrete sets of sub-pixel elements.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display apparatus is described. The stereoscopic image display apparatus includes a display panel, a film-type patterned retarder (FPR) and a barrier layer. The display panel comprises a plurality of scan lines, first data lines, second data lines and pixel units. Each of pixel units comprises a major pixel, a first minor pixel and a second minor pixel wherein the major pixel is coupled to one of the scan lines and one of the first data lines via a first thin-film-transistor, and the first minor pixel and the second minor pixel are coupled to the one of the scan lines and one of the second data lines via a second thin-film-transistor. The FPR is disposed between the display panel and the polarized glasses for receiving the light from the display panel to allow the light to form left-handed circularly polarized light and right-handed circularly polarized light.

Abstract: A method for intensifying identification of three-dimensional objects identification includes utilizing a left eye camera and a right eye camera to capture a left eye image and a right eye image, calibrating the left eye image and the right eye image to generate a calibrated left eye image and a calibrated right eye image, using the calibrated left eye image and the calibrated right eye image to generate a disparity map, differentiating a three-dimensional object from a background image according to the disparity map, projecting the three-dimensional object onto a plan view, filtering noise out of the plan view to generate a filtered three-dimensional object, determining whether the filtered three-dimensional object contains at least two three-dimensional objects, and separating the at least two three-dimensional objects if the filtered three-dimensional object contains at least two three-dimensional objects.

Abstract: A 3-dimensional depth image generating system and method thereof are provided. The 3-dimensional depth image generating system includes a first and a second camera devices and an image processing device. The first and the second camera devices are apart for a predetermined distance, and respectively captures an object to obtain a firs and a second images. The image processing device is connected with the first and the second camera devices and respectively obtains a first and a second partial images, wherein the first and the second partial images both include a first predetermined portion and a second predetermined portion of the object, and sizes of the first partial image and the second partial image are respectively smaller than that of the first image and the second image. Wherein, the image processing device combines the first and the second partial images to generate a 3-dimensional depth image of the object.

Abstract: The view frustum culling technique described herein allows Free Viewpoint Video (FVV) or other 3D spatial video rendering at a client by sending only the 3D geometry and texture (e.g., RGB) data necessary for a specific viewpoint or view frustum from a server to the rendering client. The synthetic viewpoint is then rendered by the client by using the received geometry and texture data for the specific viewpoint or view frustum. In some embodiments of the view frustum culling technique, the client has both some texture data and 3D geometric data stored locally if there is sufficient local processing power. Additionally, in some embodiments, additional spatial and temporal data can be sent to the client to support changes in the view frustum by providing additional geometry and texture data that will likely be immediately used if the viewpoint is changed either spatially or temporally.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for minimizing re-projection artifacts. From a re-projection method, a distortion map determines areas of excessive stretching or compressing of pixels, which are then rendered. The re-projection and render are composited to create a new stereo image. Systems and methods are also provided for a “depth layout” process, whereby a new offset view of a 2D plate is created, allowing a stereo pair of images. Custom geometry that approximates the scene is created and 2D rotoscoping is employed to cut out shapes from the geometry. A depth map is created, from which an offset image may be re-projected, resulting in a stereo pair. Systems and methods are also provided for a fast re-projection technique, which creates a novel view from an existing image. The process generates a disparity map and then a distortion map, which is then used to create the new view.

Abstract: Media bit streams are encoded in a multi-dimensional manner so that a user can have multiple perspectives of a particular scene or portrayal. In some examples, different bit streams depicting the same scene from slightly different perspectives, angles, or vantage points are presented depending on user control. The experience of the user can change depending on the perspective of the media stream presented. A device sensor, such as an accelerometer, compass, gyroscope, camera, etc., can be used to control which multi-dimensional bit streams are displayed to a particular user. Devices may include mobile devices, remote controls, tablets, etc. A user can pan or move around a scene or object presented in an intuitive and non-imposing manner.

Abstract: There is provided a signal processing device including an image analysis portion that analyzes content of an input image, a distance information acquisition portion that acquires distance information between a viewer who views a screen on which the input image is displayed and the screen, and a stereoscopic image generation portion that generates a stereoscopic image from the original input image, using an analysis result of the input image analyzed by the image analysis portion, the distance information acquired by the distance information acquisition portion, and information about a specification of the screen in a horizontal direction.

Abstract: The presentation of stereoscopic display content for viewing with passive glasses and full resolution is provided. In use, (a) a frame of stereoscopic display content intended for viewing by one eye of a user is scanned, using a display layer of a display device; (b) the scanned frame is polarized utilizing a polarizing layer of the display device, according to a polarization associated with a lens of stereoscopic glasses worn over the same one eye of the user; (c) a backlight is activated to illuminate the polarized frame, in response to an entirety of the polarized frame being scanned; (d) the display device is held for a predetermined period of time in response to activation of the backlight, and then the backlight is de-activated; and (a)-(d) are then repeated for the other eye of the user, with another frame of stereoscopic display content intended for viewing by the other eye.

Abstract: A system configured to display autostereoscopic video (AV) may determine a depth setting for displaying the AV based on at least one of user parameters or device parameters, and may proceed to display the AV on a display based on the depth setting. In one embodiment the system may try to obtain user parameters before relying on device parameters. User parameters may be available from user profiles. For example, facial recognition may be used to determine if a user profile exists for a user. If a user profile is determined not to exist for the user, then the system may sense a distance from the display to the viewer, and may proceed to determine the depth setting based on the distance and device characteristics. Device characteristics may identify the manufacturer/model of the system, the type/size of display on which the AV will be viewed, the abilities of the system, etc.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing apparatus capable of stereoscopic display. The information processing apparatus includes: a display unit capable of stereoscopic display; a first creating unit for successively creating an input image by periodically picking-up an image of a target object; a second creating unit for creating a right-eye image and a left-eye image from the input image; and a display control unit for presenting stereoscopic display on the display unit, using the right-eye image and the left-eye image.

Abstract: A method by which a transmitter and receiver synchronise. The transmitter and receiver are operable in accordance with a protocol which mandates that some transmissions are jittered. The method comprises the transmitter transmitting a pseudo-random seed to the receiver; determining a jitter value based on the pseudo-random seed; and transmitting a synchronisation packet to the receiver at a time determined by the jitter value. The receiver receives the pseudo-random seed from the transmitter; determines timing of a receive window for the synchronisation packet based on the pseudo-random seed; opens the receive window at the determined time; and receives the synchronisation packet within the receive window.

Abstract: Technologies pertaining to computing depth images of a scene that includes a mobile object based upon the principle of light falloff are described herein. An infrared image of a scene that includes a mobile object is captured, wherein the infrared image has a plurality of pixels having a respective plurality of intensity values. A depth image for the scene is computed based at least in part upon square roots of respective intensity values in the infrared image.

Abstract: An image-luminance transformation section receives a video signal on a frame basis, and transforms the video signal into a luminance signal in each frame. A crosstalk ratio setting section sets a crosstalk ratio. An amount-of-correction calculation section calculates a correction luminance signal, for correcting a video signal of a frame n, using a luminance signal of a frame n?1, a luminance signal of the frame n, and the crosstalk ratio. A luminance-image transformation section transforms the correction luminance signal into a correction video signal. A correction section adds the correction video signal to the video signal of the frame n to generate a video signal of the frame n in which the amounts of crosstalk have been corrected.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to identify exposure to three dimensional media presentations are disclosed. An example method includes detecting a first brightness level with a first sensor and a second brightness level with a second sensor at a first time. A third brightness level is detected with the first sensor and a fourth brightness level is detected with the second sensor at a second time later than the first time. A 3D media counter is incremented when either: the first brightness is greater than the second brightness and the third brightness is less than the fourth brightness, or the first brightness is less than the second brightness and the third brightness is greater than the fourth brightness.

Abstract: A method of adjusting pixel height in a display panel having sub-pixelized pixels capable of operating in at least a tall mode and a short mode involves at a detector coupled to the display panel, detecting a position of a viewer viewing the display; at a processor, calculating a vertical viewing angle for a viewer; at the processor, determining if the calculated vertical viewing angle is within a predetermined range of vertical viewing angles; and the processor selecting a tall mode or a short mode for operation of the display panel as a result of the determining. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an area setting module, a display controller and a 3D function controller. The area setting module outputs a request for displaying a 3D image to a display device via a first interface in order to cause the display device to set a 3D area. The display controller outputs a video signal of the 3D image to the display device via a second interface in order to cause the display device to display the 3D image in the 3D area. The 3D function controller outputs, if abnormality occurs in operation of an OS executed on the electronic apparatus, a signal for disabling a 3D function to the display device via a third interface in order to set an entire screen of the display device to be a 2D area.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention are directed to electronic devices and methods of controlling the electronic devices. The electronic device provides a user interface to set up a depth range allowable for a stereoscopic video and adjusts the depth of the stereoscopic image based on the depth range set trough the user interface.

Abstract: A stereoscopic video display apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a display panel having a display face on which pixels are arranged in a matrix form; an active lens disposed in front of the display panel to control light rays from the pixels, the active lens being capable of conducting partial changeover on a focus state of the display face; a defocus region detection unit configured to detect a region to be subject to focus processing from an image which is input; and a drive unit configured to drive the active lens to conduct defocus processing on a region to be defocused, which is detected by the defocus region detection unit.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image displaying apparatus and a corresponding stereoscopic image displaying method are disclosed. The stereoscopic image displaying apparatus comprises a display panel, a backlight module and a pair of shutter glasses. The display panel is configured to write left-eye image data and right-eye image data according to a timing sequence. The backlight module has a plurality of light source regions, and the light source regions are turned on and off according to a timing sequence to scan the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data. A left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter of the pair of shutter glasses are turned on and off alternately to receive the left-eye image data when the left-eye shutter is turned on and to receive the right-eye image data when the right-eye shutter is turned on.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a portable 3D media playing device comprises: a telescope-shaped housing; at least one display for displaying video data; and a circuit board coupled to the display for processing video data and transmitting the video data to the display.

Abstract: A stereoscopic display system and a driving control method thereof are provided. The stereoscopic display system comprises a display device displaying images by dividing a first field and a second field in one image frame, and shutter spectacles controlling opening and closing of a binocular shutter corresponding to a light emitting period of a binocular view point image of the first field and the second field, and wherein the binocular shutter is closed earlier than a finishing point of each light emitting period of the binocular view point image by a first period.

Abstract: A digital zoom rate of two-dimensional images zoomed by a digital zoom unit is obtained. When the obtained digital zoom rate is larger than 100%, at least one of the digitally zoomed two-dimensional images is modified based on an enlarged amount of parallax to provide an amount of parallax between the digitally zoomed two-dimensional images equal to the enlarged amount of parallax. The enlarged amount of parallax is obtained by enlarging, at a moderated digital zoom rate, an amount of parallax between the two-dimensional images before being digitally zoomed, and the moderated digital zoom rate is obtained by moderating the digital zoom rate at a moderation rate, where the moderation rate increases as the zoom rate increases. Then, a display unit is caused to carry out three-dimensional display based on the modified two-dimensional images.

Abstract: A video processing device has a viewer detector to recognize a face of a viewer using a video shot by a camera in order to acquire position information of the viewer, a subscreen display controller to superimpose a live video shot by the camera on a part of a display screen of a display device as a subscreen, a viewing area frame display controller to display, in the live video in the subscreen, a viewing area frame representing a viewing position where the viewer is viewable a stereoscopic video, and a face frame display controller to display a first face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is viewable when the viewer is located within the frame, and to display a second face frame showing that the stereoscopic video is not viewable when the viewer is located outside the frame.

Abstract: In a non-contact electric power transmission system that electrically charges a device in a non-contact fashion, a transmitter includes excitation and resonance elements, and transmits power from a specified storage pocket under a control signal from a transmission controller. The transmission controller, upon insertion of an object being detected, uses information from an output detector to determine the object to be a destination device to which power is to be transmitted, and controls the corresponding transmitter circuit to transmit the power. The information from the output detector can include a transmission rate, or a differential between a load modulation period of a receiver and that of the transmitter. The transmission controller acquires charge information on the receiver inserted in one of the storage pockets to control the power transmission. This simplifies the device to be charged for non-contact device charging, and reduces the device in dimensions and weight.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display includes a display panel including subpixels, a polarizing plate attached to a display surface of the display panel, a patterned retarder film attached to one surface of the polarizing plate, and a pattern groove including an air layer which is formed on one surface of an upper substrate of the display panel contacting the polarizing plate at a location corresponding to a boundary between the subpixels. The pattern groove includes a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys and forms a triangular cross section along with a portion of the upper substrate contacting the polarizing plate, thereby providing the air layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal panel of a 3D TV, and the liquid crystal panel is provided with a left eye frame signal watched by left eye, a first frame signal, a right eye frame signal watched by a right eye and a second frame signal for overlay displaying each frame of displays. The first frame signal is a left-right eyes frame signal watched by the left eye and the right eye simultaneously, and the second frame signal is a black signal. The present invention also relates to shutter glasses of a 3D TV. The liquid crystal panel of a 3D TV and the shutter glasses are capable of increasing the display brightness of the 3D TV.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image pickup apparatus includes: two optical systems arranged having binocular disparity; image pickup units for shooting images of an object from the optical systems; a convergence angle driver for changing directions of optical axes of the optical systems, and changing intersection distances from the optical systems to a position at which the optical axes of the optical systems intersect with each other; an object distance detector for detecting object distance; an intersection distance controller for computing the intersection distance in fusion limit range that is a stereoscopically viewable range based on the object distance and image pickup condition; and a convergence angle controller for controlling the convergence angle driver based on the object distance and a track delay amount set to cause the intersection distance fall within the fusion limit range such that the intersection distance tracks the object distance with a delay by the track delay amount.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention pertain to a method and apparatus for controlling what non-3D glass wearers see from a 3D display. Such control is accomplished by controlling the images displayed on a 3D display, which allows a 3D-glass wearer to see a 3D image and/or video content while controlling one or more of the following: the content of the right eye image, the left eye image, the timing of displaying the right eye image, the timing of displaying the left eye image, the polarization of the right eye image (for polarization based 3D), the polarization of the left eye image (for polarization based 3D), the shuttering of the right lens (for shutter based 3D), the shuttering of the left lens (for shutter based 3D), and other images displayed not available to the 3D glass wearer, and/or controlling other aspects of the presented images and/or presentation of the presented images.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing three-dimensional (3D) content via a portable multimedia device is disclosed. A portable multimedia device generates a composite video signal from 3D content. The portable multimedia device generates a synchronization signal for the composite video signal. The synchronization signal is transmitted from the portable multimedia device to active 3D glasses. Methods for manually and automatically calibrating a synchronization signal for three-dimensional (3D) content are also disclosed.