Patents Assigned to X3D Technologies GmbH
  • Publication number: 20080297670
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for the selective three-dimensional or two-dimensional representation of images. The inventive assembly comprises an image reproduction unit (1) with a plurality of image elements, which in a predetermined allocation represent information from one or more views of a scene, object or text, a filter array (2) that is located behind the image reproduction unit (1) in the line of vision (B) of an observer, a first scattering layer (3) that is located behind the image reproduction unit (1) and in front of the filter array (2) in the line of vision of the observer, said layer being switched back and forth between a transparent condition and a scattering condition and a second scattering layer (4) that is located in front of the image reproduction unit (1) in the line of vision (B) of the observer and lies directly on said unit, the layer corresponding preferably to an anti-glare matt layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: X3D TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Tzschoppe, Markus Klippstein, Thomas Bruggert
  • Patent number: 7419265
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic projection arrangement, comprising at least one projector and at least one filter array which has a multitude of filter elements arranged in columns and rows, in which arrangement bits of partial information from views of a scene or object are projected by the projector(s) onto a projection screen, where there bits of partial information are rendered on image rendering elements and, having passed one or several of the filter arrays, are made visible to at least one observer, and in which, as regards to propagation direction of the bits of partial information, the image rendering elements correspond with correlated filter elements in such a way that an observer will see predominantly bits of partial information from a first selection of views with one eye and predominantly bits of partial information from a second selection of views with the other eye, and thus will have a spatial impression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: X3D Technologies Gmbh
    Inventors: Ingo Relke, Stephan Otte, Markus Klippstein, Thomas Bruggert, Bernd Riemann
  • Patent number: 7321343
    Abstract: A method of spatial visualization in which several views are decomposed into bits of partial information, which are made optically visible by image rendering elements. Neighboring image rendering elements emit light of different wavelengths or wavelength ranges. Propagation directions for the light are given by wavelength filters such that an observer will see predominantly bits of partial information of a first selection of views with one eye and predominantly bits of partial information of a second selection with the other eye. At least one image rendering element is simultaneously allocated bits of partial information from at least two different views. The allocation is made in such a way that the wavelength of the partial information is always equal to the wavelength, or lies in the wavelength range, of the light emitted by the allocated image rendering element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: X3D Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Klippstein, Ingo Relke
  • Patent number: 7046271
    Abstract: A method for three-dimensional display in which a plurality of individual image elements ?ij are made visible simultaneously in a raster of columns i and lines j, wherein the image elements ?ij reproduce partial information from a plurality of views Ak (k1 . . . n) of a scene/object, and adjacent image elements ?ij radiate light of different wavelengths or wavelength regions is provided. In a method of the type described above, wavelength-dependent propagation directions are predetermined for the light radiated from the image elements ?ij. The propagation directions within an observation space in which an observer is situated intersect in a plurality of intersection points which correspond to observation positions. From each observation position, one eye of an observer perceives predominantly partial information of a first selection and the other eye perceives predominantly partial information of a second selection from views Ak (k=1 . . . n).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: X3D Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Falk Doerfel, Armin Grasnick, Andreas Holz, Markus Klippstein, Ingo Relke, Sven-Martin Scherzberg-Naujokat, Wolfgang Tzschoppe, Rudyard Isaac Urtecho Valverde