Patents by Inventor Markus Klippstein

Markus Klippstein 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).

  • Publication number: 20080266525
    Abstract: The invention relates to an autostereoscopic projection arrangement, comprising at least one projector (4) and at least one filter array (F1, F2), 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/the projectors (4) onto a projection screen (3), where these bits of partial information are rendered on image rendering elements and, having passed one or several of the filter arrays (F1, F2), are made visible to at least one observer (5), and in which, as regards the propagation direction of the bits of partial information, the image rendering elements correspond with correlated filter elements in such a way that an observer (5) 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: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Ingo Relke, Stephan Otte, Markus Klippstein, Thomas Bruggert, Bernd Riemann
  • Publication number: 20080266524
    Abstract: The invention relates to an autostereoscopic projection arrangement, comprising at least one projector (4) and at least one filter array (F1, F2), 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/the projectors (4) onto a projection screen (3), where these bits of partial information are rendered on image rendering elements and, having passed one or several of the filter arrays (F1, F2), are made visible to at least one observer (5), and in which, as regards the propagation direction of the bits of partial information, the image rendering elements correspond with correlated filter elements in such a way that an observer (5) 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: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Ingo Relke, Stephan Otte, Markus Klippstein, Thomas Bruggert, Bernd Riemann
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20070139615
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and arrangements for unaided three-dimensionally recognizable representation by a method for three-dimensionally recognizable representation, in which individual image elements (?ij) are simultaneously made visible, the image elements (?ij) reproducing partial information from several views (Ak (k=1 . . . n)) of the scene/object. Directions of propagation are predefined for the light emitted by the image elements (?ij) with the aid of a structural plate. For this purpose, the structural includes a plurality of optical elements that are arranged in sequences. According to the invention, the mean geometrical distance (p?) between two adjacent sequences of light-transmitting optical elements on the structural plate meets the condition p?=p, wherein p=G*sin(0.017°), G representing four times the diagonal length of the image element (?ij) raster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Wolfgang Tzschoppe, Markus Klippstein, Ingo Relke, Thomas Brueggert, Stephan Otte
  • Publication number: 20070121076
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for 3D image presentation, comprising a visual display device and an optical assembly (5) provided with a great number of optical elements, preferably filter elements, wherein, due to the positions of the optical elements, bits of partial information of a first selection of views of a scene/an object are visible to one eye, and bits of partial information of a second selection of these views are visible to the other eye of an observer. The problem of the invention is solved by detachably connecting the visual display device and the optical assembly (5) by means of a fastening device. Fastening the optical assembly (5) to the visual display device converts the image display from monoscopic into autostereoscopic, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Markus Klippstein, Dieter Storch, Guenter Ross, Uwe Jahrmarkt, Hans-Juergen Rossbach
  • Publication number: 20060192908
    Abstract: An arrangement for the display of images with selectable three-dimensionally visible or two-dimensional modes, including an illuminating device a filter array to impart a structure to the light a diffusing layer, and a transmissive image display device, with a variable distance a between the filter array and the diffusing layer, so that in a first position, the structure imparted by the filter array is essentially cancelled due to the light diffusion effect of the diffusing layer, and a two-dimensional image is shown, and the structure imparted by the filter array is essentially not cancelled, so that the image display device shows a three-dimensional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Wolfgang Tzschoppe, Thomas Brueggert, Markus Klippstein, Ingo Relke, Uwe Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20060103932
    Abstract: The invention relates to an autostereoscopic projection arrangement, comprising at least one projector (4) and at least one filter array (F1, F2), 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/the projectors (4) onto a projection screen (3), where these bits of partial information are rendered on image rendering elements and, having passed one or several of the filter arrays (F1, F2), are made visible to at least one observer (5), and in which, as regards the propagation direction of the bits of partial information, the image rendering elements correspond with correlated filter elements in such a way that an observer (5) 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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Ingo Relke, Stephan Otte, Markus Klippstein, Thomas Bruggert, Bernd Riemann
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20050280602
    Abstract: The invention relates to arrangements for spatial display, and in particular to such arrangements that, by means of wavelength or gray level filter arrays, present an image visible in three dimensions to one or several observers without the use of auxiliary aids such as glasses. In such arrangements, an increased brightness of the 3D display is achieved by means of the arrangement of transparent filters on the filter array according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Wolfgang Tzschoppe, Thomas Bruggert, Ingo Relke, Stephan Otte, Markus Klippstein
  • Publication number: 20040245440
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of spatial visualization of a scene or an object, in which several views of the scene or object are decomposed into bits of partial information, which are made optically visible by image rendering elements, and in which neighbored image rendering elements emit light of different wavelengths or wavelength ranges, and in which propagation directions for the light are given by means of wavelength filters in such a way 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. The invention is intended to improve the quality of spatial visualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Markus Klippstein, Ingo Relke
  • Publication number: 20030067539
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for three-dimensional display in which a plurality of individual image elements ajj are made visible simultaneously in a raster of columns i and lines j, wherein the image elements &agr;ij reproduce partial information from a plurality of views Ak (k-l . . . n) of a scene/object, and adjacent image elements &agr;ij radiate light of different wavelengths or wavelength regions. The invention is further directed to arrangements for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Falk Doerfel, Armin Grasnick, Andreas Holz, Markus Klippstein, Ingo Relke, Sven-Martin Scherzberg-Naujokat, Wolfgang Tzschoppe, Rudyard Isaac Urtecho Valverde