Abstract: A control method for a projector includes coupling a projector to another projector, transmitting first instruction information representing a start of setting of stack projection using the projector and the other projector to the other projector by the projector, setting a first projection range indicating a range in which the projector projects an image for the stack projection, and transmitting second instruction information representing adjustment to make a second projection range indicating a range in which the other projector projects an image coincide with the first projection range to the other projector by the projector.

Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for using a flexible electronic device to selectively interact with an eyewear device. A portable eyewear device includes a processor, a memory, and a display projected onto at least one lens assembly. A flexible electronic device includes an integrated circuit, a plurality of input sensors, and a power system, all mounted on a flexible substrate that is sized and shaped to conform to a graspable object such as a ring. The flexible electronic device operates according to a power budget, operating on a sensor power budget until it detects a first interaction with at least one of the input sensors. If the first interaction exceeds a sensitivity threshold, the flexible electronic device sends a wake signal to a nearby eyewear device. In response to the wake signal, the eyewear device presents a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display.

Abstract: A head mounted display device and a positioning device thereof are provided. The positioning device includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a third sensor, a first hinge sensor, and a controller. The first sensor and the second sensor have a fixed relative location. The third sensor is disposed on a first flexible member of the head mounted display device. The first hinge sensor is disposed on a first connecting portion configured to connect a main body portion and the first flexible member, wherein the first hinge sensor is configured to sense a first movement state of the first flexible member. The controller is configured to calculate a first relative location information of the first sensor, the second sensor, and the third sensor, and to calibrate the first relative location information according to the first movement state.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display device includes a display 11 divided into sections 13 in each of which displayed are small images 12a to 12d each having a plurality of minute images 14, a shutter panel 16 disposed in front of the display 11 and including first mechanical shutters 17, which are arranged side by side in units of the minute image 14 and time-divisionally divide each section 13 per each of the small images 12a to 12d by switching on and off in units of the minute image 14, and an image forming panel 23 including image forming means 24 arranged side by side for forming an image from light rays from each of the small images 12a to 12d passing through the first mechanical shutters 17 when the first mechanical shutters 17 are on.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a naked eye 3D head-up display device with reflective diffuser sheet, which includes a projection module and a reflective diffuser sheet, an array of micro-mirrors is set on the reflective diffuser sheet, the array of micro-mirrors is divided into a left-eye micro-mirror group and a right-eye micro-mirror group, image light with left-eye pixels and image light with right-eye pixels projected by the projection module are provided to separately aim at the left-eye micro-mirror group and the right-eye micro-mirror group, so that two eyes of the driver may separately receive images with different parallax, to thereby generate a 3D stereoscopic image.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting media content previews are provided.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is an image processing apparatus including an acquisition unit and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires image signal information that is used in displaying an image based on a transmitted image signal, from the image signal. The control unit controls, based on operation information relating to a user's operation for changing a display mode of the image and the image signal information acquired by the acquisition unit, a display delay in displaying the image.

Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a left optical-image display unit that displays an image corresponding to the left eye of a user and a right optical-image display unit that displays an image corresponding to the right eye of the user. An image processing unit divides a display target image and outputs an image for left eye and an image for right eye including divided images to the left optical-image display unit and the right optical-image display unit. The image for left eye and the image for right eye include image regions configured by the images divided by the image processing unit and non-image regions not including the divided images. A state of the non-image region of one of the image for left eye and the image for right eye corresponds to a state of the image region of the other.

Abstract: A method for registering shutter glasses in an image generating device configured to display a plurality of video streams by time interleaving the frames of the video streams and sending synchronization signal to the shutter glasses, wherein the method comprises: initiating a registration mode by sending a registration signal from the RCU to the image generating device and to the shutter glasses; placing the shutter glasses on an IR signal path between the RCU and the image generating device; modulating, by the shutter glasses lens, the IR signal generated by the RCU, wherein the modulation parameters are specific for the shutter glasses; in the image generating device, receiving the modulated IR signal from the RCU and recognizing an ID of the shutter glasses on the basis of the modulation parameters of the IR signal; and storing the shutter glasses ID in the relevant memory.

Abstract: A security system having a seamless integration wearable, portable, personal or body cameras for observant personnel, a locator sensor associated with each camera, a graphical user interface (GUI) module having a display, and a processor connected to the cameras and the locator sensor associated with each camera, and connected to the GUI module. Video from the cameras may be fed to the GUI. The video may be annotated by the processor with locations from locator sensors associated with the cameras. The display may provide a visualization of the location of each camera. The processor may incorporate an artificial intelligence module to process the video and locations, and based on results of processing the video and locations, can detect and model threats from the video and locations. An assessment of the threats, based on models of the threats, may result in alerts.

Abstract: A digital control driving method and a driving display device are disclosed. In the method, dividing an image frame into K sub-frames by a hit using a digital control method is adopted. Wherein in one frame period of the image frame, an occupied time of each K sub-frame is the same, and driving times of the K sub-frames are different. The K sub-frames are driven to display on the display panel in a special transmission mode within one frame time of the image frame. The transmission voltage value has only two values, corresponding to the light emission and non-emission of the pixel points on the display panel. The source driver IC only output two grayscale voltages so as to effectively avoid a drift of the Vth of the driving TFT such that an entire brightness of the AMOLED panel is even to improve the display quality.

Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a light-emitting device, a reset circuit, a write circuit, a compensation circuit, a light emission control circuit, and a drive circuit. The compensation circuit is configured to selectively transfer an uncompensated reference voltage or a compensated reference voltage to a third node, the compensated reference voltage being determined by the uncompensated reference voltage and a compensation voltage, the compensation voltage being related to a rated value of a power supply voltage. The light emission control circuit is configured to transfer a voltage at the third node to a first node to cause a change in voltage at the second node. The drive circuit is configured to control a magnitude of a drive current flowing through the light-emitting device based on the voltage at the second node and the power supply voltage.

Abstract: Image transforming vision enhancement device that enhances vision by transforming images provided by one or more cameras into modified images projected on one or more displays. The system may be embedded in glasses, contact lenses, binoculars, or other vision devices, in computer screens, or in components of moving vehicles. Image transformations may include modifying colors to assist colorblind users or to highlight color ranges, mapping invisible frequencies into visible colors, adding labels or graphics, and generating time-varying images with flashing or changing features. Images from multiple cameras may be combined, providing users with panoramic vision from a single device. Low light vision may be enhanced, and excessive glare may be attenuated. The system may magnify images with a variable magnification. User interfaces may be provided to configure and customize the image transformations.

Abstract: A method for decoding a compressed image stream, the image stream having a plurality of frames, each frame consisting of a merged image including pixels from a left image and pixels from a right image. The method involves the steps of receiving each merged image; changing a clock domain from the original input signal to an internal domain; for each merged image, placing at least two adjacent pixels into an input buffer and interpolating an intermediate pixel, for forming a reconstructed left frame and a reconstructed right frame according to provenance of the adjacent pixels; and reconstructing a stereoscopic image stream from the left and right image frames. The invention also teaches a system for decoding a compressed image stream.

Abstract: A device and method for providing an augmented reality (AR) image are provided. The device includes a display configured to alternately display a first image including an object at an object position and a second image including a mask for blocking transmission of light incident on the display at the object position; a processor configured to determine a time period and control the display to alternately display the first image and the second image during the time period; and a polarization switch configured alternately polarize the light incident on the display at a switching period determined based on the time period.

Abstract: A curved dual-panel electronic display device including a back display panel having a curved shape and a plurality of pixels and a front display panel having a curved shape and a plurality of pixels. The front display panel back display panel being stacked and curved such that the outer surface of the front display has convex shape. A first pixel from the front display panel overlaps with a second pixel from a second display panel in a normal view, and a length of the first pixel in a direction of the curve of the front display panel is larger than the length of the second pixel in a length direction of the curve of the back display panel.

Abstract: An encoder apparatus includes a memory and a processor to receive video data including a plurality of frames that have been captured in multiple imaging directions in a time series; to separate the frames included in the received video data, by the imaging directions; to store, for each of the imaging directions, the separated frames in the memory; to calculate, for each of the imaging directions, based on sequence numbers of the frames stored in the memory before separation, a frame rate of the video data including the frames; and to encode, for each of the imaging directions, the video data that includes the frames stored in the memory at the frame rate calculated with respect to the imaging direction, and to output the encoded video data.

Abstract: An HMD worn by a user to use includes a right display unit and a left display unit, an image display section for making a right eye of the user visually recognize an image based on light emitted by the right display unit and making a left eye of the user visually recognize an image based on light emitted by the left display unit, temperature sensors for detecting respective temperatures of the right display unit and the left display unit, and a control section for controlling the luminance of at least either one of the light display unit and the left display unit based on the temperatures detected by the temperature sensors.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image output apparatus according to a present disclosure includes a storage that stores image data of a plurality of images obtained by shooting the same one scene at different positions, a selector that selects two image data as image data for stereoscopic viewing from a plurality of image data stored in the storage, and an obtainer that obtains at least one of a display condition at a time of displaying a three-dimensional image relating to the image data stored in the storage and a viewing condition at a time of viewing the three-dimensional image. When at least one condition obtained by the obtainer is different from a currently set condition, the selector reselects two image data from the plurality of image data to outputting the reselected image data.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a 3D providing set of shutter glasses are operated so as to extend their open times beyond a limited duration when the lighting source (e.g., backlighting unit) is providing light and to thus include in the image perceived by the user a proportional amount of ambient light that is directed to and through the shutter glasses during the extended opening time. In one embodiment, a timing control part determines an average grayscale value for each to be displayed image from the received image data and the timing control part correspondingly controls an open time for simultaneously opening the left eye shutter part and the right eye shutter part of the shutter glasses according to the determined average grayscale value of the image data.

Abstract: In one embodiment a display assembly comprises a liquid crystal module, a backlight assembly comprising an array of light emitting diodes, a timing controller, and a backlight controller coupled to the timing controller. The backlight controller comprises logic to initiate a power activation cycle at the beginning of an image presentation timing cycle and terminate the power activation cycle at the termination of the image presentation timing cycle. Other embodiments may be described.

Abstract: A content sharing method for a first electronic device is provided. The method includes: scanning several wireless signals and determining several slave electronic devices sending the wireless signals; according to the wireless signals, calculating a wireless signal strength corresponding to each slave electronic device; and according to the wireless signal strengths of the slave electronic devices, choosing a first slave electronic device among the slave electronic devices, wherein the wireless signal strength of the first slave electronic device is stronger than the wireless signal strengths of the other wireless signal strengths among the wireless signal strengths. The method further includes: building up a connection to the first slave electronic device; and, through the connection, automatically sending a content played in the first electronic device to the first slave electronic device and synchronously displaying the content on the first slave electronic device.

Abstract: An image providing apparatus, a display unit; a controller configured to receive a first image and a second image different from the first image. In addition, the first and second images are different from pair of stereoscopic images, to display the received first and second images on the same display region of the display unit; a first glasses configured to pass only the displayed first image; and a second glasses configured to pass only the displayed second image. Furthermore, the first glasses is different from the second glasses.

Abstract: Disclosed is a depth-priority integral imaging display method using a nonuniform dynamic mask array which makes it possible to enhance the resolutions in both horizontal and vertical directions in such a way to change a division boundary of a mask pattern and use a two-times time multiplexing. It is possible to enjoy the images of clear resolutions even in the product of 60 Hz, and the afterimages at the division boundary may be eliminated by changing the dividing direction of the mask, so the images with clearer resolutions can be displayed.

Abstract: A method of displaying a stereoscopic image includes outputting a left-eye image to a first and a second display block of a display panel during an N-th frame. Light is provided to the first display block during a first period of the N-th frame and light is provided to the second display block during a second period of the N-th frame. A right-eye image is output to the first and second display blocks of the display panel during an M-th frame. Light is provided to the first display block during a first period of the M-th frame and light is provided light to the second display block during a second period of the M-th frame.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are provided for controlling stereo glasses. Left and right eye shutters of stereo glasses are controlled to switch between closed and open orientations and simultaneously remain in a fast switching orientation for a predetermined amount of time between the closed and open orientations. The fast switching orientation of each of the left and right eye shutters has at least one open time and at least one closed time. A duration from a first one of the at least one open time and the at least one closed time through a last one of the at least one open time and at least one closed time is equal to the predetermined mount of time. Each of the at least one open time of the fast switching orientation of each of the left and right eye shutters is shorter than or equal to 1/24 seconds.

Abstract: A method of operation of a display system includes: determining a correction profile for adjusting an intended image based on a viewing aide; and generating an adjusted output image based on the correction profile for displaying on a device and for perceiving the intended image through the viewing aide.

Abstract: The present invention provides a patterned retarder film and a display apparatus. The patterned retarder film is attached to a display panel of the display apparatus. The display panel comprises first, second and third sub-pixels arranged along a first direction, and the patterned retarder film comprises at least two phase retarders. First saw portions and second saw portions are disposed at two opposite sides of the phase retarders and adjacent to at least one of the first, second and third sub-pixels. In the present invention, the color shift problem can be prevented.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a three-dimensional liquid crystal display device, and shutter glasses and a control method for the shutter glasses. In the case, the three-dimensional liquid crystal display device comprises: a backlight controller, for controlling turn-on of a backlight, and keeping the backlight normally on while left and right eye images are alternately output by the panel; and a transmitting module, for outputting a picture refresh signal with a fixed frequency, and outputting a backlight enabling signal when the backlight are turned on. The shutter glasses include a controller. Under the function of the controller, the shutter glasses receive the picture refresh signal with a fixed frequency and the backlight enabling signal, and start timing once the picture refresh signal triggered by a positive source is detected, with the time point when the backlight enabling signal is received by the receiving module as a starting point.

Abstract: Provided are a timing control unit and method for adjusting a speed of a system and a display apparatus and method using the same. The display apparatus includes: a panel unit including a plurality of cells and a plurality of electrodes for driving the plurality of cells; and a driving controller which, when a three-dimensional (3D) image signal is input, sends a common signal to an electrode group combining a certain number of electrodes of the plurality of electrodes.

Abstract: A display device includes a display portion for displaying a video, a generator for generating a synchronization signal including a command signal synchronized with display of frame images of the video and a transmitter for transmitting the synchronization signal. The command signal including a predetermined member of pulse signals has a leading pulse signal for notifying a start of the command signal, a terminal pulse signal for notifying an end of the command signal and a control pulse signal for notifying a content of synchronization control synchronized with the display of the frame images.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are presented for shutting down the 3D effect of active shutter 3D glasses by synchronizing the transparency of the lenses with respect to each other when the 3D glasses have been rotated beyond a threshold angle. The threshold angle can be pre-set through a user-selectable switch. Transitioning from an alternating shutter mode to a synchronized shutter mode can include a fade in which the duty cycles of the lens are adjusted. Direct measurement techniques for measuring the differential roll angle between the lenses and left and right eye images on a display are disclosed.

Abstract: A method of displaying stereoscopic images includes synchronizing a first image frame with a first shutter in accordance with a first shutter control signal and synchronizing a second image frame with a second shutter in accordance with a second shutter control signal, adding a first modification voltage to the first and second shutter control signals for a first time period after a start point of a shutter open period, adding a second modification voltage to the first and second shutter control signals for a second time period before an end point of the shutter open period, and alternately opening the first shutter and the second shutter based on the first shutter control signal and the second shutter control signal.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes pixels at intersection regions of scan and data lines, a scan driver configured to supply a scan signal to the scan lines, a data driver configured to supply a data signal to the data lines, and a timing controller configured to receive from outside frame data including left and right image data, and to insert first blank periods into initial and latter periods of a same frame, the left and right image data being between the initial and latter periods of the same frame.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an image display unit that displays an image for a stereoscopic image, a light-source control unit that controls a light source of the image display unit, a content discriminating unit that discriminates whether the image displayed on the image display unit is a limited image requiring viewing limitation or an unlimited image not requiring the viewing limitation, and a shutter control unit that controls shutter of shutter devices. The light-source control unit controls the light source to reduce light emission in a second period compared with light emission in a first period. The shutter control unit controls, during the display of the limited image, the shutter device set in a viewing limitation mode for limiting viewing of the limited image, to close the shutter in the first period and open the shutter in the second period.

Abstract: Implementations of the present invention involve methods and systems for converting a 2-D multimedia image to a 3-D multimedia image by utilizing a plurality of layers of the 2-D image. The layers may comprise one or more portions of the 2-D image and may be digitized and stored in a computer-readable database. The layers may be reproduced as a corresponding left eye and right eye version of the layer, including a pixel offset corresponding to a desired 3-D effect for each layer of the image. The combined left eye layers and right eye layers may form the composite right eye and composite left eye images for a single 3-D multimedia image. Further, this process may be applied to each frame of a animated feature film to convert the film from 2-D to 3-D.

Abstract: The present application provides an image display method and device. A frame of 3D image including a left eye image and a right eye image is received, two fields of compensation images are inserted between the left eye image display and the right eye image display, so that the superposed effect of displaying four fields of images of the frame of 3D image is the left eye image or the right eye image, to achieve a 2D image, furthermore, the left spectacle lens of the 3D glasses is opened when the left eye image is displayed, the right spectacle lens of the 3D glasses is opened when the right eye image is displayed, and both the left spectacle lens and the right spectacle lens are closed when the compensation images are displayed, to achieve the 3D image display.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for enabling the operation of a stereoscopic viewing device such that the viewing device provides a movable viewing window that enables the 3D rendering of 3D image data displayed by a backlit LCD device. In a particular implementation, the systems and methods disclosed herein are operable to control the operation of a pair of LCD shutter glasses.

Abstract: A apparatus and method of enabling autostereoscopic viewing of displays with a parallax barrier apparatus is provided. In one embodiment, the present invention employs a parallax barrier, comprising a plurality of opaque barrier lines, disposed on a flexible substrate that can adhere to an existing display. One application of the present invention is in enabling autostereoscopic viewing of a display that is not otherwise configured to display 3D images.

Abstract: Provided is an image display system which can assuredly perform collaborative processing such as determination of a fatigue state of a viewer using three-dimensional eyeglasses and an image display apparatus, without increasing system scale, the image display system including: a transmitting and receiving unit included in a three-dimensional display TV which transmits to three-dimensional eyeglasses a specification-designating signal designating a specification which at least includes a data format for a communication signal; a transmitting and receiving unit included in the three-dimensional eyeglasses which receives the specification-designating signal transmitted from the three-dimensional display TV and, according to the specification designated by the received specification-designating signal, converts a biometric signal acquired by a biometric signal sensor into the communication signal, and transmits the communication signal to the three-dimensional display TV.

Abstract: A method and a device for generating a three-dimensional image are provided. In the method, in an Nth time slot, an Nth left-eye image is received and stored in a download buffer of a first memory unit by a first control unit. An Nth right-eye image is received and stored in a download buffer of a second memory unit by a second control unit, where N is a positive integer from 1 to M, and M is a positive integer. In an (N+1)th time slot, the Nth right-eye image is received from the second control unit through a data transmission interface and stored in a receive buffer of the first memory unit. In an (N+2)th time slot, the Nth left-eye image and the Nth right-eye image are combined into an Nth three-dimensional image stored in a display buffer of the first memory unit for real time display.

Abstract: 3D glasses and a method of controlling power and pairing thereof are provided. The method of controlling power and pairing includes: restricting supply of a specific power of 3D glasses; performing, by the 3D glasses, pairing with a display apparatus; and if it is determined that the pairing is performed, lifting the restriction on the supply of the specific power. Therefore, a user may perform pairing between the 3D glasses and the 3D display apparatus easily and prevent power of the 3D glasses from being unnecessarily wasted.

Abstract: A closed-loop control system for stereoscopic video capture is provided. At least two motorized lenses are positioned in accordance with specified parameters to capture spatially-disparate images of a scene. The motorized lenses focus light on a corresponding one of the at least two sensors, which generate image streams. One or more processors execute instructions to provide a stream analyzer and a control module. The stream analyzer receives the image streams from the sensors and analyzes the image streams and the specified parameters in real time; the stream analyzer then modifies the image streams and generates metadata. The control module then receives and analyzes the image streams and metadata and transmits updated parameters to a control mechanism that is coupled to the at least two motorized lenses. The control mechanism then modifies operation of the at least two motorized lenses in real time in accordance with the updated parameters.

Abstract: A three-dimensional picture viewing system includes: display system (2) that multiplexes and displays, in a time-division manner, three or more pictures including two or more pictures with different parallaxes and at least one subtitle picture and outputs a control signal indicating a switching timing of the pictures; input means (7) for designating an arbitrary display mode among a plurality of different display modes in which display pictures to be viewed are determined from among the three or more pictures; two shutters that switch a state between light transmission and light blocking; and a shutter driving circuit that specifies switching timings of the display pictures corresponding to the display mode designated by input means (7) based on the control signal, and independently controls opening/closing of the two shutters at the specified switching timing of the pictures.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional image display system including: eyeglasses including a type information transmission unit which transmits type information of the eyeglasses and a potential information transmission unit which transmits a biopotential of a viewer as potential information; and a three-dimensional display TV including a type information reception unit which receives the type information, an electrode position determination unit which determines, based on the received type information, a position of an electrode included in the eyeglasses, a potential information reception unit which receives the transmitted potential information, and a wearing conditions determination unit which determines wearing conditions of the viewer wearing the eyeglasses, based on the determined electrode position and the received potential information.

Abstract: The present invention is for more optimally performing recording and reproduction of stereoscopic video. In the present invention, parallax information is utilized to store, in a recording medium, stereoscopic video including left-eye images and right-eye images. Particularly, for video content that contains stereoscopic images, information is obtained regarding the amount of variation in parallactic angle having a given or larger value, a variation time that the variation in parallactic angle takes, and the number of times that the variation in parallactic angle occurs. An evaluation value is calculated that corresponds to the degree of eye fatigue on the basis of the amount of variation, the variation time, and the number of times of the variation. According to the present invention, the video content is encoded in such a manner that the evaluation value is within a given range, and then recorded in the recording medium.

Abstract: A 3D shutter glasses device, coupled via a wireless link to a 3D video display device, maintains a slave clock synchronized with a master clock in the display device. The clocks may comprise Bluetooth clocks. The shutter glasses receive 3D frame display information and time information referenced to the master clock that corresponds to when frames are displayed. The shutter glasses control opening and closing of left and right shutters utilizing slave clock time and the received information. The received display information comprises left, right and/or blank frame pattern information, a frame pattern time interval, a frame refresh rate and a time offset for delaying opening and/or closing of shutters. The time information indicates master clock time when frames are displayed. The shutter glasses and the display maintain synchronization when display and/or time information updates are skipped. The shutter glasses may transmit information to the display device.

Abstract: A 3-dimensional (3D) display apparatus and a 3D display method thereof are provided. The 3D display apparatus includes: a display unit which outputs a plurality of image frames; a synchronization signal processor which generates a synchronization signal corresponding to the image frames; a controller which acquires period information of first and second sequences of the synchronization signal and determines whether the synchronization signal has been stabilized, according to change information of the period information; and a communicator which determines time information of the stabilized synchronization signal according to the determination result and transmits shutter control data, which is generated based on the time information, to 3D glasses.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit causing an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye to be displayed respectively to a left eye and a right eye of an observer, the image for a left eye and the image for a right eye showing a stereoscopic image, and interchanging, depending on an amount of change occurring at a time of change of display of the stereoscopic image, images to be displayed respectively to the left eye and the right eye of the observer.

Abstract: A display system includes a driver configured to create command signals for generating a pair of images along two different optical paths; a pair of polarized sources, each polarized source configured to produce a polarized image of one of the pair of images along a respective optical path at substantially the same time based on a command signal from the driver, the first of the pair of polarizer sources configured to produce a different polarization than the second of the pair of polarizer sources; a polarization co-alignment element configured to optically align the polarized images from the respective polarizer along a common optical path; and a display screen configured to display the co-aligned polarized images. Depending on the mode of the display system, 3-D polarized glasses may be worn by the viewers for observing the displayed images.