Modular 3-D shutter glasses and method
First Claim
1. Head mountable frame for light shutters for viewing of images, comprising a retainer mechanism to retain a light shutter mechanism, a cavity in the frame for a circuit to provide for operation of a light shutter, and a closure for the cavity to retain a circuit.
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Abstract
Stereoscopic eyewear (10) enables a viewer to see a three dimensional image from a two dimensional image which is projected or displayed on a screen. The eyewear may be coordinated with the two dimensional image either with a signal transmitted through a cable (40) or with an infrared (IR) transmitter (200, 201) and receiver. The IR transmitter may include two sources of IR light to increase the likelihood of reception by the transmitter. The IR transmitter may have a curved bottom (202) covered with Velcro™ material (203) for attachment to another piece of Velcro™. The curved bottom in combination with the Velcro™ enables control of the orientation of the IR transmitter. When the eyewear is connected via a cable, guide bars (61, 62) or a cable loop (42, 43, 44) can be included to provide strain relieve. The shutter or lens of the eyewear may be made from a liquid crystal cell (11L, 11R). For example, a five sided twisted nematic cell having five sides oriented at 10° cooperating a swept back frame to provide a modern streamline look fore the eyewear.
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84 Claims
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1. Head mountable frame for light shutters for viewing of images, comprising
a retainer mechanism to retain a light shutter mechanism, a cavity in the frame for a circuit to provide for operation of a light shutter, and a closure for the cavity to retain a circuit.
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12. A viewing apparatus for viewing stereoscopic images, comprising
a mounting frame for wearing on the head of a person, a pair of light shutters in the mounting frame, circuitry to provide signals to the light shutters for operating the shutters, a cavity in the mounting frame for at least part of the circuitry, and a closure for the cavity to retain the circuitry.
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42. A viewing apparatus for viewing stereoscopic images, comprising
a mounting frame for wearing on the head of a person, a pair of light shutters in the mounting frame, circuitry to provide signals to the light shutters for operating the shutters, and wherein the mounting frame has a non-planar, wrap-around shape.
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50. A viewing apparatus for viewing stereoscopic images, comprising
a mounting frame for wearing on the head of a person, a pair of light shutters in the mounting frame, circuitry to provide signals to the light shutters for operating the shutters, and further comprising a strain relief to retain with respect to the frame wiring to provide for operation of light shutters, the strain relief including at least two openings for threading of wiring therethrough to provide for relatively sharp bends in the wiring to resist pulling of the wiring through the openings while transmitting pull force directly to the frame.
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51. A viewing apparatus for viewing stereoscopic images, comprising
a mounting frame for wearing on the head of a person, a pair of light shutters in the mounting frame, circuitry to provide signals to the light shutters for operating the shutters, and further comprising a strain relief to retain with respect to the frame wiring to provide for operation of light shutters, wherein the strain relief comprises a number of bar-like protrusions on the frame for passing wiring therebetween.
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53. A viewing apparatus for viewing stereoscopic images, comprising
a mounting frame for wearing on the head of a person, a pair of light shutters in the mounting frame, circuitry to provide signals to the light shutters for operating the shutters, wherein the mounting frame includes temple pieces, the circuitry comprising wiring connection to an external electrical source, and a clip slidable on a temple piece for clipping wiring with respect to the temple piece to hold the wiring in generally parallel relation with at least a portion of the temple piece and to determine the location along the temple piece where the wiring is released from substantially parallel relation.
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55. A transmitter housing for a device for transmitting electromagnetic energy to a receiver, the transmitter comprising
a housing for an electromagnetic energy transmitter, the housing having a curved wall for supporting the housing, a variable retainer at the curved wall for cooperation with a support surface to position the housing at various directional angles relative to such support surface.
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63. A stereoscopic eyewear system comprising:
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eyewear for generating a three dimension image from a viewed two dimensional image using a reference signal; and
at least two transmission sources for generating the reference signal, wherein the reference signal coordinates the eyewear to the two dimensional image, and wherein each of the at least two transmission sources transmits to an area not covered by another of the at least two transmission sources. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A stereoscopic eyewear system comprising:
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eyewear for generating a three dimension image from a viewed two dimensional image using a reference signal, the eyewear including two shutters each having electrical connections;
a transmission line for conducting the reference signal to two shutters of the eyewear; and
at least one strain relief feature for relieving strain applied via the transmission line. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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Specification