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Apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic two-dimensional image and method therefor

  • US 6,906,686 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2001
  • Issued: 06/14/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic two-dimensional picture comprising:

  • a display unit having a flat image display screen for displaying a two-dimensional picture containing a stereoscopic image;

    an image transmitting panel placed to and apart from said image display screen, the image transmitting panel having a microlens array of a plurality of lenses and an effective area larger than that of the stereoscopic image contained in said two-dimensional picture, and a lens frame area surrounding a perimeter of the effective area of said microlens array, so that said image transmitting panel generates an image-formation plane for displaying a real image of said two-dimensional picture in a space located on an opposite side to said display unit with respect to said microlens array; and

    a stereoscopic frame for defining a space for accommodating said image-formation plane.

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