Image display system, image control apparatus, image control method, and optical shutter in which plural kinds of information are multiplexed and displayed on a display surface
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1. An image display system comprising:
- a display unit that spatially combines a first polarized image generated by first polarized light and a second polarized image generated by second polarized light whose polarized light component is different from that of the first polarized light and that displays a combined polarized image;
a display control unit that causes the display unit to multiplex-display a plurality of different images in a time division manner concerning each of the first and second polarized images; and
an optical shutter that selectively transmits only a polarized image corresponding to a selected image arbitrarily selected from among the plurality of different images,whereinthe display control unit outputs a control signal that indicates timing of switching of the plurality of different images,the optical shutter specifies a display period of the selected image on the basis of the control signal, andthe optical shutter transmits, of the first polarized light and the second polarized light, polarized light used for generation of the selected image and blocks the other polarized light in the display period of the selected image and blocks the first polarized image and the second polarized image in a period other than the display period of the selected image.
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Abstract
An image display system includes: display unit (13) for spatially combining a first polarized image generated by first polarized light and a second polarized image generated by second polarized light having a polarized light component different from that of the first polarized light and displaying a combined polarized image; display control unit (1) for causing display unit (13) to multiplex-display a plurality of different images in a time division manner concerning each of the first and second polarized images; and optical shutter (14) that selectively transmits only a polarized image corresponding to a selected image arbitrarily selected from among the plurality of different images.
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1. An image display system comprising:
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a display unit that spatially combines a first polarized image generated by first polarized light and a second polarized image generated by second polarized light whose polarized light component is different from that of the first polarized light and that displays a combined polarized image; a display control unit that causes the display unit to multiplex-display a plurality of different images in a time division manner concerning each of the first and second polarized images; and an optical shutter that selectively transmits only a polarized image corresponding to a selected image arbitrarily selected from among the plurality of different images, wherein the display control unit outputs a control signal that indicates timing of switching of the plurality of different images, the optical shutter specifies a display period of the selected image on the basis of the control signal, and the optical shutter transmits, of the first polarized light and the second polarized light, polarized light used for generation of the selected image and blocks the other polarized light in the display period of the selected image and blocks the first polarized image and the second polarized image in a period other than the display period of the selected image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image control method comprising:
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causing display unit that spatially combines a first polarized image generated by first polarized light and a second polarized image generated by second polarized light whose polarized light component is different from that of the first polarized light and that displays a combined polarized image to multiplex-display a plurality of different images in a time division manner concerning each of the first and second polarized images; causing an optical shutter to selectively transmit only a polarized image corresponding to a selected image arbitrarily selected from among the plurality of different images; and causing the optical shutter to transmit, of the first polarized light and the second polarized light, polarized light used for generation of the selected image and block the other polarized light in the display period of the selected image and block the first polarized image and the second polarized image in a period other than the display period of the selected image. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An optical shutter comprising:
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a liquid crystal panel unit in which switching of a state is performed among a first polarized light separation state in which first polarized light is transmitted and second polarized light whose polarized light component is different from that of the first polarized light is blocked, a second polarized light separation state in which the second polarized light is transmitted and the first polarized light is blocked, and a third polarized light separation state in which both the first polarized light and the second polarized light are blocked; and a liquid crystal driving unit that controls, on the basis of a control signal supplied from an outside, the switching of the first to third polarized light separation states in the liquid crystal panel unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An optical shutter comprising:
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a liquid crystal panel unit in which switching of a state is performed between a first polarized light separation state in which first polarized light is transmitted and second polarized light whose polarized light component is different from that of the first polarized light is blocked and a second polarized light separation state in which the second polarized light is transmitted and the first polarized light is blocked; a liquid crystal driving unit that controls, on the basis of a control signal supplied from an outside, the switching of the first and second polarized light separation states in the liquid crystal panel unit; and an image selection input unit that selects an image that should be observed from among the plurality of different images, wherein the control signal indicates timing of switching of an image and indicates a polarization direction of the image, wherein the liquid crystal driving unit specifies, on the basis of the control signal, a display period in which a selected image selected by the image selection input unit is displayed on display unit on an outside, transmits, of the first polarized light and the second polarized light, polarized light used for generation of the selected image, and blocks the other polarized light in the display period of the selected image, and wherein the liquid crystal driving unit blocks the first polarized image and the second polarized image in a period other than the display period of the selected image.
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