Superstereoscopic display with enhanced off-angle separation
A superstereoscopic display with enhanced off-angle separation includes a first light source; a lenticular lens optically coupled to the first light source that, with the first light source, generates a first light output having viewing angle dependency; and a high-index optical volume optically coupled to the lenticular lens.
1. A superstereoscopic display with enhanced off-angle separation comprising: a first light source;
a lenticular lens optically coupled to the first light source that, with the first light source, generates a first light output having viewing angle dependency; and
a high-index optical volume optically coupled to the lenticular lens; wherein the optical volume has an index of refraction greater than one; and
a tracking sensor, wherein the first light source modifies the first light output to enable superstereoscopic viewing of the first three-dimensional image for a first viewer based on at least one of head tracking data and eye tracking data, the at least one of head tracking data and eye tracking data corresponding to the first viewer and captured by the tracking sensor;
wherein the first light source transmits the first light output to the high-index optical volume; wherein the high-index optical volume transmits the first light output to free-space; wherein, after transmission by the high-index optical volume, the first light output comprises a first visible image at a first viewing angle and a second visible image, non-identical to the first visible image, at a second viewing angle separated by a first non-zero angle from the first viewing angle, and a third visible image non-identical to the first and second visible images, at a third viewing angle separated by a second non-zero angle from the second viewing angle; wherein the first, second, and third visible images correspond to views of a first three-dimensional image and enable superstereoscopic viewing of the first three-dimensional image; wherein the first light source further modifies the first light output in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display by performing at least one of: modifying the first light output to reduce view ghosting in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display, modifying the first light output to correct for aspect ratio distortion in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display, and modifying the first light output to correct for depth perception change in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display.
2. The superstereoscopic display of claim 1 , wherein the first light source further modifies the first light output to reduce view ghosting in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display.
3. The superstereoscopic display of claim 2 , wherein the first light source damps modifications of the first light output in response to changes in head or eye tracking data.
4. The superstereoscopic display of claim 1 , wherein the first light source further modifies the first light output to correct for aspect ratio distortion in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display.
5. The superstereoscopic display of claim 4 , wherein the first light source damps modifications of the first light output in response to changes in head or eye tracking data.
6. The superstereoscopic display of claim 1 , wherein the first light source further modifies the first light output to correct for depth perception change in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display.
7. The superstereoscopic display of claim 6 , wherein the first light source damps modifications of the first light output in response to changes in head or eye tracking data.
8. The superstereoscopic display of claim 1 , wherein the high-index optical volume decreases the perceived viewing distance of the first, second, and third visible images such that the first, second, and third visible images appear to be located within the high-index optical volume.
9. The superstereoscopic display of claim 8 , further comprising a set of optical volume guides located at a first surface of the high-index optical volume; wherein the set of optical volume guides enhances depth perception of images displayed by the display.
10. The superstereoscopic display of claim 9 , wherein the optical volume guides are painted on, adhered to, etched into, or printed on a surface of the high-index optical volume.
11. The superstereoscopic display of claim 1 , wherein the lenticular lens is a one-dimensional lenticular lens parallel to addressable columns of the first light source; wherein the one-dimensional lenticular lens is perpendicular to addressable rows of the first light source.
12. The superstereoscopic display of claim 11 , wherein the lenticular lens is a one-dimensional lenticular lens oriented at an angle of more than zero but less than ninety degrees relative to addressable columns of the first light source, resulting in apportionment of resolution loss across both the addressable columns and addressable rows of the first light source.
13. The superstereoscopic display of claim 11 , wherein the lenticular lens is a two dimensional lenticular lens resulting from stacking two one-dimensional lenticular lenses.
14. A superstereoscopic display with enhanced off-angle separation comprising: a first light source;
a lenticular lens optically coupled to the first light source that, with the first light source, generates a first light output having viewing angle dependency; and
a high-index optical volume optically coupled to the lenticular lens; wherein the optical volume has an index of refraction greater than one; and
a tracking sensor, wherein the first light source modifies the first light output to enable superstereoscopic viewing of the first three-dimensional image for a first viewer and a second viewer based on at least one of head tracking data and eye tracking data, the at least one of head tracking data and eye tracking data corresponding to the first and second viewers and captured by the tracking sensor;
wherein the first light source transmits the first light output to the high-index optical volume; wherein the high-index optical volume transmits the first light output to free-space; wherein, after transmission by the high-index optical volume, the first light output comprises a first visible image at a first viewing angle and a second visible image, non-identical to the first visible image, at a second viewing angle separated by a first non-zero angle from the first viewing angle, and a third visible image non-identical to the first and second visible images, at a third viewing angle separated by a second non-zero angle from the second viewing angle; wherein the first, second, and third visible images correspond to views of a first three-dimensional image and enable superstereoscopic viewing of the first three-dimensional image.
15. The superstereoscopic display of claim 14 , wherein the first light source modifies the first light output to enable superstereoscopic viewing of the first three-dimensional image for the first viewer; wherein the first light source modifies the first light output to enable superstereoscopic viewing of a second three-dimensional image for the second viewer.
16. The superstereoscopic display of claim 15 , wherein the first and second three-dimensional images are identical.
17. The superstereoscopic display of claim 15 , wherein the first light source modifies the first light output to provide a first perspective of the first three-dimensional image to the first viewer based upon a viewing angle, viewing distance, and viewing height of the first viewer.
18. The superstereoscopic display of claim 17 , wherein the first light source modifies the first light output to provide a second perspective of the first three-dimensional image to the second viewer based upon a viewing angle, viewing distance, and viewing height of the second viewer; wherein the first and second perspectives are non-identical.
19. The superstereoscopic display of claim 18 , wherein the first light source initially modifies the first light output such that the first perspective is modified to reflect a first viewing height of the first viewer and such that the second perspective is modified to reflect a second viewing height of the second viewer; wherein the first and second viewing heights are nonidentical.
20. The superstereoscopic display of claim 19 , wherein the first light source later modifies the first light output such that both of the first and second perspectives reflect the first viewing height of the first viewer in response to the second viewer moving toward the first viewer.
21. The superstereoscopic display of claim 14 , wherein the first light source further modifies the first light output in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display by performing at least one of: modifying the first light output to reduce view ghosting in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display, modifying the first light output to correct for aspect ratio distortion in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display, and modifying the first light output to correct for depth perception change in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display.
22. The superstereoscopic display of claim 21 , wherein the first light source further modifies the first light output to reduce view ghosting in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display.
23. The superstereoscopic display of claim 22 , wherein the first light source damps modifications of the first light output in response to changes in head or eye tracking data.
24. The superstereoscopic display of claim 21 , wherein the first light source further modifies the first light output to correct for aspect ratio distortion in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display.
25. The superstereoscopic display of claim 24 , wherein the first light source damps modifications of the first light output in response to changes in head or eye tracking data.
26. The superstereoscopic display of claim 21 , wherein the first light source further modifies the first light output to correct for depth perception change in response to the first viewer moving closer to the display.
27. The superstereoscopic display of claim 26 , wherein the first light source damps modifications of the first light output in response to changes in head or eye tracking data.
28. The superstereoscopic display of claim 14 , wherein the high-index optical volume decreases the perceived viewing distance of the first, second, and third visible images such that the first, second, and third visible images appear to be located within the high-index optical volume.
29. The superstereoscopic display of claim 28 , further comprising a set of optical volume guides located at a first surface of the high-index optical volume; wherein the set of optical volume guides enhances depth perception of images displayed by the display.
30. The superstereoscopic display of claim 29 , wherein the optical volume guides are painted on, adhered to, etched into, or printed on a surface of the high-index optical volume.
31. The superstereoscopic display of claim 14 , wherein the lenticular lens is a one-dimensional lenticular lens parallel to addressable columns of the first light source; wherein the one-dimensional lenticular lens is perpendicular to addressable rows of the first light source.
32. The superstereoscopic display of claim 31 , wherein the lenticular lens is a one-dimensional lenticular lens oriented at an angle of more than zero but less than ninety degrees relative to addressable columns of the first light source, resulting in apportionment of resolution loss across both the addressable columns and addressable rows of the first light source.
33. The superstereoscopic display of claim 31 , wherein the lenticular lens is a two dimensional lenticular lens resulting from stacking two one-dimensional lenticular lenses.