3-D STEREO DISPLAYS FOR ADVANCED WORKSTATIONS

POWERFUL WORKSTATIONS CAN HANDLE COMPLEX PROBLEMS WHICH USUALLY INVOLVE 3-D OBJECTS, DEMANDING SOPHISTICATED GRAPHICS FOR ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION. FUTURE IMAGE PROCESSORS AND GRAPHIC USER INTERFACES WILL INEVITABLY INCLUDE 3-D STEREO OUTPUT DEVICES (DISPLAYS AND PRINTERS) COMPATIBLE WITH THE HUMAN STEREOSCOPIC VISION. THE STATE-OF-THE ART 3-D STEREO DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY IS BASED ON LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTERS AND WORKS BY SEQUENTIALLY PRESENTING TO THE USER POLARIZATION CODED LEFT AND RIGHT PERSPECTIVES OF THE OBJECT. THIS FIELD SEQUENTIAL METHOD HAS SEVERAL LIMITATIONS WHICH INCLUDE: I.) TO AVOID FLICKER IT REQUIRES DOUBLING THE FRAME FREQUENCY, MAKING IT INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE MOST DISPLAY DEVICES AND STANDARD VIDEO EQUIPMENT; AND II.) IT IS INTRINSICALLY INCAPABLE OF PRODUCING HARD COPY COLOR OUTPUT PRINTS OR PLOTS. UNDER THIS CONTRACT REVEO WILL DEVELOP A UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE 3-D STEREO DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY WHICH OVERCOMES THE LIMITATIONS OF THE FIELD SEQUENTIAL METHODS, ON A NEW PASSIVE ELEMENT CALLED THE MICRO-POLARIZER ARRAY, AND SPATIAL MULTIPLEXING, INSTEAD OF TIME MULTIPLEXING. PHASE I IS TO INVESTIGATE THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE MICRO-POLARIZER TECHNOLOGY WITH EXISTING DISPLAY DEVICES AND DELIVER A 3-D STEREO DISPLAY DESIGN. PHASE II DELIVER A PROTOTYPE 3-D STEREO DISPLAY THAT MAY BE INTRODUCED TO MARKET AFTER PHASE III.