(12) Umted States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,134,591 B2 Marcus et al. (45) Date of Patent: Mar. 13, 2012 (54) DISPLAY USING BIDIRECTIONALLY Z, gi\]')e1biSS1;>ta1~l , , ’ onne eta . SCANNED LINEAR MODULATOR 7,274,500 B2 9/2007 Kowarz 7,623,111 B2* 11/2009 I ki 1. .................... .. 345/102 (75) Inventors: Michael A. Marcus, Honeoye Falls, NY 7,826,136 B2* 11/2010 £00 321‘ 359/463 (US); John A. Agostinelli, Rochester, 7,911,547 B2 * 3/2011 Brott et al. . . . . . . . . .. 349/15 . ' 8,054,329 B2* 11/2011 Shestak et al. . .. 348/57 E; mg)’ Marek W‘ Kowarz’ Hennena’ 8,059,217 B2 * 11/2011 Brott et al. .................... .. 349/15 (U ) 2003/0112507 A1 6/2003 Divelbiss 2007/0047061 A1 3/2007 Kowarz (73) Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, 2007/0159602 A1 7/2007 Fergason NY (US) 2007/0200792 A1* 8/2007 Kim et a1. ....................... .. 345/7 2008/0036853 A1* 2/2008 Shestak et al. . .. 348/51 . _ . . . . 2008/0084519 A1* 4/2008 Brigham et al. 349/65 ( * ) Not1ce. Subject‘ to any d1scla1mer, the term ofth1s 2009/0231697 A1,, 9/2009 Marcus et al‘ 359/465 13211911t IS BX}?-Itded Ordadlusted under 35 2011/0134347 A1* 6/2011 Brott etal. .................... .. 349/15 U.S.C. 154 888 . ( ) y ays FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (21) Appl. No.: 12/116,467 EP 0 712109 A 5/1996 EP 1359 456 A 11/2003 (22) Filed: May 7, 2008 * cited by examiner (65) Prior Publication Data Primary Examiner 4 Moustafa M Meky Us 2009/0278918A1 NOV‘ 12’ 2009 Atltgolrnfiy, Agent, or Firm 4 J. Lanny Tucker; Nelson r1an 1s (51) Int. Cl. H04N 13/04 (2006.01) (57) ABSTRACT (52) U.S. Cl. .......................................... .. 348/54; 348/51 A method for forming a Stereoscopic image forms Separate (58) Field of Classification Search .................. .. 348/51 lefwye and.9gh"eYe image? in a rePea'e.d cycle that forms 348/53 5 4 57 58’ the left-eye image by providing data for lines of the left-eye See application file for Complete Search hi’StOr’y ’ image, ordered in sequence from a first to a second edge of an ' image frame, then forms successive lines of modulated light (56) References Cited according to the ordered sequence by progressively scanning
lines of modulated light across a display surface by rotating a scanning element forward from a first to a second position. The right-eye image is formed by providing data for lines of the right-eye image, ordered in sequence from the second to the first edge of the image frame and forming successive lines of modulated light, progressively scanning the lines of modulated light across the display surface by rotating the scanning element in reverse from the second to the first position. The left-eye image is distinguished from the right-eye image.
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