Device for recording and reproducing holographic 3D image, and method for recording and reproducing holographic 3D image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9229430-B2
Application number	US-201314138900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2013
Priority date	Jan 17, 2013
Publication date	Jan 5, 2016
Grant date	Jan 5, 2016

Abstract

Devices and methods for recording and reproducing a holographic 3D image are provided. The devices for recording the holographic 3D image comprising: a laser generation unit for emitting a laser beam; a beam splitter unit configured to receive the laser beam from the laser generation unit and split the laser beam into a reference beam and an object beam directed to an object to be photographed; a photorefractive crystal configured to receive the reference beam from the beam splitter and the object beam diffused from the object to form a holographic 3D image; and a rotation unit configured to rotate the photorefractive crystal once every time one holographic 3D image is recorded. The holographic 3D image can be recorded and reproduced by the rotate the photorefractive crystal in light paths of recording and reproduction light beams, respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for recording a holographic 3D image, comprising:
a laser generation unit for emitting a laser beam;
a beam splitter unit configured to receive the laser beam from the laser generation unit and split the laser beam into a reference beam and an object beam directed to an object to be photographed;
a photorefractive crystal configured to receive the reference beam from the beam splitter unit and the object beam diffused from the object to form the holographic 3D image;
a rotation unit configured to rotate the photorefractive crystal once every time one holographic 3D image is recorded; and
a light spot control unit disposed in light paths of the object beam between the beam splitter unit and the photorefractive crystal and configured to adjust a size of a light spot formed on the photorefractive crystal by the object beam, wherein the light spot control unit comprises a large aperture lens and a small aperture lens having an aperture less than that of the large aperture lens, a focus of the large aperture lens and a focus of the small aperture lens are coincided with each other, the object beam diffused by the object is converged to the coincided focus by the large aperture lens, and formed as a narrow parallel beam, which is illuminated on the photorefractive crystal, by the small aperture lens.

2. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a mirror disposed in a light path between the beam splitter unit and the photorefractive crystal and configured to reflect the reference beam emitted from the beam splitter unit toward the photorefractive crystal.

3. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first beam expand-collimating assembly disposed in a light path between the beam splitter unit and the object and configured to expand and collimate the object beam emitted from the beam splitter unit.

4. The device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a second beam expand-collimating assembly disposed in a light path between the minor and the photorefractive crystal and configured to expand and collimate the reference beam reflected from the minor to the photorefractive crystal.

5. The device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the object beam and the reference beam each forms a complete light spot on the photorefractive crystal.

6. The device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light spots formed on the photorefractive crystal by the object beam and the reference beam are substantially equivalent to each other in size.

7. The device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light spot control unit comprises a aperture stop.

8. The device according to claim 1 ,
wherein an optical path of the object beam and an optical path of the reference beam from the beam splitter unit to the photorefractive crystal are substantially equal to each other.

9. The device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotation unit is configured to synchronously rotate the photorefractive crystal once every time one holographic 3D image is recorded, or configured to rotate the photorefractive crystal once after one holographic 3D image is recorded and before a next holographic 3D image is recorded.

10. A method for recording a holographic 3D image, comprising steps of:
constructing a holographic recording light path comprising a light path of a reference beam directed to a photorefractive crystal and a light path of an object beam directed to an object to be photographed and then directed to the photorefractive crystal;
recording one holographic 3D image on the photorefractive crystal by the holographic recording light path; and
rotating the photorefractive crystal by a predetermined angle to record a next holographic 3D image on the photorefractive crystal by the holographic recording light path,
providing a light spot control unit in the light path of the object bean between a beam splitter unit and the photorefractive crystal and adjusting a size of a light spot formed on the photorefractive crystal by the object beam, wherein the light spot control unit comprises a large aperture lens and a small aperture lens having an aperture less than that of the large aperture lens, a focus of the large aperture lens and a focus of the small aperture lens are coincided with each other, the object beam diffused by the object is converged to the coincided focus by the large aperture lens, and formed as a narrow parallel beam, which is illuminated on the photorefractive crystal, by the small aperture lens.

11. The method according to claim 10 ,
wherein the photorefractive crystal is synchronously rotated once every time an angle of the object to be photographed is changed once.

12. The method according to claim 10 ,
wherein the holographic recording light path is constructed by an optical assembly comprising:
a laser generation unit for emitting a laser beam; and
the beam splitter unit configured to receive the laser beam from the laser generation unit and split the laser beam into the reference beam and the object beam directed toward the object to be photographed, and
wherein the photorefractive crystal is rotated by the predetermined angle by means of a rotation unit.

13. A method for reproducing a holographic 3D image recorded by the method of claim 10 , comprising steps of:
setting the light path of the reference beam as a light path of a reproduction light beam and blocking the object beam directed to the object, wherein the photorefractive crystal is recorded with a plurality of holographic 3D images at a plurality of different angles;
reproducing the respective holographic 3D image in a direction in which the object beam is directed to the photorefractive crystal during recording the holographic 3D image;
rotating the photorefractive crystal by the predetermined angle and reproducing the holographic 3D image corresponding to the rotated photorefractive crystal.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Beijing Boe Display Tech Co

Inventors

• Zheng Xiaoyi
• Wang Junwei
• Cui Xiaopeng

Classifications

• G03H1/265 Primary

  Angle multiplexing; Multichannel holograms (G03H1/268 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G03H1/04

  Processes or apparatus for producing holograms (G03H1/26 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G03H2210/30

  3D object · CPC title

• G11B7/0065

  Recording, reproducing or erasing by using optical interference patterns, e.g. holograms · CPC title

• G03H1/02

  Details {of features involved during the holographic process; Replication of holograms without interference recording} · CPC title