Stereoscopic image device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9749611-B2
Application number	US-201414779960-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2014
Priority date	Apr 25, 2013
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A stereoscopic imaging device including: a body having a stereoscopic image display window for providing a stereoscopic image; an image combining panel which divides an inner space of the body into a first space for providing a virtual image, and a second space for providing a real image, on the stereoscopic image display window, transparency of the image combining panel being changed by input of a power; a first display which is positioned in the first space to provide the virtual image on the stereoscopic image display window through the image combining panel; a target mechanism which is positioned in the second space to provide the real image on the stereoscopic image display window through the image combining panel; an illumination mechanism which is positioned in the second space to illuminate a beam of light onto the target mechanism; and a control unit for controlling the respective units.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stereoscopic imaging device comprising:
a body having a stereoscopic image display window for providing a stereoscopic image, a first space for providing a virtual image, and a second space for providing a real image, wherein the stereoscopic image display window defines a length of the first and the second spaces;
an image combining panel, which divides an inner space of the body so as to define the first space and the second space, having a drive mechanism at one end of the image combining panel being configured to rotate the image combining panel in the body, wherein transparency of the image combining panel is changed by input of a power;
one surface of a translucent panel being overlapped with one surface of the image combining panel, the other surface of the translucent panel being facing the first space and the other surface of the image combining panel facing the second space;
a first display which is positioned in the first space to provide the virtual image on the stereoscopic image display window through the image combining panel;
a second display which is positioned within the second space and the stereoscopic display window to provide the real image through the image combining panel;
a target mechanism which is positioned in the second space to provide the real image on the stereoscopic image display window through the image combining panel,
wherein the target mechanism or the second display is meshed with a motor so as to be moved in the second space;
an illumination mechanism which is positioned in the second space to illuminate a beam of light onto the target mechanism; and
a control unit for controlling the image combining panel, the first display, the second display, the target mechanism, and the illumination mechanism.

2. The stereoscopic imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the image combining panel has a pair of transparent electrode plates which are disposed away to be opposite to each other and are electrically connected to each other, and a polymer liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules which are regularly or irregularly between the pair of transparent electrode plates according to selective supply of a power.

3. The stereoscopic imaging device according to claim 2 , wherein the image combining panel further has a transparent protective layer which is attached to an outer surface of the transparent electrode plate in order to protect the transparent electrode plate.

4. The stereoscopic imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the image combining panel is rotatably connected to the body.

5. The stereoscopic imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the target mechanism has a reel which is formed in a cylindrical shape, a reel support for rotatably supporting the reel in the body, and a reel rotating motor for rotating the reel.

6. The stereoscopic imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the target mechanism has an operation detecting unit for determining an operation state or a position of the target mechanism, and the control unit controls any event if information detected by the operation detecting unit is consistent with information previously set in the control unit.

7. The stereoscopic imaging device according to claim 6 , wherein the control unit controls the image combining panel and the illumination mechanism so that there is a difference between a point of time when the image combining panel is switched between a transparent state and an opaque state, and a point of time when the illumination mechanism illuminating the reel is turned on.

8. A stereoscopic imaging device comprising:
a body having a stereoscopic image display window for providing a stereoscopic image, a first space for providing a virtual image, and a second space for providing a real image, wherein the stereoscopic image display window defines a length of the first and the second spaces;
an image combining panel which divides an inner space of the body so as to define the first space and the second space, having a drive mechanism at one end of the image combining panel being configured to rotate the image combining panel in the body, wherein the image combining panel is made of a transparent material;
one surface of a translucent panel being overlapped with one surface of the image combining panel, the other surface of the translucent panel being facing the first space and the other surface of the image combining panel facing the second space;
a first display which is positioned in the first space to provide the virtual image on the stereoscopic image display window through the image combining panel;
a second display which is positioned within the second space and the stereoscopic display window to provide the real image through the image combining panel;
a target mechanism which is positioned in the second space to provide the real image on the stereoscopic image display window through the image combining panel;
an illumination mechanism which is positioned in the second space to illuminate a beam of light onto the target mechanism; and
a control unit for controlling the image combining panel, the first display, the second display, the target mechanism, and the illumination mechanism.

Assignees

• Tovis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jeong Kyu

Classifications

• G02B30/35

  using reflective optical elements in the optical path between the images and the observer · CPC title

• H04N13/341

  using temporal multiplexing · CPC title

• H04N13/322

  using varifocal lenses or mirrors · CPC title

• H04N13/207 Primary

  using a single two-dimensional [2D] image sensor · CPC title

• G02B30/40 Primary

  giving the observer of a single two-dimensional [2D] image a perception of depth · CPC title