A prototype 3D mobile phone equipped with a next-generation autostereoscopic display

Julien Flack; Jonathan Harrold; Graham J Woodgate

doi:10.1117/12.706709

5 March 2007 A prototype 3D mobile phone equipped with a next-generation autostereoscopic display

Julien Flack, Jonathan Harrold, Graham J Woodgate

Proceedings Volume 6490, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems XIV; 64900M (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.706709
Event: Electronic Imaging 2007, 2007, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The mobile phone is quickly evolving from a communications device to an application platform and in the process has become the focus for the development of new technologies. The most challenging technical issues for commercializing a 3D phone are a stereoscopic display technology which is suitable for mobile applications as well as a means for driving the display using the limited capabilities of a mobile handset. In this paper we describe a prototype 3D mobile phone which was developed on a commercially available mobile hardware platform. The demonstration handset was retrofitted with a Polarization Activated Microlens^TM array that is 2D/3D switchable and provides both class-leading low crosstalk levels, and suitable brightness characteristics and viewing zones for operation without compromising battery running time. This next generation autostereoscopic display technology, which combines the advantages in brightness of a lenticular 3D display with the 2D/3D switching capability of parallax barrier, is deployed on a 2.2" landscape QVGA TFT LCD base panel. The stereoscopic content solution is an essential component of a commercially viable 3D handset. We describe how a range of stereoscopic software solutions have been developed on the phone's existing application processor without the need for custom hardware.

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Julien Flack, Jonathan Harrold, and Graham J Woodgate "A prototype 3D mobile phone equipped with a next-generation autostereoscopic display", Proc. SPIE 6490, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems XIV, 64900M (5 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.706709

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