Flat-Panel See-Through Three-Dimensional Display Based on Integral Imaging Using a Transparent Polarized Point Light Source Array

• Main Authors: Zi Wang, Piao Dai, Guoqiang Lv, Qibin Feng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
• Series: IEEE Photonics Journal
• Subjects: See-through; integral imaging; light guide plate; point light source array (PLSA); polarizer array.
• Online Access: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8165965/
• ISSN: 1943-0655

This study proposes a technique to implement see-through three-dimensional (3-D) display based on point light source integral imaging. This display consists of an edge-lit light guide plate, a polarizer array, and a transparent liquid crystal display (LCD) panel without rear polarizer. The combination of the light guide plate and the polarizer array act as a transparent polarized point light source array (PLSA), and reconstructs the 3-D image with the elemental image array loaded on the LCD panel. The background rays passing through the gaps in the polarized PLSA carry the object information and implement see-through property. The experimental system is constructed based on 1-D integral imaging to verify the proposed method. The see-through and superposition capabilities of the proposed method are demonstrated.