WO2002021851A2 - Volumetric display system - Google Patents
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- TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to three-dimensional displays, and more particularly to volumetric three-dimensional displays.
- Volumetric displays are a class of three-dimensional display technology that produce volume-filling imagery. Typically, volumetric displays are autostereoscopic; that is, they produce imagery that appears three-dimensional without the use of additional eyewear.
- Some volumetric displays create three-dimensional imagery by employing spatio- temporal multiplexing in emitting or scattering light from a range of locations within an image volume.
- a smaller number of light-generating devices for example, lasers, projector pixels, etc.
- Persistence of vision integrates the image slices formed at different spatio-temporal locations of the volume swept by the rotating surface, and the viewer perceives a volume-filling, three-dimensional image.
- the ITT display employs a stationary CRT and front-end optical components.
- One consequence of their architecture is that the CRT's image rotates in the plane of the projection screen as the projection screen rotates.
- volumetric displays which employ similar radially-extended relay optics include the volumetric displays described by Batchko (U.S. Patent No. 5,148,310) and Tsao et al. (U.S. Patent Nos. 5,754,147 and 5,954,414).
- Batchko describes a volumetric display wherein a rotating screen is illuminated by a fixed, vector-scanned laser illumination source.
- Tsao and co- workers utilize a k-mirror system, which rotates at half of the screen's angular frequency, to prevent the image of the projector from rotating in the plane of the projection screen.
- the invention features systems and methods for producing three-dimensional volume- filling imagery.
- a volumetric display system produces a volume image by projecting a series of two-dimensional images onto a rapidly rotating projection screen. Persistence of the human visual system integrates these two-dimensional image slices into a three-dimensional volume- filling image.
- the invention features a volumetric display system including an optical relay, a motor, a support structure coupled to the motor, a projection screen positioned on the support structure, and a projection optic.
- the projection optic receives a light beam from the optical relay and projects the light beam onto the projection screen.
- the motor rotates the support structure, the projection screen, and the projection optic about a rotation axis.
- Embodiments of the display system may include any of the following features.
- the display system may further include having the projection optic positioned on the rotation axis.
- the projection optic may also be a projection lens.
- the projection lens has a lens axis, and the lens axis and the rotation axis define an angle of no more than about 10 degrees. Moreover, the angle may between about 4.9 degrees and 5.0 degrees.
- the projection lens may be a triplet lens.
- the display system may further include having the projection screen, defining a plane, positioned on the support structure so that the rotation axis lies in the plane defined by the screen.
- the system may still further include a first and second mirror placed on the support structure.
- the motor rotates the first and second mirrors about the rotation axis.
- the first mirror receives the light beam from the projection optic and directs the light beam to the second mirror, and the second mirror directs the light beam to the projection screen.
- the system may additionally include a third mirror placed on the support structure.
- the motor also rotates the third mirror about the rotation ixis, and the third mirror receives the light beam from the second mirror and directs the light beam to the projection screen.
- the support structure may be a platform having a hole, and the projection lens may be mounted within the hole.
- the optical relay may include a relay lens and a field lens.
- the relay lens can receive the light beam from a light source and relay the light beam to the field lens, and the field lens relays the light beam to the projection lens.
- the invention includes a method of producing volume-filling imagery.
- the method includes: (i) rotating a projection optic and a projection screen about a rotation axis; (ii) supplying a light beam from a stationary light source; and (iii) projecting the light beam through the projection optic onto the projection screen.
- Embodiments of the method may further include any of the following features.
- the projection optic may be a projection lens having a lens axis, and the method further includes tilting the projection lens so that the lens axis defines an angle with the rotation axis, the angle being no more than about 10 degrees.
- the method may also include rotating a first and second mirror about the rotation axis.
- the projection optic may project the light beam onto the first mirror, the first mirror may direct the light beam onto the second mirror, and the second mirror may direct the light beam onto the projection screen.
- Some embodiments may further include rotating a third mirror about the rotation axis. The third mirror may receive the light beam from the second mirror and may direct the light beam onto the projection screen.
- the method further includes directing the light beam from the light source onto the projection optic using an optical relay.
- the optical relay may include a mirror, and the method may include adjusting the mirror to center the light beam on the projection screen.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a volumetric display.
- FIG. 2A is a perspective view of the front-end optics and part of the projection engine.
- FIG. 2B is a top-down view of the front-end optics and part of the projection engine.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the back-end optics and motor.
- FIG. 4 is a side view of a projection lens.
- FIG. 5 is a view of the unfolded optical path of a projection system. Like reference symbols in the various drawings indicate like elements.
- Three-dimensional volumetric displays that embody the invention include a projection system that has two fundamental parts: a front-end that supplies and relays the image, and a back-end that delivers the image to the viewer.
- the front-end is stationary, mounted below the viewing volume and out of sight from the viewer. It receives and processes data and instructions from a computer, and generates the image.
- the computer is also a user interface.
- the back-end is mounted on, or coupled to, a platform that sits above the front-end, and rotates with the platform during operation.
- the back-end delivers the image supplied by the front-end to a screen, which is mounted on and also rotates with the platform.
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a volumetric display 100.
- the volumetric display includes a base plate 110, on which is mounted a projection system 120, front-end projection optics (not shown), system electronics 130, and a frameless DC motor (not shown). Also mounted on base plate 110 is a casing 140, which encloses the abovementioned components mounted on base plate 110, protects them, and hides them from view.
- a computer connects to system electronics 130 through interface 150.
- a circular platform 160 is positioned above projection system 120 and the front-end projection optics.
- Platform 160 is concentrically mounted on an annular shaft of the frameless DC motor. During operation the motor rotates the shaft and platform 160 about a rotation axis 170.
- Part of back-end projection optics 180 and a projection screen 190 are mounted on platform 160, and also rotate about axis 170 during operation.
- a transparent dome 195 encases projection screen 190 and back-end optics 180, slotting into a flange that is mounted on the periphery of platform 160. Dome 195 is also rotated during operation.
- a second dome (not shown) encases dome 195. The second dome is stationary during operation.
- Volumetric display 100 works as follows: a host computer sends image data and commands to display 100 through interface 150.
- System electronics 130 processes this information into voxel data and stores the processed data in graphics memory until it is needed for display.
- system electronics 130 sends the image information to the projection engine, where projection engine 120 converts it to optical information by spatially modulating a beam of light.
- the light beam leaves the projection engine, and front-end projection optics directs the beam onto axis 170 and toward platform 160.
- Front-end projection optics include a series of lenses and mirrors that focus the light beam through a projection lens, which is mounted in the annular shaft of the frameless DC motor and a hole in platform 160. A series of mirrors mounted on platform 160 relay the light beam to projection screen 190, where it forms a two- dimensional image.
- the motor rotates platform 160, back-end projection optics, and projection screen 190 at at least about 600 rpm.
- the motor rotates all of these components at the same angular velocity.
- System electronics and projection engine 120 refresh the two-dimensional image at least about 4,000 times per second. Each two-dimensional image forms an "image slice" of the three- dimensional volume image.
- the human visual system perceptually fuses the "image slices" into a volume-filling, three-dimensional image.
- the projection system is designed to be highly compact so as to fit within a very limited space within casing 140 and dome 195, while at the same time providing the desired image magnification (i.e., about 20X) and resolution.
- the projection system is additionally designed to relay the light beam from a stationary source to a moving screen. An embodiment of such an optical projection system is described in detail below.
- front-end optical components 200 are mounted on base 110 of display 100, underneath platform 160 (see FIG. 1).
- FIGs. 2A and 2B also show part of projection engine 120 (see FIG. 1).
- the projection engine includes a lightsource and homogenizing and collimating optics (not shown), which delivers a broadband light beam to a prism assembly 210.
- Prism assembly 210 splits the light beam into its three primary color components (i.e., red, green, and blue), and directs each component to a spatial light modulator (SLM) 220 (only one shown).
- SLM spatial light modulator
- the SLMs are micro-electromehcanical systems (MEMS) arrays of switchable micromirrors (e.g., Texas Instruments DMDTMs), capable of producing XGA- resolution (1024 x 768) imagery at a frequency of at least about 4 kHz.
- MEMS micro-electromehcanical systems
- Each SLM spatially modulates its respective incident light beam to generate a red, green, or blue component image.
- These images are recombined inside prism assembly 210 to create a full color image (8 colors), which exits the projection engine at a surface 225.
- Projection engine 120 directs the light beam to a telecentric relay lens system 230.
- Relay lens system includes three doublet lenses 235, 236, and 237.
- Relay lens system 230 images SLM 220 to an intermediate image about 600 millimeters away from the projection engine.
- the intermediate image having 3.8X magnification is formed between two field lenses, 240 and 250, which are also doublet lenses.
- the function of the field lenses is discussed below.
- Relay lens system 230 images the SLMs to an intermediate image to keep the optical path length and image magnification within the constraints provided by the display housing. Imaging the SLM directly to the projection screen would require a much longer optical path length than in the current embodiment. This is due to the large amount of glass in prism assembly 210 between SLM 220 and the optical projection system. Imaging to the projection screen from an intermediate image allows projection optics to be placed close to the intermediate image, and a much shorter optical path is achieved.
- front-end optics 200 include three fold mirrors, 260, 270, and 280. These mirrors fold the projection light path to maintain it within the volume provided by the display casing. Mirrors 260, 270, and 280 also direct the beam to mirror 290, which is located on axis 170 and directs the beam out of the plane of base 110 (see FIG. 1) and along rotation axis 170 and onto a projection lens. At the projection lens, rotation axis 170 is coincident with the optical axis of the projection system. Fold mirrors 260 and 270 are manually adjustable during operation, enabling a user to accurately center the image on the projection screen.
- a projection lens 310 focuses the light beam through an annular shaft 320 of frameless DC motor 330.
- Projection lens 310 along with mirrors 340, 350, and 360 make up the back-end of the optical projection system.
- Mirrors 340, 350, and 360 are mounted on platform 160 (see FIG. 1) and fold the path of the light beam, maintaining it within the confines of dome 195 (see FIG. 1).
- Projection lens 310 directs the light beam to mirror 340, mirror 350 directs the light beam to mirror 360, mirror 350 directs the light beam to mirror 360, and mirror 360 directs the light beam to projection screen 190, forming a magnified image of the SLM in area 370.
- Image area 370 spans a diameter of about 10 inches, corresponding to about 20X magnification of the image at the SLM.
- the SLM image is cropped to provide a resolution of 768 x 768 pixels.
- motor 330 rotates the back-end optics (i.e., projection lens 310 and mirrors 340, 350, and 360) about axis 170.
- projection lens 310 includes a lens triplet assembly: lenses 410, 420, and 430.
- Lenses 410, 20, and 430 are aligned co-axially along lens axis 440.
- Lens axis 440 is tilted at an angle 450 of no more than about 10 degrees (e.g., at about 4.94 degrees) with respect to the projection system's optical axis, which is coincident with rotation axis 170 at this point.
- the light beam enters projection lens 310 through lens 410, and is focused to a waist near lens 420.
- lens axis 440 is displaced from the optical axis by about 5.9 millimeters.
- Focusing the beam to a waist is necessary to fit the light beam through the aperture provided by motor 330 (see FIG. 3).
- the light beam exits projection lens 310 through lens 430.
- the purpose for this design of projection lens is apparent when one examines the unfolded optical path of the projection system.
- projection screen 190 is at a 45 degree angle with respect to the projection system's optical axis 510. It is for this reason that projection lens 310 is tilted with respect to the optical axis 510. Tilting the projection lens tilts the plane of the image by a predictable amount, given by the so-called Scheimflug condition. This reduces the distortion introduced by projecting an image onto a plane that is non- perpendicular with respect to the optical axis. Tilt angle 450 depends on the angle between the projection screen plane and the optical axis, and both angles are not limited to the values above. Projection lens 310 introduces aberrations into the image, including negative field curvature, negative axial color, and lateral color.
- Prism assembly 210 also introduces aberrations into the image. These aberrations are partially compensated for by relay lens 230 and field lenses 240 and 250. Three doublet lenses, 235, 236, and 237, are used in relay lens 230 to minimize the relay lens power to reduce aberrations. Doublets are used to minimize the dispersive effects of each component. A least one doublet is a higher index doublet, which adds axial color and field curvature to compensate for the aberrations introduced by projection lens 310. ' Field lenses, 240 and 250, also doublet lenses, maintain telecentricity at the intermediate image, which forms at plane 520.
- the first doublet, lens 240 is located about 30 millimeters in front of intermediate image plane 520, and corrects incident rays to be near- telecentric. Lens 240 also reduces axial color and field curvature.
- the second doublet, lens 250 is located about 30 millimeters beyond intermediate image plane 520, introduces positive field curvature and axial color, overcompensating for the correction of lens 240.
- the net contribution to field curvature, and to axial and lateral color introduced by lenses 235, 236, 237, 240, and 250 compensate for the opposite effects introduced by projection lens 310.
- the blue and green images are overlaid, but the red image is axially displaced.
- the system F- number is established to be slow at the projection screen, so there is a large depth of focus.
- the field curvature is a tilted plane, rather than a curved surface, due to the compensatory contributions of the projection lens and other lenses to this aberration.
- the image also has low astigmatism and minimal lateral color. Distortion at the image is straight keystone, the residual pincushion being less than 2 percent.
- the image quality at the projection screen is sufficient to resolve the 40 pixels per millimeter resolution of the SLMs. This resolution is equivalent to about two pixels per millimeter at the projection screen.
- the software predistorts the image to compensate for the keystoning at the image plane.
- the software also corrects for "image tumbling" by counter-rotating the image data.
- Image tumbling i.e., image rotation in the projection screen plane
- image rotation in the projection screen plane occurs because the front-end optics present a fixed image onto the rotating projection screen.
- Projection screen 190 which is centered on rotation axis 170, is typically formed from a diffusely scattering material. This material scatters incident light substantially isotropically, both in a forward and backward direction. This ensures that a portion of the light corresponding to a pixel in a two-dimensional image slice will be received by a viewer standing in almost any viewing locale around the display, minimizing the dark bands in the three-dimensional image known as "visual dead zones.” Designing the projection screen to be as thin as possible can also minimize the visual dead zones.
- projection screen 190 is semi-circular in shape. In general, embodiments of the invention are not so limited. Projection screen 190 can be any size and shape sufficient on which to form the projected image, so long as they are positioned with minimal offset and eccentricity with respect to the rotation axis.
- platform 160 is not limited to the circular platform described above.
- the platform can be any supporting structure, or combination of supporting structures, sufficient to mechanically couple the back-end optics and projection screen to the motor.
- the platform includes a series of radially extending arms for positioning the back-end optics' mirrors appropriately to relay the light beam from the projection lens to the projection screen.
- the motor is not limited to frameless DC motor 330.
- the motor can be any motor coupled to the back-end optics and projection screen, which rotates the back-end optics and projection screen at the desired rate.
- the platform is coupled to the motor by belts and/or gears, and the motor is positioned away from the rotation axis.
- an emissive pixelated device can replace the projection engine and lightsource.
- Examples of such devices include arrays of light emitting diodes, including organic light emitting diodes, or vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs).
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