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Depth-fused-type Three-dimensional Near-eye Display Using a Birefringent Lens Set

  • Baek, Hogil (Department of Information Display, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Min, Sung-Wook (Department of Information Display, Kyung Hee University)
  • Received : 2020.08.31
  • Accepted : 2020.10.26
  • Published : 2020.12.25
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Abstract

We propose a depth-fused-type three-dimensional (3D) near-eye display implemented using a birefringent lens set that is made of calcite. By using a birefringent lens and image source (28.70 mm × 21.52 mm), which has different focal lengths according to the polarization state of the incident light, the proposed system can present depth-fused three-dimensional images at 4.6 degrees of field of view (FOV) within 1.6 Diopter (D) to 0.4 D, depending on the polarization distributed depth map. The proposed method can be applied to near-eye displays like head-mounted display systems, for a more natural 3D image without vergence-accommodation conflict.

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