Flexible pixel compositor for autostereoscopic displays

Ruigang Yang, Subhasri Krishnan, J. Robert Heath

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Abstract

Autostereoscopic displays in fact show many views of the object of interest simultaneously. These individual views have to be re-shuffled to fit the final display. This composition task is usually done as an off-line process. We present in this paper a flexible pixel compositor that bridges the image generator (e.g., a rendering cluster) and the final display devices (such as a set of over-lapping projectors to form an ultra-high-resolution display). Our compositor is capable of performing an arbitrary mapping of pixels from any input frame to any output frame, and executing typical composition operations (e.g., blending) at the same time. To the best of our knowledge, our design is the only compositor that allows non-block based per-pixel warping and composition. This is particularly important for lenticular displays in which the different views have to be interleaved in the frame buffer. In this paper, we present an initial hardware prototype and some preliminary results in the firmware development.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE-IS and T Electronic Imaging - Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XIX
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventStereoscopic Displays and Applications XIX - San Jose, CA, United States
Duration: Jan 28 2008Jan 30 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume6803
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceStereoscopic Displays and Applications XIX
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Jose, CA
Period1/28/081/30/08

Keywords

  • Autostereoscopic displays
  • Compositor design
  • Design validation
  • Field programmable gate array experimental prototype
  • Integral photograph displays
  • Lenticular displays
  • Pixel compositor
  • Rendering images
  • Testing
  • Virtual prototyping

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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