Analysis of speckle reduction based on theory of optical eigenfunction

The principle of optical eigenfunction is used in the analysis of speckle reduction in laser projection display.When the moving diffiuser is used in the speckle reduction approach,the speckle contrast is decided by both the degree of freedom （DOF） of the projector and the area of resolving cell of the eyes on the screen.It can gain high DOF of the projector by increasing the space-bandwidth product,i.e.,adopting a projection lens with a high numerical aperture or a large viewing field.The best scheme is equalizing the DOF of the scattering wave from a moving diffiuser to that of the projection lens.The experimental results are in accordance with the conclusion drawn by optical eigenfunction.

A novel methodology for photometric compensation of projection display on patterned screen

We propose a novel methodology based on the projector-camera （ProCam） system to address the photometric compensation issue for the projection display on the patterned screen. The patterned screen is treated as the combination of a perfect white screen and a color modulator. The perfect white screen is used to automatically and accurately characterize the ProCam system off line using the polynomial model, and the parameters of the color modulator can be efficiently recovered by employing only two gray images based on the linear reflectance model. The experimental results show that the color artifacts of the display image can be greatly improved with this methodology, which demonstrates its feasibility and validity in the photometric compensation.

Grating light modulator for projection display

A novel grating light modulator for projection display is introduced. It consists of an upper moveable grating, a bottom mirror, and four supporting posts between them. The moveable grating and the bottom mirror compose a phase grating whose phase difference is controlled by the actuating voltage. When the phase difference is 2kπ, the grating light modulator will switch the incident light to zero-order diffraction; when the phase difference is （2k - 1）π, the grating light modulator will diffract light to first-order diffraction. A 16 × 16 modulator array is fabricated by the surface micromachining technology. The device works well when it is actuated by a voltage with 1-kHz frequency and 10-V amplitude. The fabricated grating light modulator can show blackness and brightness when controlled by the voltage. This modulator has potential applications in projection display system.

Autostereoscopic 3D projection display based on two lenticular sheets

We propose an autostereoscopic three-dimensional （3D） projection display. The display consists of four projectors, a projection screen, and two lenticular sheets. The operation principle and calculation equations are described in detail and the parallax images are corrected by means of homography. A 50-inch autostereoscopic 3D projection display prototype is developed. The normalized luminance distributions of viewing zones from the simulation and the measurement are given. Results agree well with the designed values. The proposed prototype presents full-resolution 3D images similar to the conventional prototype based on two parallax barriers. Moreover, the proposed prototype shows considerably higher brightness and efficiency of light utilization.

Multi-projector-type immersive light field display

A light field three-dimensional （3D） display with multi-projectors and a concave screen is proposed. The system sets the viewing area at the center of the concave screen, making viewers enter the center of the system to watch 3D scene around them. The surrounded 3D scene provides viewers a feast of enhanced immersive experience. The light field principle, rendering algorithm, selection of viewing area and experi- mental results are discussed in the letter, showing the potential of being an all-around-type immersive 3D display by employing more projectors.