A stereoscopic image rendering method for autostereoscopic mobile devices

Abstract

A novel stereoscopic image rendering method for autostereoscopic mobile devices is presented in this paper. The system to implement the proposed method consists of autostereoscopic display system and the stereoscopic rendering software engine for mobile devices. First, we mount a parallax barrier, which is made by a twisted nematic (TN) panel, on the liquid crystal display (LCD) to display stereoscopic 3-D images generated by the proposed stereoscopic rendering software engine. In addition, we present the stereoscopic rendering algorithm for 3-D graphic models. The proposed algorithm generates left-view images and right-view images from 3-D graphic models. Therefore, the proposed rendering system provides autostereoscopic views in order that users can enjoy three dimensional effects without any special glasses. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004.