Interactive multiplane transparent display system.
A multiplane display system that includes two or more display devices provided at two or more layers. One or more of these display devices is a transparent transmissive display device. Foreground or first layer content is generated for and displayed by a first transparent transmissive display device while background content is generated for and displayed by a second display device, which is in a spaced apart plane or layer that is behind the plane or layer of the first display device. In some embodiments, the two layers of content are pre-generated and played back to provide 3D or multiplane imagery or an interactivity assembly can be provided to sense user input and, in response, to generate new or modified content (media) for the first and/or second transparent transmissive display devices. Each of the transparent transmissive display devices or layer may be a transparent organic light emitted diode (tOLED) display device.
BACKGROUND1. Field of the Description
The present description relates, in general, to display systems adapted for stereoscopic or three dimensional (3D) image generation, and, more particularly, to systems and methods for producing 3D images or depth and space media illusions without requiring viewers to wear 3D glasses or the like. These display systems may be considered multiplane display systems providing a 3D display to viewers, rather than using projected images requiring a viewing technology such as particular glasses to be properly viewed, and the display systems may be configured to provide interactivity with viewer/users of the display systems.2. Relevant Background
There is a growing demand for displays that include 3D imagery. For example, there is a growing trend toward using 3D projection techniques in theatres and in home entertainment systems including video games and computer-based displays. In many conventional 3D projection techniques, the right eye and the left eye images are delivered separately to display the same scene or images from separate perspectives so that a viewer sees a three dimensional composite, e.g., certain characters or objects appear nearer than the screen and other appear farther away than the screen. Stereoscopy, stereoscopic imaging, and 3D imaging are labels for any technique capable of creating the illusion of depth in an image. Often, the illusion of depth in a photograph, movie, or other two-dimensional image is created
1. An apparatus for providing a multiplane display, comprising: a foreground display device with a display screen; a background display device with a display screen spaced-apart a distance from the display screen of the foreground display device; an interactivity assembly sensing user interaction with the apparatus; and a controller operating the foreground display device to display foreground content on the display screen of the foreground display device and operating the background display device to display background content on the display screen of the background display device, wherein the display screen of the foreground display device is emissive to provide light displaying the foreground content, whereby the background display device is not serving as a backlight for the foreground display device, wherein at least one of the foreground content and the background content is selected, generated, or modified by the controller based on the sensed user interaction, wherein the display screen of the foreground display device includes at least one area that is transparent, whereby a viewing window is provided in the foreground display device for viewing a portion of the background content displayed on the display screen of the background display device, and wherein in response to the sensing of the user interaction the controller modifies the foreground content to create a transparent viewing window through which light from the display screen of the background display device passes through the foreground display device or modifies the foreground to include additional translucent-to-opaque content.
12. An apparatus for providing a multiplane display, comprising: a foreground display device; a background display device parallel to and spaced-apart a distance from the foreground display device; a controller operating the foreground display device to display foreground content on the display screen of the foreground display device and operating the background display device to display background content on the display screen of the background display device, wherein the foreground display device, in response to displaying the foreground content, includes one or more regions that are at least translucent to light generated by the background display device and one or more regions that are opaque, wherein the one or more regions that are transparent to light correspond to a set of black content in the foreground content and wherein the foreground content further includes bright content generating the one or more regions that are opaque.
18. An apparatus for providing a multiplane display, comprising: a first display device operating to display first content as sets of opaque pixels and sets of transparent pixels; a second display device, spaced-apart a distance from the first display device, operating to display second content as sets of opaque pixels and sets of transparent pixels; and a controller concurrently operating the first display device to display the first content and the second display device to the second content, wherein the first and second display devices each comprises a transparent organic light emitting diode (tOLED) display device, wherein the sets of transparent pixels each correspond to a set of black content, wherein the sets of opaque pixels each corresponds to a set of white or bright content, and wherein black content in the second content is mapped to at least some of the sets of white or bright content in the first content and bright content in the second content is mapped to at least some of the sets of black content in the first content.