Creating of autostereoscopic displays with random lenticulars by hyperview approach

An autostereoscopic display is defined by a certain design of an optical element. This optical element (usually a lenticular or parallax barrier) is calculated and designed according to certain display parameters, a fixed viewing distance and a firm number of perspective views. The conventional development strategy determines the creation of a customized lenticular sheet according to the 3D parameters. This requires the engraving of an embossing tool by diamond machining and results in high nonrecurring costs. In addition, the 3D display is settled to the specified viewing parameters. The hyperview approach allows to dissolve this inflexible symbiosis of predefined hardware and desired 3D viewing position by adaption of the screen image according to any randomly selected lenticular. Also it will be shown that even an unsuitable and maladjusted lenticular can be used as 3D optic for a flat panel display for different viewing distances by adjusting the hyperview parameters.