SBIR Phase I: Three Dimensional Volumetric Image Display = A New Computer Display for Information Visualization

* 9660965曹 该小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目是开发一种新的计算机显示器，称为体积图像显示器（VID），能够在空间区域中显示三维（3D）体积图像。许多观众可以在显示器周围走动，同时从全方位观看图像。图像是真实的，不需要眼镜。这项正在申请专利的技术旨在解决使用传统计算机显示器的当前3D可视化中遇到的问题。 本研究的目的是研究， 测试和演示体积图像显示器硬件系统，以开发用于3D数据处理和显示的软件工具原型。并研究和设计显示高分辨率灰度和彩色图像所需的系统组件。一个低分辨率的原型已经建立和测试，以展示简单的体积三维图像的基本概念。在本研究中，将建立一个基于铁电液晶（FLC）图像面板的中等分辨率VID原型。将开发一套软件工具原型，用于在VID原型上处理和显示3D数据。在第一阶段工作完成后，该系统将成为第一个能够使用FLC设备显示512 x 256 x 400体素单色图像的体积显示领域。 以后，该系统将能够显示灰度和彩色图像。 所提出的技术方法的新奇可以使VID系统成为用于实际使用的第一个商业容量显示器。 潜在的应用包括计算机辅助设计在汽车工业，建筑，分子研究，娱乐，如娱乐机，3D游戏机，广告显示，医学成像和天气监测。 ***

*** 9660965 Tsao This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project is to develop a new computer display, called Volumetric Image Display (VID) capable of displaying three-dimensional (3D) volumetric images in a spatial region. Many viewers can walk around the display and see the image from omni-directions simultaneously. The image is real and no glasses are required. This patent pending technology is directed at solving problems encountered in current 3D visualization using conventional computer displays. The objectives of this research are to study, test, and demonstrate the Volumetric Image Display, hardware system, to develop software tool prototypes for 3D data processing and displaying. and to study and design the system components required for displaying high resolution images with gray scale and colors. A low-resolution prototype has been built and tested to demonstrate the basic concept by showing simple volumetric 3D images. In this research, a moderate-resolution VID prototype based on a FLC (ferroelectric liquid crystal) image panel will be built. A set of software tool prototypes will be developed for processing and displaying 3D data on the VID prototype. At the completion of the Phase I work, the system will be the first in the field of volume display capable of 512 x 256 x 400 voxels monochrome image using a FLC device. Later, the system will be able to display gray scale and color images. The novelty of the proposed technical approach can make the VID system the first commercial volume display for practical use. Potential applications include computer aided design in auto-industry, architecture, molecular research, entertainment such as amusement machines, 3D game machines, advertising displays, medical imaging, and weather monitoring. ***