Google patents 3D screens that dim edges to stop blurry images
Google has filed a patent for a 3D display that works without special glasses. It creates separate images for your left and right eyes by controlling which tiny screen pixels light up. The system dims the edges of these pixel groups to prevent the images from mixing together, which keeps the 3D effect sharp.
In the filing’s own words
An autostereoscopic display system may determine a stereoscopic pair of images, the stereoscopic pair of images including a left eye image and a right eye image. The autostereoscopic display system may determine first lighting parameters for a first subset of subpixels for forming the left eye image and second lighting parameters for a second subset of subpixels for forming the right eye image, wherein the first lighting parameters include a first intensity profile that includes a reduced intensity at a periphery of the first subset of subpixels to thereby reduce crosstalk.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method of operating an autostereoscopic display, the method comprising: determining a stereoscopic image pair, the stereoscopic image pair including a left eye image and a right eye image; identifying a first subset of a plurality of subpixels for forming the left eye image; and applying a first intensity profile to the first subset that includes a reduced intensity at a periphery of the left eye image to thereby reduce crosstalk.
Facts
- Company
- Google (GOOGLE LLC)
- Official title
- AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME
- Publication number
- US20260281293A1
- Application number
- 19561018
- Filed
- Mar 9, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 13/125 Electricity & electronicsH04N 13/156 Electricity & electronicsH04N 13/368 Electricity & electronicsH04N 13/398 Electricity & electronicsH04N 13/305 Electricity & electronicsMore from Google in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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