3D television system based on Integral Photography

Abstract

Integral Photography (IP) is a photographic technique in which a lens array consisting of a large number of tiny lenses is used to capture and display three-dimensional (3D) images [1]. The displayed 3D images are optical real images, which give a natural 3D feeling in principle, without special viewing glasses. This is considered to be a suitable 3D display method for future 3D television systems. This paper describes an integral 3D television system in which Super Hi-Vision [2] is applied to IP.