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08/23/11 8:49 PM

#7751 RE: iMavrick #7750

On another note. I've been following the progress on the most recent patent filing by 3dicon. It's purpose is to increase the protection of Cspace . Well, as of Aug 5th, it has been given A Notice of Allowance by the Patent office. This means that as long as the $755 fee is paid, Refai will have his second patent on Cspace. So though we don't here much from the company, things continue to progress. In I'd say about 3 months, we will have our 3rd patent(2 that matter). I say 3 months, because that's about how long it took from Allowance to Issuance on the patent last year. I think this is great for the company and its shareholders.

Claim #16 adresses the polychromatic display capability and is in bold italics. I think the issues you are referring to are addressed in claim #23 which refers to data communication with an outside source. The claim does not address a problem with this capability. It is also in bold italics. Hope this clarifies the technological progress outlined by the claims of the patent.


Here are the 33 claims of the new patent.

1. A light surface display for providing a three-dimensional image, comprising: a plurality of particles suspended within a volumetric display; a first projection system projecting sequential 2D image slices of electromagnetic energy of a first wavelength along the length and width of the volumetric display energizing; a second projection system projecting translational slices of electromagnetic energy of a second wavelength intersecting with the energized particles across the depth of the volumetric display to form sequential two-dimensional cross sections at specific locations in the volumetric display, the first and second wavelengths being different; and, a control system synchronizing the projection of the first projection system and the second projection system such that the sequential 2D image slices and the translational slices energize the particles for a pre-determined length of time so that the particles illuminate to form an illuminated three dimensional image.

2. The display of claim 1, further comprising a medium substantially transparent and dispersed within the volumetric display wherein the particles are suspended within the medium.

3. The display of claim 2, wherein the medium is an aerogel matrix.

4. The display of claim 2, wherein at least a portion of the aerogel medium is composed of an inorganic substance.

5. The display of claim 2, wherein at least a portion of the aerogel medium is composed of an organic substance.

6. The display of claim 2, wherein the medium is an xerogel matrix.

7. The display of claim 6, wherein at least a portion of the xerogel matrix is composed of an inorganic substance.

8. The display of claim 6, wherein at least a portion of the xerogel matrix is composed of an organic substance.

9. The display of claim 2, wherein the medium is a transparent glass ceramic matrix, a portion of transparent glass ceramic matrix composed of an organic substance.

10. The display of claim 1, wherein the particles are quantum dots.

11. The display of claim 1, wherein the particles are upconversion materials.

12. The display of claim 11, wherein the upconversion materials includes a host material doped with a sensitizer and rare-earth ions.

13. The display of claim 12, wherein the sensitizer is Ytterbium.

14. The display of claim 12, wherein the rare-earth ions are lanthanides.

15. The display of claim 1, wherein the particles are upconversion materials suspended within an aerogel matrix.

16. The display of claim 15, wherein the display produces a polychromatic three-dimensional image.

17. The display of claim 1, wherein the first projection system includes at least one digital light processing projector.

18. The display of claim 1, wherein the second projection system includes at least one digital light processing projector having a digital micro-mirror device containing an array of micromechanical mirrors.

19. The display of claim 18, wherein the micro-mirror device is used in dithering the translational slices of electromagnetic energy.

20. The display of claim 1, wherein the first projection system projects wavelengths for a pre-determined amount of time prior to the second projection system projecting wavelengths intersecting the energized particles.

21. The display of claim 1, wherein power of the first projection system is modulated to vary the intensity of electromagnetic energy of the wavelengths along the length and width of the volumetric display.

22. The display of claim 1, wherein the first projection system includes a beam steering system for directing the wavelengths of the first projection system.

23. The display of claim 1, wherein the control system is in communication with an external source to download images.

24. The display of claim 1, further comprising a housing supporting the volumetric display.

25. The display of claim 24, wherein the housing includes an electromagnetic radiation filter.

26. A method of producing a three-dimensional image, comprising: energizing particles suspended within a volumetric display sequentially along the length and width of the volumetric display through projection of electromagnetic energy of a first wavelength, the energized particles forming a series of 2D image slices; intersecting the energized particles through projection of electromagnetic energy of a second wavelength in a series of translational slices along the depth of the volumetric display to form sequential two-dimensional cross sections at specific locations in the volumetric display, the first and second wavelengths being different; and, synchronizing the projection of electromagnetic energy along the length and width of the volumetric display with the projection of electromagnetic energy along the depth of the volumetric display for a pre-determined length of time forming an illuminated three-dimensional image.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein projection of electromagnetic energy of one or more wavelengths is performed by a first projection system including a single digital light processor.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein power of the first projection system is modulated to provide variable brightness of the image.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein the projection of electromagnetic energy of one or more wavelengths along the depth of the volumetric display is performed by a second projection system including a single digital light processor having a digital micromirror device with an array of micromechanical mirrors.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising the step of dithering the micromechanical mirrors to provide variable brightness of the image

31. The method of claim 26, further comprising the step of providing a pre-determined time-delay before intersecting the energized particles through projection of electromagnetic energy of one or more wavelengths along the depth of the volumetric display.

32. The method of claim 26, wherein the particles are supported by an aerogel matrix.

33. The method of claim 26, wherein the particles are substantially uniformly suspended
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rbairos

08/24/11 11:30 AM

#7755 RE: iMavrick #7750

You wouldn't multiply by 256 bits in that case, but by 8, I think you mean to say.
For 24-bit colour, you'd multiply by 3 bytes.
So total bandwidth for 24 bit color is: 1k x 1k x 1k x 60 x 3
= 180 gigabytes per second.

A lot!
But there's no reason would couldn't bring that down by orders of magnitude and still have a very commercially useful device.

ie:

512 x 512 x 512 x 10fps x 8bit color(256 grey levels)
= 1.25 gigabytes/sec

Cheers.


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08/24/11 1:11 PM

#7758 RE: iMavrick #7750

The following websites contain information pertaining to 3D volumetric displays. It looks as if Sony is 'in it to win it.' How is their Ray Modeler different from Cspace?
Obviously, full color has been achieved. It seems the common obstacles among researchers are scalability and low-costs. Who will be the first to market? Regardless of who is first, I still think 3Dicon will have their piece of the pie. Once perfected, it is unimaginable how big this technology is going to become over time!!!

Sony RayModeler, a 360-Degree Autostereoscopic Display Prototype

http://www.best3dmonitor.net/sony-raymodeler-a-360-degree-autostereoscopic-display-prototype.php

The following is a 3D display proposal for Nasa, by Xigen,

http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/SBIR/abstracts/07/sbir/phase1/SBIR-07-1-S6.05-9973.html?solicitationId=SBIR_07_P1

POTENTIAL NON-NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
The volumetric 3D display is a fundamental technological breakthrough that could change the way human being viewing complex information, thus has profound impact on the society advancement. The unique advantages of the proposed static screen volumetric 3D display technology include:
* No moving screen;
* Inherent parallel mechanism for 3D voxel addressing;
* High spatial resolution;
* Full color display is easy to implement
* Fine voxel size (at a sub-millimeter level);
* No blind spot on the display volume and the display volume can be of arbitrary shape.
* Simple and elegant system structure design;
* No special viewing glasses or any special eyewear is needed to view the 3D images;
* No image jitter affect that is associated with moving screen;
* Low-cost and low-maintenance.

The market for volumetric 3D display systems is sizable, and applications are enormous, including both military (e.g. air traffic control, battle management, space vehicle and submarine navigation, telemedicine in battle field) and commercial (e.g., 3D TV, virtual reality, computer aided design, visualization of multidimensional data, medical imaging, surgery assistance, education, scientific computing, video games, stadium displays, etc.) The 3D display systems will provide a new level of realism and literally add a new dimension to the dynamic interaction between human and the world around us.

It looks as if Xigen was able to rise to the occassion.

http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/9432