Three-Dimensional Imaging Techniques

PrefaceAcknowledgments1 Introduction 1.1 History of Information Media 1.2 Definition of Three-Dimensional Imaging 1.3 Classification of Three-Dimensional Imaging Techniques 1.4 Organization of This Book2 History of Three-Dimensional Imaging Techniques 2.1 Prehistory 2.2 Stereoscopes 2.3 Parallax Barriers 2.4 Integral Photography (IP) 2.5 Lenticular-Sheet Three-Dimensional Pictures 2.6 Holography 2.7 Projection-Type Three-Dimensional Displays 2.8 Three-Dimensional Movies 2.9 Summary References3 Physiology and Psychology of Depth Perception 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Human Eyes 3.3 Physiological and Psychological Cues of Depth Perception 3.4 Some Recent Studies on Depth Perception References4 Lens-Sheet Three-Dimensional Pictures 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Recording of Lens-Sheet Three-Dimensional Pictures 4.3 Optimum Design of Lenticular-Sheet Pictures 4.4 Optimum Design of Integral Photography 4.5 Beaded-Plate Integral Photography 4.6 Future Engineering Tasks Related to Lens-Sheet Three-Dimensional Pictures 4.7 Summary Appendix Aberration in Spherical/Cylindrical Lens Systems References5 Projection-Type Three-Dimensional Displays 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Principle of Projection-Type Three-Dimensional Displays 5.3 Classification of Direction-Selective Screens 5.4 Inversion between Orthoscopic and Pseudoscopic Images Using an Autocollimating Screen 5.5 Optimum Design of a Projection System 5.6 Diffuser-Backed Lenticular Screens 5.7 Triple-Mirror Screen and Curved Triple-Mirror Screen 5.8 Summary Appendix Derivation of Reflection Matrices and Reflection-Ray Vectors of a CTM Screen References6 Holography 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Principle of Holography 6.3 Various Holography Techniques 6.4 Theory of Imaging in a Holographic System 6.5 Interference Fringes Formed in a Hologram 6.6 Image Reconstruction from a Volume Hologram 6.7 Efficiency of Holography 6.8 Resolution of Holography 6.9 Noise in Holography 6.10 White-Light Recording of a Hologram 6.11 White-Light Reconstruction of an Image from a Hologram 6.12 Image Holography 6.13 Color Holography 6.14 Light Sources 6.15 Hologram Recording Materials 6.16 Summary Appendix I Analysis of a Fourier-Transform Hologram with Lens Appendix II Analysis of the Resolution of an Image Reconstructed from a Finite Hologram Appendix III Derivation of the Speckle-Noise Formula References7 Information Recorded in Three-Dimensional Images and Its Reduction 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Basic Properties of Focusing of a Light Beam in Image Space 7.3 Sampling Point Number of a Hologram 7.4 Sampling Point Number in Integral Photography 7.5 Sampling Point Number in Multiple Photography 7.6 Summary of Computations of P and M 7.7 Information Reduction in Integral Photography 7.8 Information Reduction in Holography 7.9 Summary References8 Miscellaneous Three-Dimensional Imaging Techniques 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Computer-Generated Holograms 8.3 Computer-Generated Integral Photograph 8.4 Binocular Stereoscopic Display of Computer Outputs 8.5 Varifocal Mirrors 8.6 Three-Dimensional X-Ray Imaging 8.7 Holographic Screen 8.8 Binocular Stereoscopic Television 8.9 Autostereoscopic Three-Dimensional Television 8.10 Other Three-Dimensional Imaging Techniques References9 ConclusionIndex