his report proposes a three-dimensional/two-dimensional switchable augmented-reality display system using a liquid crystalline lens array and an electrical polarizer. A depth camera that is connected to the proposed augmented-reality display system acquires the three-dimensional or two-dimensional information of the real objects. Here, the dual function liquid-crystalline lens array is switched its function according to the polarizing directions of an electrical polarizer. The proposed system's overall procedure is as follows: the depth camera captures the depth/color, or only color image according to the switcher of a polarizer, and the three-dimensional or two-dimensional images are displayed separately on the augmented-reality display system. It gives an opportunity that three-dimensional and two-dimensional modes can be switched automatically. In the two-dimensional mode, the captured color image of a real object is displayed directly. In the three-dimensional mode, the elemental image array is generated from the depth and color images and reconstructed as a three-dimensional image by the liquid-crystalline microlens array of a proposed augmented-reality display system. Even the proposed system cannot be implemented the real-time display in the three dimensional mode, the direction-inversed computation method generates the elemental image arrays of the real object within a possible short time.
The improvement of holographic waveguide-type two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) convertible augmentedreality (AR) display system using the liquid-crystalline polymer microlens array (LCP-MA) with electro-switching polarizer is proposed. The LCP-MA has the properties such as a small focal ratio, high fill factor, low driving voltage, and fast switching speed, which utilizes a well-aligned reactive mesogen on the imprinted reverse shape of the lens and a polarization switching layer. In the case of the holographic waveguide, two holographic optical elements (HOE) films are located at the input and output parts of the waveguide. These two HOEs have functions like mirror and magnifiers. Therefore, it reflects the transmitted light beams through the waveguide to the observer's eye as the reconstructed images. The proposed system has some common features like holographic AR display’s lightweight, thin size, and the observer can see the 2D/3D convertible images according to the direction of the electro-switching polarizer, with the real-world scenes at the same time. In the experiment, the AR system has been successfully verified that the real-world scene and reconstructed 2D/3D images were observed simultaneously.
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