Multi-layered Display Silhouette Reduction via Contextual Layering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multi-focal plane displays face interference issues when overlapping images from different layers, leading to reduced clarity and visibility due to the visibility of silhouettes from off-center viewing angles, which affects the depth perception and overall display quality.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method for generating images on a multi-layered display, where a graphical object is displayed on one layer with a silhouette composed of contextual elements on the overlapping layer, using RGB and alpha values to create a composite image that enhances visibility by making the silhouette less detectable from off-center positions, and manipulating boundaries to reduce depth separation awareness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple display layers are overlapped to create depth effects, then depth perception capability is improved, but image clarity and visibility deteriorate due to silhouette interference from off-center viewing angles
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into multiple independent display layers, each capable of displaying specific image components. The foreground layer displays primary graphical objects while the background layer displays contextual elements, allowing selective rendering and reducing interference between layers.
Solution Approach 2:
Different display layers are assigned different optical properties and rendering characteristics. The foreground layer uses higher opacity for clear object definition, while the background layer uses lower opacity for subtle contextual information, creating local quality variations that optimize both depth perception and image clarity.
2Length of stationary object
If display layers are positioned closer together to reduce display thickness, then device compactness is improved, but silhouette visibility from off-center angles increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a new dimension of control by varying the opacity parameter across different display layers and positional regions. This allows compensation for the reduced physical separation between layers by using optical property variation to maintain layer distinction and reduce silhouette effects.
3Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If foreground objects are rendered with high opacity for clear visibility, then object detectability is improved, but background contextual elements become invisible through the overlapping layer
Solution Approach 1:
The visual information is segmented across multiple display layers, with the foreground layer displaying primary objects at high opacity and the background layer displaying contextual elements at lower opacity. This segmentation allows both foreground detectability and background visibility to be optimized independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The background display layer acts as an intermediary that provides contextual information without completely obscuring the foreground layer. By controlling the opacity at appropriate levels, it mediates between the need for foreground visibility and background information delivery.
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AI summary
A method, system, computer software and display for generating and displaying a target image (14) on a multi-layered display (1). The target image (14) includes a graphical object (9) displayed on a first display layer (2) of the multi-layered display (1) and contextual elements (10) displayed on a second display layer (3). The graphical object (9) is provided with a peripheral boundary region (12) composed of contextual elements (10) displayed on the second display layer (3). A projection of the peripheral boundary region (12) on the first display layer (2) demarcates a silhouette (11) on the second display layer (3).