Three-dimensional animation display using integral photography with variable image planes

Integral photography (IP) is an attractive method of autostereoscopic 3D display because it provides continuous viewpoints and does not require any special glasses. In a conventional IP, the display system is composed of two parts: pickup and reconstruction. Using a lens array, elemental images of an object are recorded on the film and reconstructed. In a real-time IP, devices such as CCD cameras or LCD panels substitute for the film.