Abstract
A personalized holographic stereogram printing system has been developed. The system consists of an image processing PC, a system control device and a desktop one-step holographic stereogram printer. It takes less than 90 seconds including file-loading time to obtain a horizontal-parallax-only hologram image 30 mm × 22.4 mm on photopolymer film. The system is capable of producing not only reflection type holograms but also edge-lit type holograms by making a small change to the printer head. As applications of the edge-lit hologram, we propose a 360 degrees viewable cylindrical hologram and a compact edge-lit hologram viewer. The system can be applied to many applications such as portraiture, computer graphics, identification, computer aided design, visualization, medical imaging and so on. We will also describe about the consumer applications that will enable us to easily put personalized contents into the hologram via the Internet.
