Author Affiliations
1Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan2Research and Education Faculty, Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan3Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japanshow less
Fig. 1. Binary PWM sequence patterns corresponding to gray levels 76, 127, and 255.
Fig. 2. Light intensities of object points reconstructed from BW-CGHs and conventional binary CGH.
Fig. 3. Assignment of the object points of the 3D object to the bit planes.
Fig. 4. Simple method for calculating the respective bit planes B0, B1, and B2.
Fig. 5. Proposed method for calculating bit planes B0, B1, and B2 by grouping the gradation values of the object points.
Fig. 6. Bit-plane flags in the respective groups.
Fig. 7. Multi-GPU cluster electroholography system with a single SLM.
Fig. 8. Pipeline processing for real-time gradation-expressible electroholography based on BW-CGH.
Fig. 9. Eight-gradation holographic 3D video reproduction using bit plans B0, B1, and B2 on a DMD.
Fig. 10. Eight-gradation holographic 3D video reproduction using the bit planes B0, B1, and B2 on a DMD.
Fig. 11. Optical setup used in the evaluation experiment.
Fig. 12. Gradation values of 3D model “Jack-o’-lantern” and “Stanford bunny.”
Fig. 13. Snapshot of a reconstructed 3D video “Jack-o’-lantern” (Data File 1).
Fig. 14. Snapshot of a reconstructed 3D video “Stanford bunny” (Data File 2).
Fig. 15. Measured light intensities obtained from the snapshots of the reconstructed 3D videos (Data File 1 and Data File 2).
CPU | Intel Core i7 7800X (Clock speed: 3.5 GHz) | Main memory | DDR4-2666 16 GB | OS | Linux (CentOS 7.6 x86_64) | Software | NVIDIA CUDA 10.1 SDK, OpenGL, MPICH 3.2 | GPU board | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
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Table 1. Specifications of the Personal Computers Comprising the Multi-GPU Cluster System
| Number of Object Points |
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Jack-o’-Lantern | Stanford Bunny |
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B0 | 96,960 | 54,302 | B1 | 100,840 | 52,758 | B2 | 97,912 | 21,857 | Group 7 | 28,488 | 7380 | Group 6 | 26,560 | 31,969 | Group 6 | 23,512 | 11,285 | Group 5 | 19,352 | 3668 | Group 4 | 23,064 | 2414 | Group 2 | 22,728 | 10,995 | Group 1 | 21,896 | 778 |
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Table 2. Number of the Object Points of 3D Models for the Duplicate Calculation and the Proposed Methods
| Display Time Interval [ms] | Speed-up |
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Duplicate Calculation Method | Proposed Method |
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Jack-o’-lantern | 591.18 | 335.95 | 1.76 | Stanford bunny | 264.15 | 141.53 | 1.87 |
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Table 3. Comparison of the Display Time Interval using a PC with a Single GPU
| Display Time Interval [ms] | Speed-up |
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Duplicate Calculation Method | Proposed Method |
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Jack-o’-lantern | 57.21 | 29.89 | 1.91 | Stanford bunny | 29.87 | 13.49 | 2.21 |
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Table 4. Comparison of the Display Time Interval using the Multi-GPU Cluster System