Display device and driving method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12142171-B2
Application number	US-202018252341-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2020
Priority date	Dec 21, 2020
Publication date	Nov 12, 2024
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024

Abstract

Provided are a display device and a driving method therefor. Each pixel island in a display panel is divided into a plurality of sub-pixel subdivision units, different monocular viewpoint images are formed by rendering different grayscales for different sub-pixel subdivision units, and a main lobe angle of each lens is adjusted to satisfy that the monocular viewpoint images displayed by the sub-pixel subdivision units in a pixel island are projected to a corresponding independent visible region respectively through different lenses to form a viewpoint, so as to satisfy conditions for achieving super-multi-viewpoint 3D display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a display panel comprising a plurality of pixel islands, wherein each of the pixel islands comprises a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array, the plurality of sub-pixels in each of the pixel islands are divided into a plurality of sub-pixel subdivision units arranged in a row direction, each of the sub-pixel subdivision units is configured to display a monocular view image, and the sub-pixel subdivision units in one pixel island are configured to alternately display a left eye view image and a right eye view image in the row direction; and
a light splitting device on a side of a display surface of the display panel, and comprising a plurality of lenses arranged in an array, wherein one pixel island corresponds to one lens, a main lobe angle of each of the lenses satisfies that monocular view images displayed by the sub-pixel subdivision units in one pixel island are projected onto a corresponding independent visible region by means of different lenses to form a view separately, a quantity of views comprised in one independent visible region is not less than 2, and a width of each view in the row direction formed by projecting the monocular view image displayed by each of the sub-pixel subdivision units onto the independent visible region by means of the lens is less than a monocular pupil diameter;
wherein the lenses are columnar lenses, and a diameter of one lens is less than a width of one pixel island in the row direction; and
a central point of the pixel island at a central position of the display panel and a central point of the corresponding lens coincide with each other, and the lenses of the light splitting device are ranged closely.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter P of each of the lenses and the width D of the pixel island in the row direction satisfy the following relation:

P
D

=

L

L
+
H

;

wherein L represents a distance between the independent visible region and the light splitting device, and H represents a distance between the pixel island and the lens.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the width of each view in the row direction formed by projecting the monocular view image displayed by each of the sub-pixel subdivision units onto the independent visible region by means of the lens is less than or equal to 3.2 mm, and a curvature radius of each of the lenses ranges from 1.86 mm to 2.02 mm.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the left eye view image and the right eye view image displayed by two sub-pixel subdivision units respectively are projected onto two independent visible regions respectively where a left eye and a right eye of a viewer are located by means of adjacent lenses.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the left eye view image and the right eye view image displayed by two sub-pixel subdivision units respectively are projected onto two independent visible regions respectively where a left eye and a right eye of a viewer are located by means of two lenses separated by n lenses, and n is greater than or equal to 1 and is an integer.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein a width Q of the independent visible region in the row direction and a pupil distance E between the left eye and the right eye of the viewer satisfy the following relation:

Q
=

E

2
⁢
n

+
1

;

wherein Q≥8 mm, n represents a quantity of lenses separating the two lenses through which the left eye view image and the right eye view image displayed by the two sub-pixel subdivision units respectively are projected onto the left eye and the right eye of the viewer respectively, and E has a value range of 58 mm-78 mm.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein a quantity k of the sub-pixel subdivision units in one pixel island and the width Q of the independent visible region in the row direction satisfy the following relation:

Q
=

k
⁢

e

2
⁢
m

;

wherein m represents the quantity of views comprised in one independent visible region, m≥2; and e represents the monocular pupil diameter, and has a value range of 3 mm-5 mm.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an eye tracker configured to determine whether a viewing region where the left eye and the right eye are located is located in a central region of the display panel; and
an image processor configured to switch the pixel islands of the display panel to display a light field image in response to that the viewing region where the left eye and the right eye are located is located in the central region of the display panel, and to switch the pixel islands of the display panel to display a super multi-view three-dimensional image in response to that the viewing region where the left eye and the right eye are located is located in an edge region of the display panel.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the image processor is further configured to control, in response to that the viewing region where the left eye and the right eye are located is located in the edge region of the display panel, sub-pixel subdivision units corresponding to views in the two independent visible regions where the left eye and the right eye of the viewer are located to display the left eye view image and the right eye view image respectively, and to control remaining sub-pixel subdivision units to display a black gray scale image.

10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the eye tracker is further configured to determine whether the viewing region where the left eye and the right eye are located is located in a space in which an included angle between the viewing region and a center line of the display panel is within 15°.

11. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the eye tracker comprises a camera below the central region of the display panel.

12. A driving method for the display device according to claim 1 , comprising:
determining whether a viewing region where a left eye and a right eye are located is located in a central region of a display panel; and
switching pixel islands of the display panel to display a light field image in response to that the viewing region where the left eye and the right eye are located is located in the central region of the display panel; and
switching the pixel islands of the display panel to display a super multi-view three-dimensional image in response to that the vi

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhou Chunmiao
• Hong Tao
• Peng Kuanjun

Classifications

• G09G2354/00

  Aspects of interface with display user · CPC title

• G09G2320/028

  by changing the viewing angle properties, e.g. widening the viewing angle, adapting the viewing angle to the view direction · CPC title

• G09G2320/0209

  Crosstalk reduction, i.e. to reduce direct or indirect influences of signals directed to a certain pixel of the displayed image on other pixels of said image, inclusive of influences affecting pixels in different frames or fields or sub-images which constitute a same image, e.g. left and right images of a stereoscopic display · CPC title

• G09G3/2074

  using sub-pixels · CPC title

• G06F3/013

  Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence) · CPC title