Directive colour filter and naked-eye 3d display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018321500-A1
Application number	US-201515774794-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 31, 2015
Priority date	Nov 13, 2015
Publication date	Nov 8, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A directive colour filter and a naked-eye 3D display apparatus are provided. The directive colour filter includes a colour filter and a directive functional structure layer. The colour filter includes multiple light filtering units, and each light filtering unit includes at least three light filtering sub-units with different colours. The directive functional structure layer includes multiple structure units, and each structure unit and one light filtering unit are arranged correspondingly. Each structure unit includes at least three structure sub-units. Each structure sub-unit and one light filtering sub-unit are arranged correspondingly. Each structure sub-unit includes multiple nano diffraction gratings.

First claim

1 . A directional color filter, comprising:
a color filter comprising a plurality of filtering units, wherein each of the filtering units comprises at least three filtering subunits for different colors, colors of light transmitted through the filtering subunits for the same color are the same; and a directional function structure layer arranged on a light emitting surface of the color filter and comprising a plurality of structure units, wherein each of the structure units is arranged corresponding to one of the filtering units, each of the structure units comprises at least three structure subunits, each of the structure subunits is arranged corresponding to one of the filtering subunits, wherein light transmitted through each of the filtering subunits is incident to a corresponding one of the structure subunits, wherein each of the structure subunits comprises a plurality of nanometer diffraction gratings; nanometer diffraction gratings in the same structure subunit have different periods and different orientation angles, wherein light with the same color transmitted through the same structure subunit has different viewing angles; and nanometer diffraction gratings at a same position in structure subunits in the same filtering unit corresponding to filtering subunits for different colors have different periods and different orientation angles, wherein light with different colors for compositing an image with a same viewing angle has the same viewing angle.

2 . The directional color filter according to claim 1 , wherein
the filtering unit comprises a red filtering subunit, a green filtering subunit and a blue filtering subunit, the red filtering subunit transmits only red light, the green filtering subunit transmits only green light, and the blue filtering subunit transmits only blue light; and the structure unit comprises a first structure subunit, a second structure subunit and a third structure subunit, the first structure subunit is arranged corresponding to the red filtering subunit, the second structure subunit is arranged corresponding to the green filtering subunit, and the third structure subunit is arranged corresponding to the blue filtering subunit.

3 . The directional color filter according to claim 2 , wherein the period and the orientation angle of the nanometer diffraction grating are determined based on a wavelength and an incident angle of incident light, as well as a diffraction angle and a diffraction azimuth angle of diffracted light.

4 . The directional color filter according to claim 1 , wherein the directional color filter is fabricated by a photolithography technology, an ultraviolet continuous variable space-frequency photolithography technology, or a nanoimprint technology.

5 . The directional color filter according to claim 1 , wherein a viewpoint of the directional color filter has a field angle equal to or greater than 150 degrees.

6 . The directional color filter according to claim 1 , wherein the period of the nanometer diffraction grating in the directional color filter ranges from 300 nanometers to 3 micrometers.

7 . A naked-eye 3D display device, comprising:
the directional color filter according to claim 1 , wherein the directional color filter adjusts phases of laser light transmitted through the filtering subunits and the corresponding structure subunits, and wherein light with the same color transmitted through the same filtering subunit has different viewing angles and light with different colors for compositing an image with a same viewing angle has the same viewing angle; a light source array arranged on a light incident side of the directional color filter and comprising at least three types of laser point light sources, wherein different types of laser point light sources emit laser light with different colors, the laser point light source is configured to emit, at a preset position, laser light to be incident to the directional color filter at a preset angle; and a liquid crystal display panel arranged on a light emitting side of the directional color filter and comprising a plurality of pixel units, wherein each of the pixel units comprises at least three subpixels, each of the pixel units is arranged corresponding to one of the filtering units, subpixels in the same pixel unit are arranged corresponding to filtering subunits in the filtering unit corresponding to the pixel unit in a one-to-one correspondence; and the liquid crystal display panel adjusts amplitudes of laser light transmitted through the subpixels, wherein light with different colors and having a same viewing angle composites an image with the same viewing angle and images with different viewing angles composite a 3D display image.

8 . The naked-eye 3D display device according to claim 7 , wherein the laser point light source comprises:
a laser device configured to emit the laser light, and a laser beam expander arranged on a light emitting path of the laser device, wherein the laser beam expander is configured to expand a diameter of the laser light, and wherein the laser light is irradiated onto an entire panel of the directional color filter.

9 . The naked-eye 3D display device according to claim 8 , wherein the light source array comprises a red laser point light source emitting red light, a green laser point light source emitting green light, and a blue laser point light source emitting blue light.

10 . The naked-eye 3D display device according to claim 9 , wherein
the at least three filtering subunits for different colors comprise a red filtering subunit, a green filtering subunit and a blue filtering subunit, the red filtering subunit transmits only red laser light, the green filtering subunit transmits only green laser light, and the blue filtering subunit transmits only blue laser light; the at least three structure subunits comprise a first structure subunit, a second structure subunit and a third structure subunit; the at least three subpixels comprise a red subpixel, a green subpixel and a blue subpixel; and the red subpixel is arranged corresponding to the first structure subunit and the red filtering subunit, the green subpixel is arranged corresponding to the second structure subunit and the green filtering subunit, and the blue subpixel is arranged corresponding to the third structure subunit and the blue filtering subunit.

11 . The naked-eye 3D display device according to claim 7 , wherein
the filtering unit comprises a red filtering subunit, a green filtering subunit and a blue filtering subunit, the red filtering subunit transmits only red light, the green filtering subunit transmits only green light, and the blue filtering subunit transmits only blue light; and the structure unit comprises a first structure subunit, a second structure subunit and a third structure subunit, the first structure subunit is arranged corresponding to the red filtering subunit, the second structure subunit is arranged corresponding to the green filtering subunit, and the third structure subunit is arranged corresponding to the blue filtering subunit.

12 . The naked-eye 3D display device according to claim 11 , wherein the period and the orientation angle of the nanometer diffraction grating are determined based on a wavelength and an incident angle of incident light, as well as a diffraction angle and a diffraction azimuth angle of diffracted light.

13 . The naked-eye 3D display device according to claim 7 , wherein the directional color filter is fabricated by a photolithography technology, an ultraviolet continuous variable space-frequency photolithography technology, or a nanoimprint technology.

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Assignees

• Svg Optronics Co Ltd
• Univ Soochow

Inventors

• Chen Linsen
• Qiao Wen
• Zhu Ming
• Wan Wenqiang
• Huang Wenbin
• Pu Donglin
• Zhu Pengfei

Classifications

• G02B5/201 Primary

  in the form of arrays · CPC title

• G02F1/133516

  Methods for their manufacture, e.g. printing, electro-deposition or photolithography · CPC title

• G02F1/133514

  Colour filters · CPC title

• G02F2203/055

  wavelength filtering · CPC title

• G02B5/204

  in which spectral selection is performed by means of a conductive grid or array, e.g. frequency selective surfaces (for use with wavelengths longer than the infrared light H01Q15/0006) · CPC title