Image display device, image display viewing system and image display method

US8928740B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8928740-B2
Application numberUS-92847010-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 13, 2010
Priority dateDec 21, 2009
Publication dateJan 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 6, 2015

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An image display device includes a display panel that periodically displays different images, a shutter control portion that generates timing signals for driving shutters for a right eye and a left eye, in synchronization with the periodical display of the display panel, with respect to glasses for viewing images, the glasses being provided with the shutters for the right and left eye, a backlight that includes a light guide plate of a size corresponding to a display area of the display panel and light sources that are provided on two opposing side faces of the light guide plate and that irradiates the display panel from a rear side of the display panel, and a backlight control portion that causes the respective light sources that are provided on the two opposing side faces to blink at different timings during an opening period of the shutters.

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What is claimed is: 1. An image display device comprising: a display panel configured to periodically display a plurality of different images; a shutter control portion configured to generate timing signals for driving a right eye and a left eye shutters of a pair of viewing glasses, in synchronization with the periodical display of the display panel, the glasses being provided with the shutters for the right eye and the left eye; a backlight configured to include light source…

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What does patent US8928740B2 cover?
An image display device includes a display panel that periodically displays different images, a shutter control portion that generates timing signals for driving shutters for a right eye and a left eye, in synchronization with the periodical display of the display panel, with respect to glasses for viewing images, the glasses being provided with the shutters for the right and left eye, a backli…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ito Atsushi, Oda Kyoichiro, Sony Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G09G3/003. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).