Autostereoscopic display device and autostereoscopic display method using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9268147-B2
Application number	US-201414273892-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2014
Priority date	Feb 12, 2014
Publication date	Feb 23, 2016
Grant date	Feb 23, 2016

Abstract

An autostereoscopic display method includes providing a plurality of projectors. Each of the projectors is configured for providing a lamp image unit, each of which has a plurality of lamp images actuated in sequence. The lamp images respectively project to different directions to form a projection angle therebetween. The lamp image units are projected onto a screen. The lamp image units are projected to a first lens array of the screen for respectively guiding the lamp image units to an image plane of the screen, such that the lamp image units are adjacent to each other and connected end to end on the image plane. At least two adjacent lamp image units are guided to the same second lenticular lens of a second lens array of the screen for enlarging and combining the projection angles and projecting the lamp image units to an observing surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An autostereoscopic display method, comprising:
providing a plurality of projectors, each of the projectors being configured for providing a lamp image unit, each of the lamp image units having a plurality of lamp images actuated in sequence, the lamp images respectively projecting to different directions to form a projection angle therebetween; and
projecting the lamp image units onto a screen, comprising:
projecting the lamp image units to a first lens array of the screen for respectively guiding the lamp image units to an image plane of the screen, such that the lamp image units are adjacent to each other and connected end to end on the image plane; and
guiding at least two adjacent of the lamp image units to the same second lenticular lens of a second lens array of the screen for enlarging and combining the projection angles of the at least two lamp image units and projecting the at least two lamp image units to an observing surface.

2. The autostereoscopic display method of claim 1 , wherein projecting the lamp image units onto the screen further comprises:
adjusting a first focus length of each of a plurality of first lenticular lenses of the first lens array and a second focus length of each of the second lenticular lenses, such that the first focus length is greater than the second focus length.

3. The autostereoscopic display method of claim 1 , wherein projecting the lamp image units onto the screen further comprises:
off-axis projecting the lamp image units, wherein the axis is an optical axis of each of a plurality of first lenticular lenses of the first lens array.

4. The autostereoscopic display method of claim 1 , wherein in the act of projecting the lamp image units to the first lens array of the screen, the lamp image units passing through the same first lenticular lens of the first lens array are not adjacent to each other on the image plane.

5. The autostereoscopic display method of claim 1 , further comprising:
arranging the projectors along a single direction or in a stacked and vertically unaligned configuration.

6. The autostereoscopic display method of claim 1 , further comprising:
collimating the lamp image units.

7. An autostereoscopic display device, comprising:
a plurality of projectors, each of the projectors being configured for providing a lamp image unit, each of the lamp image units having a plurality of lamp images actuated in sequence, the lamp images respectively projecting to different directions to form a projection angle therebetween; and
a screen having an image plane, comprising:
a first lens array configured for guiding the lamp image units to the image plane, such that the lamp image units are adjacent to each other and connected end to end on the image plane; and
a second lens array disposed opposing the first lens array, the second lens array being configured for projecting the lamp image units to an observing surface, and the second lens array comprising a plurality of second lenticular lenses, each of the second lenticular lenses being configured for enlarging and combining the projection angles of at least two of the lamp image units adjacent to each other.

8. The autostereoscopic display device of claim 7 , wherein the second lens array has a pitch, and each of the lamp image units on the image plane has a width, wherein the pitch is greater than the width.

9. The autostereoscopic display device of claim 7 , wherein the first lens array comprises a plurality of first lenticular lenses, each of the first lenticular lenses has an optical axis, and the lamp image units are off-axis from the optical axis.

10. The autostereoscopic display device of claim 7 , wherein the first lens array comprises a plurality of first lenticular lenses, and the lamp image units passing through the same first lenticular lens are not adjacent to each other on the image plane.

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Huang June-Jei

Classifications

• H04N13/305

  using lenticular lenses, e.g. arrangements of cylindrical lenses · CPC title

• H04N13/302

  for viewing without the aid of special glasses, i.e. using autostereoscopic displays · CPC title

• G02B30/27 Primary

  involving lenticular arrays · CPC title

• G03B21/602

  Lenticular screens (G03B21/625 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N13/0402

  Electricity · mapped topic