Parallax barrier, display panel and method of manufacturing a parallax barrier

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9500871-B2
Application number	US-201113338406-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2011
Priority date	Dec 31, 2010
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

The disclosure provides a display panel comprising a parallax barrier capable of working with natural light, and the parallax barrier comprises transparent barrier provided with at least one set of pattern which is capable of switching between a light-absorbing state and a light-transmitting state, wherein when the set of pattern is the light-absorbing state, a slit grating for 3D display is formed on the transparent barrier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display panel, comprising:
a display unit,
a plurality of parallax barriers capable of working with natural light, wherein a display surface of the display unit is provided with the parallax barriers, wherein each of the parallax barriers comprising:
a transparent barrier provided with at least two sets of patterns which are capable of switching between a light-absorbing state and a light-transmitting state, wherein when one set of the patterns are in the light-absorbing state, a slit grating for 3-dimensional display is formed on the transparent barrier, and the transparent barrier comprises:
two transparent substrates that are assembled together to form a cell;
liquid medium filled between the two transparent substrates; and
transparent electrodes formed on the two transparent substrates respectively, wherein transparent electrodes on at least one of the transparent substrates comprise at least two sets of patterned electrodes which can be energized independently, and each set of patterned electrodes corresponds to one desirable observation point, and the liquid medium in regions corresponding to the patterned electrode can be present in light-absorbing state or the light-transmitting state under different conditions; and
a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a location of a viewer; and according to the location of the viewer the display panel determines which set of patterned electrodes is to be used to provide a parallax barrier so that the desirable observation point of the used patterned electrodes is closest to the location of the viewer.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit is a liquid crystal display unit, an organic light-emitting diode unit, or a plasma display panel unit.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit is a polarizing glasses display unit, or
a display surface of the display unit is provided with a polarized-light modulation plate.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein when each set of patterned electrodes are energized, the liquid medium in regions corresponding to the energized patterned electrodes is changed into a non-transparency state, forming a light-absorbing state pattern having a same shape as that of the energized patterned electrodes; or
when one set of patterned electrodes are de-energized, the liquid medium in regions corresponding to the de-energized patterned electrodes is changed into a non-transparency state, forming a light-absorbing state pattern having a same shape as that of the de-energized patterned electrodes.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein
the liquid medium comprises colored oil drops and a transparent solution, and a medium layer that can produce electrowetting effect with the liquid medium is provided on the patterned electrodes; or
the liquid medium comprises a transparent electrolyte solution and an electrochromic compound that is dissolved in the electrolyte solution; or
the liquid medium comprises transparent electrolyte containing metal microparticles, when the patterned electrodes are energized, metal microparticles in the transparent electrolyte are deposited on the patterned electrodes, which results in a non-transparent light-absorbing state pattern.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein according to the location of the viewer the display panel determines which set of patterned electrodes is to be used to provide a parallax barrier so that the desirable observation point of the used patterned electrodes is overlapped with the location of the viewer.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein one set of patterned electrodes comprise electrodes in parallel to each other, and widths of the electrodes and intervals between adjacent electrodes are in accordance with the conditions of a slit grating for naked-eye 3D display.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein at least one set of patterned electrodes are provided respectively in intervals of adjacent patterned electrodes of another set of patterned electrodes.

9. A method of manufacturing a display panel, comprising manufacturing a plurality of parallax barriers capable of working with natural light, wherein manufacturing each of the parallax barriers comprising:
forming transparent electrodes on two transparent substrates respectively, wherein transparent electrodes on at least one of the transparent substrates comprise at least two sets of patterned electrodes, each set of which can be energized independently, and each set of which corresponds to one desirable observation point;
assembling together the two transparent substrates formed with the transparent electrodes to form a cell, and filling liquid medium between the assembled transparent substrates, wherein when each set of the patterned electrodes are energized, the liquid medium in the regions corresponding to the energized patterned electrodes is changed into the non-transparency state, forming a light-absorbing state pattern having the same shape of the energized patterned electrode, or
when one set of patterned electrodes are de-energized, the liquid medium in regions corresponding to the de-energized patterned electrodes is changed into a non-transparency state, forming a light-absorbing state pattern having a same shape as that of the de-energized patterned electrodes, and
providing a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a location of a viewer, and according to the location of the viewer the display panel determines which set of patterned electrodes is to be used to provide a parallax barrier so that the desirable observation point of the used patterned electrodes is closest to the location of the viewer.

10. The method of manufacturing a display panel according to claim 9 , wherein
the liquid medium comprises colored oil drops and a transparent solution, and a medium layer that can produce electrowetting effect with the liquid medium is provided on the patterned electrodes; or
the liquid medium comprises a transparent electrolyte solution and an electrochromic compound that is dissolved in the electrolyte solution; or
the liquid medium comprises transparent electrolyte containing metal microparticles, when the patterned electrodes are energized, metal microparticles in the transparent electrolyte are deposited on the patterned electrodes, which results in a non-transparent light-absorbing state pattern.

11. The method of manufacturing a display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the transparent electrodes on one of the two transparent substrates cover the entirety of the transparent substrate; or
the transparent electrodes on one of the two transparent substrates correspond to the patterned electrodes formed on the other of the two transparent substrates.

Assignees

• Zhang Zhuo
• Wu Yanbing
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Zhuo
• Wu Yanbing

Classifications

• G02B30/27 Primary

  involving lenticular arrays · CPC title

• G02B30/25 Primary

  using polarisation techniques · CPC title

• G02B27/2214 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02B27/26

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02B30/31

  involving active parallax barriers (involving directional light or back-light sources G02B30/33) · CPC title