Three-dimensional image display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9581825-B2
Application number	US-201514635688-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2015
Priority date	Jul 2, 2014
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

A three-dimensional image display device includes a display panel including M×N pixels arranged in M rows by N columns, displaying kn viewpoint images, and configured to display a color image using L primary colors. The display panel also includes a viewpoint forming unit including L viewpoint forming devices arranged in a row direction and configured to separate the kn viewpoint images at different angles to project the kn viewpoint images on corresponding viewing zones.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A three-dimensional image display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a dot including M×N pixels arranged in M rows by N columns, displaying kn viewpoint images, and configured to display a color image using L primary colors; and
a viewpoint forming unit comprising L viewpoint forming devices per dot arranged in a row direction and configured to separate the kn viewpoint images at different angles to project the kn viewpoint images on corresponding viewing zones,
wherein
each of the viewpoint forming devices has a pitch (P) satisfying the following Equation:

O
<
P
≤

N
·
Wh

L

 in the row direction, where “Wh” indicates a width in the row direction of each of the pixels.

2. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 1 , wherein the number (kn) of the viewpoint images satisfies the following Equation:

kn
=

(

M
×
N

)

L

.

3. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 2 , wherein L=3.

4. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 3 , wherein N is a multiple of three.

5. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 4 , wherein the dot comprises:
kn red pixels respectively configured to display red images of the kn viewpoint images;
kn green pixels respectively configured to display green images of the kn viewpoint images; and
kn blue pixels respectively configured to display blue images of the kn viewpoint images.

6. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 5 , wherein the dot further comprises first, second, and third sub-dots sequentially arranged in the row direction, the first sub-dot comprises the pixels arranged in first to

(

N
3

)

⁢
th
⁢

⁢
columns

,

the second sub-dot comprises the pixels arranged in

(

N
3

+
1

)

⁢
th
⁢

⁢
to
⁢

⁢

(

2
3

⁢
N

)

⁢
th
⁢

⁢
columns

,

and the third sub-dot comprises the pixels arranged in

(

2
3

⁢
N

+
1

)

to N-th columns.

7. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 6 , wherein:
the first sub-dot comprises kn/2 red pixels of the kn red pixels, kn/4 green pixels of the kn green pixels, and kn/4 blue pixels of the kn blue pixels;
the second sub-dot comprises kn/4 red pixels of the kn red pixels, kn/2 green pixels of the kn green pixels, and kn/4 blue pixels of the kn blue pixels; and
the third sub-dot comprises kn/4 red pixels of the kn red pixels, kn/4 green pixels of the kn green pixels, and kn/2 blue pixels of the kn blue pixels.

8. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 7 , wherein the red, green, and blue pixels are repeatedly arranged in the row direction.

9. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 8 , wherein N is not a multiple of nine.

10. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 9 , wherein the red pixels, the green pixels, and the blue pixels display different viewpoint images.

11. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 4 , wherein each of the viewpoint forming devices comprises a long axis inclined with respect to a column direction of the pixels at an angle (⊖), the angle (⊖) satisfying the following Equation:

tan
⁢

⁢
θ

=

b
×
Wh

a
×
Wv

,

 where “Wh” denotes the width in the row direction of each of the pixels, “Wv” denotes a width in the column direction of each of the pixels, and each of “a” and “b” is a natural number.

12. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 11 , wherein M=four.

13. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 12 , wherein “a” and “b” satisfy the following Equation:

b
a

=

1
4

.

14. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 12 , wherein “a” and “b” satisfy the following Equation:

b
a

=

3
4

.

15. The three-dimensional image display device of claim 12 , wherein “a” and “b” satisfy the following Equation:

b
a

=

5
4

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hamagishi Goro
• Hur Sehuhn
• Jung Kyungho

Classifications

• H04N13/324

  Colour aspects · CPC title

• G02B30/27 Primary

  involving lenticular arrays · CPC title

• H04N13/305 Primary

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

• H04N13/317

  using slanted parallax optics · CPC title

• H04N13/0422

  Electricity · mapped topic