3D display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9588348-B2
Application number	US-201313929422-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2013
Priority date	Nov 12, 2012
Publication date	Mar 7, 2017
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017

Abstract

The 3D display device includes a display panel including a first pixel area displaying a left-eye image, and a second pixel area neighboring the first pixel area and displaying a right-eye image, and a lenticular lens unit positioned on the display panel to cover the first pixel area and the second pixel area and having at least one color.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A 3D display device comprising:
a display panel including a first pixel area displaying a left-eye image and a second pixel area neighboring the first pixel area and displaying a right-eye image; and
a lenticular lens unit positioned on the display panel to cover the first pixel area and the second pixel area, the lenticular lens unit comprising a first lens unit, a second lens unit and a third lens unit, the first pixel area including:
a first sub-pixel area;
a second sub-pixel area neighboring the first sub-pixel area in a first direction; and
a third sub-pixel area neighboring the second sub-pixel area in the first direction, the second pixel area including:
a fourth sub-pixel area neighboring the third sub-pixel area in the first direction;
a fifth sub-pixel area neighboring the fourth sub-pixel area in the first direction; and
a sixth sub-pixel area neighboring the fifth sub-pixel area in the first direction, the first lens unit covering the first sub-pixel area and the second sub-pixel area, the first lens unit having a first color, the second lens unit covering the third sub-pixel area and the fourth sub-pixel area, the second lens unit having a second color, the third lens unit covering the fifth sub-pixel area and the sixth sub-pixel area, the third lens unit having a third color, wherein the first lens unit includes a first lenticular lens having the first color, the second lens unit including a second lenticular lens having the second color, the third lens unit including a third lenticular lens having the third color, wherein the first lenticular lens includes a plurality of sub-first lenticular lenses, the sub-first lenticular lenses are disposed to be separated from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, the second lenticular lens includes a plurality of sub-second lenticular lenses, the sub-second lenticular lenses are disposed to be separated from each other in the second direction, the third lenticular lens includes a plurality of sub-third lenticular lenses, and the sub-third lenticular lenses are disposed to be separated from each other in the second direction.

2. A 3D display device, comprising:
a display panel including a first pixel area displaying a left-eye image and a second pixel area neighboring the first pixel area and displaying a right-eye image; and
a lenticular lens unit positioned on the display panel to cover the first pixel area and the second pixel area, the first pixel area including:
a first sub-pixel area;
a second sub-pixel area neighboring the first sub-pixel area in a first direction; and
a third sub-pixel area neighboring the second sub-pixel area in the first direction, the second pixel area including:
a fourth sub-pixel area neighboring the third sub-pixel area in the first direction;
a fifth sub-pixel area neighboring the fourth sub-pixel area in the first direction; and
a sixth sub-pixel area neighboring the fifth sub-pixel area in the first direction, wherein the lenticular lens unit includes:
a sixth lenticular lens covering only the first sub-pixel area and having a first color;
a seventh lenticular lens covering only the second sub-pixel area and having a second color;
an eighth lenticular lens covering only the third sub-pixel area and having a third color;
a ninth lenticular lens covering only the fourth sub-pixel area and having the first color;
a tenth lenticular lens covering only the fifth sub-pixel area and having the second color; and
an eleventh lenticular lens covering only the sixth sub-pixel area and having the third color, wherein the sixth lenticular lens includes a plurality of sub-sixth lenticular lenses, the sub-sixth lenticular lenses are disposed to be separated from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, the seventh lenticular lens includes a plurality of sub-seventh lenticular lenses, the sub-seventh lenticular lenses are disposed to be separated from each other in the second direction, the eighth lenticular lens includes a plurality of sub-eighth lenticular lenses, the sub-eighth lenticular lenses are disposed to be separated from each other in the second direction, the ninth lenticular lens includes a plurality of sub-ninth lenticular lenses, the sub-ninth lenticular lenses are disposed to be separated from each other in the second direction, the tenth lenticular lens includes a plurality of sub-tenth lenticular lenses, the sub-tenth lenticular lenses are disposed to be separated from each other in the second direction, the eleventh lenticular lens includes a plurality of sub-eleventh lenticular lenses, and the sub-eleventh lenticular lenses are disposed to be separated from each other in the second direction.

3. The 3D display device of claim 2 , wherein the sixth lenticular lens, the seventh lenticular lens, the eighth lenticular lens, the ninth lenticular lens, the tenth lenticular lens, and the eleventh lenticular lens extend in the second direction crossing the first direction.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Byoung-Hee
• Song Ok-Keun
• Lee Yong-Han
• Lee Young-Shin

Classifications

• H04N13/324

  Colour aspects · CPC title

• G02B30/00 Primary

  Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images (in microscopes G02B21/22) · CPC title

• H04N13/305

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

• G02B30/27 Primary

  involving lenticular arrays · CPC title

• H04N13/0404

  Electricity · mapped topic