Abstract: Provided is a high resolution 2D-3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus including: a backlight unit emitting light; a spatial light modulator comprising a plurality of cells, the cells being arranged two-dimensionally and comprising left eye regions and right eye regions that are each independently switchable between a transparent state and an opaque state; a lenticular lens sheet separating and emitting light passed through the spatial light modulator to a left eye viewing zone and a right eye viewing zone; and an image display panel displaying an image, wherein the spatial light modulator is divided into a plurality of horizontal segments that are sequentially switched in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal of the image display panel.

Abstract: A multi-channel imaging system that allows multiple viewers to simultaneously see different images in full-screen on a single screen includes: a mode selector which selects a general 2D mode, a multi-channel 2D mode, or a 3D mode; a source selector which provides an image from at least one channel; a conversion unit which interlaces two images received from the source selector so that they alternate with each other when the multi-channel mode or the 3D mode is selected; a display which displays the alternating two images received from the conversion unit so that they have orthogonal polarizations; 3D polarizing glasses which provide a different image to the left eye and to the right eye when the 3D mode is selected; and a pair of multi-channel polarizing glasses each of which provides a user with only one of two images being displayed when the a multi-channel 2D mode is selected.

Abstract: A three dimensional (3D) image display using integral imaging technology is provided. The 3D image display A three dimensional (3D) image display comprises: a point light source array; a display element modulating incident light from the point light source array pixel by pixel by electric control to form an image; and a mode converter placed between the point light source array and the display element and capable of being converted into a transparent medium and a scattering medium by electric switching, wherein the 3D image display device is in a 3D mode when the mode converter is a transparent medium and in a 2D mode when the mode converter is a scattering medium. Thus, the viewing angle can be extended and 2D images and 3D images can be selectively switched.

Abstract: A high resolution 2D-3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus includes: a backlight unit emitting light; a polarizer sheet changing the light emitted from the backlight unit so that the light has only a specific polarization direction; a polarization switch converting the direction of the polarization of incident light; a birefringent element array comprising a plurality of alternating first and second birefringent elements and changing the polarization direction of incident light so that the polarization of light transmitted by the first birefringent elements is perpendicular to the polarization of light transmitted by the second birefringent elements; a lenticular lens sheet separating and emitting incident light to a first eye viewing zone and a second eye viewing zone; and a display panel displaying an image.

Abstract: A 2D/3D switchable stereoscopic display which can provide a 3D image with complete parallax using two polarization grating screens is provided. The 2D/3D switchable stereoscopic display includes a display device which an image and a parallax barrier unit including first and second polarization grating screens facing each other. The parallax barrier unit has a 2D mode and a 3D mode and is switched between the 2D mode and the 3D mode when the two polarization grating screens are moved relative to each other. In the 2D mode, the parallax barrier unit transmits all light, and in the 3D mode, it forms a barrier and a plurality of apertures which are arranged at predetermined intervals in two dimensions, thereby transmitting light through only the apertures and thus providing a 3D image with horizontal parallax and vertical parallax.

Abstract: A 2D and 3D image display apparatus including: a display panel forming an image by spatially modulating an input image signal; a polarization conversion device converting a polarization direction of a beam incident into the polarization conversion device according to a voltage applied in synchronization with the image signal; and a switching barrier unit including first polarization units having a first polarization direction and second polarization units having a second polarization direction in an alternate manner, and transmitting the beam passing the polarization conversion device through at least one of the first polarization unit and the second polarization unit. Therefore, a 3D image can be displayed without degrading a horizontal resolution thereof by using a combination of polarization devices with low fabrication costs, which may utilize a time-sequential display method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a three-dimensional display system by using Integral Photography (TIP) technology. The present invention comprises an elemental lens switch located between a lens array and an image display for selectively opening and closing each elemental lens; an image processor for generating elemental images and synchronizing them with control signals of the elemental lens switch; an image display for displaying the elemental images; and a lens array comprising elemental lenses, for forming the three-dimensional image by refracting and integrating the elemental images displayed on the display. Hence, it is possible to display three-dimensional images with a wider viewing angle than that of the conventional IP method, because each elemental lens is synchronized with the corresponding elemental image and is switched properly.

Abstract: A direct viewing type stereoscopic image display apparatus which can remove a moiré pattern is provided. The direct viewing type stereoscopic image display apparatus includes: a first memory which has a first field image signal divided from an image signal of one frame; a second memory which has a second field image signal divided from the image signal of one frame; a display device which forms a first field image and a second field image according to the first field image signal and the second field image signal; an image shift unit which sequentially shifts the first field image and the second field image; and a viewing zone dividing unit which divides the viewing zones of the first field image and the second field image. Thereby, the second field image is shifted from the first field image by a predetermined distance and thus a moiré pattern is removed and image quality is improved.

Abstract: A projection-type 3-D image display includes a light source, a single display element, an image shift member, a projection lens unit, and a screen unit. The display element produces an image using light emitted from the light source. The image shift member time-sequentially shifts the image. The projection lens unit enlarges and projects the time sequentially shifted image. The screen unit includes an image separation unit. The image separation unit separates the time sequentially shifted image into images for a left eye and images for a right eye. The projection-type 3-D image display can realize a 3-D image using a single projector by having the image shift member to sequentially shift the images produced by the display element.

Abstract: An image display device to display both a 2-D image and a 3-D image. The image display device includes a display element, an image separation unit, a polarization conversion switch, and a birefringence element. The display element emits light according to image information for a left eye and image information for a right eye. The image separation unit separates the emitted light into an image for the left eye and an image for the right eye. The polarization conversion switch sequentially switches the polarization direction of the incident light. The birefringence element transmits or refracts the light, depending on the polarization direction of the light that has passed through the polarization conversion switch. An image, whose polarization direction has been switched by the polarization conversion switch, is shifted when passing through the birefringence element, whereby the left eye image and the right eye image resolution is improved.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image display apparatus is provided which uses a multi-facet flat mirror which includes an image pickup unit and an image display unit. The image pickup unit includes a first beam splitter changing paths of beams incident from a three-dimensional object, a first multi-facet flat mirror forming a concave structure with a combination of a plurality of basic flat mirrors, and an image pickup device picking up as a two-dimensional basic image signal beams that are reflected by the first multi-facet flat mirror array. The image display unit includes a beam projector receiving the two-dimensional basic image signal and projecting the received signal, a second beam splitter changing propagation paths of incident beams, and a second multi-facet flat mirror array forming a concave structure with a combination of a plurality of basic flat mirrors and restoring the input two-dimensional signal into a three-dimensional image signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a three-dimensional display system by using Integral Photography (IP) technology. The present invention comprises an elemental lens switch located between a lens array and an image display for selectively opening and closing each elemental lens; an image processor for generating elemental images and synchronizing them with control signals of the elemental lens switch; an image display for displaying the elemental images; and a lens array comprising elemental lenses, for forming the three-dimensional image by refracting and integrating the elemental images displayed on the display. Hence, it is possible to display three-dimensional images with a wider viewing angle than that of the conventional IP method, because each elemental lens is synchronized with the corresponding elemental image and is switched properly.