Abstract: Information is displayed by irradiating a visible light on a specific position based on at least one of vehicle state information, vehicle surrounding information, and vehicle interior information. For example, the visible light is irradiated on a target switch based on signals indicating an on/off state of a headlamp operation switch and an on/off state of a key switch. A user 5 can easily confirm the target switch and unerringly operate the target switch. A visible light irradiator 6 is arranged in a vehicle compartment and irradiates the visible light to display information in the vehicle compartment. The information can be provided for the user 5 in a novel manner.

Abstract: A method for driving a stereoscopic display apparatus includes: opening or closing a plurality of light barriers grouped into a plurality of barrier groups at different timings among the barrier groups; and performing display operation based on multi-viewpoint images in synchronization with the open/close operation of the light barriers in each of the barrier groups, wherein the display operation is performed based on the multi-viewpoint images grouped into a plurality of sets different from one another in a cyclic period in which the light barriers in the plurality of barrier groups are sequentially opened and closed.

Abstract: A display device includes: an optical barrier unit which includes a plurality of gate groups each including a plurality of gates, and in which gates in different groups perform a gating operation individually at different timings; a combined image generator which generates a plurality of sequences of combined images each corresponding to the plurality of gate groups based on a plurality of different viewpoint images in accordance with an opening timing of the respective gate groups; and a display unit which displays the corresponding sequence of combined images in synchronization with the gating operation of the respective gate groups, wherein the combined image generator generates at least one sequence of combined images through interpolation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image display apparatus including: a transmissive display panel; an illuminator configured to illuminate a rear surface of the transmissive display panel; an optical separator which includes a plurality of switchers capable of switching between a light transmitting state and a light blocking state, for separating an image displayed on the transmissive display panel by bringing one of the switchers into the light transmitting state and the other switchers into the light blocking state; and a light regulator capable of switching between a light diffusing state and a light transmitting state.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit including plural display sections divided in a first direction and performing line sequential scanning in the first direction; and an interpolation picture generation unit generating an interpolation picture in accordance with a timing at which each display section is scanned based on supplied frame pictures, wherein the display unit displays the interpolation picture corresponding to the display section in each display section.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display section that is driven to perform line sequential scanning and display a plurality of different viewpoint video images; a backlight that includes a plurality of sub-light emitting areas separated in the line sequential scanning direction; a light barrier that has a plurality of open/close unit groups each of which is formed of a plurality of open/close units, the open/close units in different groups opened or closed at different timings; and a backlight controller that controls light emission from the sub-light emitting areas in the backlight in synchronization with the line sequential scanning in the display section, wherein the backlight controller separately controls intensities of the light emitted from the sub-light emitting areas.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit sequentially displaying q-pieces (“q” is an integer of 2 or more) of display patterns respectively including p-pieces (“p” is an integer of 2 or more) of viewpoint pictures arranged cyclically in one screen and having parallax therebetween; an optical separation device optically separating the p-pieces of viewpoint pictures respectively included in the q-pieces of display patterns displayed on the display unit, wherein the display unit is configured so that plural sub-pixels are two-dimensionally arranged in units of r-types (“r” is an integer of 3 or more) of colors necessary for color picture display, and one unit pixel is composed of r-pieces of sub-pixels having colors different from one another selected from the plural display patterns in respective viewpoint pictures.

Abstract: A liquid crystal lens array device includes: a first electrode; a plurality of second electrodes arranged to face the first electrode, to which drive voltages having waveforms with phase differences therebetween are applied; and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first electrode and the plural second electrodes, generating lens effects in accordance with potential differences between the drive voltage applied to the first electrode and drive voltages applied to the plural second electrodes.

Abstract: A display capable of improving both of display luminance and display quality in three-dimensional display, and an illumination device for such a display are provided. In three-dimensional display, in a light modulation element 30, each light modulation cell 30-1 serves as a scattering region 30B, and each light modulation cell 30-2 serves as a transmission region 30A. Therefore, light emitted from a light source 20 and entering into a light guide plate 10 passes through the transmission region 30A, and is scattered in the scattering region 30B, thereby allowing a plurality of linear illumination light rays to be emitted toward a front direction.

Abstract: A projector projects a visible laser beam onto a region of a vehicle compartment. A control unit controls a direction of projecting the visible laser beam to provide information to at least one occupant in the compartment. The control unit expands the region of an object to which the visible laser beam is projected when the seatbelt has been fastened.

Abstract: A favorable stereoscopic image with less parallax displacement is allowed to be displayed. An image processor includes: a storage section storing parallax displacement data concerned with parallax displacement caused in a stereoscopic display; and a parallax displacement correction section correcting a stereoscopic image to be displayed on the stereoscopic display based on the parallax displacement data, in which the stereoscopic display includes a display section including a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged to display a parallax composite image created from a plurality of parallax images, and a parallax separation structure separating the parallax composite image into the plurality of parallax images.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a transmissive display panel; a planar illumination device that illuminates the transmissive display panel from a rear side; and a parallax barrier that is provided between the transmissive display panel and the planar illumination device and separates an image displayed on the transmissive display panel into images for plural viewpoints, wherein the parallax barrier and the transmissive display panel are provided to be opposed at a predetermined distance, and an antireflection coating is provided on at least one of a surface of the transmissive display panel opposed to the parallax barrier and a surface of the parallax barrier opposed to the transmissive display panel.

Abstract: A visible laser beam projection system for a vehicle projects visible laser beam onto an instrument panel in a vehicle compartment. The instrument panel is provided with highly reflecting portions, which are scattered on the upper surface of the instrument panel. The highly reflecting portions having a diffuse reflectivity for the wavelength of a visible laser beam higher than that of other portions of the instrument panel. The visible laser beam is projected to the highly reflecting portions.

Abstract: A lens array unit includes: first and second substrates disposed to be opposite to each other with a distance interposed therebetween; first and second electrode groups respectively formed on the surfaces of the first and second substrates facing the second and first substrates and having a configuration in which electrodes extending in first and second directions are arranged in parallel in the width direction at intervals; first and second switch groups respectively connecting first and second voltage generators applying a voltage to the first and second electrode groups to the electrodes of the first and second electrode groups; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, containing liquid crystal molecules having refractive anisotropy, and causing a lens effect by changing the alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules depending on the voltages applied to the first and second electrode groups.

Abstract: A display device includes, a display section time-divisionally displaying a plurality of images with different parallaxes in a manner of progressive (or line-sequential) scan, a backlight section including a plurality of light-emission subsections partitioned in a direction of the progressive scan, a light-barrier section including a plurality of barrier groups each including a plurality of barriers each allowed to be switched between open state and closed state, a light-barrier drive section individually driving the plurality of barrier groups to open or close at different timings between the barrier groups, and a backlight controller controlling light emission from each of the light-emission subsections of the backlight section in synchronization with the progressive scan of the display section.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lens array element, including: first and second substrates; a first electrode group; a first switch group; a second electrode group; a second switch group; and a liquid crystal layer, wherein the lens effect of an arbitrary area of the liquid crystal layer changes with change in the statuses of the first and second switch groups.

Abstract: An optical device for stereoscopic display includes: a display section having a first surface and a second surface opposed to each other and outputting displayed-image light from the second surface; a parallax separation section disposed to face the second surface of the display section, and splitting the displayed-image light from the display section to allow stereoscopy; a first transparent parallel plate disposed to be in contact with the first surface of the display section; and a second transparent parallel plate disposed to be in contact with the second surface of the display section.

Abstract: A liquid optical element array with good long-term stability is provided. The liquid optical element array includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; barrier ribs arranged upright on a surface facing the second substrate of the first substrate and sectioning a region on the first substrate into a plurality of cell regions; a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on wall surfaces of the barrier ribs to face each other; a third electrode arranged on a surface facing the first substrate of the second substrate; a projection arranged upright in each of the cell regions on the first substrate or the second substrate; and a polar liquid and a nonpolar liquid sealed between the first substrate and the third electrode and having different refractive indices.

Abstract: A projector projects a visible laser beam onto a region of a vehicle compartment. A control unit controls a direction of projecting the visible laser beam to provide information to at least one occupant in the compartment. The control unit expands the region of an object to which the visible laser beam is projected when the seatbelt has been fastened.

Abstract: A stereoscopic display device includes a display panel performing image display, and a lens array element including a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the lens array element being configured in such a manner that a lens effect on display image light from the display panel is controlled depending on a voltage applied to the first electrode and a voltage applied to the second electrode. One of the first electrode and the second electrode is structured to allow an electric field to be applied to the liquid crystal layer for each of a plurality of predetermined sub-regions, individually.