Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a display device a plurality of subpixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to form a matrix, and each having an aperture provided with a color component; and an optical controller provided to be opposed to the display device having a plurality of rectilinear optical apertures extending in the second direction are arranged in the first direction. A shape pf the aperture in the subpixel is depending upon a condition that the apertures in the subpixels adjacent to each other in the first direction have a nonoverlapping region which is a nonoverlapping region in the second direction and a condition that an aperture ratio indicating a ratio of the aperture to the subpixel in length in the second direction is substantially constant in one line in the second direction irrespective of a position in the first direction.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1st polarization direction, and not to function as lens at light which has a 2nd polarization direction differed from the 1st polarization direction, and a birefringent phase modulator placed between the image display and the lens array and configured to rotate a polarization plane of the image light.

Abstract: Mediums that are arranged opposite to an elemental-image display unit, that form two lens arrays having different principal planes together with substrates, and that switches a polarization direction of incident light corresponding to applied voltage, thereby making lens effect of either one of the lens arrays effective are included. By controlling the polarization direction synchronizing with a display timing of images to be displayed on the elemental-image display unit, the lens array to be effective is switched at each display timing, and images having different near or far direction are alternately displayed on the elemental-image display unit.

Abstract: The embodiment is to make it possible to increase a resolution obtained when a character or a two-dimensional image is displayed. A stereoscopic image display device is provided with a two-dimensional image display device having a plurality of pixels arranged within a display plane; and a ray control section which is provided in front of or behind the display plane and has a plurality of opening portions or a plurality of lenses arranged side by side, for controlling rays from the pixels, a distance z from the ray control section to a two-dimensional character or a two-dimensional image display position satisfying relationships of 0<z<L×D/(1+D)/2 in a projection region and 0<z<L×D/(1?D)/2 in a depth region, wherein L represents a viewing distance, Ip represents a pitch of the opening portions or the lenses, 2? represents a viewing area angle, pp represents the pitch of the pixels, and D is expressed as D = ( l p ) 2 2 ? Lp p ? tan ? ( ? ) .

Abstract: An elemental image display has a pixel plane on which pixels are aligned with a matrix shape. A lens array has a plurality of birefringence lens aligned with an array shape. Each birefringence lens has an isotropy. A plurality of electrodes is placed between the elemental image display and the lens array. Each electrode is differently connected to a power supply line. A first electrode substrate has a part of the plurality of electrodes. A second electrode substrate has other part of the plurality of electrodes. A longitudinal direction of electrodes of the other part is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of electrodes of the part. A medium is placed between the first electrode substrate and the second electrode substrate. The medium expresses anisotropy of a refractive index by applying a voltage from the power supply line.

Abstract: It is made possible to provide a stereoscopic image display apparatus capable of preventing the stereoscopic display characteristics from being degraded even if the locus of light rays between the lens and the two-dimensional display device becomes long. A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes: a plane display device having a display face formed of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form; an optical plate comprising a plurality of lenses which are arranged in front of the display face of the plane display device and which have a uniaxial double refractive material inserted therein, and controlling light rays from the pixels; and a sheet polarizer provided between the plane display device and the optical plate to align a polarization direction of light ray. In the double refractive material, a maximum primary axis of refractive index is parallel to ridgelines of the lenses and is inclined in a direction opposed to a viewer.

Abstract: A differential data array group, which have at least a plurality of pairs of a differential data to transmit a serial signal, includes difference absolute value data having a plurality of bits to represent an absolute value obtained by converting gray scale level data of red, green and blue to binary number data, and sign data having at least one bit to represent a sign of the gray scale level data. With respect to one pair of the differential data, gray scale level data corresponding to one pixel are arranged in an ascending order or a descending order. With respect to another pair of the differential data, the sign data corresponding to one pixel are arranged into a former half or a latter half of a time period corresponding to one pixel. Data of a highest order bit of the difference absolute value data corresponding to one pixel are arranged into the latter half or the former half of the time period corresponding to one pixel.

Abstract: A two-dimensional image can be displayed in a desired position, a desired aspect ratio of the display image can be maintained, and such an elemental image array as to maximize an interpolating effect can be produced. A producing method of an elemental image array for three-dimensional image display includes: converting the resolution of the two-dimensional image into substantially the same resolution of a three-dimensional image display device; obtaining multipoint images by shifting the position to sample the two-dimensional image after the resolution conversion at regular intervals in the horizontal direction; and rearranging the multipoint images according to the positional relationship between exit pupils and projecting directions.

Abstract: It is made possible to prevent luminance falling and moire occurrence and change over between a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image partially. When displaying one of a three-dimensional image and a two-dimensional image on a background and displaying the other image in a window, a flag bit indicating whether the first and second electrodes overlap the window is set. Waveforms differing according to the flag bit are applied to the first and second electrodes as pulses applied to the opposed first and second electrodes of a variable polarization cell. As a result, three-dimensional image display is partially conducted in the window and two-dimensional image display is conducted in areas other than the window. Or two-dimensional image display is partially conducted in the window and three-dimensional image display is conducted in areas other than the window.

Abstract: Mediums that are arranged opposite to an elemental-image display unit, that form two lens arrays having different principal planes together with substrates, and that switches a polarization direction of incident light corresponding to applied voltage, thereby making lens effect of either one of the lens arrays effective are included. By controlling the polarization direction synchronizing with a display timing of images to be displayed on the elemental-image display unit, the lens array to be effective is switched at each display timing, and images having different near or far direction are alternately displayed on the elemental-image display unit.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes: a plane display device; a lens array provided in front of the display surface to distribute light rays from pixels of the display device to predetermined angles, and having a plurality of lenses arranged in a first direction; a variable polarizer provided between the plane display device and the lens array to polarize light rays from the pixels; and a double refraction prism array provided on an opposite side of the lens array from the display device, and including a plurality of double refraction prisms. Each of the double refraction prisms has a ridge in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and arranged in the first direction with a pitch which is substantially twice a lens pitch in the lens array, and has double refraction in which a refractive index in a ridge direction is different from a refractive index in a direction perpendicular to the ridge direction.

Abstract: It is made possible to provide a stereoscopic image display apparatus capable of preventing a luminance difference from being caused between left and right eyes irrespective of the observation position even if the viewing zone is wide and the number of parallaxes is large. A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes: a display unit including pixels arranged in a matrix form in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction; an optical plate installed so as to be opposed to the display unit and having linear optical openings prolonged in a longitudinal direction and arranged in a lateral direction; and a luminance compensation processing unit which, for each of elemental images associated with the optical openings, sets a brightness of an image displayed on a pixel located in a center of the elemental image smaller than a brightness of an image displayed on a pixel located in each of boundaries of the elemental image.

Abstract: It is made possible to provide a stereoscopic image display apparatus capable of preventing the stereoscopic display characteristics from being degraded even if the locus of light rays between the lens and the two-dimensional display device becomes long. A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes: a plane display device having a display face formed of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form; an optical plate comprising a plurality of lenses which are arranged in front of the display face of the plane display device and which have a uniaxial double refractive material inserted therein, and controlling light rays from the pixels; and a sheet polarizer provided between the plane display device and the optical plate to align a polarization direction of light ray. In the double refractive material, a maximum primary axis of refractive index is parallel to ridgelines of the lenses and is inclined in a direction opposed to a viewer.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes: a plane display device including a display panel formed of pixels arranged in a matrix form and an image display controller controlling an image displayed on the display panel; an optical plate including a plurality of lenses provided in front of the display panel and controlling light rays illuminated from the pixels; a display mode selector selecting one of stereoscopic image display and two-dimensional image display as a display mode; an analyzer analyzing image information contained in a two-dimensional image displayed based on a display information and determine whether to process the two-dimensional image when two-dimensional image display as a display mode be selected; and an image processor processing the two-dimensional image based on a result of the analysis conducted by the analyzer, sending the processed two-dimensional image to the image display controller, and causing the image display controller to display the processed two-dimensional image on t

Abstract: A three-dimensional display apparatus is provided with an optical element including optical apertures arranged opposite a display module and in association with the parallax images. The optical apertures cause the parallax images to be displayed in a near-side region closer to an observer, while causing a three-dimensional image to be displayed in a far-side region located opposite the observer with respect to the display module. When a smooth three-dimensional image is to be displayed in the near-side region, the optical gap between the optical element and the display surface is set longer than a reference distance depending on the position of the three-dimensional image. In order to display a smooth three-dimensional image in the far-side region, the observer sets the optical gap shorter than the reference distance depending on the position of the three-dimensional image.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1st polarization direction, and not to function as lens at light which has a 2nd polarization direction differed from the 1st polarization direction, and a birefringent phase modulator placed between the image display and the lens array and configured to rotate a polarization plane of the image light.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes a two-dimensional display device having a display surface formed of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, and an optical plate which is provided in front of the display surface of the two-dimensional display device, which includes a plurality of lenses arranged so as to be respectively associated with elemental images each including a plurality of pixels, and which controls light rays illuminated from the pixels. When at least two and less than three elemental images are illuminated in one parallax direction in the case where a position of a part or whole of a stereoscopic image is located on a side nearer a viewer than a position indicating a near-side limit value Zno or on a side farther from the viewer than a position indicating a far-side limit value Zfo, the two-dimensional display device displays black in an elemental image of one parallax in elemental images of every two parallaxes.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1st polarization direction, and not to function as lens at light which has a 2nd polarization direction differed from the 1st polarization direction, and a birefringent phase modulator placed between the image display and the lens array and configured to rotate a polarization plane of the image light.

Abstract: A transmitter IC is disposed on a first substrate. The transmitter IC supplies a pair of differential signals. A pair of bus lines is disposed on the first substrate. The pair of bus lines has each connection to receive the pair of differential signals. A terminating register is disposed on the first substrate. The terminating register is electrically connected to one end of the pair of bus lines. N pairs of first branch lines are disposed on the first substrate. Each of the N pairs of first branch lines is branched from the pair of bus lines. N pairs of second branch lines are disposed on a second substrate. Each of the N pairs of second branch lines is electrically connected to each of the N pairs of first branch lines. N units of receiver ICs are disposed on a third substrate. Each of the N units of receiver ICs is electrically connected to each of the N pairs of second branch lines.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1st polarization direction, and not to function as lens at light which has a 2nd polarization direction differed from the 1st polarization direction, and a birefringent phase modulator placed between the image display and the lens array and configured to rotate a polarization plane of the image light.