Abstract: In an image display apparatus, the sub-pixel areas which are correspondingly assigned to the optical apertures are defined according to an observation position of a viewer, and the sub-pixel areas includes sub-pixel segments into which the sub-pixel positioned at a boundary between adjacent sub-pixel areas is separated. The sub-pixel segments correspond to the adjacent sub-pixel areas and are observed via adjacent optical openings. The sub-pixel display information obtained by mixing parallax information belonging to the adjacent sub-pixel areas is displayed in the sub-pixel including the adjacent sub-pixel segment.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image display apparatus according to an embodiments includes: an optical plate being capable of controlling light arrays from pixels of a plane display device by using a plurality of optical openings; a specification unit configured to read parallax information of a plurality of pixel groups each including a plurality of pixels in the plane image display device associated with each of the plurality of optical openings, specify two pixels adjacent to a boundary of the plurality of pixel groups, determine one of the two specified pixels to be a first pixel, and determine the other of the two specified pixels to be a second pixel; a processing unit configured to process to mix parallax information of the first pixel with parallax information of the second pixel; and a conversion unit configured to convert parallax information obtained by the processing unit to an image for three-dimensional image display.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, the display unit includes pixels, each pixel includes sub-pixels having different colors, arranged in a matrix in a first direction and in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction. The light beam controller faces the display unit, extends in a third direction making an angle smaller than 90° with the second direction, includes light beam control elements periodically arranged at a first pitch in the first direction and at a second pitch in the second direction, and can control direction of light beams from the display unit. The first and second pitches make a substantially equilateral triangle by joining the nearest same-color sub-pixels. When “s” represents the number of the sub-pixels included in the pixels along the first direction, the first pitch is 5/s or greater of a third pitch of each pixel.

Abstract: In an apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image, sub-pixels having color components are arranged in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction in a matrix form, in a display section for displaying a flat image, and a light ray control element is disposed so as to be opposed to the display section. In the light ray control element, linear optical openings extending in a vertical direction are arranged in the lateral direction. A sum of opening area lengths of opening areas of a plurality of sub-pixels adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction is varied in a single row, and the sum thereof in a plurality of rows becomes constant. Further, an arrangement of the sub-pixels is a color arrangement of a mosaic arrangement or a lateral stripe arrangement.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display unit and a drive circuit. The display unit includes a first display region to display a first image and a second display region to display a second image. The display unit includes a first support substrate, a second support substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The second support substrate is disposed to oppose the first support substrate. The liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first support substrate and the second support substrate and is held by the first support substrate and the second support substrate. The drive circuit drives the display unit.

Abstract: In a stereoscopic image imaging method which captures an image of an object to be displayed as a stereoscopic image, a three-dimensional image is generated in real time from multi-viewpoint images captured by a multi-camera, and is displayed on a viewer provided to the multi-camera, thus allowing a photographer to adjust an imaging condition. The photographer is informed of parameters, which implements a display state adjusted by an observer of a three-dimensional display while observing the three-dimensional image, via the viewer, and the photographer can capture appropriate multi-viewpoint images.

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 of 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: According to an embodiment, the display unit includes pixels, each pixel includes sub-pixels having different colors, arranged in a matrix in a first direction and in a second direction substantially orthogonal, to the first direction. The light beam controller faces the display unit, extends in a third direction making an angle smaller than 90° with the second direction, includes light beam control elements periodically arranged at a first pitch in the first direction and at a second pitch in the second direction, and can control direction of light beams from the display unit. The first and second pitches make a substantially equilateral triangle by Mining the nearest same-color sub-pixels. When “s” represents the number of the sub-pixels included in the pixels along the first direction, the first pitch is 5/s or greater of a third pitch of each pixel.

Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a display apparatus including: a selection unit configured to make a selection as to which image in images shot by which virtual cameras should be displayed on which subpixel based on the viewing position and the number of parallaxes which can be displayed; a generation unit configured to dispose the virtual camera on the coordinates of the virtual cameras in the CG space, shoot a drawing object in the CG space, and generate an elemental image based on a shot multiple viewpoint image and the selection result in the selection unit; a display unit configured to display a stereoscopic image based on the elemental image; and an optical plate configured to control light rays illuminated from the display unit to make it possible for the viewer to conduct stereoscopic viewing with a light ray interval which is wider than the shooting interval.

Abstract: It is made possible to record stereoscopic image data of parallel-ray one-dimensional IP type in a format at a high compression rate with little image quality degradation. This stereoscopic image data can be efficiently decompressed and reproduced. A stereoscopic image data structure includes: a parallax component image data representing n or more parallax component images, each having accumulated pixels that cause the pixels to generate the parallel light rays in the same parallax direction in the viewing zone, and having different numbers of horizontal pixels. N combined images with the same numbers of vertical and horizontal pixels are a unit to be converted into a parallax interleaved image, the n combined images being formed by combining two or more parallax component images with parallax directions different from each other by n.

Abstract: It is made possible to provide a three-dimensional image display device by which a viewing zone can be readily adjusted in the parallel-ray one-dimensional IP system, without a decrease in processing speed. A three-dimensional image display device includes: an elemental image display unit that has pixels arranged in a matrix form in a display plane, and displays an elemental image; an optical plate that is placed to face the elemental image display unit, extends straightly in a vertical direction, and controls a light ray from the elemental image display unit, the optical plate having optical apertures arranged at intervals in a horizontal direction; and an image data converting unit that converts image data so as to replace missing image data with a neighboring parallax component in same the elemental image, based on the average width of elemental images in an input image data and the optimum average width of elemental images in a three-dimensional video image to be output.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image display apparatus displays element images each composed of a set of parallax component images. An exit pupil array is located opposite the display surface. Exit pupils of the array correspond to the respective element images. The horizontal pitch of the exit pupils or an integral multiple of the horizontal pitch is set equal or slightly smaller than an integral multiple of the horizontal pitch of pixels. The parallax component images are oriented in different directions via the exit pupil. Principal beams from the parallax component images via the exit pupils are emitted substantially parallel to one another. The element image contains substantially the same parallax image component in two pixel areas in which two adjacent parallax image components are otherwise displayed. The same parallax image component is oriented in different directions via the corresponding exit pupil.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a display unit and liquid crystal lenses. A plurality of sub-pixels may be arrayed in a matrix in a first direction and a second direction in the display unit. The liquid crystal lenses may be arrayed in the first direction at not more than a horizontal pitch p, which is expressed by: p = 3 × N × 3 - 1 3 ? ? ( unit ? : ? a ? ? sub ? - ? pixel ? ? width ) where N is the number of parallaxes.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a 3D image display apparatus provided with a display unit and a control element arranged to oppose the display unit. The control element has a number of optical apertures linearly extended and tilted at an angle ? with respect to a linearly extending direction. The sub-pixel have one of first and second patterns defined by an aperture and a light-shielding portion. The sub-pixels of an identical color are arrayed to alternately have the first and second patterns or the second and first patterns along the second direction, and the sub-pixels are arrayed so as to mutually give at least one of no line-symmetry relationship and no point-symmetry relationship.

Abstract: It is made possible to provide a three-dimensional image display device by which an alarm image with high visibility can be displayed at the end of the viewing zone in a parallel-ray one-dimensional IP system, without a reduction of the viewing zone or a decrease in processing speed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional video display apparatus includes a display, a calculator and a generator. The display displays a plurality of images with different viewpoints by using a plurality of light beam control elements to control light beams from pixels. The calculator calculates a quality of view for each of viewing positions with respect to the display based on a number of the light beam control elements causing pseudoscopy at each of the viewing positions. The generator generates a map indicating the quality of view for each of the viewing positions.

Abstract: In an image display apparatus, the sub-pixel areas which are correspondingly assigned to the optical apertures are defined according to an observation position of a viewer, and the sub-pixel areas includes sub-pixel segments into which the sub-pixel positioned at a boundary between adjacent sub-pixel areas is separated. The sub-pixel segments correspond to the adjacent sub-pixel areas and are observed via adjacent optical openings. The sub-pixel display information obtained by mixing parallax information belonging to the adjacent sub-pixel areas is displayed in the sub-pixel including the adjacent sub-pixel segment.

Abstract: In a stereoscopic image imaging method which captures an image of an object to be displayed as a stereoscopic image, a three-dimensional image is generated in real time from multi-viewpoint images captured by a multi-camera, and is displayed on a viewer provided to the multi-camera, thus allowing a photographer to adjust an imaging condition. The photographer is informed of parameters, which implements a display state adjusted by an observer of a three-dimensional display while observing the three-dimensional image, via the viewer, and the photographer can capture appropriate multi-viewpoint images.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a stereoscopic image displaying apparatus is configured to display a multi-viewpoint image. An acquirer acquires person data including a position of each of at least one person viewing a stereoscopic image, a calculator calculates a weight from (1) the person data and (2) display parameters, the weight representing a stereoscopic degree inferred, for each of the at least one person, from a multi-viewpoint image to be displayed in accordance with the display parameters, a determiner selects the display parameter based on the weights, and generates a multi-viewpoint image that accords with the display parameters selected, and a displaying device displays the generated image.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a three-dimensional image display apparatus, a light-ray control unit is so arranged as to face a display unit. The light-ray control unit includes a plurality of optical apertures each having an extending direction. The optical apertures are substantially linearly extended along the extending direction and are substantially arranged in a direction normal to the extending direction. The extending direction is so inclined with respect to the second direction as to have an inclination angle which is selected within one of a first range from arctan(5+?) to arctan(5+?), a second range from arctan(5+?) to arctan(5+?), and a third range from arctan(6+?) to arctan(6+?).