Separation By Lenticular Screen Patents (Class 348/59)
  • Patent number: 11966049
    Abstract: A near-eye display apparatus comprises a spatial light modulator illuminated by a directional backlight and a magnifying lens arranged to provide a magnified wide field of view image to an eye of a user. The directional backlight comprises an array of light sources and a stepped waveguide comprising a curved reflective end. Light propagates along the waveguide without loss and is reflected from the reflective end. The steps of the waveguide are arranged to provide a virtual optical window for each light source. The magnifying lens images the virtual optical window to a real pupil window in an eyebox. The real pupil window may be steered in response to the measured location of the user's pupil. High illumination efficiency is provided to the user in a thin form factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: RealD Spark, LLC
    Inventors: Graham J. Woodgate, Michael G. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11736678
    Abstract: A display screen with P screen points-of-view, P being an integer greater than or equal to 6, displays an autostereoscopic image at I image points-of-view, I being an integer greater than or equal to 2, less than or equal to P/3. The screen includes a matrix (10) of pixels arranged by rows and by columns; an optical array configured so that the P points-of-view of the screen can be perceived successively in lobes, each covering I times the average inter-pupillary distance of an observer (8), so that the screen points-of-view of each pair of points-of-view visible to the observer are separated by at least T buffer points-of-view, T being greater than or equal to 2, so that it is possible to display successively for each lobe, each of the I image points-of-view, each repeated P/I times, and that each point-of-view visible to the observer can be surrounded by at least 2 buffer points-of-view each displaying this same image point-of-view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ALIOSCOPY
    Inventors: Pierre Allio, Flavien Maingreaud, Gilles Marcellier
  • Patent number: 11703693
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a three-dimensional display panel, and a display device. The array substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array. Each sub-pixel includes a first composite region and a second composite region alternately arranged, as well as a substrate; a partition portion formed in the second composite region; a pixel electrode including a first composite electrode formed in the first composite region and a second composite electrode formed on the partition portion; an organic light emitting layer formed on a side of the pixel electrode away from the substrate; a pixel defining layer formed on the substrate provided around the organic light emitting layer; a common electrode having a polarity opposite to the pixel electrode formed on a side of organic light emitting layer away from the substrate; and a packaging layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaohu Li, Huajie Yan, Qingyu Huang, Yongfeng Zhang, Xiaoyun Liu, Zhiqiang Jiao
  • Patent number: 11694605
    Abstract: A display system includes (i) a plurality of picture elements supported on a single semiconductor substrate and (ii) a backplane including electronic circuitry supported thereon and electronically connected with the picture elements. Each picture element includes a light steering optical element and an array of light emitting elements. The array of light emitting elements includes a first set, a second set, and a third set of inorganic LEDs that (i) are monolithically integrated on the single semiconductor substrate and (ii) emit, respectively, light at a first, a second, and a third wavelength, which are mutually distinct. The light steering optical element is configured for steering the light from the first set, second set, and third set of LEDs in a predetermined direction. The electronic circuitry is configured for individually driving each light emitting element of the array of light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Gang He, Richard Peter Schneider, Jr., Andrew Victor Jones, James Richard Dodd, Jr., Joseph Hsiao-Tien Han
  • Patent number: 11483544
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display system includes a display panel, an optical element and a controller. The display panel includes an active area configured to display a parallax image. The optical element defines a light beam direction of the parallax image. The controller is configured to vary the parallax image based on positions of first and second eyes of the user. The optical element includes a plurality of optical means which are arranged in a parallax direction. The plurality of optical means extend along an inclination direction inclined to a reference direction with respect to a direction perpendicular to the parallax direction. The reference direction is defined, at least in a standard state, based on at least one of a position of the user in the parallax direction in an interior of the moving body and a position relative to the user of a predetermined facility mounted within the moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Kaoru Kusafuka, Sunao Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11474770
    Abstract: A multi-view (MV) network bridge device includes an upstream interface, multiple downstream interfaces, and a controller. The controller receives, from the upstream interface, a specification of one or more viewing zones and a specification of one or more content streams. Also, the controller sends, on at least one of the downstream interfaces, at least a subset of each of the specifications received from the upstream interface. The upstream interface may be coupled to a computer that provides the specifications. Each of the downstream interfaces may be coupled to a different MV display panel. One of the downstream interfaces may be coupled to an MV display panel that is coupled to another MV display panel. One of the downstream interfaces may be coupled to an upstream interface of another MV network bridge device having a downstream interface coupled to an MV display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Misapplied Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Han Ng, David Steven Thompson, David Randall Bonds, Ayon Sen
  • Patent number: 11305877
    Abstract: An electronic device in an aspect of the present disclosure is an electronic device which is mounted on a seat that is turnable around a first axis such that the electronic device is turnable around a second axis. The electronic device includes a detector that detects acceleration information, and a controller that determines which of a turn around the first axis and a turn around the second axis is occurring based on a temporal change in the acceleration information detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sho Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11281020
    Abstract: A multi-view display is switchable between single view and multi-view modes, and uses lenticular means (9) arranged over the display panel which comprise birefringent electro-optic material (62) adjacent a non-switchable optically transparent layer (60). The non-switchable optically transparent layer (60) has a refractive index (n) substantially equal to the extra ordinary refractive index of the birefringent electro-optic material (62). In the single view mode, the birefringent electro-optic material (62) defines a non-switched state, and the polarization (64) of the light output from the display panel and incident on the lenticular means is linear and aligned with the optical axis of the birefringent electro-optic material (62) at the surface where the display output light is received. In the multi-view mode, the birefringent electro-optic material (62) defines a switched state in which the optical axis is aligned perpendicularly to the display output surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Fetze Pijlman, Jan Van Der Horst
  • Patent number: 11190754
    Abstract: A display device has a display panel for displaying a composite image to allow a viewer to see a 3D image. The composite image has a plurality of right and left image strips alternately arranged. The display device also has camera to monitor a viewing position of a viewer. The camera has a camera lens and a sensor with a plurality of right sensor zones and left sensor zones to capture the viewer's right eye and left eye images. When the viewer is at a viewing position that the 3D image viewed by the viewer appears pseudostereoscopic, the viewer's right eye image is in one of the left sensor zones and left eye image is in one of the right sensor zones. A processor changes the order of the right and left image strips so that the viewer can see a orthostereoscopic image at that viewing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: 3D MEDIA LTD.
    Inventor: Kwok Wah Allen Lo
  • Patent number: 11143811
    Abstract: Multiview backlighting employs a fluorescent multibeam element having a color-tailored emission pattern to provide directional light beams corresponding to a plurality of different views of a multiview image. A multiview backlight includes a light guide configured to guide light as guided light and a fluorescent multibeam element. The fluorescent multibeam element includes a fluorescent material and is configured to provide emitted light having a color-tailor emission pattern from the guided light. The emitted light includes a plurality of directional light beams having different principal angular directions corresponding to respective different view directions of a multiview display and the color-tailored emission pattern corresponds to an arrangement of color sub-pixels of a view pixel in the multiview display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: LEIA INC.
    Inventors: David A. Fattal, Ming Ma
  • Patent number: 11061473
    Abstract: A method of updating a cornea model for a cornea of an eye is disclosed, as well as a corresponding system and storage medium. The method comprises controlling a display to display a stimulus at a first depth, wherein the display is capable of displaying objects at different depths, receiving first sensor data obtained by an eye tracking sensor while the stimulus is displayed at the first depth by the display, controlling the display to display a stimulus at a second depth, wherein the second depth is different than the first depth, receiving second sensor data obtained by the eye tracking sensor while the stimulus is displayed at the second depth by the display, and updating the cornea model based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Tobii AB
    Inventors: Mark Ryan, Jonas Sjöstrand, Erik Lindén, Pravin Rana
  • Patent number: 11054668
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display device, and a displaying method thereof. The display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixel elements; a lens array arranged on the light exit side of the display panel; and a variable light-valve arranged between the display panel and the lens array, including a plurality of first light dimmers and second light dimmers, wherein the respective first light dimmers are located between the pixel elements and a left-eye watching area, and the respective second light dimmers are located between the pixel elements and a right-eye watching area; and the first light dimmers are operable in a light-transmitting or light-shielding state, and the second light dimmers are operable in a light-transmitting or light-shielding state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiayao Liu
  • Patent number: 11012681
    Abstract: A method includes determining a first location, within a first viewing window, of a first eye of a user based on image data from an image sensor. The first viewing window corresponds to a first projector of a plurality of projectors. The method further includes determining a second location, within a second viewing window, of a second eye of the user based on the image data. The second viewing window corresponds to a second projector of the plurality of projectors. The method further includes initiating projection, via the first projector, of a first image depicting a first view of a three-dimensional scene. The first image is selected based on the first location. The method further includes initiating projection, via the second projector, of a second image depicting a second view of the three-dimensional scene. The second image is selected based on the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alexander Lyubarsky, Kristofer Scott Oberascher, Daniel Jay Morgan
  • Patent number: 10992927
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes an illumination unit in which a plurality of light sources are disposed, a transmission unit that transmits light arriving from the illumination unit for each pixel based on an input image, and changes transmittance of the light for each pixel; a barrier unit that allows the light transmitted through the transmission unit to be viewed as a right-eye image and a left-eye image; and a control unit that divides an area of the illumination unit based on the input image and controls emission luminance of the light source for each area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidekazu Miyata
  • Patent number: 10855976
    Abstract: Provided is a glass-free stereoscopic image display device herein. The glass-free stereoscopic image display device may include: a display module that displays a stereoscopic image through a cover including a lenticular lens including multiple convex lenses; and a processor that controls the display module, wherein the processor provides a stereoscopic image by controlling a left-eye image pixel and a right-eye image pixel of the display module on the basis of a lens pitch indicating a distance between the multiple convex lenses, and the cover is provided on a front surface of the user device to be combined with the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: MOPIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Bong Shin, Yoon Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 10855975
    Abstract: A stereoscopic display device having a barrier panel is provided. The barrier panel may include channel electrodes across an active area. Each of the channel electrodes may include an end portion connected to corresponding link line. Each of the channel electrodes may be connected to the link line same as (n+1)th channel electrode from the channel electrode. The barrier panel may further include connecting lines to connect between opposite end portions of the channel electrode which are connected to the same link line. Thus, in the stereoscopic display device, the number of the wires extending along an edge of the active area may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You-Yong Jin, Dong-Yeon Kim, Wook Jeon, Hee-Jin Im, Yong-Ku Lee, Ju-Hoon Jang, Woon-Chan Moon
  • Patent number: 10823971
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a display system (e.g., a wearable HMD) is described that includes an internal housing; a lens that is positioned within the internal housing; a display module including a display panel that is positioned within the internal housing to allow for relative movement between the lens and the display module to adjust focus of the display panel; and a seal that extends between the internal housing and the display module to define an enclosed interior space accommodating the lens and relative movement between the lens and the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan S. Maric, Onur I. Ilkorur, Jia Tao, Kuldeep P. Lonkar, Stephen E. Dey, Phil M. Hobson, Jeremy C. Franklin
  • Patent number: 10816819
    Abstract: A stereoscopic display device includes a display panel; a barrier panel on the display panel, the barrier panel including channel electrodes across an active area, and link lines disposed outside of the active area; a front linear polarizer and a rear linear polarizer in direct contact with the barrier panel, respectively; and an image linear polarizer disposed on an outer surface of the display panel, wherein the number of the link lines in which each channel electrode crosses, is constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You-Yong Jin, Wook Jeon, Hee-Jin Im, Yong-Ku Lee, Ju-Hoon Jang, Dong-Yeon Kim, Woon-Chan Moon
  • Patent number: 10798371
    Abstract: A head-tracking multiview display and a head-tracking multiview display system selectively provide a primary set of views and a secondary view representing a perspective view of a scene that is angularly adjacent to the primary view set. The head-tracking multiview display includes a multibeam backlight configured to provide a plurality of light beams corresponding to different view directions of a multiview image and a light valve array configured to modulate the light beams to provide a plurality of views including the primary view set and the secondary view. The head-tracking multiview display system further includes a head tracker configured to determine a position of a user. At a first determined position the head-tracking multiview display is configured to provide the primary view set and at a second determined position the head-tracking multiview display being configured to provide the augmented view set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: LEIA INC.
    Inventor: David A. Fattal
  • Patent number: 10747018
    Abstract: A stereoscopic display device having a barrier panel is provided. The barrier panel can include channel electrodes to form transmitting regions and blocking regions in an active area, and link lines to provide a signal to the channel electrodes. The stereoscopic display device can include a display driver driving a display panel; a barrier panel on the display panel, the barrier panel including channel electrodes across an active area, and link lines disposed outside the active area; and a barrier driver controlling the channel electrodes through the link lines, wherein the number of the link lines in which each channel electrode crosses, is constant. Thus, in the stereoscopic display device, a dark spot due to a load deviation of the channel electrodes can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You-Yong Jin, Wook Jeon, Hee-Jin Im, Yong-Ku Lee, Ju-Hoon Jang, Dong-Yeon Kim, Woon-Chan Moon
  • Patent number: 10718944
    Abstract: A near-eye display device including a display panel, a liquid crystal layer, and a lens element is provided. The liquid crystal layer is disposed adjacent to the display panel and disposed between the display panel and the lens element. The display panel is configured to provide an image light beam to pass through the liquid crystal layer. At least a portion of the liquid crystal layer is configured to modulate the image light beam according to the phase modulation. Phase modulation occurs to at least a portion of the liquid crystal layer to modulate the image light beam, and the lens element is a micro lens array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Ming Chuang, Yi-Pai Huang, Jui-Yi Wu, Chuan-Chung Chang
  • Patent number: 10701349
    Abstract: A multi-view display is display capable of simultaneously showing different images to viewers that see the display from different locations. Viewers do not see the images intended for other viewers at other locations. A multi-view display forms images via a collection of multi-view pixels, which are the devices that make such image customization possible. A multi-view pixel is able to emit different light in different directions; in each direction, parameters of emitted light such as brightness, contrast, etc., can be controlled independently of the light emitted in other directions. In order for the display to generate good-quality images, it is useful to perform a calibration of the display that will yield accurate information about the relationships of light emitted by multi-view pixels and locations where images are to be made viewable. Embodiments of the present invention provide calibrations that achieve the desired result efficiently and accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Misapplied Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Han Ng, Paul Henry Dietz, David Steven Thompson
  • Patent number: 10691005
    Abstract: [Object] To provide an optical element and a display apparatus capable of reducing a waveguide loss and achieving laser oscillation suppression and a high output. [Solving Means] An optical element according to the present technology includes a substrate, a first end which is a light emission end, and a second end provided on an opposite side to the first end, the optical element including a first electrode layer, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer has a stripe form extended from the second end toward the first end. A waveguide structure included in the first conductivity type layer, the active layer, and second conductivity type layer includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide, and the second waveguide has a tapered structure that makes a beam spot of light incident from the first waveguide smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Fujii, Tomoki Ono
  • Patent number: 10687048
    Abstract: A stereoscopic display device having a barrier panel is provided. The barrier panel may include channel electrodes across an active area. Each of the channel electrodes may include an end portion connected to corresponding link line. Each of the channel electrodes may be connected to the link line same as (n+1)th channel electrode from the channel electrode. The barrier panel may further include connecting lines to connect between opposite end portions of the channel electrode which are connected to the same link line. Thus, in the stereoscopic display device, the number of the wires extending along an edge of the active area may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You-Yong Jin, Dong-Yeon Kim, Wook Jeon, Hee-Jin Im, Yong-Ku Lee, Ju-Hoon Jang, Woon-Chan Moon
  • Patent number: 10663755
    Abstract: Techniques relating to providing three dimensional view of an image to the viewers of a digital display device are described. For example, a filtration mask is implemented on the digital display device, the filtration mask includes multiple super masks arranged based on an aspect ratio of the digital display device. Each of the multiple super masks includes at least one left eye pixel mask visible to left eye of a viewer and at least one right eye pixel mask visible to right eye of the viewer. Further, the at least one left eye pixel mask and at least one right eye pixel mask are arranged in a predefined pattern. Furthermore, at least two super masks from amongst the multiple super masks include the at least one left eye pixel mask and the at least one right eye pixel mask arranged in a mutually different predefined pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Keith A. Fish, John M. Fujii
  • Patent number: 10659770
    Abstract: A stereo image display apparatus includes a display device, a lens array layer and a directional structure. The display device includes display surface and an image algorithm unit. The lens array layer is disposed adjacent to the display surface of the display device. The lens array layer includes a plurality of lenses. The directional structure disposed between the display device and the lens array layer or disposed on the lens array layer. The directional structure enables light generated by the display device to emit directionally, and the lens array layer is configured to reconstruct an un-reconstructed image displayed by the display surface as an integral image to produce a stereo image, so that a better stereo image display effect can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: CHERAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiang Yang, Yi-Pai Huang, Chih-Hung Ting, Kai-Chieh Chang, Jui-Yi Wu
  • Patent number: 10645373
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional displaying apparatus includes an image displaying panel having a plurality of pixels and a backlight panel spaced apart from one surface of the image displaying panel. The backlight panel includes a first line source set having a plurality of line sources arranged at regular intervals and a second line source set having line sources arranged spaced apart from the respective line sources of the first line source set by a predetermined interval. The first line source set and the second line source set are driven alternately. Thus, in a case where a horizontal location of an observer varies, the change of brightness of image information and the crosstalk between adjacent visual fields are minimized, and pseudo-stereoscopic vision is prevented. Also, the irregularity of brightness distribution in a visual field may be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Kyu Kim, Ki Hyuk Yoon
  • Patent number: 10600834
    Abstract: An image sensor includes: a pixel array where a plurality of pixel groups are arrayed in two dimensions, wherein each of the plurality of the pixel groups includes: a first pixel suitable for sensing a first color signal that is color-separated through a first color filter; and a second pixel suitable for sensing a second color signal that is color-separated through a second color filter and has a longer wavelength than the first color signal, and a volume of a first color filter or a second color filter that is positioned in a peripheral area of the pixel array is different from a volume of a first color filter or a second color filter that is positioned in a central area of the pixel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Sang-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 10578945
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal lens assembly, a liquid crystal panel, and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal lens assembly includes: a liquid crystal layer, a first electrode layer having a plurality of first bar electrodes, and a second electrode layer having a plurality of second bar electrodes. The first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are both provided on a first side of the liquid crystal layer, and an extending direction of the first bar electrodes intersects with an extending direction of the second bar electrodes. The present disclosure can increase a utilization efficiency of light beams, and reduce a power consumption of the light source side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zheng Fang, Yunsik Im
  • Patent number: 10571706
    Abstract: A display method of a light field image adapted to a light field display apparatus is provided. The display method includes the following: providing an image having a plurality of depth values, wherein the depth values represent degrees of distance of the image; respectively obtaining a plurality of pixels in the image corresponding to the depth values respectively falling within a plurality of different extended depth value ranges based on the extended depth value ranges to from a plurality of layered images, wherein the extended depth value ranges are different from each other and are partially overlapped in sequence; forming the light field image based on the plurality of layered images; and providing a signal corresponding to the light field image to a display of the light field display apparatus. In addition, the light field display apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Han-Hsuan Lin, Jui-Yi Wu
  • Patent number: 10473946
    Abstract: A lenticular display includes a lenticular image including an image strip group in which display image strips that are respectively extracted in the form of a stripe from a plurality of display images are arrayed adjacently to each other in their respective corresponding positions, and in which an interpolation image strip is disposed between display image strips that are adjacent to each other, that are extracted from different display images, and that have different colors in at least a portion thereof, the interpolation image strip having a color that is in between the color of one of the adjacent display image strips and the color of the other of the adjacent display image strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Katsumoto, Yanlong Che, Ryou Hibino, Masahiko Noritsune
  • Patent number: 10423046
    Abstract: A liquid crystal lens includes first and second electrodes facing each other, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second electrodes. The first electrode includes at least one unit pattern. The unit pattern includes a pattern electrode and an aperture. The pattern electrode is disposed adjacent to a boundary of the unit pattern and the aperture is disposed inside the pattern electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Jung Huh, Beom Shik Kim, Jun Ho Song, Yeon Mun Jeon, In Sun Hwang
  • Patent number: 10375344
    Abstract: Various embodiments for compensating for user view angle of a display device are presented. The viewing angle of a user may be determined using sensors. Based on the viewing angle, the attenuation of the output of the display device may be determined. Compensation mode for the display output may be determined. The compensation mode may adjust the output of the display to compensate for the display attenuation allowing an improved image quality at large viewing angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: DISH Ukraine L.L.C.
    Inventor: Andrey Kuplevakhsky
  • Patent number: 10321125
    Abstract: A control method and a control apparatus for a naked eye 3D display apparatus and a naked eye 3D display apparatus are described. The control method for a naked eye 3D display apparatus includes: detecting the position of a user; determining viewpoints where the left eye and right eye of the user are located according to the detected position of the user; and turning on sub-pixels corresponding to the determined viewpoints and turning off other sub-pixels. Such a control method enables a user is caused to only see those display pictures corresponding to viewpoints that need to be seen, thereby solving the problem of cross-talk between multiple viewpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiming Meng, Weihao Hu, Daekeun Yoon, Jianming Wang, Zongze He
  • Patent number: 10254553
    Abstract: A method of producing a lenticular device for an autostereoscopic display apparatus includes providing a substrate having a surface which corresponds in shape to a desired surface profile for the array of lenticular elements, and providing an optical layer mixture of an optically birefringent material and a polymer precursor over the substrate surface. The optical layer is exposed to a stimulus for polymerizing the polymer precursor to have at least a polymer surface layer, thereby enclosing the material between the polymerized material and the surface to define lenticular elements. This method allows a simple polymerization process, forming a single layer, to complete the LC cell formation in the desired lenticular array shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Hans Zuidema, Henricus J. C. Kuijpers, Roel Penterman
  • Patent number: 10247866
    Abstract: An image capture device according to the present disclosure includes: a lens optical system L; an image sensor N on which light that has passed through the lens optical system L is incident and which includes at least a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels; and an array of optical elements K which is arranged between the lens optical system and the image sensor. The lens optical system has a first optical region D1 which transmits mostly light vibrating in the direction of a first polarization axis and a second optical region D2 which transmits mostly light vibrating in the direction of a second polarization axis that is different from the direction of the first polarization axis. The array of optical elements makes the light that has passed through the first optical region D1 incident on the plurality of first pixels and also makes the light that has passed through the second optical region D2 incident on the plurality of second pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michihiro Yamagata, Tsuguhiro Korenaga, Norihiro Imamura, Takamasa Ando
  • Patent number: 10237542
    Abstract: The stereoscopic image display device displaying a stereoscopic image by being placed on a movable object includes: a stereoscopic display panel module which projects images of different parallaxes for each of neighboring spatial regions; a movable object state detecting module which detects state information regarding a position state of the movable object; an observing distance calculation module which calculates a relative distance between the stereoscopic display panel module and a specific observer located on a display surface side thereof based on the state information; a device characteristic data saving module which saves device characteristic data regarding the stereoscopic display panel module; and a display setting adjusting module which adjusts display setting of the stereoscopic image by referring to the relative distance and the device characteristic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takefumi Hasegawa, Koji Shigemura
  • Patent number: 10104366
    Abstract: A stereopsis image display device is provided that prevents 3D crosstalk from being generated and enables a lenticular film to be freely bent. The stereopsis image display device comprises a plurality of data lines arranged in a first direction; a plurality of gate lines arranged in a second direction; a plurality of sub pixels defined by crossing between the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines; and a lenticular film provided on the plurality of sub pixels, wherein the plurality of sub pixels are provided in a horizontal 2-domain structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung Hwan An, Jae Woo Lee, Chang Ho Lee, Bo Gyun Chung, Yoon Sung Tak
  • Patent number: 10073274
    Abstract: A grating, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are disclosed. The grating comprises: a substrate including a plurality of first view field regions (A1) and a plurality of second view field regions (A2) which are alternately distributed; a plurality of ridge structures formed on the substrate in each first view field region (A1) and each second view field region (A2); and a patterned light shield layer being formed on the ridge structures and including a plurality of light-blocking regions and a plurality of light-transmitting regions, wherein in each first view field region (A1), each light-transmitting region is formed on a sloping surface of a first side of each ridge structure; in each second view field region (A2), each light-transmitting region is formed on a sloping surface of a second side of each ridge structure; and the first side and the second side are two opposite sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia Chiang Lin
  • Patent number: 10042175
    Abstract: A three dimension apparatus is provided and includes a backlight source, a display panel and a fly-eye lens array. The backlight source is used for providing an emitted light, the display panel is used for displaying an image based on data signals, scan signals, and the emitted light from the backlight source. The backlight source includes a plurality of sub-pixel units. The fly-eye lens array includes a plurality of lens units for performing a convergence operation on the emitted light for the backlight source to achieve a three dimensional displaying for naked eyes. The shape of each of the lens units is a square.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianhong Chen
  • Patent number: 10033993
    Abstract: A system 8 for delivering stereoscopic images for viewing without 3-D glasses being required comprises a video display element 1, an image direction element 4, a front holder element 5, a rear holder element 3, and a resolution enhancement element 2. The video display element 1 outputs a plurality of left-eye images and a plurality of right-eye images. The image direction element 4 directs each left-eye image at a desired left-eye angle and directs each right-eye image at a desired right-eye angle. The front holder element 5 is movable relative to the rear holder element 3 to move the image direction element 4 to adjust each left-eye angle at which each left-eye image is directed and to adjust each right-eye angle at which each right-eye image is directed to suit each viewer. The resolution enhancement element 2 is modulated simultaneously with the image direction element 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Healy, Thao D. Hovanky, John Gilbert
  • Patent number: 9946087
    Abstract: A direction backlight stereoscopic display device, comprises a backlight assembly, and sequentially comprises a lens array and an image display unit along a transmitting direction of light rays emitted from the backlight assembly. The lens array includes a plurality of lens units, and the lens units are arranged along a preset curvature, forming a concave surface facing toward the image display unit. The lens array of the directional backlight stereoscopic display device according to the embodiments of the present invention is arranged as a concave surface with a definite curvature, forming an uninterrupted viewing zone distribution in a viewing region to guarantee the viewing zone a visual effect of uniformity without any dark region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Guangzhou Mid Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangui Zhou, Jianying Zhou, Hang Fan, Kunyang Li, Haiyu Chen, Yuman Xu
  • Patent number: 9885874
    Abstract: A microlens array and a method for fabricating thereof are provided. The microlens array of the present invention comprises a lens structure part formed by bistable dielectric polymer thin film; first and second electrode parts each formed on the upper surface and the bottom surface of the lens structure part to apply voltage for shape changes of the lens structure part; a circuit part applying heat to the dielectric polymer thin film to change the property of the dielectric polymer thin film to be soft; and a base part formed on the bottom surface of the second electrode in predetermined intervals. The method further comprises a hydraulic part to apply predetermined voltage to the bottom surface of the lens structure part. The microlens array is thus able to change optical properties by deform the shape of a transparent dielectric polymer thin film having bistablity to various sizes of lens shapes by the purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung-Ryul Yun, Ki-Uk Kyung, Sun-Tak Park, Bong-Je Park, Sae-Kwang Nam
  • Patent number: 9883171
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic screen for the simultaneous reproduction of more than two different pictures, including a pixel matrix with a multitude of pixels, an optical element arranged on front of or behind the pixel matrix, and a control unit for activating the pixel matrix and the optical element. The optical element forms an optical grid with a family of strip-like structures which run next to one another, wherein a period length of the optical grid is changeable by way of activating the optical element. Thereby, for a change of a viewing distance (Ln, L; L?) the control unit is configured to increase or reduce the period length and to simultaneously change a distribution of picture information onto the pixel matrix. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding method for the simultaneous reproduction of more than two different pictures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: René de la Barré, Silvio Jurk
  • Patent number: 9860523
    Abstract: The present invention provides a slit grating structure and a display device, and relates to the field of stereo display technology. The slit grating structure of the present invention comprises a plurality of alternately arranged transparent strips and switching strips, and a drawing and injecting unit, wherein the drawing and injecting unit is configured to inject non-transparent liquid into the switching strips from a cavity and draw non-transparent liquid out of the switching strips. When the slit grating structure cooperates with a 2D display panel, 2D and 3D switching display can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hailong Wu, Juan Yu, Weitao Chen
  • Patent number: 9843722
    Abstract: The image generating device includes: a first camera configured to photograph a depth image of a subject using a first light; a second camera configured to photograph a color image of the subject by converting a second light into an image signal; a view angle extender configured to change a view angle, wherein the view angle is an angle at which the first camera and the second camera are operable to photograph the subject; and a controller configured to control the view angle extender to change the view angle of the first camera and the second camera and to form a single depth image and a single color image by respectively synthesizing a plurality of depth images and a plurality of color images, photographed by the first camera and the second camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-bae Park, Min-Hyok Bang, Keum-ok Lee, Dong-jin Lee, Jung-kun Lee, Jae-hoon Jeong, Kyung-sun Cho, Seong-seol Hong
  • Patent number: 9838676
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a 3D display device, and the 3D display device, comprising: a display panel (1), configured to display an image; an optical element (2) and a liquid crystal lens (3), disposed to overlap each other and positioned at a light exiting side of the display panel (1), wherein the optical element (2) comprises a plurality of optical lens units (2a), the liquid crystal lens (3) comprises a plurality of liquid crystal lens units (3a), the plurality of liquid crystal lens units (3a) correspond to the plurality of optical lens units (2a) in a one-to-one corresponding relationship; when the 3D display device is in a 2D displaying mode, each of the plurality of liquid crystal lens units (3a) has an effect on light contrary to an effect on the light of each of the plurality of optical lens units (2a), and when the 3D display device is in a 3D displaying mode, the liquid crystal lens unit (3a) is configured to have a plane glass function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kun Wu, Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 9798894
    Abstract: A system and method to secure information displayed on the screen of a computing device is provided in which an image to be displayed is algorithmically distorted and thereafter displayed on a display device. To properly view the image, a user must use decoding eyewear which will correct for the applied distortion. The displayed image is thereby rendered unviewable to casual observers and passers-by.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Michael John Wilsher
  • Patent number: 9794546
    Abstract: A video processing device is provided, in which the cross-talk is prevented from increasing while the Moiré pattern is diminished. A video display device displays multiple-parallax video using a parallax barrier method, the video display device comprising: a display unit displaying pixel columns of a given image and pixel columns of one or more parallax images corresponding to the given image, all of the pixel columns being arranged in predetermined order; and a parallax barrier arranged at a predetermined distance from an image display face of the display unit, and having a plurality of elongated passing regions passing light rays from the display unit, wherein at least one of the passing regions has a waveform formed at a longitudinal edge thereof, and at least one waveform includes two wave units that differ in terms of wave height or wave width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tatsumi Watanabe, Nobuyuki Kunieda, Ken Mashitani
  • Patent number: 9784983
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) display module and a 3D display device are disclosed. The 3D display module has a first assembly and second lens assemblies respectively having multiple first and second lenses arranged in parallel. The extending directions of the first and second lens assemblies intersect to form a specific angle and the refractive indexes of the first and second cylinder lenses are different. A liquid crystal layer is formed between the first and second cylinder lens assemblies. A first and second electrode layer are respectively formed on two sides of the liquid crystal layer. By a control technique of arranging the cylinder lens and the liquid crystals in a specific angle, a lateral and perpendicular autostereoscopic 3D display effect is accomplished. The 3D display module has advantages of a simple manufacturing and an advantage of thinning since a period and a focal length of the cylinder lens are smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Techno0logy Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Guowei Zha