Abstract: An image display method includes the following steps: transmitting an active data of a full image to a display screen, and after transmitting the active data of the full image is completed and before a driving period for an original vertical blanking interval corresponding to the active data is started, adjusting a display control signal transmitted to the display screen during an extra driving period, wherein a period length of the extra driving period is not equal to a period length of transmitting the active data of the full image to the display screen.

Abstract: A multi view and stereoscopic image display comprises: first glasses that comprise a first left-eye filter and a first right-eye filter, allow only a first image to pass through the first left-eye filter and the first right-eye filter in a multi view mode, and allow a left-eye image and a right-eye image to respectively pass through the first left-eye filter and the first right-eye filter in a 3D mode; and second glasses that comprise a second left-eye filter and a second right-eye filter, allow only a second image to pass through the second left-eye filter and the second right-eye filter in the multi view mode, and allow the left-eye image and the right-eye image to respectively pass through the second left-eye filter and the second right-eye filter in the 3D mode.

Abstract: A method is provided for generating an autostereoscopic display. The method includes acquiring a first parallax image and at least one other parallax image. At least a portion of the first parallax image may be aligned with a corresponding portion of the at least one other parallax image. Alternating views of the first parallax image and the at least one other parallax image may be displayed.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image display system, including: a multi-parallax image reproduction apparatus configured to reproduce two-dimensional images, which include a plurality of parallax images within one frame, at a first frame rate; and a three-dimensional display apparatus configured to carry out multi-parallax stereoscopic moving picture display at a second frame rate based on a plurality of parallax images reproduced by the multi-parallax image reproduction apparatus where one frame of stereoscopic moving pictures is formed from a multi-parallax image formed from a predetermined number of parallax images; the multi-parallax image reproduction apparatus reproducing an image wherein control information is included in any of the parallax images for every one frame or every plurality of frames, the three-dimensional image display apparatus carrying out control in accordance with the control information included in the parallax images to carry out the multi-parallax stereoscopic moving picture display.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying an image and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a more convenient and pleasant 3D stereoscopic image appreciating environment can be provided to a user. The present invention includes a display unit including a parallax generating means for displaying a 3D stereoscopic image of a binocular disparity type, a memory unit configured to store first to third images, and a controller determining a prescribed display condition, the controller, if a first condition is met, controlling the 3D stereoscopic image to be displayed via the display unit using the first image and the second image, the controller, if a second condition is met, controlling the 3D stereoscopic image to be displayed via the display unit using the first image and the third image. Preferably, the first to third images include images of a common object in different viewpoints, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a system including the same. A 3-dimensional (3D) display apparatus includes a display unit; a video signal processor which extracts frame sync signals corresponding to a left-eye image and a right-eye image from a predetermined 3D video signal, and processes the left-eye image and the right-eye image to be alternately displayed on the display unit; and a first communication unit which communicates with an external 3D display apparatus, and transmits a display sync signal based on the extracted frame sync signal to the external 3D display apparatus so that a 3D image displayed in the external 3D display apparatus can be synchronized with order of the left-eye image and the right-eye image displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: An image processing method for creating a disparity image for 3D display from a 2D video image includes detecting based on a first image of the 2D video image in a time and a second image in a time different from the first image, motion vectors between the first and second images for each block of the first image, detecting from the motion vectors, a most backward vector of a portion whose depth is on the back side, calculating differential vectors between each motion vector and the most backward vector and giving a depth on a close to the block of the first image corresponding to the motion vector having the larger differential vector and creating one or more disparity images from the first image and the depth.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide various displays for easy visualization of disparity data. Some embodiments provide a “snapshot” display having a plurality of markers, each marker representing a disparity statistic of a horizontal or vertical segment of a 3D image under test. Other embodiments provide a “trend” display having a plurality of markers, each marker representing a disparity statistic, or a rate of change of a disparity statistic, calculated over a single frame or field of a 3D video under test on a frame-by-frame basis. The disparity statistic may be maximum disparity, minimum disparity, mean disparity, RMS disparity, or the like.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a stereoscopic video processor includes a mode setting module, an adjustment module, and a communication module. The mode setting module sets a mode from among a plurality of modes each specifying an adjustment amount related to the disparity between first stereoscopic video and second stereoscopic video. The adjustment module adjusts the disparity between the first stereoscopic video and the second stereoscopic video by an adjustment amount corresponding to the mode set by the mode setting module. The communication module communicates with stereoscopic glasses for viewing the first stereoscopic video and the second stereoscopic video the disparity between which is adjusted by the adjustment module.

Abstract: An image display mode conversion apparatus and method, the apparatus having a display unit displaying image data included in an image signal, an image characteristic parameter detector detecting an image characteristic parameter which is information regarding whether the image data included in the image signal represents a two-dimensional (2D) image or a three-dimensional (3D) image, and an operation mode conversion determining unit receiving the detected image characteristic parameter, determining whether or not an operation mode of the display unit should be converted, and outputting an operation mode conversion signal to the display unit according to the determination result. Therefore, it is possible to provide more convenience to users in various fields, such as a 3D image broadcasting and so on, by implementing the image display mode conversion apparatus in a digital broadcast standard system.

Abstract: Disclosed is a 3D video display device providing a first video inputted into a left eye and a second video inputted into a right eye, the 3D video display device including: a control information acquiring device receiving control information; and a 3D broadcasting receiving device controlling a binocular disparity between the first video and the second video by using the control information transferred from the control information acquiring device as a key. According to the present invention, since a 3D video is reconfigured considering a distance between the user and the 3D video display device acquired by a control information acquiring device, a user's preference, or the like, it is possible to provide the 3D video in which a user can perceive optimal depth perception.

Abstract: A device to calibrate with a 3D viewer, to couple to a display device, and to split a 3D signal to a first 2D signal and a second 2D signal and generate media to be rendered on the display device by merging the first 2D signal and the second 2D signal based on a timing between the device and the 3D viewer.

Abstract: In a method of managing 3D video stream, 3D video stream is output to a connected display. The connected display displays the 3D video stream after a delay associated with the connected display. A timing offset is determined based on the delay. The timing offset is operable to be used to synchronize shutter operations of at least one shutter glasses with the presentation of the 3D video stream. A shutter control signal based on a frame start indication from the 3D video stream is transmitted. The frame start indication is operable to be used to determine a frame rate of the 3D video stream, and the shutter control signal is operable to be used to maintain synchronization of the shutter operations of the at least one shutter glasses with the presentation of the 3D video stream at the connected display.

Abstract: A stereoscopic display device includes a 3D formatter for aligning a left eye image data and a right eye image data received from an outside of the stereoscopic display device in an interlaced method and forwarding the same, a data compensating unit for selecting a compensation data on the left eye image data and the right eye image data received from the 3D formatter from a compensation look-up table having the compensating data on the left eye image data and the right eye image data on each gray scale preset thereon, and compensating the left eye image data and the right eye image data, and a panel driving unit for displaying the left eye image data and the right eye image data from the data compensating unit on a display unit alternately in lines.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stereoscopic image display which controls display mode of the stereoscopic image display according to the entered image signal and displays both 2D images and stereoscopic images at high resolution with better viewing. The stereoscopic image display is constituted of a device for comparing the image signal entered into the stereoscopic image to determine to either 2D image signal or stereoscopic image signal and a combined use type stereoscopic image display of 2D images and stereoscopic images which can display 2D images and stereoscopic images at high resolution by controlling illumination pattern of the light source device for the stereoscopic image display to provide better viewing.

Abstract: A time multiplexed stereo display system is provided. The system includes a video player to output a sequence of image frames with respect to multiple stereo-displayed images. Each of the stereo-displayed images is formed by a first-view image and a second-view image with a parallax therebetween. The sequence of the image frames is sequentially displaying all of the first-view images and then sequentially displaying all of the second-view images to symmetrically transmitting first-view/second-view images. Further, a display panel receives the sequence of image frames for accordingly displaying the image frames. Multiple shutter eyeglasses, are controlled by the video player to transmit the stereo-displayed images, respectively, in accordance with the sequence of the image frames. Each of the shutter eyeglasses has a first-view glass and a second-view glass to accordingly transmit one of the first-view images and the second-view images in each display of the image frames.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a depth-information extraction section; a luminance extraction section; a contrast extraction section; a gain generation section; a correlation estimation section; and a movement analyzing section.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for measuring picture quality of a stereoscopic display device, and a picture quality analyzing method using the same, which quantify a motion artifact of a 3D moving picture in consideration of even an undesired moving picture artifact caused by a motion and gray-to-gray crosstalk, and moreover measure a motion blur. The picture quality measuring apparatus includes a pattern generator, a 3D display device, a polarization member, a following camera, and an analyzer. The pattern generator generates a right-eye and a left-eye moving picture pattern which move at a predetermined scroll speed. The 3D display device displays the right-eye and left-eye moving picture pattern inputted from the pattern generator. The following camera follows respective boundary portions of the right-eye and left-eye moving picture pattern, which pass through the polarization member and are incident on the following camera, to measure luminance.

Abstract: An accelerated black frame is inserted into an output vertical blanking period, keeping the output VBI at the same length or shorter than the input VBI. The output VBI is not extended. Input video data is received at a frame memory at a first transmission rate during an input active frame period. The video data is transmitted from the frame memory to a display at a second transmission rate during an output active frame period. The second transmission rate is faster than the first rate, which would normally lead to an extended output VBI. The transmitting (pouring in of data into the frame buffer) ends at the same time as all the data has been received at the monitor (drained). A black data frame which consists of meaningless data is inserted into the output VBI such that the output VBI is not longer than the input VBI.

Abstract: A frame sequential 3D display system includes an image source, an image processor, and a display device. The image source is configured to provide a 2D video signal consisting of multiple frames for representing an image and generate an upsampled 2D video signal by increasing the frame rate of the source 2D video signal. The image processor includes an identical frame detector and a 2D/3D converter. After identify corresponding pairs of frames in the upsampled 2D video signal, the identical frame detector instructs the 2D/3D converter to convert the corresponding pairs of frames in the upsampled 2D video signal into corresponding right-eye images and corresponding left-eye images constituting a 3D video signal. The display device is configured to receive and display the 3D video signal.

Abstract: An image playback device includes a playback portion which plays back content data to make a video stereoscopically viewed by means of video data including first and second images for first and second view points, respectively; a setting portion which sets a playback speed for playing back the content data; and an adjuster which adjusts parallax information about parallax between the first and second images in response to the playback speed set by the setting portion.

Abstract: A three-dimensional display method is provided in the present disclosure. The three-dimensional display method includes obtaining position information of an observer; and adjusting displaying content of a stereoscopic image according to the position information. A tracking three-dimensional display unit and an image processing device are also provided in the present disclosure. In the present disclosure, three-dimensional displaying contents may be adjusted according to the position information of the observer to introduce movement parallax, so as to achieve mutual effect between the observer and displaying contents, and enhance the sense of reality of three-dimensional displaying.

Abstract: A display device includes a liquid crystal panel which switches between a left frame image which is viewed by a left eye and a right frame image which is viewed by a right eye to alternately display the left and right frame images on a display surface with time; and a liquid crystal driver which scans and drives the liquid crystal panel with a frame image signal for displaying the left or right frame image over the display surface. The liquid crystal driver executes a first scanning operation over the display surface and a second scanning operation over the display surface after the first scanning operation, and the first scanning operation is executed in a shorter period than the second scanning operation.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electric apparatus includes a receiving module, an expanding module, and an output module. The receiving module is configured to receive a motion picture including a first image and a second image having a parallax therebetween. The expanding module is configured to expand the first image and the second image at least in a horizontal direction. The output module is configured to output data of a third image corresponding to a first region of the expanded first image and a fourth image corresponding to a second region of the expanded second image. The first region comprises the same size as the first image and does not include a first horizontal end portion of the extended first image. The second region comprises the same size as the second image and does not include a second horizontal end portion of the extended second image.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence display includes pixels in a matrix that each emits visible light. A data line driver supplies a video signal to each pixel. The video signal includes first and second frames corresponding to first-eye and second-eye image information. A scanning line driver distributes a scanning signal to each pixel for controlling a supply of the video signal. The display includes an emitter in an arrangement position of the pixels in the matrix. The emitter emits infrared light in a same direction as the visible light. The scanning line driver supplies a control signal to the emitter that indicates a switching timing between the first frame and the second frame, and causes the emitter to emit the infrared light based on the control signal for reception by eye glasses for controlling opening and closing of electronic shutters.

Abstract: The present invention is a portable auto-stereoscopic media displaying and recording device. An auto-stereoscopic display screen allows a user to view stereoscopic electronic media without the need for specialized glasses. The user is able to create stereoscopic electronic media with the present invention through a 3D ASIC camera. The present invention also retrieves stereoscopic electronic media to display from a flash memory card through from a flash memory card slot, a USB enabled device through a USB port, or from the internet through an internet connectivity module. The casing, which creates a portable enclosure for the other components of the present invention, consists of two parts, a front portion and a back portion. A chipset allows the present invention to properly perform all of its functions such as executing the necessary software to display, manage, and create the files of stereoscopic electronic media.

Abstract: A binocular visual performance measuring method including: a parallax image displaying step of displaying left and right parallax images at a predetermined measurement start position on a display screen when a measurement item is designated; a parallax image changing step of changing one of the left and right parallax images relative to the other of the left and right parallax images in accordance with the designated measurement item; a timing detecting step of detecting a timing when the subject viewing the left and right parallax images from a position a predetermined distance away from the display screen becomes unable to achieve fusion of the left and right parallax images; and a measurement value calculating step of calculating a measurement value of the designated measurement item based on the predetermined distance and a difference between the left and right parallax images defined at the detected timing.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image processing method for a stereoscopic image pair forming a 3D image comprises the steps of evaluating whether the distance of a user is closer or further than a preferred distance from a 3D image display upon which the stereoscopic image pair is to be displayed, and if the evaluation indicates that the user is further than the preferred distance from the 3D image display, adjusting the respective displacements between corresponding image elements in the stereoscopic image pair, thereby changing the stereoscopic parallax in the 3D image.

Abstract: A method for controlling an environment brightness received by shutter glasses which are used to view images presented by a display device is provided. The method includes the following steps: generating a control signal according to image variations of image content presented by the display device, external environment brightness, or an instruction signal for controlling an operation of the shutter glasses; and adjusting activation time of the shutter glasses to adjust the environment brightness received by shutter glasses according to the controlling signal.

Abstract: A display system includes a video processor, an audio processor, a screen and a sound reproducing apparatus is provided. The video processor is configured to convert a 2D video signal into a 3D video signal and acquire a 3D computation power loading indicator which is associated with 3D video contents of the 3D video signal. The audio processor is configured to convert a 2D audio signal into a 3D audio signal according to a 3D positioning algorithm and the 3D computation power loading indicator. Images are displayed on the screen according to the 3D video signal. The sound reproducing apparatus is configured to generate dynamic 3D sound according to the 3D audio signal.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) display device creating 3D illusions or effects within a contained space or volume. The device includes a front sidewall providing a viewing window to an interior of the display device. The device includes a transparent rear projection screen with a front surface facing the viewing window that is spaced apart a distance from the front sidewall. A media source projects a two dimensional (2D) image onto a back surface of the projection screen in a direction that is oblique to the front sidewall. The projection screen is positioned such that the front surface is angled away from the front sidewall, whereby the front surface is oblique to the viewing window. A leading edge of the projection screen is proximate to the front sidewall and a trailing edge of the projection screen is distal to the front sidewall with the front surface angled away from the front sidewall.

Abstract: An image processing device including a video signal output section which executes resolution conversion of an image, where in a case where a plurality of different images are included in an input image which is the resolution conversion target, the video signal output section executes a reference pixel setting process, which is the same as a reference pixel setting process of an image edge portion, at the time of a pixel value calculation of an output image in the vicinity of the image boundary, and a pixel value of an output pixel in the vicinity of the image boundary is determined using a pixel value of a reference pixel set using the image edge process.

Abstract: A display apparatus 100 of the present invention includes: a memory 130; a display 101; an operation part 110; and a controller 150. The controller 150 controls the display 101, in the case where the image of image data acquired in the memory 130 is displayed as a stereoscopic image, such that the image of the image data acquired in the memory 130 is displayed as a planar image when an instruction for selection becomes receivable by the operation part 110.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit that composes p (here, p is an integer equal to or greater than two) viewpoint videos that are spatially divided within one screen by sequentially displaying q (here, q is an integer that is equal to or greater than two and is equal to or less than p) display patterns that are divided in time; and an optical separation device that optically separates the p viewpoint videos configuring each one of the q display patterns displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: A 3D-image providing device comprises: an index selection unit for selecting at least one index frame set from 3D-image data including plural frame sets; and a thumbnail generation unit for obtaining left and right images for the selected index frame set and generating a thumbnail frame set based on the obtained left and right images, wherein the frames included in the thumbnail frame set satisfy conditions that the sizes and resolution thereof are respectively small and low compared to the frames included in the index frame set. Accordingly, the 3D-image providing device generates 3D-thumbnails from the left and right images of the 3D-image data to provide 3D images considered when moving to a user-desirable reproduction time point. Also, the 3D-image supply device merges the 3D-thumbnails with 3D-broadcasting images or 3D-contents and displays the merged image. Consequently, the image providing device minimizes viewer confusion when perceiving 3D-images and increases user satisfaction.

Abstract: An image display method displaying a stereoscopic 3D image, displaying both images of heterogeneous contents, or displaying an image according to a 2D scheme, and a 3D display device for implementing the display method are disclosed. The 3D display device receives a broadcast signal and restores a base view image signal and an extended view image signal constituting a pair of stereoscopic images. In a first operation mode, the 3D display device formats the base view image signal and the extended view image signal and displays the same according to a stereoscopic scheme. In a second operation mode, the 3D display device synthesizes two image signals different from the pair of stereoscopic images and displays the synthesized images.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for enhancing a viewing experience when display content is viewed utilizing stereo glasses. In use, display content is received for being outputted utilizing a display. Further, a duration of a vertical blanking interval associated with the display content is increased for enhancing a viewing experience when the display content is viewed utilizing the stereo glasses.

Abstract: There is provided a video image processing apparatus. A display device includes a first display portion for a left eye image and a second display portion for a right eye image. The apparatus comprises: video image processing means for cutting out a part of frame images from a three-dimensional video image configured as an aggregate of the frame images, a single frame image being formed by arranging a pair of a left and right eye images corresponding to the same scene in a prescribed pattern; and output means for outputting the partial image to the display device. The video image processing means, when changing the cutout position, cuts out the partial image such that an arrangement pattern of the left and right eye images in the partial image after the change matches an arrangement pattern of the first and the second display portions in the display region.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a recording unit that records a 3D content including a left eye image and a right eye image; a parallax adjusting unit that adjusts parallax between the left eye image and the right eye image of the 3D content according to a recording rate or a transmission rate of the 3D content; and a transmission control unit that transmits the 3D content including the left eye image and the right eye image with the adjusted parallax to respective terminals as a transmission destination through a network.

Abstract: A display device includes: a determiner that determines a video format of a stereoscopic video picture which is input as an input video picture and includes a right-eye image and a left-eye image; a video processor that generates a right-eye frame and a left-eye frame from the input video picture based on the video format determined by the determiner and outputs a stereoscopic video picture including the right-eye frame and the left-eye frame; a display unit that displays images with a predetermined display resolution; and a display controller that converts the resolution of the respective frames included in the stereoscopic video picture output by the video processor into the display resolution and causes the display unit to display the images.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, the system for inspecting a cell substrate is provided. The inspection system includes: a signal generator transmitting to a cell substrate a display signal causing the cell substrate to display a test image; an imaging apparatus capturing the test image displayed on the cell substrate; a parallax image generator arranging the set of parallax image information of the captured test image for each parallax image to generate a parallax image prediction of parallax image which is obtained when the cell substrate is bonded to the lenticular lens; and an interface apparatus displaying the parallax image predictions.

Abstract: Apparatus for delivery of stereo 3D content, including a library manager for retrieving, from a digital library of stereo 3D content, a version of a requested item of stereo 3D content stored in the library, on demand, a receiver, coupled with the library manager, for receiving, from a target device, a request for a desired item of stereo 3D content stored in the library, and an identification of display properties and stereo 3D characteristics of the target device, an adaptation engine, coupled with the receiver and with the library manager, for adapting the version of the item of stereo 3D content retrieved by the library manager, to an adapted version, optimized for viewing on the target device, based on the display properties and stereo 3D characteristics of the target device, and a transmitter, coupled with the adaptation engine, for transmitting the adapted version of the item of stereo 3D content to the target device, for download or for streaming. A system and a method are also described and claimed.

Abstract: Viewer interaction herein triggers switching from a first view point to a second view point and thereby controls presentation of video sequences. Each video sequence comprises a sequence of images of one and the same subject and is associated with a respective view point. Images are obtained from a first video sequence associated with a first view point and are provided for presentation. Viewer input information is received that indicates a desire to present a second view point. In response, a start position within a second video sequence associated with the second view point is determined, and the obtaining of images from the first video sequence is discontinued as of the determined start position. Images are then obtained from the second video sequence associated with the second view point, starting from the determined start position, and are then provided for presentation.

Abstract: A luminance correction computation unit 23 corrects a luminance input signal LI, which is inputted into a first luminance adjustment portion 13, to LO based on the semi-transparent mirror luminance correction coefficient b, and the luminance correction computation unit 23 corrects a luminance input signal LI, which is inputted into a second luminance adjustment portion 13, to LO based on the semi-transparent mirror luminance correction coefficient b. As a result, an image of the first image display portion 3, which is reflected by a semi-transparent mirror, and an image of the second image display portion, which is allowed to transmit through the semi-transparent mirror, are corrected in order to cancel a luminance difference according to an optical characteristic of the semi-transparent mirror. As a result, it is possible to suppress the luminance difference of the stereo image. Therefore, it is possible to suppress uncomfortable feeling of the stereo image caused by the semi-transparent mirror.

Abstract: A digital television receiving apparatus eliminates user discomfort when a 3D vision program is displayed on a display that does not support a 3D vision program. The receiving apparatus includes a 3D vision program determination unit which determines if the broadcast program is displayable as a 3D image using a left view image and a right view image. A display control unit is configured to cause the left view image or the right view image of the broadcast program to be undisplayable when it is determined that the broadcast program is a 3D vision program.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a digital hologram display device in which the 0th diffraction component is removed for optimizing the reproduction and replay of three-dimensional hologram video data. The present disclosure suggests a digital hologram image display device including a pattern generator generating holography interference patterns; a spatial light modulator receiving the holography interference patterns from the pattern generator and representing the holography interference patterns; a light source positioning at one side of the spatial light modulator and illuminating a reference beam to the spatial light modulator; an optical device controlling the reference beam to be collimated onto the entire surface of the spatial light modulator; and a diffusion sheet disposed between the light source and the spatial light modulator.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that generate and display a holographic image(s) of a 3-D real or synthetic object scene are presented. A holographic generator component (HGC) partitions a 3-D object scene into a horizontal stack of regularly spaced vertical sub-planes that are each contributed to a respective sub-line. The HGC converts the sequence of sub-lines into a collection of diffraction patterns, which are summed up and interfered with a reference beam to generate the complete hologram, which can be or can approximate a Fresnel hologram. A multi-rate filter is employed to facilitate converting sub-lines to diffraction patterns more quickly. The multi-rate filtering can be realized using convolution in the spatial domain, realized in the frequency domain using a fast Fourier transform, and/or realized in the frequency domain using a graphic processing unit.

Abstract: A display apparatus and an image generating method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes an image receiver which receives a two-dimensional (2D) image; an image processor which applies depth information to the received 2D image to generate a three-dimensional (3D) image; a storage which stores depth information which is preset to a different value, respectively, for a broadcasting mode; and a controller which determines a broadcasting mode of the 2D image and applies depth information corresponding to the determined broadcasting mode among the depth information, which is stored in the storage, to the 2D image to generate the 3D image.

Abstract: A stereoscopic video display apparatus includes: a two-dimensional display unit which selects, for each of parallax images having a parallax from a reference parallax image, at least one pixel sequence on a panel, and displays each of the parallax images using the selected pixel sequence; a barrier part which divides light from the pixel sequences such that the respective parallax images are displayed at predetermined positions; a position detecting unit which detects the positions of viewers; and a parallax image arrangement control unit which specifies viewing positions possible for the left eyes of the viewers from among the detected viewing positions other than the viewing positions for the right eyes, and cause the two-dimensional display unit to respectively display the parallax images predetermined for the left eyes at the specified positions.

Abstract: A 3D image display apparatus comprises a transmission-reception device and a control signal output device. The transmission-reception device receives a video data including a plurality of image informations which is base data of 3D images from a 3D image playback apparatus through a transmission cable and thereby generates an image signal. The control signal output device transmits a control signal for controlling light penetration states of penetration units for right and left eyes to shutter glasses. The transmission-reception device receives the video data from the 3D image playback apparatus through the transmission cable and thereby generates the image signal and a synchronizing signal. The synchronizing signal indicates which of the plurality of image informations is included in the image signal currently outputted. The control signal output device generates the control signal based on the synchronizing signal.