Abstract: A display unit includes: a display section including a plurality of pixels and a black matrix formed between the adjacent pixels, and displaying n-number of perspective images having respective perspectives through allocating the n-number of perspective images to n-number of adjacent pixels, respectively, where n is an integer of 2 or larger; and a parallax device including a plurality of separation elements, two or more adjacent separation elements of the plurality of separation elements being arranged in correspondence with the n-number of adjacent pixels, the parallax device separating the n-number of perspective images into respective n-number of directions. A single specific separation element of the two or more adjacent separation elements allows a single specific perspective image of the plurality of perspective images to be viewed from a specific perspective position, and the rest allow the black matrix to be viewed from the specific perspective position.

Abstract: A switchable lens device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) image display device using the same are disclosed. The switchable lens device includes a first base film, a first lens layer which is formed on the first base film, has a first refractive index in a first direction, has a second refractive index less than the first refractive index in a second direction vertical to the first direction, and has concave surfaces, a second lens layer which has convex surfaces filled in the concave surfaces of the first lens layer and has the first refractive index, and a second base film attached to the second lens layer.

Abstract: The invention provides a panel comprising a first light emitting area (1) for providing light of a first color and a second light emitting area (2) for providing light of a second color different from the first color, the first and second light emitting areas being separated from each other by a first spacing (3) along a first spacing axis (5) perpendicular to a normal of the panel, wherein the first spacing (3) is smaller than 5 micrometer. Preferably The Width (4) of the at least one of the light emitting areas is also smaller than 5 micrometer. As these spacings and/or dimensions approach the wavelength of light emitted by the light emitting areas, the boundaries between these areas become blurred or even the areas become indistinguishable from each other due to mixing. A Panel of the invention can be advantageously used in lighting and or display devices, in particular those that magnify the light emitting areas towards their users, such as autostereoscopic displays having lenticular lens arrangements.

Abstract: An apparatus includes first and second lens apparatuses, which have first and second focus lenses, first and second driving units that drive the first and second focus lenses, first and second detectors that detect first and second in-focus information of an object by phase difference detection, and first and second controllers that control driving of the first and second focus lenses. The first controller sets a first target position based on the first in-focus information detected by the first detector and drives the first focus lens. The second controller obtains the first target position or information corresponding to the first target position from the first lens apparatus, sets focus range based on the first target position or the information corresponding to the first target position, and drives the second focus lens based on the focus range and the second in-focus information detected by the second detector.

Abstract: A 3D display, at least comprising a display panel, a backlight module disposed beneath the display panel and a lens sheet disposed on the display panel is provided. The display panel comprises a display medium sandwiched between two substrates, and at least two alignment marks are formed at one of the substrates, and each alignment mark comprises an indicator and a reference mark. The lens sheet has an array of plural lenticular elements arranged in a lens direction, wherein the alignment marks are identifiable through the lens sheet and corresponding alignment mark images are presented on the lens sheet, and each alignment mark image comprises an indicator image and a reference mark image. Whether the alignment between the lens sheet and the display panel is accurate is determined by a correlation between the indicator image and the reference mark image.

Abstract: A spatially multiplexed autostereoscopic display is arranged to provide landscape and portrait operation. Multiple optical windows may be provided by spatial and temporal multiplexing techniques. A fast response lens array pair is aligned with a fast response spatial light modulator, and synchronized to provide first and second sets of images with first and second respective directionalities to provide first and second sets of respective optical windows. The first and second sets of optical windows may each comprise two or more optical windows in each viewing lobe. The optical windows may be arranged with an inclination to the vertical of 25 degrees to 65 degrees. An observer tracking system may be arranged to direct left and right eye image data to the left and right eyes of an observer, respectively, for landscape and portrait orientations of the display.

Abstract: An autostereoscopic display apparatus includes a substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of concave lens structures, a middle layer and a lenticular layer. The sub-pixels are disposed on the substrate, and each sub-pixel includes a light permeable area and at least one light masking area. The concave lens structures are disposed on the sub-pixels and on the optical paths of the light permeable areas. The middle layer is disposed on the concave lens structures, wherein the concave lens structures is used to expand the illumination distribution of the light from the light permeable areas of the sub-pixels, so as to form a plurality of virtual sub-pixel patterns. The projections of virtual sub-pixel patterns respectively projected to the sub-pixels cover the light masking areas of the sub-pixels. The focal point of the lenticular layer falls on the virtual sub-pixel patterns.

Abstract: An image displaying sheet includes a lens array composed of plural lenticular lenses, wherein the lenticular lens has curvatures along two different directions. A composite image has image periods along the two different directions. The application of the image displaying sheet on the composite image can generate the morphing effect, the dynamic effect, the 3D effect, the depth effect or the zooming effect of the composite image.

Abstract: Switchable lens systems and methods of manufacturing switchable lens systems are provided. A representative switchable lens system includes an imaging area and a seal line. The imaging area includes a first glass plate, a second glass plate and a lenticular structure. The lenticular structure is arranged in between the first and second glass plates and is provided with a plurality of cavities in between the lenticular structure and one of the first and second glass plates. The seal line surrounds the imaging area at its periphery, and is provided with a throughhole. A filling channel is located between at least a portion of the periphery of the imaging area and the seal line to provide a connection between the throughhole and multiple ones of the cavities.

Abstract: The invention provides a autostereoscopic display device with a particular design of lenticular lens array (lens pitch and slant angle) to optimize the quality of the views provided to the user, when a multi -primary pixel layout is used, with at least four sub-pixels of at least three different colors. The slant angle and lens pitch is related to the pixel pitch (in the row and colunm directions) as well as the number of different color sub-pixels.

Abstract: In a device to simultaneously present at least two items of information respectively associated with different persons, only to those persons located, at a single display device such as a monitor, the respective items of information are shown using the entire presentation area of the display device, and the presentation is made visible from the respective positions by the display device being provided with a lenticular film designed to show an image point presented on the display device only at a position that is associated with the intended viewer.

Abstract: Integral imaging 3D films for use with a display panel. The films include a flexible transmissive substrate having a first surface on a viewer side and a second surface for placement on the display panel. Convex lenses are located on the first surface. The second surface is planar for a plano-convex design or has concave lenses registered with the convex lenses for a convex-concave compound lens design. In the plano-convex design, the lens focus is in front of or behind the pixels. In the convex-concave design, the convex and concave lenses combined focus is in front of, at, or behind the pixels. In use the 3D films produce 3D images with motion parallax.

Abstract: This invention is a device for displaying images that appear to be three-dimensional, with binocular disparity and motion parallax, for multiple viewers in different viewing locations. This device includes an array of display elements wherein at least one of these display elements includes: one or more light-emitting members; and two or more rotating concentric light guides whose rotation guides the directions of the light rays from the one or more light-emitting members. This invention has several advantages over methods for displaying three-dimensional images in the prior art. It offers a wide range of motion parallax in different directions for multiple viewers, does not require glasses or head tracking, creates images with full potential for opacity and occlusion, and does not require coherent light.

Abstract: Moirés due to interference between two liquid crystal display panels in a display device which achieves three-dimensional displaying by using two liquid crystal display panels is to be prevented. By disposing a lenticular lens array between an upper liquid crystal display panel and a lower liquid crystal display panel, moirés and image blurs are prevented. This configuration can prevent the luminance levels and contrast of images from dropping.

Abstract: A Light Emitting Diode (LED) packaging structure comprises an LED die, a package body, and an optical element. The package body wraps the LED die, and the optical element is disposed on the package body. A light beam emitted by the LED die passes through the optical element and is split into a plurality of sub-light beams, and each of sub-light beams is individually projected onto an image plane corresponding to the optical element. Therefore, the LED packaging structure is applied to an LED stereoscopic display device, so that left eye and right eye of a viewer may respectively receive light beams emitted by different LED dies, so as to view a stereoscopic image, thereby solving a problem of a conventional stereoscopic display device that the stereoscopic image may be viewed in only a single viewable area.

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: An image display apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a plurality of panels arranged in a matrix form, each panel having, on its display surface, a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form; a first junction portion provided between the panels adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction; a second junction portion provided between the panels adjacent to each other in a vertical direction; a first optical member covering the first junction portion, and magnifying or diffusing the pixels of the panels in the vicinity of the first junction portion with an anisotropy in a first direction; and a second optical member covering the second junction portion, and magnifying and diffusing the pixels of the panels in the vicinity of the second junction portion with an anisotropy in a second direction.

Abstract: A naked-eye stereoscopic display apparatus satisfies ?=arctan {(Ax·px)/(Ay·py)}, GF=Bx·Lx/px, Ay?2 and Bx?2, Lx=?·px+?·py·tan ?, and GH=(?·px)2+(?·py)2. In these expressions, px is a pixel pitch in a horizontal direction, py is a pixel pitch in a vertical direction, Lx is a lens pitch of cylindrical lenses in the horizontal direction, ? is an inclination angle of cylindrical lenses, Ax and Ay are integers prime to each other, and ? and ? are integers. Bx is a minimum natural number in which a numeric value GF becomes an integer. When ?0 is defined as the value of ? that minimizes the numeric value GF, ?0 is not a multiple of the number of types of color pixels. When Lx=?·px is established, the naked-eye stereoscopic display apparatus satisfies tan ?=(7??)·(px/py) and 5.3???5.4.

Abstract: A 3-dimensional image display includes a display panel and a light deflecting lens array. The display panel is to display a sequence of images with actively emitting an image light. The images are corresponding to a plurality of viewing zones and sequentially displayed by a time sequence. The light deflecting lens array is disposed over the display panel. The light deflecting lens array has a plurality of light deflecting units, and the light deflecting units sequentially deflect the image light to the corresponding viewing zones by the same time sequence.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel for displaying an image. The display device further includes a lens configured to refract at least a portion of a collimated light having a center ray, a first outermost ray, a second outermost ray, a first plurality of rays between the first outermost ray and the center ray, and a second plurality of rays between the second outermost ray and the center ray. The lens may concentrate the first plurality of rays such that a first position on the display panel has a first light intensity. The lens may concentrate the second plurality of rays such that a second position on the display panel has a second light intensity. Each of the first light intensity and the second light intensity is substantially greater than a center light intensity on the display panel corresponding to at least the center ray.

Abstract: An image display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate; an optical element put between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of unit pixels arranged in matrix, each including a first-viewpoint pixel and a second-viewpoint pixel formed of the optical element; and a plurality of light-shielding areas each arranged between the first-viewpoint pixel and the second-viewpoint pixel; and an optical path distribution unit arranged on the second substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate are formed such that each of the light-shielding areas includes edge sections facing each other in the first direction, wherein one of the edge sections is defined by one of the first aperture areas and the other of the edge sections is defined by one of the second aperture areas, under a condition that the first substrate and the second substrate are joined together with no displacement therebetween.

Abstract: A method for displaying a stereoscopic image of a display apparatus, the display apparatus can divide a received frame image corresponding to the preset column areas to generate M sub-frame images. In this example, the display apparatus may include a plurality of lenticular lenses disposed over a display panel to divide the display panel into a plurality of column areas. Each of the lenticular lenses may include a lenticular plate converting a flat image displayed on each of the column area into K stereoscopic images having directions different from each other. The M sub-frame images may be displayed on the display panel in a time division method. M shutters disposed over the M lenticular lenses according to the sub-frame image displayed on the display panel may selectively be opened and closed. Herein, K and M are natural numbers.

Abstract: A method for positioning a viewing center of a parallax barrier mainly includes: disposing multiple alignment markers respectively at appropriate places of the parallax barrier and a flat panel display, and performing position measurement and alignment of the multiple alignment markers, so as to achieve a purpose of setting a viewing center at a specific and appropriate position.

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: This disclosure describes stereoscopic flat panel display systems based on the polarization encoding of sequentially displayed left and right eye images. The systems comprise line-by-line addressed liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, illuminating back light units and polarization control panels (PCPs). Right and left eye images are written sequentially onto the LCD whose polarization is controlled by a substantially synchronously driven PCP. The backlight may be continuously illuminated, or modulated temporally, spatially or both, as can the PCP.

Abstract: Printed dynamic anaglyph images are provided. In one aspect the printed dynamic anaglyph image includes a receiver having with an image formed using a mutable colorant that changes spectral absorbance when exposed to a stimulus and a non-mutable colorant. The mutable colorant and non-mutable colorant are arranged so that the printed image has a first appearance state where portions of the print having the mutable colorant is color matched to the non-mutable colorant and a second appearance state when exposed to an external stimulus. In the second appearance state the mutable colorant provides a color that spectrally overlaps a spectral filter of one eye of a pair of stereo color glasses so that three dimensional effects can be perceived.

Abstract: A method for identifying a blur profile of a multi image display with a first image separating mask. The method comprises displaying a calibration pattern through a second image separating mask, allowing an evaluator to provide a visual estimation indicating a blur brought about to the calibration pattern by the second image separating mask, and generating a blur profile of at least the first image separating mask according to the visual estimation. The first and second image separating masks having a substantially similar optical profile.

Abstract: A directionally controlled illumination unit is disclosed that deflects light from activated illumination elements into visibility regions by a transmissive image reproduction means. The visibility regions are tracked by the eyes of different viewers to other positions in front of the display via a tracking unit and image control. To avoid a strong correlation of one pixel of the image reproduction means to a deflection element (electro-wetting cell) of a deflection means, the directionally controlled illumination unit comprises a two-dimensional illumination means in front of the image reproduction means arranged in a serial manner in the optical path and a deflection means containing at least one field having an arrangement of electro-wetting cells that can be discretely addressed in groups and adjusted with regard to their refractive behavior by the tracking unit and image control.

Abstract: An autostereoscopic display apparatus includes a two-dimensional display including color subpixels that are arranged in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction, and a plurality of cylindrical lenses through which the color subpixels are observed. px is a horizontal pixel pitch of the color subpixels, py is a vertical pixel pitch of the color subpixels, Lx is a horizontal lens pitch of the cylindrical lenses, and ? is an inclined angle of boundaries to the vertical direction. Ax and Ay are relatively prime natural numbers, Ax is equal to or larger than two, and Bx is a minimum natural number by which a value GF indicated in the formula (2) represents an integer value. Px, py, Lx and ? satisfy the relational expressions represented by the formula (1) to the formula (3).

Abstract: An autostereoscopic display apparatus includes a display in which color pixels of different colors are periodically arranged in a horizontal direction and color pixels of an identical color are arranged in a vertical direction, and a plurality of cylindrical lenses placed on the display and arranged parallel to each other, through which the color pixels are magnified and observed. When a pixel pitch of the color pixels in the horizontal direction is defined as px, a lens pitch of the cylindrical lenses is defined as L, an inclined angle of boundaries of the cylindrical lenses with respect to the vertical direction is defined as ?, and m is a positive integer, px, L and ? fulfill the formula (1).

Abstract: An auto stereoscopic frame system and the associated method of manufacturing is disclosed. The frame system generally comprises a frame defining an opening for housing a lens structure, said frame being operative for removable attachment to a display device which projects at least one image such that when the image is viewed through the lenticular sheet it is viewed in three dimensions. The frame is attached to the display device via a mounting mechanism. The lenticular sheet may be manufactured by providing a substantially transparent substrate material; forming a plurality of lenses on a first side of the substrate; and shaping the substrate to correspond to a display area of a display device, wherein the plurality of lenses are angled to correspond to the pixel size and pitch of the display area of a display device.

Abstract: A tabletop display providing multiple views to users is described. In an embodiment the display comprises a rotatable view-angle restrictive filter and a display system. The display system displays a sequence of images synchronized with the rotation of the filter to provide multiple views according to viewing angle. These multiple views provide a user with a 3D display or with personalized content which is not visible to a user at a sufficiently different viewing angle. In some embodiments, the display comprises a diffuser layer on which the sequence of images are displayed. In further embodiments, the diffuser is switchable between a diffuse state when images are displayed and a transparent state when imaging beyond the surface can be performed. The device may form part of a tabletop comprising with a touch-sensitive surface. Detected touch events and images captured through the surface may be used to modify the images being displayed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure of a multi-viewpoint stereoscopic image display panel using an integral photography method, which can expand an effective viewing angle by changing an array of an interlaced flat image pattern, and enhance sharpness of an image by removing an image jump phenomenon. An integral photography display panel includes a lens array layer on which unit convex lenses are arranged to offset each other, an interlace layer positioned at a focal distance below the lens array layer, and a focal distance securing layer for positioning the interlace layer at the focal distance of the lens array layer, wherein the interlace layer is stacked in a “brick layering” structure in which a center of a unit image is arranged to be aligned with a center of a unit convex lens using an image photographed from multi-viewpoints and interlaced into a rectangle as the unit image.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electronic device, such as a display apparatus (e.g., a naked-eye type stereoscopic image display apparatus). The electronic device comprises a display panel, comprising a plurality of pixels; and a parallax barrier, comprising a plurality of light transmission sections and a plurality of light blocking sections. The electronic device is operable to switch between a first setting, in which at least one of the plurality of light transmission sections has a first width, and a second setting, in which the at least one of the plurality of light transmission sections has a second width different than the first width.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel and a liquid crystal lens. The display panel includes a first pixel displaying an N-th portion of a left image corresponding to an N-th position in the left image and a second pixel displaying an N-th portion of a right image corresponding to the N-th position in the right image. The second pixel is spaced apart from the first pixel with additional pixels disposed between the second and first pixels. The liquid crystal lens includes a unit lens directing the N-th left image to a left eye of an observer and the N-th right image to a right eye of the observer where N is a positive integer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate; a first electrode on a surface of the first substrate; a light refraction device on the second substrate, the light refraction device including a plurality of light refracting lenses facing the surface of the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first electrode and the light refracting lenses.

Abstract: An auto-stereoscopic type 3D-display including a transmissive display panel, a dynamic backlight module and a light guiding unit is provided. The dynamic backlight module is disposed at a side of the transmissive display panel and includes a plurality of bar-shaped light sources parallel to each other and a miniature lens. Each of the bar-shaped light sources includes an illumination region and the width of the illumination region is W1. The miniature lens is disposed between the transmissive display panel and the bar-shaped light sources. An image formed from each of the bar-shaped light sources is outside the miniature lens and has the width of W2, wherein W1/W2=n, and n is an integer greater than 1. In addition, the light guiding unit is disposed between the transmissive display panel and the miniature lens such that the image formed from each of the bar-shaped light sources is directed to different viewing domains.

Abstract: A display device includes a screen having first and second overlapping lenticular screen structures. The first overlapping lenticular screen structure is a series of columns having a negative slope and the second overlapping lenticular screen structure is another series of columns having a positive slope. The display provide three dimensional views in horizontal and vertical dimensions and maintains three-dimensional capabilities even when viewers tilt their heads.

Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and method for providing a stereoscopic display in electronic devices with a diffractive exit pupil expander using sequentially switching between right and left images of one display (e.g., microdisplay). An optical delivery system can provide a sequential left and right image of the display and the illumination is then switched for left and right accordingly using exit pupil expander (EPE) with asymmetric, e.g., highly slanted, in-coupling gratings, sending light practically to only one direction (e.g., one area of the EPE substrate).

Abstract: The present invention provides a flat panel display device, a stereoscopic display device, and a plasma display device. The flat panel display device includes a backlight system and a display panel. The backlight system includes a light source, a light homogenization mechanism, and a back frame. The back frame carries the light source and the light homogenization mechanism. The back frame includes at least two assembling pieces. The at least two assembling pieces are joined to form the back frame. The back frame further includes a bracing piece. An end of the bracing piece is fixed to the assembling piece and an opposite end of the bracing piece suspends. The present invention also provides a backlight system of flat panel display device.

Abstract: A 3D image display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels to display an image and a lenticular lens plate disposed in front of the display panel and including a plurality of lenticular lenses. The pixels are arranged to have an arrangement axis inclined with respect to a vertical axis of the display panel, and the lenticular lenses have a lens axis inclined with respect to the vertical axis of the display panel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flat panel display device, which includes a backlight system and a display panel, wherein: the backlight system includes a light source, a light homogenization mechanism, and a back frame; the back frame carries the light source and the light homogenization mechanism, the light homogenization mechanism guiding light from the light source to a light incidence surface of the display panel; the back frame includes at least two primary assembling pieces, the at least two primary assembling pieces both including a joint section, the at least two primary assembling pieces being joined to form a main frame structure of the back frame by having corresponding joint sections joined to and mating each other; and at least one of the primary assembling pieces includes a reinforcement structure formed on the joint section thereof. The present invention also provides a stereoscopic display device and a plasma display device.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a three dimensional image display device includes bonding a lens plate having a lenticular lens to a display panel configured to display an image, with a partially-discontinuous frame-shaped adhesive member interposed in between while having the lenticular lens facing the display panel. The method also includes depressurizing a hermetic inner space formed by the display panel, the adhesive member, and the lens plate, and sealing an opening section communicating with the inner space.

Abstract: An embodiment in accordance with the invention relates to a set of stereoscopic glasses comprising no-diopter stereoscopic lenses and at least one diopter lens component. An embodiment in accordance with the invention also relates to a lens component used in the stereoscopic glasses. The stereoscopic glasses of an embodiment in accordance with the invention are convenient for customers who are myopic or need to wear glasses.

Abstract: There is disclosed an optical beam deflection arrangement which may be used in an autostereoscopic display device. The arrangement comprises a substrate; a first layer, for example formed of an optically isotropic solid and having a curved surface facing towards the substrate; and a second layer, for example formed of a liquid crystal material confined between the substrate and the first layer. An interface between the first and second layers may, for example, define an array of parallel lenticulars. A refractive index of the second layer, for light of a predetermined polarization, maybe switchable between a first value matching the refractive index of the first layer and a second value different to the refractive index of the first layer, to thereby selectably provide a beam deflection function.

Abstract: A stereoscopic display includes: a display panel configured to display an image in either one of two or more arrangement states including a first arrangement state and a second arrangement state which are switchable with each other; and a lens array device arranged to face a display surface of the display panel. The lens array device produces a lens effect in a direction, the direction of effect being changed between in the first arrangement state and in the second arrangement state. The display panel includes an array of a plurality of sub-pixels, and a combination of sub-pixels used as a unit pixel is changed between in the first arrangement state and in the second arrangement state.

Abstract: A lens substrate includes a base substrate, a first lens electrode and a first signal line. The base substrate includes a lens area and a peripheral area surrounding the lens area. The first signal line in the peripheral area and includes a layered structure in which a first transparent conductive layer and a metal layer directly contact each other. The first lens electrode is in the lens area and includes the first transparent conductive layer excluding the metal layer. The first signal line is in the peripheral area. The first signal line is connected to the first lens electrode and includes a layered structure in which the first transparent conductive layer and the metal layer directly contact each other.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a stereoscopic image display system and a method of controlling the same. An eye tracking module locates current 3D spatial positions of the viewer's eyes, and generates the information of both left and right eyes' current 3D spatial positions. A control module controls a display device that can alter the direction of the light outputted, and outputs images on the display device in time multiplex mode. The light containing the left eye image is outputted to the position of left eye instead of right eye at one time point, and the light containing the right eye image is outputted to the position of right eye instead of left eye at another time point, so that a stereoscopic image is perceived according to the parallax theory. The present invention enlarges the visual range of stereoscopic image and achieves a better stereoscopic image visual experience for viewers.

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: Provided is a method for manufacturing a lenticular lens sheet to be used in a stereoscopic display, a projection screen, and the like without using a mold at low cost.