Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
345004000 | SINGLE DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING STACKED SUPERIMPOSED DISPLAY DEVICES (E.G., TANDEM) | 86 |
20080231547 | Dual image display device - A dual image display device | 09-25-2008 |
20090002265 | Image Display Device and Image Display System - An image display device and an image display system which can establish visible light communication without interfering with an image displayed at a predetermined frame rate are provided. A controller | 01-01-2009 |
20090051623 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A POSITION FOR AN INTERSTITAL DIFFUSER FOR USE IN A MULTI-LAYER DISPLAY - A method and system for determining a position for an interstitial diffuser for use in a multi-component display is disclosed. Embodiments utilize a camera to capture images of visual output from one or more display screens of a multi-component display, where each image may be taken with an interstitial diffuser at a different position between the display screens. The images may be used to analyze the Moiré interference and blur of the visual output at each position of the diffuser. Moiré interference values for each diffuser position may be determined by processing images captured of the visual output while each display screen displays a white image. Blur values for each diffuser position may be determined by comparing images captured of the visual output with a reference image. | 02-26-2009 |
20090091513 | Dispaly System, in Particular for an Industrial Automation Device - There is described a display system which is used, in particular, in an industrial automation device. This display system has a first display panel which can be electrically operated and is transparent at least in parts and/or at times. The display system also has a second display panel, wherein the first display panel is positioned with respect to the second display panel in such a manner that the second display panel can be viewed through the first display panel. The second display panel is, in particular, a nameplate. | 04-09-2009 |
20090109126 | MULTIPLE VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM - An interactive multiple view display system has a multiple view display which displays images of independently selectable content so as to make them visible in respective different viewing regions. A detection arrangement detects which of a plurality of users is attempting to interact with one of the displayed images. An interaction arrangement then permits the detected user to interact with the image. | 04-30-2009 |
20090121970 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - This invention relates to a household appliance ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090140950 | Display device having multiple viewing zones and method of displaying multiple images - A display device having multiple viewing zones includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels in a matrix form, each pixel including red, green and blue sub-pixels arranged in a vertical direction; and a light guide panel guiding a first image emitted from the pixels in first columns among the plurality of pixels to a first viewing zone and a second image emitted from the pixels in second columns among the plurality of pixels to a second viewing zone, wherein the first column is adjacent to the second column. | 06-04-2009 |
20090213036 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY UNIT FOR IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide an image display device in which the number of pixels of arranged light emitting elements or the like can be reduced and the cost can be drastically reduced while image degradation is minimized, and a display unit used therefore. In an image display device in which plural display units including pixels formed by light emitting elements or the like are arranged in a plane, the display unit is configured by two-dimensionally arranging lattice-shaped pixel groups formed by providing pixels in locations corresponding to three lattice points of a square lattice, respectively, and forming a space area in which no pixel exists in a location corresponding to the remaining lattice point. | 08-27-2009 |
20100019991 | Superimposed displays - Various embodiments of methods and systems for constructing and utilizing displays constructed from superimposed display subunits are disclosed. | 01-28-2010 |
20100045570 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND TRANSPARENT DISPLAY ELEMENT CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing device which includes: a transparent display element display unit ( | 02-25-2010 |
20100090928 | Liquid Craystal Display Device, its Driving Method and Electronic Device - In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for driving a liquid crystal display device is disclosed which includes: combining liquid crystal panels a and b with one another, each of which displays an image in accordance with a video image source, wherein, when the images respectively displayed on the liquid crystal panels are combined with one another so that a signal image is displayed, the images that are different from each other are switched with one another at a preset interval. As a result, a phosphor burn-in on a display screen is difficult to occur, even when an identical image is displayed continuously for an extended period of time. | 04-15-2010 |
20100182219 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device | 07-22-2010 |
20100214194 | LAMINATED GLASS FOR VEHICLE - In a windshield ( | 08-26-2010 |
20110037682 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device main roughly includes a floating image display unit | 02-17-2011 |
20110102302 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A direct-viewing type display device according to the present invention includes: at least one display panel | 05-05-2011 |
20110109527 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display apparatus includes a first liquid-crystal display panel, a second liquid-crystal display panel, and a control unit that controls display of an image on the first and second liquid-crystal display panels, and the control unit includes a first image display part causing a first image including a low density part having a low density value and a high density part having a higher density value to be displayed on the first liquid-crystal display panel, and a second image display part causing a second image including a low density part having a low density value and a high density part having a higher density value to be displayed on the second liquid-crystal display panel. When image is observed from within a predetermined angular range with respect to a front surface of the first liquid-crystal display panel, the first and second images overlap to produce a predetermined composite image. | 05-12-2011 |
20110156988 | DISPLAY FOR AN IMAGE - A display for an image including: a first substrate having a cyan layer of the image thereon; a second substrate having a magenta layer of the image thereon; a third substrate having a yellow layer of the image thereon; a fourth substrate having a black layer of the image thereon; the substrate layers being aligned thereby displaying the complete image. | 06-30-2011 |
20110169718 | Display Device Having Image Pickup Function and Two-Way Communication System - A compact and lightweight display device having an image pickup function and a two-way communication system which can shoot an image of a user as an object and display an image at the same time without degrading image quality by disposing a semi-transmitting mirror or the like which blocks an image on the display screen (display plane). The display device having the image pickup function includes a display panel capable of transmitting visible light at least and arranging display elements which can be controlled by voltage or current, and an image pickup device disposed around the display panel. The image pickup device is input with data of an image of a user or the like by a reflector, or equipped with a fiberscope bundling optical fibers. | 07-14-2011 |
20110215991 | Multi-Layer Display Apparatus - The multi-layer display device apparatus has a first display part, a second display part arranged at the rear-side of the first display part, a transforming part arranged between the first and the second display part. The transforming part transforms a linear polarized light in to a non-polarized light. Further, the display device has a storage part which stores a parameter for adjusting the image quality of the image displayed on the first and second display part, and an image adjustment part which adjusts the image quality of the image displayed in the first and second display part based on the parameter stored in the storage part. | 09-08-2011 |
20110221655 | TWO-IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A two-image display apparatus includes: a display panel in which each sub-pixel for displaying a first image and each sub-pixel for displaying a second image are placed alternately at positions adjacent to each other; and a light shielding barrier having apertures for allowing the first and second images displayed in a first visual recognition direction and a second visual recognition direction respectively to be distinguished from each other, wherein the center of each of the apertures is shifted from the center between two-image areas allocated to two the adjacent sub-pixels respectively toward the side of the second visual recognition direction, and there is also provided a correction light shielding section configured to narrow an image area allocated on the side of the first visual recognition direction to serve as the image area provided for one of the adjacent sub-pixels. | 09-15-2011 |
20110285609 | MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY - A display device includes a first display screen operable to display a first image. A second display screen is operable to display a second image, wherein the first and second display screens overlap, and wherein the second display screen is further operable to display the second image for viewing from a first viewing angle and contemporaneously for reducing visibility of the second image from a second viewing angle. | 11-24-2011 |
20120081272 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus including a display section that includes a plurality of thin display devices formed at multiple layers such that their display screens overlap with one another, wherein at least one of the display devices closest to a viewing side of the display section is configured to be transparent, and control means for controlling each display of the plurality of display devices of the display section. | 04-05-2012 |
20120182204 | STACKED LCD UNIT - A LCD unit includes a plurality of LC panels stacked one on another. If a picture to be displayed on the LCD unit is a still picture, one of the LC panels consecutively scans plurality of rows of pixels in a direction opposite to the scanning direction of the rows of pixels in the rest of LC panels. If the picture is a moving picture, all the LC panels consecutively scans in the same direction. | 07-19-2012 |
20120200475 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING TWO GRAPHICS - A display device for displaying two graphics is provided. The display device has first and a second light transmitting substrates, each having a front surface and a rear surface, the first substrate including at least one etched region corresponding to a first graphic, and the second substrate including at least one etched region corresponding to an inverse or negative of the first graphic. The display device also has first and second light sources arranged to emit light into the first and second substrates. The first substrate conveys the light to the etched region(s) of the first substrate which then scatters light towards the user. The second light source is behind the second substrate and emits light through both substrates towards the user. When the first light source is illuminated only the first graphic is displayed, and when the second light source is illuminated only the second graphic is displayed. | 08-09-2012 |
20120206320 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a display apparatus comprising front display unit ( | 08-16-2012 |
20120249398 | PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY METHOD - A portable terminal apparatus includes first and second display sections, first and second detection sections which detect an input to the first and second display sections, respectively, a display control section which controls display of the first and second display sections, and a determination section which determines whether an execution screen is enabled to be displayed on a third display field which is a combination of display fields of the first and second display sections and regarded as a single display field, in a first display mode conforming to the third display field. If it is determined that the execution screen is not enabled to be displayed on the third display field in the first display mode, the display control section displays the execution screen on one of the first and second display fields in a second display mode conforming to the one of the display fields. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249399 | IMAGE PROCESSING DETERMINING APPARATUS - An edge image generator in an image processing determining apparatus extracts multiple edges from an image included in display data output from an external device, such as a terminal unit, a navigation unit, or an imaging unit. Then, the edge image generator selects certain edges from the extracted multiple edges by a certain selection method matched with characteristics of the external device to generate an edge image. | 10-04-2012 |
20130063326 | Translucent Digital Display System - A digital display system includes a transparent outer protective panel, a transparent inner protective panel, and a translucent digital video display located between the outer and inner protective panels. An integrated media player is operably connected to the translucent digital video display so that full-motion videos displayed on the translucent digital video display are viewed through the outer protective panel and items can be viewed through the translucent digital video display. The digital display system can be incorporated into any environment where a product is located behind a glass enclosure such as freezers, coolers, security glass, jewelry cases, liquor cases, cosmetic cases, and the like. In retail environments, the digital display systems can also be incorporated into entry doors, windows, drive-thru windows, teller windows, and any other location where there is traditionally glass and you want to focus consumer attention obstructing the customer's line of site. | 03-14-2013 |
20130141310 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAYS IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus performs a method to control displays in a mobile terminal including a first display and a second display positioned over the first display. In the method, first information whose output via the first display is allowed and second information whose output via the second display is allowed are identified using output information. The first information is output via the first display. The second information is output via the second display. | 06-06-2013 |
20130293445 | MOTOR VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A motor vehicle display device is provided with information on vehicle operating states which can be displayed in an analogue and/or digital manner by display elements, wherein in the direction of viewing of the motor vehicle display device, the display elements are disposed at least in two superimposed planes or plane regions. At least one first plane or one first plane region is provided, in which at least one active display element is disposed, and at least one further plane or one further plane region is provided, which is positioned before the first plane or the first plane region in a viewing direction, wherein only passive display elements are disposed therein, with at least one passive display element being disposed there. In this way the motor vehicle display device is given an appearance with a special 3D effect. | 11-07-2013 |
20130342427 | MONITORING THROUGH A TRANSPARENT DISPLAY - Traffic obstacles or other objectives in front of a vehicle or a person can be monitored by using a monitoring system including a display device, a camera unit, and a control unit. The display device includes a transparent display which allows a user to view a scene through the transparent display. The camera unit produces images of the scene. The control unit determines objective(s) according to recognition of the scene images, and transmits objective data corresponding to the objective(s) to the display device. The transparent display of the display device displays objective information indicating virtual image(s) of the objective(s) projected on the transparent display according to the objective data. | 12-26-2013 |
20130342428 | DISPLAY MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - The present invention provides a display module, an electronic device and a display control method. The display module may comprise: a first display unit disposed in a first area, configured to display first image information, wherein the first display unit has a first transmittance, and the first transmittance is higher than a specific transmittance; a second display unit disposed in a second area, configured to display second image information, wherein a first light reflected by the second display unit or a second light generated by the second display unit is able to transmit through the first display unit. By using the display module, a user can see the second image information presented by the second display unit while watching the first image information presented by the first display unit. A different display effect may be presented by combining the first display unit and the second display unit. | 12-26-2013 |
20140247198 | DUAL-SCREEN DISPLAY AND DISPLAY METHOD - A dual-screen display and a display method. The dual-screen display comprises: a display unit, a control unit and controllable light-transmitting bodies. Each display unit comprises at least three sub-pixel units. The controllable light-transmitting bodies are distributed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the sub-pixel units. The control unit is used for controlling, according to an instruction of a user, a control signal applied to the controllable light-transmitting bodies, so as to control the transparency of the controllable light-transmitting bodies. The controllable light-transmitting bodies are distributed on the two surfaces of the sub-pixel unit, and a control signal is applied according to an instruction of the user, so that the controllable light-transmitting bodies present corresponding transparency, thereby respectively controlling light of the sub-pixel unit irradiated to the two surfaces. | 09-04-2014 |
20140313105 | MEANS AND METHODS FOR SUPERIMPOSING AT LEAST ONE FIRST PROJECTED IMAGE OVER AT LEAST ONE SECOND REAL IMAGE - A system for reducing energy usage in a heat controlled device comprises a transparency adjustment device (TAD) including a transparent physical element whose electrical behavior is that of a capacitive load and a power dimmer apparatus operative to provide AC current to the transparent physical element to generate a set of transparency states between opaque and full transparent. The system also comprises a heat control device including a closed walled cavity and a thermometer adapted to control temperature in the cavity. The TAD is embedded in at least a portion of the cavity wall. The TAD reduces the thermometer energy consumption by enabling view of the cavity content without opening the cavity. | 10-23-2014 |
20150123877 | COMPOSITING SCREEN - A compositing screen includes a partially or fully transparent front screen that displays one image or video and a back screen displaying another image or video. The two images can be seen simultaneously, providing a composite image. | 05-07-2015 |
20150301779 | Dual Screen Display Apparatus, Dual Screen Display Method, and Electronic Device - A dual screen display device, dual screen display method, and electronic equipment are described. The device includes a first display unit and a second display unit, a light receiving surface of the first display unit being arranged opposite to a light receiving surface of the second display unit; a backlight module unit, arranged between the light receiving surface of the first display unit and the light receiving surface of the second display unit; a light source unit, used for emitting illumination light to the backlight module unit; and a first polarization filtering unit and a second polarization filtering unit, arranged on the light receiving surface of the first display unit and the light receiving surface of the second display unit respectively. | 10-22-2015 |
20150371574 | COMPENSATED METHOD OF DISPLAYING BASED ON A VISUAL ADJUSTMENT FACTOR - A method and a device for displaying images on a display based on a visual adjustment factor related to a user's prescription eyewear are provided. The display includes a front display plane and a back display plane and for each of a plurality of image elements of an image, a respective version of the image element is displayed on each of the front display plane and the back display plane based on the visual adjustment factor such that the respective versions of the image element differ in at least one of line weight and transparency. | 12-24-2015 |
20160011450 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAYER AND DRIVING METHOD | 01-14-2016 |
20160049109 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A display control system for a multi-layer display system including at least one multi-layer display unit. A multi-layer display unit includes multiple stacked or overlapped display layers each adapted to render display elements thereon for viewing through the uppermost display layer. The level of difficulty for a user to view an overlapped image differs depending on the colour, brightness or type of images (for example text-on-text) being displayed and also the layer in which the image is being displayed and whether the image is currently active. At least any overlapping portion of display elements from different display layers are adjusted (automatically or by a user) in order to improve the viewing experience for a viewer. Types of adjustment possible include moving the images within their display layer or to an alternative display layer or altering their visual properties (such as colour, brightness, contrast, etc.). | 02-18-2016 |
20160104410 | DISPLAY ASSEMBLY INCLUDING TWO SUPERPOSED DISPLAY DEVICES - Display assembly for a portable object, wherein the display assembly includes a first, at least partially transparent, emissive display device located on the side of an observer, a second reflective display device being arranged underneath the first emissive display device, wherein said second reflective display device is capable of switching between a transparent state, in which the device does not display any information, and a reflective state, when the device is activated. | 04-14-2016 |
345005000 | Diverse display devices | 14 |
20080204359 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING DIGITAL IMAGES - A display device has a screen for displaying digital images located on a housing that encloses a storage medium for storing the digital images, and a processor for performing functions such reading images from the storage medium and displaying the images on the display screen. A frame detachably securable to the housing surrounds the display screen, and electronically communicates with the processor when secured to the housing for configuring how the processor performs the functions of the display device. | 08-28-2008 |
20080297434 | STEREOSCOPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) WITH POLARIZATION METHOD - A display system for stereoscopic displaying of images includes a pair of wide viewing angle displays arranged at an angle to each other, each display providing respective images formed by plane polarized light. A beam combiner is located between the displays such that the beam combiner transmits light from one display and reflects light from the other display, whereby the transmitted and reflected light are provided via the beam combiner in substantially the same direction. One of the wide viewing angle displays has a substantially vertical polarization and the other of the wide viewing angle displays has a substantially horizontal polarization. The display system provides for stereoscopic display of high-resolution images with wide horizontal and vertical viewing angles. | 12-04-2008 |
20080309584 | VIDEO EXTENDER DEVICES CAPABLE OF PROVIDING EDID OF A DISPLAY TO A COMPUTER - In a KVM switch system in which one or more consoles and one or more computers are connected to a KVM switch via dongles (console dongles and computer dongles, respectively), a method is provided for transferring the extended display identification data (EDID) of a display of a console to a computer. When the console is booted, the corresponding console dongle queries the display to obtain its EDID, and transmits it to the computer dongle via the KVM switch. The computer dongle stores the received EDID in its memory. The computer dongle also stores a default EDID in its memory. When the computer queries EDID, the computer dongle provides either the received EDID to the computer, or provide the default EDID if no EDID has been received from the KVM switch. | 12-18-2008 |
20100309096 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ITS DISPLAY METHOD - When a main display element is in an active mode, all of a plurality of unit display regions of a sub display element are switched to a transmitting portion for displaying display information of the main display element. When the main display element is in a sleep mode in which the main display element provides black or dark display, the plurality of unit display regions of the sub display element are switched to the transmitting portion for displaying the black or dark display information of the main display element, and a reflecting portion for displaying white or bright display information by blocking light from the main display element and reflecting light from a viewer side. | 12-09-2010 |
20110043435 | Amalgamated Display comprising Dissimilar Display Devices - A reflective display, such as an electrophoretic display (EPD), and an emissive display, such as a backlit liquid crystal display, may be combined to form an amalgamated display. This combination may include layering one display atop the other, alternating reflective and emissive display elements, or otherwise interspersing reflective and emissive display elements with one another. Images on the amalgamated display may be presented using either reflective or emissive modes or a combination of the two, depending upon factors such as refresh rate, power consumption, presence of color and/or video, and so forth. | 02-24-2011 |
20110050545 | OVERLAYED DISPLAY - A display ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110260950 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided. A display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel disposed on the first display. One of the first display panel and the second display panel is monochrome and the other of the first display panel and the second display panel is color. | 10-27-2011 |
20120206321 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a display apparatus comprising front display unit ( | 08-16-2012 |
20130169512 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN FIRST DISPLAY AND SECOND DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a first display and a second display. The first display is used for displaying dynamic images; and the second display is used for displaying static images. The first display is capable of being translucent, and the first display is stacked on the second display. | 07-04-2013 |
20140055322 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display system is provided. The display system includes a display device displaying images and a head-mounted display apparatus. The display device includes an invisible light emitting unit producing invisible lights corresponding to the images. The head-mounted display apparatus includes a visible light filtering unit and a light wavelength transforming unit. The visible light filtering unit receives lights corresponding to the display device and removes visible lights from the receiving lights, wherein the visible lights are ambient lights between the display device and the head-mounted display apparatus. The light wavelength transforming unit receives the receiving lights from the visible light filtering unit and transforms the wavelength of the receiving lights such that the receiving lights become visible lights. The disclosure further provides a head-mounted display apparatus for the display system. | 02-27-2014 |
20140198016 | LOW-POWER MODE FOR DISPLAY - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for a low-power mode (or low-transmission state) associated with a display. An exemplary system comprises: a first display positioned on top of a second display, the first display at least partially covering the second display; the second display; a processor configured to: determine whether the first display is in low-transmission state or a high-transmission state; in response to determining the first display is in a low-transmission state, enable display of an image on the first display. Additionally, the system also updates an image on the display based on determining a frequency of updating an image on the display in the low-transmission state, and based on determining an amount of data to be updated on the display in the low-transmission state. | 07-17-2014 |
20150130686 | CASCADED DISPLAYS - A cascaded display includes multiple transmitting elements which may include superimposed transparent display panels and backlighting elements. Combinations of different display panels may be used for different types of data, e.g., a persistent data panel and a non-persistent data panel to provide more uniform luminosity at any given point in time. Backlighting may be used to alter the color in which the displayed data is perceived by a viewer. | 05-14-2015 |
20150295016 | DOUBLE-SIDED DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A double-sided display and a method for controlling the same are provided. The double-sided display includes a plurality of pixel units and a plurality of circuits. The pixel units are disposed on each of a front side and a back side of the double-sided display, and the pixel units on the front side are opposite to the pixel units on the back side in a one-to-one manner. A pixel unit on the front side and a pixel unit on the back side opposite to the pixel unit on the front side are controlled by an identical circuit. Each of the circuits includes a switching transistor. The switching transistor includes a first input terminal connected to a scan line, a second input terminal connected to a data line, and an output terminal connected to the opposite pixel units on the front side and the back side. | 10-15-2015 |
20160162242 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RENDERING DIGITAL CONTENT - Various aspects of a display apparatus and a method for rendering digital content are disclosed herein. The display apparatus comprises a display controller that is configured to dynamically control an active display layer and/or a passive display layer. The active display layer and/or the passive display layer activates a display region of a display screen of the display apparatus based on one or more parameters. The active display layer corresponds to a first display technology and the passive display layer corresponds to a second display technology. | 06-09-2016 |
345006000 | Three-dimensional arrays | 32 |
20080211736 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus - A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1st polarization direction, and not to function as lens at light which has a 2nd polarization direction differed from the 1st polarization direction, and a birefringent phase modulator placed between the image display and the lens array and configured to rotate a polarization plane of the image light. | 09-04-2008 |
20080211737 | Three-dimensional display apparatus using intermediate elemental images - A three-dimensional image display apparatus using an intermediate elemental image is disclosed. In one embodiment, the three-dimensional image display apparatus includes: i) an image input unit, generating a plurality of elemental images extracted from a three-dimensional object, the elemental images have different perspectives, ii) an image processing unit, generating an intermediate elemental image, using parallax information between the elemental images inputted from the image input unit and iii) an image reproduction unit, reproducing a three-dimensional image corresponding to the three-dimensional object, using the elemental image and the intermediate elemental image. With the three-dimensional image display apparatus, and the method thereof, using an intermediate elemental image in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention, a high-resolution three-dimensional image can be outputted. | 09-04-2008 |
20080218433 | OPTICAL SHEET FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical sheet for three-dimensional images and a three-dimensional image display device using the same, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the three-dimensional image display device includes a display unit to display two-dimensional images using unit pixels each including at least three colors of sub-pixels, and an optical sheet to convert the two-dimensional images into a plurality of different three-dimensional images, and the neighboring three-dimensional images are overlapped with each other by a predetermined range. With the above described configuration, the curved lenses are tilted to provide neighboring viewers with three-dimensional images overlapped with each other by 15% to 60%. As a result, a ratio of the horizontal and vertical display resolutions of the three-dimensional images can be equal to a ratio of the horizontal and vertical display resolutions of the two-dimensional images, and the quality of three-dimensional images can be improved. | 09-11-2008 |
20080231548 | 3D Display Device and 3D Display Method - A 3D display device, including a plurality of display means located in tandem on the same line of sight of an observer at a given distance; a control means which controls the plurality of display means to display an image obtained from the same object on almost the same screen position in each of the plurality of display means by mutually changing the brightness so that a 3D image may be displayed from the sight of the observer; wherein all the display means or at least one display means except for the display means located at the backmost position from the sight of the observer comprise a device for displaying having an image displaying surface which is self-luminescent and has light transmittance, and the device for displaying comprises an organic EL element provided with an organic EL layer containing a phosphorescent compound. | 09-25-2008 |
20080252556 | 3D IMAGING SYSTEM EMPLOYING ELECTRONICALLY TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS - A system for photographing an object and generating a three-dimensional display of the object without the need for the observer to wear special glasses employs a camera having an electronically tunable liquid crystal lens in which the focal plane of the lens may be adjusted by controlling the voltage on the lens. An operator of the camera focuses the camera on the scene to be imaged and the camera records a series of images at closely spaced focal lengths by varying the voltage applied to the lens between the images. The digitally recorded images are then used to generate a display on a multilayer transparent display substrate with pixel addressing capabilities. Each of the recorded images at the differing focal lengths are displayed on one of the layers of the display screen, with the closest focal length recorded being displayed on the top screen, the one most proximate to the observer, and with successive images on other screens. A three-dimensional image is produced. | 10-16-2008 |
20080258997 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes a display body in which a plurality of unit display areas that display images having a parallax therebetween so as to be viewed stereoscopically is arranged and a drive circuit that sequentially displays single-color images of a plurality of color components which constitute a first image and a second image having a parallax therebetween for each one or more of unit display areas among the plurality of unit display areas. | 10-23-2008 |
20090002266 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY ARTICLE - An article is provided in one embodiment of the invention. The article includes a display structure having a height, a width, and a thickness that define a volume. The display structure further includes components that emit light to generate a three-dimensional image within the volume. The display structure includes a stack. The stack includes at least one layer. The layer includes a substrate, the components that emit light and a controller. The components that emit light may each be secured to the substrate. The controller may be secured to the substrate. The controller may control the components that emit light to generate a three-dimensional image within the volume. The controller may be connected to two or more of the organic electronic devices. The components that emit light may include organic electronic devices. The components that emit light may include a light-emitting nano-wire device. The layer may include at least one sub-layer capable of emitting red light, at least one sub-layer capable of emitting blue light, and at least one sub-layer capable of emitting green light, and at least one layer that is capable of reversibly opacifying. | 01-01-2009 |
20090002267 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - An electronic display includes a display unit for displaying both a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image, and a barrier facing the display unit to convert an image into the two-dimensional or three-dimensional image. The barrier includes first and second substrates facing each other, a plurality of first electrodes on the first substrate, an insulation layer on the first substrate and covering the first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes on the insulation layer, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. The first electrodes are aligned with gaps between the second electrodes and the second electrodes are aligned with gaps between the first electrodes. Widths of the first electrodes may be equal to or greater than the gaps between the second electrodes. Widths of the second electrodes may be equal to or greater than the gaps between the first electrodes. | 01-01-2009 |
20090009425 | INTEGRAL PHOTOGRAPHY TYPE THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel including first to fourth pixels in a first direction, wherein each of the first to fourth pixels has a first width in the first direction and a length more than the width and in a second direction; and a backlight unit including first and second line light regions supplying light to the display panel to display three-dimensional images, wherein the first and second line light regions have a slanted angle with respect to the second direction, wherein light from the first line light region comes to right and left eyes of a viewer through the first and second pixels, respectively, and light from the second light region comes to the right and left eyes through the third and fourth pixels, respectively, wherein the display device has K view points. | 01-08-2009 |
20090009426 | Display device - A display device includes a display panel including first to fourth pixels in a first direction, wherein each of the first to fourth pixels has a first width in the first direction and a length more than the width and in a second direction; and a backlight unit including first and second line light regions supplying light to the display panel to display three-dimensional images, wherein the first and second line light regions have a slanted angle with respect to the second direction, wherein light from the first line light region comes to right and left eyes of a viewer through the first and second pixels, respectively, and light from the second light region comes to the right and left eyes through the third and fourth pixels, respectively, wherein the display device has K view points. | 01-08-2009 |
20090079667 | AUTO-BLANKING SCREEN FOR DEVICES HAVING MULTI-LAYER DISPLAYS - A system to automatically blank a screen from a multi-layer display is disclosed. The system includes a multi-layer display, an associated logic device and a display controller in communication therewith and configured to receive signals from the logic device. The multi-layer display includes at least a first display screen and a second display screen positioned behind the first display screen, with both display screens in communication with the display controller. The display controller has a signal analyzer configured to analyze received signals, which are sent to one or both of the first and second display screens depending upon the results from the signal analyzer. Analysis results can involve whether signal resolution is greater than a predetermined amount. Signals sent to both display screens results in a multi-layer display presentation, while signals sent to only one screen results in the auto-blanking of the other screen for a single screen display presentation. | 03-26-2009 |
20090109127 | Three-Dimensional Image Display Device and a Displaying Method Thereof - A three-dimensional image display device and a displaying method thereof. The display device includes a pixel array, a sub-pixel rendering device and a mask. The sub-pixel rendering device provides data signals to the sub-pixels to form the first frames and the second frames. The first frame and the second frame include a plurality of first pixel regions and a plurality of second pixel regions. The second pixel region and the adjacent first pixel regions have some sub-pixels in common. The mask projects the first frames and the second frames as a first image and a second image. | 04-30-2009 |
20090135090 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING 3 DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method and apparatus for processing a 3-dimensional (3D) are provided. The image apparatus includes a plurality of displays, an image processing unit which processes the 3D image by varying at least one of a resolution, clearness and position of the 3D image, and a control unit which controls the image processing unit to output the processed 3D image to at least one of the plurality of displays so that a 3-dimensional effect of the 3D image is varied. | 05-28-2009 |
20090146914 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3-DIMENTIONAL IMAGE - A display apparatus and method for displaying a 3D image using a left-eye image signal and a right-eye image signal are provided. The display apparatus includes an image signal division unit which divides an image signal into a plurality of subfields, and a control unit which arranges the plurality of subfields according to luminance weights of the plurality of subfields. Accordingly, the user can be provided with 3D images having high tone and high image quality while preventing the occurrence of double images. | 06-11-2009 |
20100085276 | HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEMS - This disclosure relates to methods, apparatus, and computer program code for the holographic display of images. We describe a method of displaying an image holographically. The method includes: dividing the image into a plurality of spatial tiles; and displaying, for each tile in rapid succession, at least one hologram to reproduce an image of the tile, to give the impression of the plurality of tiles together; and wherein the method also includes controlling a shutter spatial light modulator (SLM) in a replay field of the holograms such that when each tile is displayed light for the others of the plurality of tiles is substantially blocked. | 04-08-2010 |
20100194668 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZING IMAGES AND A DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - The invention relates to information technologies and is intended for visualizing three-dimensional images. The technical result of the invention consists in creating electrically controlled three-dimensional phase diffraction gratings and, on their basis, screens for displaying three-dimensional color images. A method for visualizing images comprises directing a beam of broadband optical radiation at a matrix of electrically controlled elements, or pixels, the pixels being supplied with a voltage, its distribution over the matrix being calculated so as to produce a desired change in the current optical characteristics of the pixels, and viewing the image. Moreover, the beam of optical radiation is directed simultaneously at a stack of pixel matrixes in which the matrixes are arranged parallel to one another, the matrixes being irradiated from the side from which the image is viewed, the refraction index being used as a variable optical characteristic of pixels in all the matrixes. The device for performing the claimed method comprises a screen that is a multi-layered structure made of materials transparent to electromagnetic radiation within the optical range, the multi-layered structure comprising alternating layers of material displaying an electro-optical effect and layers of a transparent material that does not display an electro-optical effect, all the layers displaying an electro-optical effect being insulated electrically from one another and each of them being made as a matrix of electrically controlled elements, or pixels. | 08-05-2010 |
20110084893 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal includes a main display unit comprising a first display unit, a transparent display unit comprising a second display unit, the transparent display unit being attached to the main display unit such that the transparent display unit may be viewed at an angle in comparison to the main display unit, and a controller controlling a three-dimensional (3D) and a two-dimensional (2D) image to be output by selectively displaying an image on at least the first display unit or the second display unit while the main display unit and the transparent display unit are positioned at an angle. | 04-14-2011 |
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20120007795 | Z-AXIS REDUNDANT DISPLAY/MULTILAYER DISPLAY - A display system for presenting one or more planes of display information. The display system may include two or more display modules positioned in a spaced relationship in a stacked formation substantially along a Z-axis perpendicular to a display face of a display module. Each display module may be selectively activated to display a visual image or deactivated to a quiescent state. Further, when a display module is activated to display the viewed image, the viewed image can be viewed through a prior display module which is deactivated to a quiescent state. | 01-12-2012 |
20120127062 | AUTOMATIC FOCUS IMPROVEMENT FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAYS - An augmented reality system provides improved focus of real and virtual objects. A see-through display device includes a variable focus lens a user looks through. A focal region adjustment unit automatically focuses the variable focus lens in a current user focal region. A microdisplay assembly attached to the see-through display device generates a virtual object for display in the user's current focal region by adjusting its focal region. The variable focus lens may also be adjusted to provide one or more zoom features. Visual enhancement of an object may also be provided to improve a user's perception of an object. | 05-24-2012 |
20120146885 | VOLUMETRIC THREE DIMENSIONAL PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A volumetric three dimension panel, which is formed by stacking at least one transparent light emitting element up against each other in a three dimensional shape, and a display apparatus are provided. The volumetric three dimension panel is formed by stacking at least one transparent light emitting element up against each other in a three dimensional shape. The display apparatus includes a volumetric three dimension panel which is formed by stacking at least one transparent light emitting element up against each other in a three dimensional shape, a matching unit configured to match a value of coordinates of an object to the transparent light emitting element, and a display control unit configured to operate the transparent light emitting element based on a result of the matching and a pixel value which is matched to the value of coordinates of the object. | 06-14-2012 |
20120313839 | ADVANCED PEPPER'S GHOST PROJECTION SYSTEM WITH A MULTIVIEW AND MULTIPLANAR DISPLAY - An apparatus for displaying virtual objects within a physical set or scene. The apparatus includes a set assembly including at least one physical object, e.g., a background prop. A virtual object display assembly is provided with: a display element with a screen operable to display an image of an object; a beam splitter positioned at an angle between the screen and the set assembly; and a mask display element positioned within the set assembly at an image plane associated with the displayed image. The mask display element operates, when the display element operates to display the displayed image, to display a mask corresponding to the displayed image. The beam splitter is transmissive and reflective of light. The mask display element is positioned between the beam splitter and the physical object, and the displayed mask occludes a portion of the physical object and casts a shadow within the set assembly. | 12-13-2012 |
20120313840 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC PANEL - An information processing apparatus that determines whether an autostereoscopic panel is attached to a display, and controls the display to display a two-dimensional (2D) image or three-dimensional (3D) image based on the determination. | 12-13-2012 |
20130082903 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device including: first display elements divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer. | 04-04-2013 |
20130293446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A method and apparatus for 2D image and 3D stereoscopic image display are provided. The apparatus includes a display unit to display an image; and a controller to receive a display mode setting signal and to control the display unit according to the received display mode setting signal. The display unit is controlled to display the image in accordance with any one of a 2D display mode, a polarizing glasses 3D display mode, a shutter glasses 3D display mode, and a non-glasses 3D display mode. The method includes receiving a display mode setting signal; reading information stored in a memory, the stored information corresponding to an operation of the switching display panel according to a plurality of display modes, the read information corresponding to the display mode setting signal; and generating a control signal to operate the switching display panel in correspondence to a selected display mode. | 11-07-2013 |
20140062839 | DUAL-FACE TRANSPARENT VIEWING SCREEN - The general field of the invention is that of hybrid viewing devices comprising several screens of different nature. The device according to the invention comprises a stack comprising three superimposed viewing screens of the same dimensions and means for generating and processing images, the first viewing screen being a transparent emissive matrix screen, the second viewing screen being a matrix screen with controlled transparency, the third viewing screen being a transparent emissive matrix screen, the second viewing screen being disposed between the first viewing screen and the third viewing screen so as to be able to block all or part of the image displayed by the first viewing screen and/or the third viewing screen, the stack of three screens thus being arranged so as to be able to display an image on its first face and an image on its second face, the two images being able to be identical. | 03-06-2014 |
20140145912 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING SUBPIXEL ELECTRODE - An electro-optical device including: first display elements divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer. | 05-29-2014 |
20140292620 | Near-Eye Light Field Display - A near-eye light field display device for displaying a light field to at least one eye of a viewer, the device comprising an array of light field display elements, each display element adapted to display a time-varying light field view image, the display device configured to modulate the focus of the time-varying view image displayed by each display element according to a time-varying fixation depth of the at least one eye. | 10-02-2014 |
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20160147078 | Multifocal Display - A multifocal display for rendering a 3D scene as a series of 2D images. In one aspect, the multifocal display includes a display, an optical imaging system, a refractive focus actuator and a controller. The display renders the 2D images. The optical imaging system is image-side telecentric and creates an image of the display. The refractive focus actuator is positioned at the pupil of the optical imaging system. Thus, adjusting the refractive focus actuator alters a location of the image of the display but does not significantly alter a size of the image. The controller coordinates adjustment of the refractive focus actuator with rendering of the 2D images on the display. The waveform driving the focus actuator is preferably designed to reduce ringing and jitter effects. | 05-26-2016 |
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