Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110096071 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - An image display device includes an image display section and a lenticular lens including a plurality of lenses arranged in a linear array. Each lens is defined by a plurality of adjacent variable lenses having a common optical axis. The image display device also includes a controller that controls optical characteristics in a plurality of the variable lenses such that the common optical axis for at least one of the lenses is moved in a given direction. | 04-28-2011 |
20110169929 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM - A video display system includes a video display unit time-divisionally performing switching between a plurality of video streams to display the video streams, thereby emitting linear polarized display light; and shutter eyeglasses performing switching between open state to transmit incident light and closed state to block the incident light in synchronization with the switching between the video streams in the video display unit, each eyeglass in the shutter eyeglasses including a liquid crystal device, an entrance-side polarization plate provided on a light entrance side of the liquid crystal device and an exit-side polarization plate provided on a light exit side thereof. Polarization degree in the entrance-side polarization plate is lower than that in the exit-side polarization plate. | 07-14-2011 |
20110181827 | Lens array element and image display device - A stereoscopic display device includes a display panel performing image display, and a lens array element including a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the lens array element being configured in such a manner that a lens effect on display image light from the display panel is controlled depending on a voltage applied to the first electrode and a voltage applied to the second electrode. One of the first electrode and the second electrode is structured to allow an electric field to be applied to the liquid crystal layer for each of a plurality of predetermined sub-regions, individually. | 07-28-2011 |
20110304716 | Optical device for stereoscopic display and stereoscopic display apparatus - An optical device for stereoscopic display includes: a display section having a first surface and a second surface opposed to each other and outputting displayed-image light from the second surface; a parallax separation section disposed to face the second surface of the display section, and splitting the displayed-image light from the display section to allow stereoscopy; a first transparent parallel plate disposed to be in contact with the first surface of the display section; and a second transparent parallel plate disposed to be in contact with the second surface of the display section. | 12-15-2011 |
20110310320 | LENS ARRAY ELEMENT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a lens array element, including: first and second substrates; a first electrode group; a first switch group; a second electrode group; a second switch group; and a liquid crystal layer, wherein the lens effect of an arbitrary area of the liquid crystal layer changes with change in the statuses of the first and second switch groups. | 12-22-2011 |
20120001956 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DRIVE CIRCUIT - A display device includes, a display section time-divisionally displaying a plurality of images with different parallaxes in a manner of progressive (or line-sequential) scan, a backlight section including a plurality of light-emission subsections partitioned in a direction of the progressive scan, a light-barrier section including a plurality of barrier groups each including a plurality of barriers each allowed to be switched between open state and closed state, a light-barrier drive section individually driving the plurality of barrier groups to open or close at different timings between the barrier groups, and a backlight controller controlling light emission from each of the light-emission subsections of the backlight section in synchronization with the progressive scan of the display section. | 01-05-2012 |
20120008057 | Lens array unit and image display device - A lens array unit includes: first and second substrates disposed to be opposite to each other with a distance interposed therebetween; first and second electrode groups respectively formed on the surfaces of the first and second substrates facing the second and first substrates and having a configuration in which electrodes extending in first and second directions are arranged in parallel in the width direction at intervals; first and second switch groups respectively connecting first and second voltage generators applying a voltage to the first and second electrode groups to the electrodes of the first and second electrode groups; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, containing liquid crystal molecules having refractive anisotropy, and causing a lens effect by changing the alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules depending on the voltages applied to the first and second electrode groups. | 01-12-2012 |
20120026583 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes: a transmissive display panel; a planar illumination device that illuminates the transmissive display panel from a rear side; and a parallax barrier that is provided between the transmissive display panel and the planar illumination device and separates an image displayed on the transmissive display panel into images for plural viewpoints, wherein the parallax barrier and the transmissive display panel are provided to be opposed at a predetermined distance, and an antireflection coating is provided on at least one of a surface of the transmissive display panel opposed to the parallax barrier and a surface of the parallax barrier opposed to the transmissive display panel. | 02-02-2012 |
20120038632 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM, METHOD OF DETECTING PARALLAX DISPLACEMENT IN STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A favorable stereoscopic image with less parallax displacement is allowed to be displayed. An image processor includes: a storage section storing parallax displacement data concerned with parallax displacement caused in a stereoscopic display; and a parallax displacement correction section correcting a stereoscopic image to be displayed on the stereoscopic display based on the parallax displacement data, in which the stereoscopic display includes a display section including a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged to display a parallax composite image created from a plurality of parallax images, and a parallax separation structure separating the parallax composite image into the plurality of parallax images. | 02-16-2012 |
20120069063 | DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A display capable of improving both of display luminance and display quality in three-dimensional display, and an illumination device for such a display are provided. In three-dimensional display, in a light modulation element | 03-22-2012 |
20120105753 | LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS ARRAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal lens array device includes: a first electrode; a plurality of second electrodes arranged to face the first electrode, to which drive voltages having waveforms with phase differences therebetween are applied; and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first electrode and the plural second electrodes, generating lens effects in accordance with potential differences between the drive voltage applied to the first electrode and drive voltages applied to the plural second electrodes. | 05-03-2012 |
20120113159 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display section that is driven to perform line sequential scanning and display a plurality of different viewpoint video images; a backlight that includes a plurality of sub-light emitting areas separated in the line sequential scanning direction; a light barrier that has a plurality of open/close unit groups each of which is formed of a plurality of open/close units, the open/close units in different groups opened or closed at different timings; and a backlight controller that controls light emission from the sub-light emitting areas in the backlight in synchronization with the line sequential scanning in the display section, wherein the backlight controller separately controls intensities of the light emitted from the sub-light emitting areas. | 05-10-2012 |
20120113319 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes: a display unit including plural display sections divided in a first direction and performing line sequential scanning in the first direction; and an interpolation picture generation unit generating an interpolation picture in accordance with a timing at which each display section is scanned based on supplied frame pictures, wherein the display unit displays the interpolation picture corresponding to the display section in each display section. | 05-10-2012 |
20120113510 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes: a display unit sequentially displaying q-pieces (“q” is an integer of 2 or more) of display patterns respectively including p-pieces (“p” is an integer of 2 or more) of viewpoint pictures arranged cyclically in one screen and having parallax therebetween; an optical separation device optically separating the p-pieces of viewpoint pictures respectively included in the q-pieces of display patterns displayed on the display unit, wherein the display unit is configured so that plural sub-pixels are two-dimensionally arranged in units of r-types (“r” is an integer of 3 or more) of colors necessary for color picture display, and one unit pixel is composed of r-pieces of sub-pixels having colors different from one another selected from the plural display patterns in respective viewpoint pictures. | 05-10-2012 |
20120120121 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an image display apparatus including: a transmissive display panel; an illuminator configured to illuminate a rear surface of the transmissive display panel; an optical separator which includes a plurality of switchers capable of switching between a light transmitting state and a light blocking state, for separating an image displayed on the transmissive display panel by bringing one of the switchers into the light transmitting state and the other switchers into the light blocking state; and a light regulator capable of switching between a light diffusing state and a light transmitting state. | 05-17-2012 |
20120127286 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICE AND 3D DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes: an optical barrier unit which includes a plurality of gate groups each including a plurality of gates, and in which gates in different groups perform a gating operation individually at different timings; a combined image generator which generates a plurality of sequences of combined images each corresponding to the plurality of gate groups based on a plurality of different viewpoint images in accordance with an opening timing of the respective gate groups; and a display unit which displays the corresponding sequence of combined images in synchronization with the gating operation of the respective gate groups, wherein the combined image generator generates at least one sequence of combined images through interpolation. | 05-24-2012 |
20120162551 | METHOD FOR DRIVING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for driving a stereoscopic display apparatus includes: opening or closing a plurality of light barriers grouped into a plurality of barrier groups at different timings among the barrier groups; and performing display operation based on multi-viewpoint images in synchronization with the open/close operation of the light barriers in each of the barrier groups, wherein the display operation is performed based on the multi-viewpoint images grouped into a plurality of sets different from one another in a cyclic period in which the light barriers in the plurality of barrier groups are sequentially opened and closed. | 06-28-2012 |
20130033488 | DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, AND LIGHTING UNIT - A lighting unit includes: a plurality of two-dimensionally-arrayed light emitting sections; and a drive section that drives the plurality of light emitting sections on an individual basis. | 02-07-2013 |
20130050283 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A display device includes: a display section including a plurality of pixels each partitioned into a plurality of sub-pixel regions, and selectively performing two-dimensional image display based on a two-dimensional image signal or three-dimensional image display based on a three-dimensional image signal; and a separation section separating a plurality of perspective images provided for the three-dimensional image display when in a mode of three-dimensional image display. The display section separately drives each of the sub-pixel regions in each of the pixels according to a grayscale level when in a mode of two-dimensional image display. The display section drives the sub-pixel regions in each of the pixels, when in the mode of three-dimensional image display, to allow a drive state to be different from a drive state in the mode of two-dimensional image display. | 02-28-2013 |
20130050284 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A display device includes: a display section including a plurality of pixels, and displaying a plurality of perspective images assigned to the pixels; and a plurality of selectors each selecting any from among the perspective images traveling in respective angle directions from the pixels, in which light transmittance of each of the selectors is non-uniform in time or space. | 02-28-2013 |
20130176511 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device including a transmissive display panel composed of pixels arranged in a form of a two-dimensional matrix in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction, a planar illumination device for illuminating the transmissive display panel from a rear surface thereof, and a parallax barrier disposed between the transmissive display panel and the planar illumination device, for dividing an image displayed on the transmissive display panel into images for multiple viewpoints. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176619 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - 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. | 07-11-2013 |
20130293534 | DISPLAY UNIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a display section having a predetermined display region including a first region and a second region; and a control section allowing the display section to display a three-dimensional image in the first region and allowing the display section to display a two-dimensional image in the second region, the control section allowing the display section to time-divisionally display the three-dimensional image and the two-dimensional image. | 11-07-2013 |
20130335647 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY OPTICAL DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY UNIT - A stereoscopic display optical device includes: a display section; a parallax separation section disposed to face the display section; and a spacer section sandwiched between the display section and the parallax separation section, and extending along respective perimeters of the display section and the parallax separation section. | 12-19-2013 |
20140232834 | DISPLAY UNIT - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a three dimensional image display device capable of preventing the generation of crosstalk. The three dimensional image display device according to the present invention includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels, a backlight capable of partially illuminating the display panel, and a drive circuit for driving the display panel and the backlight. The drive circuit causes the display panel to display a three dimensional image by synchronizing the scanning of the display panel with the scanning of the partial illumination light (Lz) of the backlight. | 08-21-2014 |
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20080198335 | Visible laser beam projector - A visible laser beam projector is arranged to provide information to passengers in a vehicle compartment by projecting a visible laser beam onto a portion in the compartment. The visible laser beam projector is arranged in front of an inner mirror of the compartment and projects the visible laser beam to only a front end portion on the upper surface of an instrument panel of the compartment. Thus, the visible laser beam is allowed to be projected in high intensity while suppressing the probability of its adverse effect on eyes of passengers in the compartment. | 08-21-2008 |
20080231702 | VEHICLE OUTSIDE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - When any of obstacle sensors detects an obstacle, a distance to the obstacle may be shorter than a reference distance. In such a case a vehicle outside display system clips a detection area corresponding to the obstacle sensor used for the detection from a photographed image supplied from a camera. The system superimposes a detection position of the obstacle on the clipped image and displays the superimposed image without performing viewpoint transformation. When the distance to the obstacle becomes shorter than the reference distance, the system clips a detection area corresponding to the obstacle sensor used for the detection from the photographed image supplied from the camera. The system applies bird's-eye view transformation to the clipped image. The system superimposes a detection position of the obstacle on the clipped image and displays the superimposed image. | 09-25-2008 |
20080238640 | VISIBLE LASER BEAM PROJECTION SYSTEM - A visible laser beam projection system determines a target point of position to which a visible laser beam is to be projected, a start point and a trajectory from the start point and the target point based on data of conditions inside and outside of a vehicle. The system starts projecting the visible laser beam from the start point, moves the visible laser beam while it is being projected along the trajectory and stops the projection of the visible laser beam. The start point, target point and the trajectory may be changed depending on contents to be indicated. | 10-02-2008 |
20080239242 | VISIBLE LASER BEAM PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MOUNTING VISIBLE LASER BEAM PROJECTION DEVICE - A visible laser beam projection system for a vehicle projects visible laser beam onto an instrument panel in a vehicle compartment. The instrument panel is provided with highly reflecting portions, which are scattered on the upper surface of the instrument panel. The highly reflecting portions having a diffuse reflectivity for the wavelength of a visible laser beam higher than that of other portions of the instrument panel The visible laser beam is projected to the highly reflecting portions. | 10-02-2008 |
20090236825 | SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING THE ATTACHMENT OF A TRAILER TO A VEHICLE - A system for assisting the alignment of a hitch pin mounted on the rear of a vehicle with a hitch socket mounted on the front of a trailer. The system includes a camera mounted to the vehicle and positioned to capture an image rearwardly of the vehicle. A video display is contained within the vehicle which displays the image captured by the camera. A processor is also contained in the vehicle which calculates a preferred path of travel of the vehicle to position the hitch pin in alignment with the hitch socket. The processor is programmed to provide instructions to an operator of the vehicle of the required steering to maintain the vehicle on the preferred path of travel. The processor recalculates the preferred path of travel whenever the vehicle veers from the preferred path of travel by a preset threshold. | 09-24-2009 |
20100295670 | INTERIOR INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS USED FOR THE SAME - Information is displayed by irradiating a visible light on a specific position based on at least one of vehicle state information, vehicle surrounding information, and vehicle interior information. For example, the visible light is irradiated on a target switch based on signals indicating an on/off state of a headlamp operation switch and an on/off state of a key switch. A user | 11-25-2010 |
20110210839 | Visible in-vehicle laser beam projector providing variable projection region as function of vehicle speed - A projector projects a visible laser beam onto a region of a vehicle compartment. A control unit controls a direction of projecting the visible laser beam to provide information to at least one occupant in the compartment. The control unit expands the region of an object to which the visible laser beam is projected when the seatbelt has been fastened. | 09-01-2011 |