Display apparatus

• US 10,120,200 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2016
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Yang, Dae Kuen, Jeon, Keun-Bae, Sohn, Sang Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Sang V
• Application Number:
  US15/172,749
• Publication Number:
  US 20170031170A1
• Time in Patent Office: 886 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/25 using polarisation techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/27 involving lenticular arrays
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/30 involving parallax barriers
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0051 Diffusing sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0056 for producing polarisation effects, e.g. by a surface with polarizing properties or by an additional polarizing elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0076 Stacked arrangements of multiple light guides of the same or different cross-sectional area
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0088 of the light guide or other optical sheets in the package
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1336 Illuminating devices
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133606 including a specially adapted diffusing, scattering or light controlling members
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133615 Edge-illuminating devices, i.e. illuminating from the side
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133626 providing two modes of illumination, e.g. day-night
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/312 the parallax barriers being placed behind the display panel, e.g. between backlight and spatial light modulator [SLM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/356 having separate monoscopic and stereoscopic modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2213/001 Constructional or mechanical details

Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a backlight assembly configured to emit light; and a display panel configured to display a two-dimensional (2D) image or a three-dimensional (3D) image using the light, wherein the backlight assembly includes: a first backlight unit configured to emit light for creating the 2D image; a second backlight unit configured to emit light for creating the 3D image; and a first polarizing panel disposed between the first backlight unit and the second backlight unit, and configured to prevent at least a portion of leakage light leaking from the second backlight unit from being incident to the second backlight unit.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a backlight assembly configured to emit light; and

a display panel configured to display a two-dimensional (2D) image or a three-dimensional (3D) image using the light,

wherein the display panel comprises;

a liquid crystal panel;

a first polarizing panel disposed between a first surface of the liquid crystal panel and the backlight assembly; and

a second polarizing panel disposed on a second surface of the liquid crystal panel,

wherein the backlight assembly comprises;

a first backlight unit configured to emit light for creating the 2D image;

a second backlight unit configured to emit light for creating the 3D image; and

a third polarizing panel disposed between the first backlight unit and the second backlight unit, and configured to prevent at least a portion of leakage light leaking from the second backlight unit from being incident to the second backlight unit,

wherein the second backlight unit comprises;

a second light guide plate; and

a second light source unit disposed along a lateral side of the second light guide plate, and configured to emit light to the second light guide plate,

wherein the third polarizing panel comprises a plurality of barriers arranged at regular intervals on a surface of the third polarizing panel, the plurality of barriers being configured to reflect and scatter incident light regardless of a polarizing axis orientation of the incident light,

wherein the light reflected by the plurality of barriers includes the light to create the 3D image, and is emitted to the second backlight unit, and

wherein a polarizing axis of the first polarizing panel is orthogonal to a polarizing axis of the second polarizing panel, and is identical to a polarizing axis of the third polarizing panel of the backlight assembly.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the third polarizing panel is configured to emit only a portion of the leakage light that is incident to the third polarizing panel, and emit only a portion recycled light that is emitted from the first backlight unit and is incident to the third polarizing panel, the recycled light being emitted from the first backlight unit by recycling the portion of the leakage light that is emitted by the third polarizing panel and incident to the first backlight unit.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first backlight unit comprises a first light guide plate, and a first light source unit disposed along a lateral side of the first light guide plate.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first backlight unit comprises a first light source unit, and a diffusion plate disposed in front of the first light source unit, and configured to diffuse light emitted from the first light source unit.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second light guide plate is configured to totally reflects light emitted from the second light source unit, and emit light scattered and reflected by the barriers to outside of the second light guide plate.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second backlight unit and the third polarizing panel are configured to transmit light emitted from the first backlight unit.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the third polarizing panel is an absorptive polarizing panel.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the third polarizing panel is a reflective polarizing panel.

9. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel comprising a liquid crystal panel configured to create a left eye image and a right eye image using light reflected by a plurality of barriers in a 3D image display mode, a first polarizing panel disposed on a first surface of the liquid crystal panel, and a second polarizing panel disposed on a second surface of the liquid crystal panel;

a first backlight unit configured to emit light;

a second backlight unit disposed between the display panel and the first backlight unit, and configured to emit light;

a third polarizing panel disposed between the first backlight unit and the second backlight unit; and

a barrier panel disposed between the second backlight unit and the first polarizing panel, and having a transmission area to transmit light and a reflective area to reflect light,

wherein the barrier panel includes the plurality of barriers arranged at regular intervals in the reflective area,

wherein the second backlight unit comprises a light source and a light guide plate,

wherein the plurality of barriers are configured to reflect and scatter incident light regardless of a polarizing axis orientation of the incident light,

wherein the transmission area of the barrier panel contacts the light guide plate, and

wherein a polarizing axis of the first polarizing panel is orthogonal to a polarizing axis of the second polarizing panel, and is identical to a polarizing axis of the third polarizing panel.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the third polarizing panel is configured to:

reduce an amount of leakage light that leaks from the second backlight unit and is incident to the third polarizing panel and emit the reduced amount of the leakage light to the first backlight unit, and

reduce an amount of recycled light that is emitted from the first backlight unit and is incident to the first backlight unit, and emit the reduced amount of the recycled light to the second backlight unit, the recycled light being emitted from the first backlight unit by recycling the reduced amount of the leakage light that is emitted by the third polarizing panel and incident to the first backlight unit.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the third polarizing panel contacts the barrier panel.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first backlight unit contacts the third polarizing panel.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a controller configured to control driving of the first backlight unit in a two-dimensional (2D) image display mode, control driving of the second backlight unit in a three-dimensional (3D) image display mode, and control driving of the display panel based on image information.