DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20120200561A1
• Filed: 02/06/2012
• Published: 08/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: BANDO, Makoto
• Application Number:
  US13/367,240
• Publication Number:
  US 20120200561A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/27 involving lenticular arrays
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/30 involving parallax barriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/305 using lenticular lenses, e.g. arrangements of cylindrical lenses
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/31 using parallax barriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/359 Switching between monoscopic and stereoscopic modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2213/001 Constructional or mechanical details

Abstract

There is provided a display apparatus including a display configured to display an image in accordance with data for a three dimensional image, a filter configured to receive the displayed image from the display and to transform the displayed image to a stereoscopic image while the displayed image transmitting through the filter, where the filter is operable to be set to be attachable to and detachable from the display, and a detector configured to detect whether the filter is set to the display or not.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display an image in accordance with data for a three dimensional image;

a filter configured to receive the displayed image from the display and to transform the displayed image to a stereoscopic image while the displayed image transmitting through the filter, the filter being operable to be set to be attachable to and detachable from the display; and

a detector configured to detect whether the filter is set to the display or not.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a panel holder configured to fix the filter in front of the display.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detector includes,

a slider configured to move forward or backward when the filter is attached to or detached from the display, and

a switch configured to be operable to switch between on state and off state by a contact with the slider.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the panel holder includes,

a slider configured to move forward or backward when the filter is attached to or detached from the display, and

a lock configured to be formed at the slider and to be fixed to a portion of the filter so as to support the filter in front of the display.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a casing configured to form a display window, the casing being disposed in front of the display,

wherein the panel holder includes,

a mount configured to support the filter, the mount being arranged in a front side of a bottom of the display,

a frame configured to include a projection formed along a side of the display and along the display window so as to form a space between a front side of the display and the casing to prevent the filter from moving toward the display window.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the slider is formed on the frame.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a controller configured to shift a mode of the display to a three dimensional image display mode when the detector detects that the filter is set to the display.

7. A display control apparatus comprising:

a filter configured to receive an image displayed by a display and to transform the received image to a stereoscopic image while the received image transmitting through the filter, the filter being arranged in front of the display and being operable to be set to be attachable to and detachable from the display, the received image being displayed in accordance with first image data for a three dimensional image;

a detector configured to detect whether the filter is set to the display or not;

a controller configured to shift a mode of the display to a three dimensional image display mode when the detector detects that the filter is set to the display.

8. The display control apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising an image providing device for providing image data to be displayed by the display, wherein the controller extracts the first image data from the image providing device when the detector detects that the filter is set to the display and allows the display to display the image.

9. The display control apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controller extracts, from the image providing device, second image data other than the first image data when the detector detects that the filter is not set to the display and allows the display to display an image in accordance with the second data.

10. The display control apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controller determines, on the basis of an identifier included in the image data, whether the image data is the first image data or not.

11. A method executed by a processer for displaying an image, the method comprising;

monitoring, by the processer, whether a filter is fixed or not in front of a display, the display being operable to display a three dimensional image in a three dimensional mode;

detecting a status in which the filter is fixed in front of the display; and

shifting a mode of the display to the three dimensional mode according to the detected status.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising;

extracting three dimensional image data from an image providing device when the filter is fixed in front of the display, the image providing device providing image data to be displayed by the display; and

allowing the display to display an image in accordance with the extracted three dimensional image data.

13. The method according to claim 11, further comprising;

extracting image data from the image providing device when the filter is not fixed in front of the display, the image data being other than three dimensional image data; and

allowing the display to display the image in accordance with the extracted image data.