3D liquid crystal display system
First Claim
1. A viewing system comprising:
- a liquid crystal display panel comprising a plurality of color pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array of rows and columns, the rows arranged along a first direction and the columns arranged along a second direction different from the first direction, each pixel comprising a plurality of color sub-pixels;
wherein each pixel has a pixel area and each color sub-pixel has a sub-pixel area and wherein the sub-pixel areas in a pixel are arranged in the pixel area along the second direction;
a parallax separation device disposed in relationship to the liquid crystal display panel, the parallax separation device comprising a plurality of parallax separation elements, each parallax separation element having a longitudinal axis defining a parallax barrier axis of the parallax separation device, wherein the parallax barrier axis is substantially parallel to the second direction; and
a tracking device configured to determine a position of a viewer viewing the liquid crystal display panel through the parallax separation device.
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Abstract
A viewing system has a parallax separation device placed in front of a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid display panel can be used to display a composite image that has many display segments, with each segment having two or more elongated image sections of different images. Each image section may occupy one or more columns of color pixels. The parallax separation device has a plurality of parallax separation elements, each aligned with a display segment for separating the different image sections as seen in a viewer'"'"'s eyes. The parallax separation device has a barrier axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongated image sections. The color sub-pixels in each pixel are arranged along a direction parallel to the barrier axis. A tracking device and a processor are used to determine the locations of image sections under the parallax separation elements based on positions of a viewer.
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20 Claims
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1. A viewing system comprising:
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a liquid crystal display panel comprising a plurality of color pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array of rows and columns, the rows arranged along a first direction and the columns arranged along a second direction different from the first direction, each pixel comprising a plurality of color sub-pixels;
wherein each pixel has a pixel area and each color sub-pixel has a sub-pixel area and wherein the sub-pixel areas in a pixel are arranged in the pixel area along the second direction;a parallax separation device disposed in relationship to the liquid crystal display panel, the parallax separation device comprising a plurality of parallax separation elements, each parallax separation element having a longitudinal axis defining a parallax barrier axis of the parallax separation device, wherein the parallax barrier axis is substantially parallel to the second direction; and a tracking device configured to determine a position of a viewer viewing the liquid crystal display panel through the parallax separation device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for use in a viewing system, the viewing system comprising
a liquid crystal display panel comprising a plurality of color pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array of rows and columns, the rows arranged along a first direction and the columns arranged along a second direction different from the first direction, each pixel comprising a plurality of color sub-pixels; - wherein each pixel has a pixel area and each color sub-pixel has a sub-pixel area, said method comprising;
arranging the sub-pixel areas in the pixel area along the second direction; providing a parallax separation device in relationship to the liquid crystal display panel, the parallax separation device comprising a plurality of parallax separator elements, each parallax separator element having a longitudinal axis defining a parallax barrier axis of the parallax separation device, wherein the parallax barrier axis is substantially parallel to the second direction; and determining a position of a viewer viewing the liquid crystal display panel through the parallax separation device so as to arrange a displayed image in the liquid crystal display panel in relationship to the parallax separator elements at least partly based on the position of the viewer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- wherein each pixel has a pixel area and each color sub-pixel has a sub-pixel area, said method comprising;
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