NAKED-EYE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND DEVICE

• US 20140063381A1
• Filed: 10/24/2012
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Company Limited (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Company Limited (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Junrui, Lim, Junhwan, Feng, Yuanming, Shi, Bo
• Granted Patent: US 9,329,399 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 349/15
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 30/28 involving active lenticular arrays
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133526 Lenses, e.g. microlenses or Fresnel lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1347 Arrangement of liquid crystal layers or cells in which the final condition of one light beam is achieved by the addition of the effects of two or more layers or cells
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/294 Variable focal length devices
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/003 to produce spatial visual effects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/31 using parallax barriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a naked-eye three-dimensional image display method and device, and the naked-eye three-dimensional image display method comprises: with a control means, making a two-dimensional display screen display a left-eye image at a first moment, and synchronously applying a first set of voltages to a liquid crystal lens located at a light-exiting side of the two-dimensional display screen, so that the left-eye image is projected through the liquid crystal lens to a left eye of an observer; and with the control means, making the two-dimensional display screen display a right-eye image at a second moment, and synchronously applying a second set of voltages to the liquid crystal lens, so that the right-eye image is projected through the liquid crystal lens to a right eye of the observer; wherein a time interval between the first moment and the second moment is not more than visual persistence time of human eyes.

Claims

1. A naked-eye three-dimensional image display method, comprising:

with a control means, making a two-dimensional display screen display a left-eye image at a first moment, and synchronously applying a first set of voltages to a liquid crystal lens located at a light-exiting side of the two-dimensional display screen, so that the left-eye image is projected through the liquid crystal lens to a left eye of an observer; and

with the control means, making the two-dimensional display screen display a right-eye image at a second moment, and synchronously applying a second set of voltages to the liquid crystal lens, so that the right-eye image is projected through the liquid crystal lens to a right eye of the observer;

wherein a time interval between the first moment and the second moment is not more than visual persistence time of human eyes.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the image of the two-dimensional display screen and the voltages applied to the liquid crystal lens are refreshed synchronously, and the refresh frequency is not less than 120 Hz.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal lens comprise:

an upper substrate;

a lower substrate;

a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper substrate and the lower substrate;

a first transparent electrode, formed on a surface of the upper substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the first transparent electrode being in a shape of a continuous sheet; and

a patterned second transparent electrode, formed on a surface of the lower substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the second transparent electrode being composed of a plurality of mutually electrically-insulated electrode patterns.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein applying the first set of voltages or the second set of voltages to the liquid crystal lens comprises:

applying each voltage in the first set of voltages or in the second set of voltages between the first transparent electrode and each of the electrode patterns of the second transparent electrode, correspondingly.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal lens comprise:

an upper substrate;

a lower substrate;

a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; and

a patterned transparent electrode, formed on a surface of the upper substrate or of the lower substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the transparent electrode being composed of a plurality of mutually electrically-insulated electrode patterns.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein applying the first set of voltages or the second set of voltages to the liquid crystal lens comprises:

applying each voltage in the first set of voltages or in the second set of voltages between the electrode patterns of the transparent electrode, correspondingly.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal lens comprise:

an upper substrate;

a lower substrate;

a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper substrate and the lower substrate;

a first transparent electrode, formed on a surface of the upper substrate or of the lower substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the first transparent electrode being in a shape of a continuous sheet;

a patterned second transparent electrode, formed on a same substrate as the first transparent electrode and closer to the liquid crystal layer than the first transparent electrode, the patterned transparent electrode being composed of a plurality of mutually electrically-insulated electrode patterns; and

an insulating layer formed between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein applying the first set of voltages or the second set of voltages to the liquid crystal lens comprises:

applying each voltage in the first set of voltages or in the second set of voltages between the first transparent electrode and each of the electrode patterns of the second transparent electrode, correspondingly.

9. A naked-eye three-dimensional image display device, comprising:

a display screen, for displaying a two-dimensional image;

a control means; and

a liquid crystal lens, located at a light-exiting side of the display screen;

wherein the control means is adapted for making the display screen display a left-eye image at a first moment, and synchronously applying a first set of voltages to the liquid crystal lens, so that the left-eye image is projected through the liquid crystal lens to a left eye of an observer;

the control means is further adapted for making the display screen display a right-eye image at a second moment, and synchronously applying a second set of voltages to the liquid crystal lens, so that the right-eye image is projected through the liquid crystal lens to a right eye of the observer; and

a time interval between the first moment and the second moment is not more than visual persistence time of human eyes.

10. The naked-eye three-dimensional image display device according to claim 9, wherein the image of the display screen and the voltages applied to the liquid crystal lens are refreshed synchronously, and the refresh frequency is not less than 120 Hz.

11. The naked-eye three-dimensional image display device according to claim 9, wherein the liquid crystal lens comprise:

an upper substrate;

a lower substrate;

a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper substrate and the lower substrate;

a first transparent electrode, formed on a surface of the upper substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the first transparent electrode being in a shape of a continuous sheet; and

a patterned second transparent electrode, formed on a surface of the lower substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the second transparent electrode being composed of a plurality of mutually electrically-insulated electrode patterns.

12. The naked-eye three-dimensional image display device according to claim 11, wherein the control means is adapted for applying each voltage in the first set of voltages or in the second set of voltages between the first transparent electrode and each of the electrode patterns of the second transparent electrode, correspondingly.

13. The naked-eye three-dimensional image display device according to claim 9, wherein the liquid crystal lens comprise:

an upper substrate;

a lower substrate;

a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; and

a patterned transparent electrode, formed on a surface of the upper substrate or of the lower substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the transparent electrode being composed of a plurality of mutually electrically-insulated electrode patterns.

14. The naked-eye three-dimensional image display device according to claim 13, wherein the control means is also adapted for applying each voltage in the first set of voltages or in the second set of voltages between the electrode patterns of the transparent electrode, correspondingly.

15. The naked-eye three-dimensional image display device according to claim 9, wherein the liquid crystal lens comprise:

an upper substrate;

a lower substrate;

a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper substrate and the lower substrate;

a first transparent electrode, formed on a surface of the upper substrate or of the lower substrate facing the liquid crystal layer, the first transparent electrode being in a shape of a continuous sheet;

a patterned second transparent electrode, formed on a same substrate as the first transparent electrode, and closer to the liquid crystal layer than the first transparent electrode, the patterned transparent electrode being composed of a plurality of mutually electrically-insulated electrode patterns; and

an insulating layer, formed between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode.

16. The naked-eye three-dimensional image display device according to claim 15, wherein the control means is also adapted for applying each voltage in the first set of voltages or in the second set of voltages between the first transparent electrode and each of the electrode patterns of the second transparent electrode, correspondingly.

17. The naked-eye three-dimensional image display device according to claim 9, wherein the liquid crystal layer in the liquid crystal lens is composed of positive nematic-phase liquid crystal, or composed of blue-phase liquid crystal.

18. The naked-eye three-dimensional image display device according to claim 9, wherein the display screen is a liquid crystal display screen, or an organic light-emitting diode display screen.