# US 10,120,200 B2 · Display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,120,200 B2 - Document ID: US10120200B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/172,749 - Filed: 2016-06-03 - Published: 2017-02-02 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-07-29 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dae Kuen Yang; Keun-Bae Jeon; Sang Hyun Sohn - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120200B2 ## CPC - G02F 1/1336: {Illuminating devices} - G02B 6/0051: {Diffusing sheet or layer} - G02B 6/0056: {for producing polarisation effects, e.g. by a surface with polarizing properties or by an additional polarizing elements} - G02B 6/0076: {Stacked arrangements of multiple light guides of the same or different cross-sectional area} - G02B 6/0088: {of the light guide or other optical sheets in the package} - G02B 30/25: using polarisation techniques - G02B 30/27: involving lenticular arrays - G02B 30/30: involving parallax barriers - G02F 1/133606: {including a specially adapted diffusing, scattering or light controlling members} - H04N 13/312: the parallax barriers being placed behind the display panel, e.g. between backlight and spatial light modulator [SLM] - H04N 13/356: having separate monoscopic and stereoscopic modes - G02F 1/133615: {Edge-illuminating devices, i.e. illuminating from the side} - G02F 1/133626: {providing two modes of illumination, e.g. day-night} - H04N 2213/001: Constructional or mechanical details - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## 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 ### Claim 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the third polarizing panel is an absorptive polarizing panel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the third polarizing panel is a reflective polarizing panel. ### Claim 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) 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. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the third polarizing panel contacts the barrier panel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first backlight unit contacts the third polarizing panel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) 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.