# US 10,375,379 B2 · 3D display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,375,379 B2 - Document ID: US10375379B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/953,528 - Filed: 2015-11-30 - Published: 2017-03-23 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-17 - Assignees: Innolux Corporation - Applicants: InnoLux Corporation - Inventors: Naoki Sumi; Pei-Hsuan Chiang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375379B2 ## CPC - H04N 13/305: using lenticular lenses, e.g. arrangements of cylindrical lenses - H04N 13/111: Transformation of image signals corresponding to virtual viewpoints, e.g. spatial image interpolation - H04N 13/31: using parallax barriers - H04N 13/317: using slanted parallax optics - H04N 13/324: Colour aspects - H04N 13/351: for displaying simultaneously - H04N 13/373: for tracking forward-backward translational head movements, i.e. longitudinal movements - H04N 13/398: Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof - H04N 13/128: Adjusting depth or disparity - H04N 2013/0081: {Depth or disparity estimation from stereoscopic image signals} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A 3D display device is disclosed, which comprises: a display panel and a modulating unit disposed on the display panel and comprising plural columnar elements. The display panel comprises: a substrate; plural horizontal electrode lines disposed on the substrate and substantially arranged in parallel; and plural vertical electrode lines disposed on the substrate and substantially arranged in parallel, wherein the vertical electrode lines are interlaced with the horizontal electrode lines to define plural pixel units. In addition, the columnar elements are slanted at a slant angle to an extension direction of the vertical electrode line of the display panel, and the slant angle is in a range from 60 degree to 85 degree. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device, comprising: a display panel, comprising: a substrate; plural horizontal electrode lines disposed on the substrate and substantially arranged in parallel; and plural vertical electrode lines disposed on the substrate and substantially arranged in parallel, wherein the vertical electrode lines are interlaced with the horizontal electrode lines to define plural pixel units; and a modulating unit disposed on the display panel and comprising plural columnar elements, wherein the columnar elements are slanted at a slant angle to an extension direction of the vertical electrode lines, and the slant angle is in a range from 70 degree to 80 degree, wherein a width of each of the pixel units along extension directions of the horizontal electrode lines is larger than a width of each of the pixel units along extension directions of the vertical electrode lines. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a ratio of the width of the pixel units along the extension directions of the horizontal electrode lines to the widths of the pixel units along the extension directions of the vertical electrode lines is 3:1, 4:1, or 2:1. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a field of view in a horizontal direction of the modulating unit is larger than 80 degree. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1 wherein a ratio for a horizontal field of view and a vertical field of view of the modulating unit is 16:9. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein the field of view of the modulating unit is in a range from 80 degree to 160 degree. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the modulating unit is a lenticular lens array, a parallax barrier, a LC GRIN lens cell or a stripe light guide. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display device of claim 6, wherein the stripe light guide is divided into plural columnar parts comprising plural light sources, and the stripe light guide is disposed adjacent to the display panel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising an imaging rendering circuit, which comprises: an image buffer, receiving a video frame and outputting an image data; a depth analyzer, receiving the video frame and outputting a depth image; a depth image buffer, connecting to the depth analyzer, receiving the depth image and outputting a depth data; a view number image generator, connecting to the depth analyzer, receiving the depth image and outputting an N view image data; a view number image buffer, connecting to the view number image generator, receiving the N view image data and outputting the N view image data; and a 3D pixel rendering means, connecting to the image buffer, the depth image buffer and the view number image buffer, receiving the image data, the depth data and the N view image data, and outputting a mixed 3D video frame to the display panel, wherein the view number of the N view image data is at least 15. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the 3D pixel rendering means further receiving a request signal from a user to decide a 3D effect being displayed on the display panel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the view number image generator further receives a signal related to a viewing distance, which is a distance between a user and the 3D display device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the view number image generator further receives a request signal from a user to decide a 3D effect being displayed on the display panel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the N view image data is formatted as 16 blocks composed of 4 horizontal unit blocks and 4 vertical unit blocks. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display device of claim 12, wherein the number of the pixel units for one of the unit block is at least 32. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the view number of the N view image data is from 15 to 50.