Multi-view display device

A multi-view display device, comprising:

• a display panel including a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix arrangement, the plurality of pixels grouped into a first pixel group and a second pixel group, the first pixel group including a plurality of first pixels, the second pixel group including a plurality of second pixels;
• a barrier disposed on the display panel, the barrier including:
• and having
• openings that transmit light;
• and
• shielding portions that shield light;
• and
• a driver configured to selectively drive the display panel in a normal driving mode, a narrow viewing angle mode, and a multi-view mode by controlling signals applied to the first and second pixels,
• wherein the first and second pixels are alternately arranged in a horizontal direction of the matrix arrangement, such that each first pixel is adjacent to two second pixels in the horizontal direction, and each second pixel is adjacent to two first pixels in the horizontal direction,
• wherein the first and second pixels are alternately arranged in a vertical direction of the matrix arrangement, such that each first pixel is adjacent to two second pixels in the vertical direction, and each second pixel is adjacent to two first pixels in the vertical direction,
• wherein the openings are overlapped with the first pixels,
• wherein the shielding portions are overlapped with the second pixels,
• wherein the first and second pixels are shifted every horizontal line of the matrix arrangement,
• wherein the openings and the shielding portions are shifted every horizontal line of the matrix arrangement, whereby the openings and the shielding portions respectively overlap with every first and second pixel in the horizontal direction and in the vertical direction, such that the openings are arranged in a first diagonal direction and the shielding portions are arranged in a second diagonal direction to form a checkerboard pattern,
• wherein centers of each of the openings are aligned with respective centers of each of the first pixels relative to a direction perpendicular to the display panel, and
• wherein a first image that includes light from the first pixel through the opening is provided to a first viewing point corresponding to a center of the display panel at the center through the opening, and a second image that includes light from the second pixel through the opening is provided to second and third viewing points corresponding to positions to right and left sides of the display panel.