3D display apparatus in which a display panel has a curvature

A three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus comprising:

• a display panel including pixel areas, the pixel areas disposed side by side in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
• a lower barrier layer on the display panel, the lower barrier layer including lower openings corresponding to the pixel areas;
• an upper barrier layer on the lower barrier layer, the upper barrier layer including upper openings corresponding to the lower openings;
• and
• lenses on the upper barrier layer, each of the lenses extending obliquely to the first direction, and
• wherein each of the lower openings and each of the upper openings are disposed on an imaginary line passing through a corresponding pixel area from the pixel areas and a setting region,
• wherein the display panel includes light-blocking patterns overlapping with a boundary of the lenses, and
• wherein the display panel includes light-blocking patterns overlapping with a boundary of the lenses.

A three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus comprising:

• a display panel including pixel areas, the display panel having a curvature;
• a lower barrier layer on the display panel, the lower barrier layer including lower openings corresponding to the pixel areas;
• an upper barrier layer on the lower barrier layer, the upper barrier layer including upper openings corresponding to the lower openings;
• and
• lenses on the upper barrier layer,
• wherein each of the lower openings and each of the upper openings are disposed on an imaginary line passing through a corresponding pixel area from the pixel areas and a setting region,
• wherein each of the upper openings is spaced away from the imaginary line passing through a curvature center of the display panel and the setting region by a first straight distance, when the display panel and the upper barrier layer are spread flat,
• wherein each of the upper openings is spaced away from the imaginary line passing through the curvature center of the display panel and the setting region by a second straight distance, when the display panel and the upper barrier layer have the curvature of the display panel, and
• wherein the first straight distance is less than the second straight distance.