Display device and method for controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung Sang Ha, Beom Shik Kim
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Abstract
A display device includes a display panel that includes pixels that emit light to a front surface of the display panel, a lens array that extends in a first direction and includes lens elements arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a roller that moves the lens array in the second direction. Each of the lens elements includes a support body that extends in the first direction, and a lens body that includes a lower portion in contact with the support body and a convex upper portion, and support bodies of the lens elements are separated from each other.
Claims14
A display device, comprising:
- a display panel that includes pixels that emit light to a front surface of the display panel;
- a lens array that extends in a first direction and includes lens elements arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and a connecting body that flexibly and elastically connects the lens elements to each other;
- and
- a roller that moves the lens array in the second direction,
- wherein each of the lens elements includes:
- a support body that extends in the first direction;
- and
- a lens body that includes a lower portion in contact with the support body and a convex upper portion,
- wherein support bodies of the lens elements are separated from each other,
- wherein the connecting body is formed between lens bodies and support bodies of adjacent lens elements,
- wherein a portion of the connecting body that connects the support bodies of the lens elements that cover the roller is longer than a portion of the connecting body that connects the support bodies of the lens elements that cover the pixels, and
- wherein an upper surface of the connecting body between tops of the lens bodies of the adjacent lens elements is flat.
A method for controlling a display device that includes a lens array that extends in a first direction and includes lens elements arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and a connecting body that flexibly and elastically connects the lens elements to each other, and a roller, the method comprising:
- moving the lens array in the second direction by the roller wherein the lens array covers pixels on a front surface of a display panel in a 3D display mode;
- and
- moving the lens array opposite to the second direction by the roller wherein the lens array does not cover the pixels on the front surface of the display panel in a 2D display mode,
- wherein each of the lens elements includes:
- a support body that extends in the first direction;
- and
- a lens body that includes a lower portion in contact with the support body and a convex upper portion,
- wherein support bodies of the lens elements are separated from each other,
- wherein the connecting body is formed between lens bodies and support bodies of adjacent lens elements, wherein a portion of the connecting body that connects the support bodies of the lens elements that cover the roller is longer than a portion of the connecting body that connects the support bodies of the lens elements that cover the pixels, and
- wherein an upper surface of the connecting body between tops of the lens bodies of the adjacent lens elements is flat.
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