Apparatus and method to concurrently display two and three dimensional images
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDong Kyung NAM, Yun-Tae KIM, Du-Sik PARK
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Abstract
An image display apparatus and method to simultaneously display two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) images with minimized visual 3D discomfort. The image display apparatus may include a lens unit to spatially separate images displayed in a display panel unit to thereby simultaneously form a 2D image viewing area and a 3D image viewing area, respectively, enabling the simultaneous displaying of the 2D images and the 3D images.
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An image display apparatus, comprising:
- a display panel unit to display images;
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- a lens unit to spatially separate the images simultaneously displayed by the display panel unit to form a two dimensional (2D) image display area, providing display of a 2D image, and a three dimensional (3D) image display area, providing display of a 3D image.
An image display method comprising controlling a plurality of aligned lenses by spatially separating a first image to form at least one first image viewing area to display at least a 2D image, spatially separating a second image to form at least one second image viewing area to display at least a 2D image, and spatially separating an image resulting from a combination of the first and second images to form at least one third image viewing area to display at least a 3D image, with the first and second images being to be correspondingly simultaneously displayed in the first, second, and third image view areas.
An image display apparatus comprising a lenticular lens controller to control a lenticular lens unit to spatially separate a first image, of at least a first and second images, to form at least one first image viewing area to display at least a 2D image, and spatially separate an image resulting from a combination of the first and second images to form at least one other image viewing area to display at least a 3D image, with the first and second images defined for correspondingly simultaneously being displayed at least in the first and other image viewing areas.
An image display apparatus, comprising:
- a display panel unit to display a stereo image including a left image and a right image;
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- a lenticular lens unit to spatially separate the left image to form a left image viewing area, spatially separate the right image to form a right image viewing area, and spatially separate the stereo image to form a 3D image viewing area.
An image display method comprising controlling plural aligned lenses to spatially separate a first image, of at least a first and second images, to form at least one first image viewing area to display at least a 2D image, and spatially separate an image resulting from a combination of the first and second images to form at least one other image viewing area to display at least a 3D image, with the first and second images defined for correspondingly simultaneously being displayed at least in the first and other image viewing areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.