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US 2012/0056879 A1Published application
3d image display apparatus and method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHoon Song, Yong-kweun Mun, Yoon-sun Choi, Hong-seok Lee
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Abstract
A 3D image display apparatus and a 3D image display method are provided. The 3D image display apparatus generates a 2D image region and a 3D image region, forms shutter patterns for the 3D and 2D image regions, and adjusts a light emitting direction according to the shutter patterns. Accordingly, the 2D and 3D images may be selectively displayed on one screen.
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A three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus comprising:
- an input unit to generate a 3D image region and a two-dimensional (2D) image region;
- a mask pattern forming unit to form a mask pattern corresponding to the 3D image region generated by the input unit;
- a shutter pattern forming unit to form a first shutter pattern for a first eye and a second shutter pattern for a second eye, according to the mask pattern;
- a backlight unit comprising a plurality of cells and a light emission unit to adjust a light emitting direction in each of the plurality of cells;
- a controller to adjust the light emitting direction from the light emission unit according to the first and second shutter patterns;
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- a display panel to display images according to the light emitted from the backlight unit.
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A 3D image display method comprising:
- generating a 2D image region and a 3D image region;
- forming a mask pattern corresponding to the 3D image region;
- forming a first shutter pattern for a first eye according to the mask pattern;
- forming a second shutter pattern for a second eye according to the mask pattern;
- adjusting a light emitting direction from each of a plurality of cells of a backlight unit, according to the first shutter pattern and the second shutter pattern;
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- emitting light in the adjusted light emitting direction of each of the plurality of cells.
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A method of displaying images on a screen, comprising:
- receiving 2D image information and 3D image information;
- determining a 2D image region of the screen according to the 2D image information;
- determining a 3D image region of the screen according to the 3D image information;
- forming a mask pattern according to the 3D image region;
- generating a first shutter pattern for a first eye according to the mask pattern;
- generating a second shutter pattern for a second eye according to the mask pattern;
- displaying a 2D image in the 2D image region of the screen, according to the 2D image information and the first and second shutter patterns;
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- displaying a 3D image in the 3D image region of the screen, according to the 3D image information and the first and second shutter patterns.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.