Display apparatus and method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeok LEE, Ju Yong PARK, Dong Kyung NAM
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Abstract
A display apparatus providing a multi-view image is provided, which may include a panel unit to provide light through a plurality of pixels corresponding respectively to a plurality of viewpoints, and an optical unit to provide the light to a left eye position and a right eye position at a pre-designated viewing distance, respectively, wherein the optical unit may be configured for light from pixels for view images having discontinuous viewing indices, among the plurality of pixels, to be transferred to the left eye position and the right eye position.
Claims21
A display apparatus providing a multi-view image, the display apparatus comprising:
- a panel unit comprising a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixels for respectively providing light corresponding to a plurality of viewpoints of the multi-view image to an optical unit;
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- the optical unit to direct light from pixels, of the plurality of pixels, providing light for view images, of the multi-view image, having discontinuous viewing indices to a left eye position and a right eye position of a user, respectively.
A display apparatus providing a multi-view image, the display apparatus comprising:
- a panel unit comprising a pixel array;
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- an optical unit to form a viewing cone and direct light from pixels, included in the pixel array, in a plurality of directions of the viewing cone, wherein the viewing cone provides light from the pixels for view images, of the multi-view image, having discontinuous viewing indices that is respectively directed by the optical unit to a left eye position and a right eye position of a user.
A method of providing a multi-view image, the method comprising:
- providing respective light from a plurality of pixels corresponding to a plurality of viewpoints of the multi-view image;
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- directing light from pixels, of the plurality of pixels, providing light for view images, of the multi-view image, having discontinuous viewing indices to a left eye position and a right eye position of a user, respectively.
A method of providing a multi-view image, the method comprising:
- providing respective light from pixels corresponding to a plurality of viewpoints of the multi-view image;
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- forming a viewing cone and directing the respective light from the pixels in a plurality of directions of the viewing cone,
- wherein the viewing cone provides light from the pixels for view images, of the multi-view image, having discontinuous viewing indices that is directed to a left eye position and a right eye position of a user.
A display apparatus for providing a multi-view image, the apparatus comprising:
- a panel unit to drive a plurality of pixels of the panel unit to provide light for different view images, representing different viewpoints, of the multi-view image so that view images according to their continuous viewing indices are sequentially projected through repeated respective sequential arrangements of the plurality of pixels;
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- an optical unit to direct light from pixels providing light for view images, of the multi-view image, having discontinuous viewing indices to a left eye position and a right eye position of a user, respectively.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer readable instructions to control at least one processing device to implement a method for providing a multi-view image, the method comprising:
- decreasing depth disparities of the multi-view image by a factor of 1/N, N being a natural number and greater than 1;
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- driving a plurality of pixels of a panel unit to respectively provide light corresponding to a plurality of view images of the multi-view image, respectively representing plural viewpoints of the multi-view image, through a pixel array included in the panel unit, and so that the respectively provided light, from pixels of the plurality of pixels that are separated by an index distance of N, provides view images, of the plural view images, having discontinuous viewing indices to a left eye position and a right eye position of a user, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.