Static multiview display and method

A static multiview display comprising:

• a plate light guide;
• a light source configured to provide a plurality of guided light beams having different radial directions from one another within the plate light guide;
• and
• an array of multiview pixels configured to provide a plurality of different views of a static multiview image, a multiview pixel comprising a plurality of diffraction gratings configured to diffractively couple out light from the guided light beam plurality to provide directional light beams representing view pixels of the multiview pixel,
• wherein a principal angular direction of a directional light beam provided by a diffraction grating of the diffraction grating plurality is a function of a grating characteristic, the grating characteristic being a function of a relative location of the diffraction grating and the light source.

A method of static multiview display operation, the method comprising:

• guiding in a light guide a plurality of guided light beams having a common point of origin and different radial directions from one another;
• and
• emitting a plurality of directional light beams representing a static multiview image using a plurality of diffraction gratings, a diffraction grating of the diffraction grating plurality diffractively coupling out light from the guided light beam plurality as a directional light beam of the directional light beam plurality having an intensity and a principal angular direction of a corresponding view pixel of the static multiview image,
• wherein the intensity and principal angular direction of the emitted directional light beam are controlled by a grating characteristic of the diffraction grating that is based on a location of the diffraction grating relative to the common origin point.