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US 7,066,599 B2Granted
Display unit
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Sea Phone Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomohiko Hattori, Isao Yokota, Kazuto Noritake, Masanori Tsuzaka, Katsuya Tanase
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Abstract
A display unit for displaying first and second images includes a display device, a parallax barrier arranged facing the display device, and a lenticular lens arranged facing the parallax barrier. The parallax barrier includes a plurality of slit regions. A slit control section alternately switches each slit region between a transmitting state and a shielding state at a predetermined cycle. An image signal output section provides, in synchronization with the switching of the slit region, image data to the display device so that the plurality of pixels of the display device display an image different from the image displayed before switching of the slit region.
Claims36
A display unit for displaying a plurality of images including a first image and a second image, the display unit comprising:
- a light-emitting display device including a light-emission surface and a plurality of pixels for displaying an image;
- an image signal output section for controlling the display device, the image signal output section providing image data to the display device so that at least one first pixel of the plurality of pixels displays the first image and at least one second pixel of pixels adjacent to the at least one first pixel displays the second image;
- a parallax barrier arranged facing the light-emission surface of the display device, the parallax barrier including a plurality of slit regions, each slit region being switched between a transmitting state allowing transmitting of light and a shielding state prohibiting transmitting of light;
- a lenticular lens arranged facing the plurality of slit regions of the parallax barrier;
- and
- a slit control section for alternately switching each slit region between the transmitting state and the shielding state at a predetermined cycle;
- wherein
- the image signal output section provides, in synchronization with the switching of the plurality of slit regions between the transmitting state and the shielding state, the image data to the display device so that each of the at least one first pixel and the at least one second pixel displays an image different from the image displayed before switching the slit region between the transmitting state and the shielding state.
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A display unit having a horizontal direction comprising:
- a light-emitting display device including a light-emission surface and a plurality of pixels forming a plurality of display positions arranged in the horizontal direction;
- an image signal output section connected to the display device for equally dividing each of N images of a first image to an Nth image having a plurality of continuous parallax to a plurality of divided images and for displaying each of the plurality of divided images of the N images at the plurality of display positions of the display device, the image signal output section providing the display device with image data generated so that each of the divided images of the N images is repeatedly displayed in a predetermined order at the relative display position;
- a parallax barrier arranged facing the light-emission surface of the display device, the parallax barrier including a plurality of slit regions arranged in the horizontal direction, each slit region being switched between a transmitting state allowing transmitting of light and a shielding state prohibiting transmitting of light;
- a lenticular lens arranged facing the parallax barrier;
- and
- a slit control section alternately switching each of the plurality of slit regions between the transmitting state and the shielding state at a predetermined cycle;
- wherein
- the image signal output section provides, in synchronization with the switching of the plurality of slit regions between the transmitting state and the shielding state, the image data to the display device so that each pixel displays an image different from the image displayed before switching the slit region between the transmitting state and the shielding state.
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A display unit having a horizontal direction comprising:
- a light-emitting display device for displaying an image, the display device including a light-emission surface and a plurality of pixels forming a plurality of display positions arranged in the horizontal direction;
- an image signal output section for providing image data to a plurality of pixels of the display device, the image signal output section equally dividing each of a right eye image and a left eye image to a plurality of divided images each displayed on the plurality of display positions of the display device, the image signal output section providing the display device with image data generated so that a mixed image in which the divided images of the right eye image and the divided images of the left eye image are alternately arranged side-by-side in the horizontal direction is displayed on the plurality of display positions;
- a parallax barrier arranged facing the light-emission surface of the display device, the parallax barrier including a plurality of slit regions arranged in the horizontal direction, each slit region being switched between a transmitting state allowing transmitting of light and a shielding state prohibiting transmitting of light;
- a lenticular lens arranged facing the parallax barrier;
- and
- a slit control section alternately switching each of the plurality of slit regions between the transmitting state and the shielding state at a predetermined cycle so that light of the divided images of the right eye image and light of the divided images of the left eye image alternately transmit through the parallax barrier;
- wherein
- the image signal output section provides, in synchronization with the switching of the plurality of slit regions between the transmitting state and the shielding state, the image data to the display device so that the divided images related to the left eye image and the divided images related to the right eye image are alternately displayed on each display positions.
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A display unit comprising:
- a light-emitting display device including a light-emission surface and a plurality of pixels displaying images;
- an image signal output section for controlling the display device, the image signal output section providing image data to the display device so that at least one first pixel of the plurality of pixels displays a first image and at least one second pixel of pixels adjacent to the at least one first pixel displays a second image;
- a parallax barrier arranged facing the light-emission surface of the display device, the parallax barrier including a plurality of slit regions, each being switched between a transmitting state allowing transmitting of light and a shielding state prohibiting transmitting of light;
- a slit control section for switching each of the plurality of slit regions between the transmitting state and the shielding state;
- and
- a lenticular lens arranged facing the plurality of slit regions of the parallax barrier.
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A display unit comprising:
- a back light device;
- a transmissive image display panel including a plurality of pixels for passing light from the back light device and displaying an image;
- an image signal output section for controlling the transmissive image display panel, the image signal output section providing image data to the transmissive image display panel so that at least one first pixel of the plurality of pixels displays a first image and at least one second pixel of pixels adjacent to the at least one first pixel displays a second image;
- a parallax barrier arranged facing the transmissive image display panel, the parallax barrier including a plurality of slit regions, each slit region being switched between a transmitting state allowing transmitting of light and a shielding state prohibiting transmitting of light;
- a slit control section for switching each of the plurality of slit regions between the transmitting state and the shielding state;
- and
- a lenticular lens, arranged facing the parallax barrier, including same number of lens portions as the plurality of slit regions.
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A display unit comprising:
- a self-emitting display including a plurality of pixels for displaying an image;
- an image signal output section for controlling the self-emitting display, the image signal output section providing image data to the self-emitting display so that at least one first pixel of the plurality of pixels displays a first image and at least one second pixel of pixels adjacent to the at least one first pixel displays a second image;
- a parallax barrier arranged facing the self-emitting display, the parallax barrier including a plurality of slit regions, each slit region being switched between a transmitting state allowing transmitting of light and a shielding state prohibiting transmitting of light;
- a slit control section for selectively switching each of the plurality of slit regions between the transmitting state and the shielding state;
- and
- a lenticular lens, arranged facing the parallax barrier, including same number of lens portions as the plurality of slit regions.
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A display unit comprising:
- a light-emitting display device for displaying an image, the display device including a light-emission surface and a plurality of pixels forming a plurality of display positions aligned in a horizontal direction;
- an image signal output section for providing image data to the plurality of pixels of the display device, the image signal output section equally dividing a right eye image and a left eye image to a plurality of divided images each displayed on the plurality of display positions of the display device, generating image data so as to display a mixed image in which the divided images of the right eye image and the divided images of the left eye image are alternately arranged side-by-side in the horizontal direction, and providing the image data to the display device;
- a parallax barrier arranged facing the light-emission surface of the display device, the parallax barrier including a plurality of slit regions arranged in the horizontal direction, each slit region being selectively switched between a transmitting state allowing transmitting of light and a shielding state prohibiting transmitting of light;
- a lenticular lens arranged facing the parallax barrier;
- and
- a slit control section for alternately switching each of the plurality of slit regions between the transmitting state and the shielding state at a predetermined cycle so that light of the divided images of the right eye image and light of the divided images of the left eye image in the mixed image alternately pass through the parallax barrier;
- wherein
- the image signal output section provides, in synchronization with the switching of the slit region between the transmitting state and the shielding state, image data to the display device so that the divided images related to the left eye image and the divided images related to the right eye image are alternately displayed at each display position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.