Autostereoscopic display system with efficient pixel layout
AssigneeRealD Inc.
InventorsMichael G. Robinson, Douglas J. McKnight
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to autostereoscopic display systems operable to provide increased number of views and related methods. One embodiment of the display systems comprises a light-modulating display panel comprising a first set of colored subpixels and a second set of colored subpixels, and the number of subpixels in the first set of colored subpixels is greater than the number of subpixels in the second set of colored subpixels. The display system further comprises a lenticular sheet disposed in light paths of the colored subpixels of the display panel.
Claims16
An autostereoscopic display system comprising:
- a light-modulating display panel comprising a ratio of subpixels with a first luminance to subpixels with a second luminance and a ratio of subpixels with a first luminance to subpixels with a third luminance, wherein the first luminance is greater than the second luminance and the third luminance, and the ratios are greater than 1;
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- a lenticular sheet disposed in light paths of the subpixels with the first luminance, the subpixels with the second luminance, and the subpixels with the third luminance;
- wherein the subpixels with the first luminance, the subpixels with the second luminance, and the subpixels with the third luminance are arranged in a pixel array comprising a plurality of rows and columns, wherein a first row of the pixel array comprises adjacent subpixels with the first luminance and another row of the pixel array comprises the subpixels with the second luminance adjacent to the subpixels with the third luminance.
A light-modulating display panel comprising a plurality of oblique subpixels arranged in a pixel array, the pixel array comprising columns and rows, wherein:
- the plurality of oblique subpixels comprise subpixels with a first luminance, subpixels with a second luminance, and subpixels with a third luminance, wherein the first luminance is greater than the second luminance and the third luminance, and a ratio of the subpixels with the first luminance to the subpixels with the second luminance and a ratio of the subpixels with the first luminance to the subpixels with the third luminance are greater than 1;
- wherein a first row of the pixel array comprises adjacent subpixels with the first luminance and another row of the pixel array comprises the subpixels with the second luminance adjacent to the subpixels with the third luminance.
A method of providing an autostereoscopic display system, comprising:
- providing a light-modulating display panel comprising subpixels with a first luminance, subpixels with a second luminance, and subpixels with a third luminance, wherein the first luminance is greater than the second luminance and the third luminance, and a ratio of the subpixels with the first luminance to the subpixels with the second luminance and a ratio of the subpixels with the first luminance to the subpixels with the third luminance are greater than 1;
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- disposing a lenticular sheet in light paths of the subpixels with the first luminance and the subpixels with the second luminance;
- wherein the subpixels with the first luminance and the subpixels with the second luminance are arranged in a pixel array comprising a plurality of rows and columns, wherein a first row of the pixel array comprises adjacent subpixels with the first luminance and another row of the pixel array comprises the subpixels with the second luminance adjacent to the subpixels with the third luminance.
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