Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090040439 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display apparatus, including: first and second substrates having first and second polarizing plates, respectively; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates; an electrode provided on the first substrate for applying an electric field parallel to a face of the first substrate to the liquid crystal layer to drive liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer; a pixel having a reflective display portion and a transmissive display portion; and a phase difference plate provided on a face of the second substrate adjacent the liquid crystal layer such that no phase difference is generated in a front direction in the transmissive display portion but a phase difference is generated in the reflective display portion. | 02-12-2009 |
20090135118 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device having a pixel electrode in a shape of comb teeth, the pixel electrode including a plurality of comb tooth electrodes arranged in one direction, and having a reflective display section and a transmissive display section in each pixel, wherein the pixel electrode is formed such that width of the reflective display section is larger than width of the transmissive display section in a direction perpendicular to a direction of arrangement of the reflective display section and the transmissive display section, and the plurality of comb tooth electrodes are coupled to each other at only an end part. | 05-28-2009 |
20100328438 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE, OBJECT PROXIMITY DETECTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A stereoscopic image displaying device includes an outer surface that a detection target object approaches; a stereoscopic image generating unit that generates a three-dimensional stereoscopic image based on an input video signal, and a proximity sensor unit that is disposed on a side of the outer surface that is opposite to a side that the detection target object approaches and detects proximity of the detection target object to the outer surface based on a height that is a distance from the outer surface and is set based on parallax information included in the video signal. | 12-30-2010 |
20110043715 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - A stereoscopic image displaying apparatus is provided. The stereoscopic image displaying apparatus, including: an image generation section having a plurality of pixels for a plurality of colors arranged in a two-dimensional matrix and adapted to drive the pixels for the colors to generate a color image; and a parallax applying section adapted to apply a parallax to the image to allow color display of a three-dimensional image and capable of changing over a parallax direction between a first direction of the color image and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The parallax applying section has a first parallel state and a second parallel state. The image generation section and the parallax application section are configured so that the rates of the colors at the pixels for the colors corresponding to light transmission regions between adjacent ones of the parallax barrier regions are uniform or got closer in both of the parallel states. | 02-24-2011 |
20110304612 | Parallax system, parallax image panel, device having the parallax image panel, parallax display method and non-transitory computer readable medium - A parallax system that includes a set of pixels disposed in a matrix where each pixel of the set of pixels has transmission portions and reflective portions symmetrically arranged about a pixel center. Further, the parallax system is implemented in a parallax image panel that may be embodied in one of a digital camera, a personal computer, a mobile terminal equipment, a video camera, or a game machine. | 12-15-2011 |
20120120213 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a two-dimensional display unit that displays p viewpoint videos, which are spatially divided, within one screen; and an optical device that optically splits the p viewpoint videos displayed on the display unit so as to enable a stereoscopic view at p viewpoints. The display unit includes unit pixels each formed from sub-pixels that display r types of colors necessary for a color video display, and the sub-pixels that emit light of different colors are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other in a same row in a screen horizontal direction. Each of the p viewpoint videos is displayed in n sub-pixel rows, each of which is configured by the sub-pixels aligned in a first direction other than the screen horizontal direction and which are consecutive in the screen horizontal direction, in the screen horizontal direction on a cycle of (p×n) rows. | 05-17-2012 |
20120169964 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display section, an optical liquid crystal panel having a first and second transparent substrates disposed to face each other, and a liquid crystal layer enclosed between the first and second transparent substrates, and a light source. The display section is bonded to an external face of the first transparent substrate of the optical liquid crystal panel, a plurality of first transparent electrodes are provided on an internal face of the first transparent substrate, a second transparent electrode is provided on an internal face of the second transparent substrate, and the liquid crystal layer and the second transparent electrode are provided to occupy entirety of an effective region corresponding to an effective image area of the display section. | 07-05-2012 |
20120206679 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME RELATED APPLICATION DATA - A liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates and has a reflective area and a transmissive area. At least one of the substrates is provided with a retardation film whose phase difference differs between the reflective area and the transmissive area. Alternatively, at least one of the substrates is provided with a retardation film whose slow axis differs between the reflective area and the transmissive area. | 08-16-2012 |
20120236402 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display unit having a region which emits color light for displaying a stereoscopic image including images of a plurality of viewing points; and a separation unit that separates optically the images of the respective viewing points from each other so that the images of different viewing points are observed by different eyes of a viewer, wherein in a visible region on the display unit in which the image of a predetermined viewing point observed by the viewer is displayed, the region which emits the color light is present at each position of the stereoscopic image in a parallax direction regardless of a viewing position of the viewer who observes the stereoscopic image. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236405 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display unit in which pixels having first and second regions are arrayed in a matrix, the first region emitting first color light for displaying a stereoscopic image including images of a plurality of viewing points and the second region emitting second color light in order to display the stereoscopic image. A separation unit separates optically the images of the respective viewing points from each other so that the images of different viewing points are observed by different eyes of a viewer, wherein in a region on the display unit in which the image of a predetermined viewing point is displayed, widths of the first and second regions in a parallax direction of the stereoscopic image are approximately the same and widths of the first and second regions in a vertical direction, which is approximately perpendicular to the parallax direction, are different | 09-20-2012 |
20120307169 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VARIABLE LENS ARRAY - A display apparatus includes: a display unit that displays a two-dimensional image; and a variable lens array disposed to face the display unit, wherein the variable lens array includes a first substrate having a transparent first common electrode, a second substrate having a transparent second common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and forming liquid crystal lens columns, the liquid crystal layer is processed in such a way that liquid crystal molecules are so oriented that each of the liquid crystal lens columns produces refracting power in a state in which no potential difference is present between the first common electrode and the second common electrode, and a voltage applied between the first common electrode and the second common electrode controls the refracting power of each of the liquid crystal lens columns. | 12-06-2012 |
20130002995 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VARIABLE LENS ARRAY - A display apparatus includes: a display unit that displays a two-dimensional image; and a variable lens array disposed to face the display unit, wherein the variable lens array includes a variable phase difference layer that receives incident linearly polarized light polarized in a first direction and allows the linearly polarized light polarized in the same direction to exit or allows linearly polarized light polarized in a second direction switched from the first direction and different therefrom to exit, and an optically anisotropic layer that receives the light having exited out of the variable phase difference layer and works as a lens array for one of the light polarized in the first direction and the light polarized in the second direction whereas working as a transparent layer for the other light. | 01-03-2013 |
20130063691 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal optical device includes: a first substrate having transparent plural strip electrodes formed to make groups in respective given areas; a second substrate having a transparent common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which a retardation distribution is controlled in respective given areas according to voltages to be applied between the common electrode and the strip electrodes, wherein wall spacers are provided at portions corresponding to boundaries of given areas between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a shield electrode to which a fixed value voltage is applied is provided on at least one of two wall surfaces of each spacer. | 03-14-2013 |
20130127840 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display control apparatus includes a conversion and synthesis unit that converts an array of pixels constituting each of planar images for multiple view points and synthesize the planar images in which the array of the pixels is converted to generate a three-dimensional display image, the unit including a correspondence control unit that associates view point image sub pixels with three-dimensional display sub pixels, a sub pixel value decision unit that decides a value of the sub pixel before the conversion for each color of the sub pixels on the basis of the view point image sub pixel extracted from the planar image for each view point, and a sub pixel generation unit that obtains a value of the sub pixel after the conversion on the basis of the decided value of the sub pixel before the conversion to generate the associated three-dimensional display sub pixels. | 05-23-2013 |
20130148043 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel which displays a left eye image and a right eye image; and an optical device which generates a lens effect of a lens group which causes binocular parallax, wherein the optical device includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed opposed to each other with an interval therebetween, a first electrode which is formed on the first substrate so as to be opposed to the second substrate, a second electrode which is formed on the second substrate so as to be opposed to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer which is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and includes liquid crystal molecules, the alignment direction of which is changed in accordance with a voltage which is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148044 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel which displays a left eye image and a right eye image; and a light-shielding barrier which has a slit section and a light-shielding section to cause binocular parallax, wherein the liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate which has a pixel electrode formed thereon, a second substrate which is separated from and opposed to the surface of the first substrate which has the pixel electrode formed thereon, and a liquid crystal layer which is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the pixel electrode has a plurality of strip-shaped parts which are arranged with intervals therebetween, and an extending direction of the strip-shaped parts is substantially perpendicular to an opening direction of the slit section. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148045 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a light blocking barrier, and a sensor. The apparatus has a barrier driving controlling unit, a display controlling unit, and a display mode decision unit to decide a display mode of an image to be displayed on the panel. The barrier driving controlling unit controls, when it is decided that the display mode is a first mode, driving of the barrier so that the position of the light blocking section of the barrier is moved in response to the position of the viewer detected by the sensor. The display controlling unit controls, when it is decided that the display mode is a second mode, the display of the panel so that the display position of the left-eye and the right-eye images on the panel is moved in response to the position of the viewer detected by the sensor. | 06-13-2013 |
20130235005 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a display apparatus and an electronic apparatus wherein appropriate stereoscopic display can be carried out irrespective of the viewpoint position. The display apparatus includes a display section configured to have a plurality of pixels and display a plurality of viewpoint images allocated to different ones of the pixels; a detection section configured to detect an observation angle of an observer; and a display controlling section configured to change displaying positions of the viewpoint images at the pixels in response to the observation angle. | 09-12-2013 |
20130235305 | OPTICAL DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical device includes: first electrodes; a second electrode arranged so as to face the first electrodes; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first electrodes and the second electrode, producing a lens effect in accordance with a voltage to be applied to the first electrodes and the second electrode; and a polarizing plate arranged on an outermost surface. | 09-12-2013 |
20130241964 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: a display portion in which pixel openings displaying colors included in a pixel are arranged in a first direction and a second direction which is different from the first direction, and the ratio of colors displayed by the pixel openings arranged in the same line is equal to the ratio of colors included in the pixel; and a light separation portion dividing an image displayed on the display portion into plural viewpoint images by spatially separating light, and the dividing direction is switched between the first direction and the second direction. | 09-19-2013 |
20140320772 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VARIABLE LENS ARRAY - A display apparatus includes: a display unit that displays a two-dimensional image; and a variable lens array disposed to face the display unit, wherein the variable lens array includes a variable phase difference layer that receives incident linearly polarized light polarized in a first direction and allows the linearly polarized light polarized in the same direction to exit or allows linearly polarized light polarized in a second direction switched from the first direction and different therefrom to exit, and an optically anisotropic layer that receives the light having exited out of the variable phase difference layer and works as a lens array for one of the light polarized in the first direction and the light polarized in the second direction whereas working as a transparent layer for the other light. | 10-30-2014 |