Abstract:
A display device includes an image display unit having one surface and the other surface on which first and second images are respectively displayed. A first optical system leads a first image light displayed on the one surface of the image display unit. A second optical system leads a second image light displayed on the other surface of the image display unit. An image combining element combines the first and second image lights lead by the first optical system and the second optical system to form one image.
Abstract:
A display apparatus includes a display panel that displays an image, and a viewing angle restricting element that selectively irradiates light with directivity in a restricting direction at a predetermined angle with respect to a direction of normal to the display panel, toward an observation side of the display panel.
Abstract:
An organic electroluminescence device is placed as a back light of a liquid crystal display panel. The organic electroluminescence device is constituted by a front electrode (#112) having transparency to visible light, a rear electrode (#113) having reflection to visible light and an organic electroluminescence layer (#114) for emitting light as a predetermined voltage is applied between the front and rear electrodes. A scatter control member (#120), located between the liquid crystal panel and the organic electroluminescence panel, passes incident light within a predetermined range without scattering and passes light outside the predetermined range with scattering. Preferably, the scatter control member is constituted by a plurality of lightguiding portions (#121) having transparency to visible light and a plurality of reflection films (#122) having a reflection property to visible light.
Abstract:
A display apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image using a parallax barrier scheme includes a display module having a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a parallax barrier facing the display region. In the parallax barrier, a plurality of aperture regions are formed as light-transmissive regions so that each one of the aperture regions corresponds to a predetermined number of the pixels. In one embodiment, each of the aperture regions is in a shape that exhibits an identical shape when rotated by 90 degrees.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional display device includes a display unit that displays a left eye image and a right eye image by dividing the images thereof into a plurality of vertically elongated stripes of images and by alternately arranging the divided left eye image and the divided right eye image in a horizontal direction, a barrier formation unit that forms a parallax barrier in front of the display unit, the parallax barrier including a pattern of a plurality of slits to selectively transmit the left eye image and the right eye image towards spatially different points, respectively, that correspond to a left eye and a right eye of the viewer, and a distance measurement unit that measures a distance between the display unit and a viewer viewing the display unit, wherein the barrier formation unit changes the pattern of the slits in the parallax barrier in accordance with the distance measured by the distance measurement unit.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display apparatus has a liquid crystal display device, a surface light source, and a view angle limiting device arranged between the surface light source and the liquid crystal display device. The view angle limiting device includes first and second transparent plates facing each other with a gap therebetween, a plurality of first ½ retardation layers having a predetermined shape formed to be spaced apart from each other on one of the facing inner surfaces of the first and second transparent plates, a plurality of second ½ retardation layers formed on the other inner surface at regions corresponding to the regions between the first ½ retardation layers, and a polarizing film provided at the outer surface of one of the first and second transparent plates that faces the surface light source.
Abstract:
A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel and an illuminator disposed at the back of the panel for emitting at least two illumination lights having directivities in different directions toward the panel. The illuminator includes a light guide plate made of transparent material whose one end surface serves as a light entrance end surface, whose one plate surface serves as a light exit surface, and whose other plate surface serves as a light direction changing surface for changing the advancing direction of light entering from the light entrance end surface. The light direction changing surface has a plurality of circular-arcing slanted surfaces shaped into semicircles formed on concentric circles centered at the center of the longer dimension of the light entrance end surface. Light emitting elements are disposed on the light entrance end surface at two positions on left and right sides of the center equidistantly apart therefrom.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprises first and second light emitting sections for emitting light with respective spreading angles that are different from each other and a liquid crystal display device arranged at the viewing side of the apparatus. The first light emitting section includes a first light guide plate for receiving light from a light incident end surface and diffusing it within a first angular range of spreading angle centered at the normal direction of a light emitting surface before emitting it from the light emitting surface and first light emitting elements. The second light emitting section includes a second light guide plate for receiving light from a light incident end surface and emitting it in directions within a second angular range of spreading angle smaller than the first angular range while transmitting light emitted from the first light guide plate and second light emitting elements.
Abstract:
A surface light source includes a prism sheet placed on one side of a liquid crystal display panel, and having elongated prism portions formed to form a patterned indented entrance surface having an angular cross-section, and an exit surface. A reflecting plate is placed to face the prism sheet through a space. First and second light source units are disposed on two end sides. A control unit sequentially writes left-eye image data and right-eye image data on respective pixels of the display panel, causes the light source unit on the right side when viewed from an observation side of the surface light source to emit light in synchronism with the writing of the left-eye image data, and causes the light source unit on the left side to emit light in synchronism with the writing of the right-eye image data.
Abstract:
The invention has light source unit disposed at opposite side to observer side of liquid crystal display device for selectively emitting linearly-polarized light and non-polarized light, and retardation element disposed between liquid crystal display device and light source unit. Plurality of first and second layers whose slow axes are arranged in different directions are alternately arranged on a surface of retardation element that faces light source unit, and plurality of third and fourth layers whose slow axes are arranged in different directions are arranged on the other surface, such that third layers face first layers and fourth layers face second layers. First to fourth layers are arranged such that polarization plane of light passing through first and third layers and second and fourth layers is rotated by 90°, and polarization plane of light passing through first and fourth layers and second and third layers is rotated by 180° or 0°.