3-dimensional display device using light controlling film

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel for displaying an image;

a backlight for supplying light to the display panel;

a switching liquid crystal panel for transmitting and blocking the light incident to the display panel in a part area;

a light scattering control unit between the display panel and the backlight to scatter or transmit the light from the backlight, the light scattering control unit including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer, thereby the light from the backlight is scattered or transmitted in accordance with an arrangement of polymer dispersed liquid crystal of the polymer dispersed liquid crystal;

a light control film between the backlight and the light scattering control unit to reflect and focus the light from the backlight, the light control film including:

a substrate having two opposite surfaces, one surface facing the light scattering control unit and other surface facing the backlight;

a lens on one surface of the substrate to focus the light; and

a reflecting layer on other surface of the substrate at a boundary region of the lens to reflect the light incident from the backlight in the backlight,

wherein the lens and the reflecting layer formed respectively on the opposite surfaces of the substrate,

wherein the switching liquid crystal panel is disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the light scattering control unit so that the light scattered from the light scattering control unit or the light focused at the lens of the light control film is passed thereto,

wherein the switching liquid crystal panel is disposed between the display panel and the light scattering control unit, the switching liquid crystal panel including first substrate facing the light scattering control unit and second substrate facing the display panel, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrate, and patterned first electrode on a part of the first substrate and a second electrode on the second substrate to apply the voltage to the liquid crystal layer so that the light from the light scattering control unit is incident to the switching liquid crystal panel through the first substrate including the patterned first electrode.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel includes a liquid crystal display panel.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel includes a plurality of left eye pixels and right eye pixels alternatively arranged.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the light scattering control unit includes:

substrates facing each other, the light scattering control unit being sandwiched by the substrates; and

electrodes on the substrates to apply voltage to the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the light scattering control unit scatters the light incident through the light control film to display the 2-dimensional image when the voltage is not applied to the electrodes.

6. The device of claim 4 , wherein the light scattering control unit transmits the light incident through the light control film to display the 3-dimensional image when the voltage is applied to the electrodes.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the lens includes a convex lens.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the reflecting layer is made of a metal.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the back light includes:

a lamp for emitting the light; and

a reflecting plate for reflecting the light from the lamp to the display panel.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the reflecting plate re-reflects the light reflected by the reflecting layer of the light control film.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the switching liquid crystal panel includes:

first and second substrate;

a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrate; and

first electrode on a part of the first substrate and a second electrode on the second substrate to apply the voltage to the liquid crystal layer.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein all the liquid crystal molecules are arranged in the uniform direction to transmit uniformly the light when the voltage is not applied to the first and second electrodes.

13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the liquid crystal molecules in region where the electric field is formed are switched by the electric field to block the light to the region when the voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes.

14. A display device comprising:

a display panel for displaying an image;

a backlight for supplying light to the display panel;

a switching liquid crystal panel for transmitting and blocking the light incident to the display panel in a part area

a light scattering control unit between the display panel and the backlight to scatter or transmit the light from the backlight, the light scattering control unit including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer, thereby the light from the backlight is scattered or transmitted in accordance with an arrangement of polymer dispersed liquid crystal of the polymer dispersed liquid crystal;

a light control film between the backlight and the light scattering control unit to reflect and focus the light from the backlight, the light control film including:

a substrate having two opposite surfaces, one surface facing the light scattering control unit and other surface facing the backlight;

a lens on one surface of the substrate to focus the light; and

a reflecting layer on other surface of the substrate at a boundary region of the lens to reflect the light incident from the backlight in the backlight,

wherein the lens and the reflecting layer formed respectively on the opposite surfaces of the substrate,

wherein the switching liquid crystal panel is disposed between the light scattering control unit and the light control film so that the light focused at the lens of the light control film is passed thereto,

wherein the switching liquid crystal panel is disposed between the display panel and the light scattering control unit, the switching liquid crystal panel including first substrate facing the light scattering control unit and second substrate facing the display panel, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrate, and patterned first electrode on a part of the first substrate and a second electrode on the second substrate to apply the voltage to the liquid crystal layer so that the light from the light scattering control unit is incident to the switching liquid crystal panel through the first substrate including the patterned first electrode.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the display panel includes a liquid crystal display panel.

16. The device of claim 14 , wherein the display panel includes a plurality of left eye pixels and right eye pixels alternatively arranged.

17. The device of claim 14 , wherein the light scattering control unit includes:

substrates facing each other, the light scattering control unit being sandwiched by the substrates; and

electrodes on the substrates to apply voltage to the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer.

18. The device of claim 14 , wherein the lens includes a convex lens.

19. The device of claim 14 , wherein the reflecting layer is made of a metal.

20. The device of claim 14 , wherein the back light includes:

a lamp for emitting the light; and

a reflecting plate for reflecting the light from the lamp to the display panel.

21. The device of claim 14 , wherein the switching liquid crystal panel includes:

first and second substrate;

a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrate; and

first electrode on a part of the first substrate and a second electrode on the second substrate to apply the voltage to the liquid crystal layer.