IP Library Granted Patent US 8,248,406
Granted Patent B2
US 8,248,406 · App. 12/686,170 · Granted Aug 21, 2012

Image display device, portable terminal device, display panel and image display method using the same

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,248,406
App. No.
12/686,170
Granted
Aug 21, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A three-dimensional image/two-dimensional image display device includes a plurality of display pixels, and a lenticular lens for three-dimensional display. Each display pixel is consisted of M×N number of sub-pixels to be viewed from N view points. A pitch a of sub-pixels arranged in the longitudinal direction of ridge projection of the lenticular lens and a pitch b of the sub-pixels arranged in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the lenticular lens satisfy the following expression. The M×N number of sub-pixels included in each of said display pixels are formed within a square area. a : b =N :1

Claims (6)

1. An image display device comprising:

a display panel which includes a plurality of display pixels arranged in a matrix, each display pixel having M×N (M and N each represent a natural number) number of sub-pixels, said M×N number of sub-pixels included in each of said display pixels being formed within a square area; and

a lenticular lens which has a plurality of cylindrical lenses arrayed along an array direction of N number of sub-pixels, each of said cylindrical lenses corresponding to N number of sub-pixels, in said each display pixel,

wherein a focal distance of said lenticular lens and a distance between an apex of said lens and said pixel are different from each other, and

wherein a portable terminal device comprises said image display device.

2. The portable terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein said portable terminal device is a cellular phone, portable terminal, PDA, game machine, digital camera or digital video camera.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 8, 2011
From: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
To: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027189/0174 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2010
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024494/0806 →