Method for displaying a stereoscopic image and display apparatus for performing the same

1. A method for displaying a stereoscopic image, the method comprising:

generating k images for a left eye and k images for a right eye based on a same left-eye single frame image and a same right-eye single frame image, respectively, where ‘k’ is a natural number greater than two;

correcting the k images for the right eye using an n-th image of the k images for the left eye that are previously received;

correcting the k images for the left eye using an n-th image of the k images for the right eye that are previously received, the k images for the left eye corrected using k look up tables, respectively and the k images for the right eye corrected using the k look up tables, respectively, where ‘n’ is a natural number greater than ‘k’;

sequentially displaying corrected k images for the left eye in k times and corrected k images for the right eye in k times displaying one frame image respectively for each of the left eye and the right eye on a display panel in a progressive scan method; and

providing the display panel with lights based on the image displayed on the display panel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein correcting the image currently received comprises:

storing an n-th image of at least one of the k images for the left eye image and the k images for the right-eye image that are previously received; and

correcting at least one of the k images for the left-eye image and the k images for the right-eye image using the stored n-th image.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a first image for the left-eye image and a first image for the right-eye image are corrected using a first look up table and a second image for the left-eye image and a second image for the right-eye image are corrected using a second look up table.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

selectively opening and closing a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter of an eyeglasses part in accordance with the image displayed on the display panel.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the k images comprises:

generating four left-eye images by repeatedly displaying the left-eye image four times; and

generating four right-eye images by repeatedly displaying the right-eye image four times.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein providing the lights to the display panel comprises:

providing the lights to a whole area of the display panel in a first interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the display panel; and

blocking the lights to the whole area of the display panel in a second interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the display panel.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the display panel comprises a plurality of display blocks, and a light source part providing the display panel with the lights comprises a plurality of light-emitting blocks in correspondence with the plurality of display blocks,

wherein providing the lights to the display panel comprises:

providing lights to a whole area of the display panel in a first interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the display panel; and

blocking lights to the whole area of the display panel in a second interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the display panel.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein a light source part providing lights to the display panel comprises a first light-emitting module disposed at an upper side of the display panel and a second light-emitting module disposed at a lower side of the display panel,

wherein providing the lights to the display panel comprises:

providing the lights to a first display block by the first light-emitting module in a first interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the first display block of the display panel adjacent to the first light-emitting module;

blocking the lights to the first display block by the first light-emitting module in a second interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the first display block;

providing the lights to a second display block by the second light-emitting module in a third interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the second display block of the display panel adjacent to the second light-emitting module; and

blocking the lights to the second display block by the second light-emitting module in a fourth interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the second display block.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the k images comprises:

generating (k−1) left-eye images in which the left-eye images are repeated (k−1) times and a black image; and

generating (k−1) right-eye images in which the right-eye images are repeated (k−1) times and a black image.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein providing the lights to the display panel comprises:

providing the lights to a whole area of the display panel in a first interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the display panel; and

blocking the lights to the whole area of the display panel in a second interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the display panel.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the display panel comprises a plurality of display blocks, and a light source part providing the display panel with the lights comprises a plurality of light-emitting blocks in correspondence with the plurality of display blocks,

wherein providing the lights to the display panel comprises:

providing the lights to the display block in a first interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the display block; and

blocking the lights to the display block in a second interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the display block.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein a light source part providing lights to the display panel comprises a first light-emitting module disposed at an upper side of the display panel and a second light-emitting module disposed at a lower side of the display panel,

wherein providing the lights to the display panel comprises:

providing the lights to a first display block by the first light-emitting module in a first interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the first display block of the display panel adjacent to the first light-emitting module;

blocking the lights to the first display block by the first light-emitting module in a second interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the first display block;

providing the lights to a second display block by the second light-emitting module in a third interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the second display block of the display panel adjacent to the second light-emitting module; and

blocking the lights to the second display block by the second light-emitting module in a fourth interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the second display block.

13. A display apparatus comprising:

a frame control part configured to generate k images for a left eye frame image and k images for a right eye frame image based on a left-eye single frame image and a same right-eye single frame image, respectively, where ‘k’ is a natural number greater than two;

a data correcting part which corrects the k images for the right eye using an n-th image of the k images for the left eye that are previously received, and corrects the k images for the left eye using an n-th image of the k images for the right eye that are previously received, the k images for the left eye corrected using k look up tables, respectively and the k images for the right eye corrected using the k look up tables, respectively, where ‘n’ is a natural number greater than ‘k’;

a panel driving part which sequentially displays corrected k images for the left eye and corrected k images for the right eye in k times displaying one frame image respectively for each of the left eye and the right eye on a display panel in a progressive scan method; and

a light source part which provides the display panel with lights based on an image displayed on the display panel.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the data correcting part comprises:

a frame detecting part which detects one of an n-th image of k images for the left eye and k images for the right eye that are previously received;

a frame memory which stores the detected n-th image; and

a correcting part which comprises the k look up tables, the correcting part configured to correct one of the k images for the left eye and the k images for the right eye using the stored n-th image,

wherein a first image for the left-eye image and a first image for the right-eye image are corrected using a first look up table and a second image for the left-eye image and a second image for the right-eye image are corrected using a second look up table.

15. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the frame control part generates four left-eye images by repeatedly displaying the left-eye image four times, and generates four right-eye images by repeatedly displaying the right-eye image four times.

16. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the frame control part generates (k−1) left-eye images in which the left-eye images are repeated (k−1) times and a black image, and generates (k−1) right-eye images in which the right-eye images are repeated (k−1) times and a black image.

17. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the light source part provides the lights to a whole area of the display panel in a first interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the display panel, and blocks the lights to the whole area of the display panel in a second interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the display panel.

18. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the light source part comprises a plurality of light-emitting blocks disposed below the display panel to provide each display block of the display panel with the lights,

wherein the light-emitting block provides the lights to the display block in a first interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on display blocks respectively corresponding to each light-emitting block, and

the light-emitting block blocks the lights to the display block in a second interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the display blocks.

19. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the light source part comprises a first light-emitting module disposed at an upper side of the display panel and a second light-emitting module disposed at a lower side of the display panel,

the first light-emitting module provides the lights to a first display block in a first interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the first display block of the display panel adjacent to the first light-emitting module;

the first light-emitting module blocks the lights to the first display block in a second interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the first display block;

the second light-emitting module provides the lights to a second display block in a third interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the second display block of the display panel adjacent to the second light-emitting module; and

the second light-emitting module blocks the lights to the second display block in a fourth interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the second display block.

20. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the light source part comprises a first light-emitting module disposed at a left side of the display panel to comprise a plurality of first light-emitting blocks and a second light-emitting module disposed at a right side of the display panel to comprise a plurality of second light-emitting blocks,

wherein the first and second light-emitting blocks provide the lights to a display block in a first interval in which one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on the display block of the display panel corresponding to the first and second light-emitting blocks, and

the first and second light-emitting blocks block the lights to the display block in a second interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are displayed on the display block.