Image display device using diffractive device
View Patent ↗An image display device includes a display panel displaying an image and a diffractive device. The diffractive device operates in a 2D mode to enable perception of a 2D image from the image of the display panel and in a 3D mode to enable perception of the image of the display panel as a 3D image. The diffractive device includes a plurality of unit devices. When the diffractive device operates in 3D mode, at least one of the plurality of unit devices operates in a lens mode and a barrier mode during different periods.
1. An image display device, comprising: a display panel configured to display an image; and a diffractive device configured to operate in a 2D mode to enable perception of the image as a 2D image and operate in a 3D mode to enable perception of the image as a 3D image, wherein the diffractive device includes a plurality of unit devices, and wherein the diffractive device includes barriers formed on boundaries between the plurality of unit devices, wherein the diffractive device comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a first electrode layer formed on the first substrate; a second electrode layer formed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the second electrode layer includes a common electrode, wherein the first electrode layer includes a first electrode array including a plurality of first electrodes, a second electrode array including a plurality of second electrodes, and a first insulating layer insulating between the first electrode array and the second electrode array.
2. The image display device of claim 1 , wherein a first voltage is applied to the first electrode array of a portion corresponding to the barrier among the first electrode layer and a second voltage lower than the first voltage is applied to the second electrode array of the portion corresponding to the barrier among the first electrode layer.
3. The image display device of claim 2 , wherein both widths of the plurality of first electrodes and widths of the plurality of second electrodes are the same.
4. The image display device of claim 3 , wherein locations of the plurality of unit devices and the barrier shift as time elapses.
5. The image display device of claim 4 , wherein the common electrode of a portion corresponding to the barrier among the second electrode layer is floated.