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US 10,306,204 · App. 15/113,662 · Granted May 28, 2019

3D display panel using an adjustable buffer zone, method for 3D display on a 3D display panel using an adjustable buffer zone, and display device

Inventors: Ming Yang (Beijing, CN); Xue Dong (Beijing, CN); Wenqing Zhao (Beijing, CN); Xiaochuan Chen (Beijing, CN); Renwei Guo (Beijing, CN); Pengcheng Lu (Beijing, CN); Changfeng Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H04N13/15G02B27/22H01L27/3211
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Patent No.
US 10,306,204
App. No.
15/113,662
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a 3D display panel, including a lower substrate comprising a plurality columns of subpixels in which preset columns of subpixels serve as a buffer zone; a grating configured to allow images of one part of subpixels in the lower substrate to enter a left eye of a viewer, and allow images of the other part of subpixels in the lower substrate to enter a right eye of the viewer; a positioning unit configured to determine a first distance which the viewer moves, and determine whether any subpixel of non-buffer zone is shielded by the grating according to the first distance; and an adjusting unit configured to adjust the buffer zone when the any subpixel of non-buffer zone is shielded by the grating.

Claims (40)

1. A 3D display panel, comprising:

a lower substrate, comprising a plurality columns of subpixels in which preset columns of subpixels serve as a buffer zone; and

a grating, comprising a plurality of aperture areas and a plurality of shielding areas, which are configured to allow images of one part of subpixels in the lower substrate to enter a left eye of a viewer, and allow images of the other part of subpixels in the lower substrate to enter a right eye of the viewer;

wherein the 3D display panel is configured to determine a first distance which the viewer moves, and determine whether any subpixel of non-buffer zone is shielded by the grating according to the first distance;

wherein the 3D display panel is configured to adjust the buffer zone when the any subpixel of non-buffer zone is shielded by the grating,

wherein the buffer zone is disposed at an interval of P columns of subpixels in the lower substrate, and each buffer zone comprises Q columns of subpixels,

wherein each aperture area of the grating allows an image with a width of P columns of subpixels in the lower substrate to enter into the viewer's eyes, and each shielding area of the grating shields an image with a width of Q columns of subpixels in the lower substrate,

wherein P and Q are positive integers, and Q≤P≤2Q, and

wherein in response to determining that J columns of subpixels of non-buffer zone are shielded by the grating, the 3D display panel is further configured to turn on a corresponding J columns of subpixels in the buffer zone at a distance of P columns of subpixels from the J columns of subpixels of non-buffer zone, wherein 1≤J≤Q.

2. The 3D display panel according to claim 1 , wherein among a column of subpixels out of the corresponding J columns of subpixels, at a distance of P columns of subpixels from a column where any subpixel out of the J columns of subpixels of non-buffer zone is located, a subpixel of the column of subpixels out of the corresponding J columns in the same row as the any subpixel has the same turned-on color as that of the any subpixel.

3. The 3D display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the 3D display panel is further configured to determine whether the first distance D equals to N*L/(3*n), wherein N is a positive integer, wherein L indicates a pupillary distance of the viewer, and n indicates a refractive index of a base in an upper substrate corresponding to the lower substrate, and

to determine that the J columns of subpixels of non-buffer zone are completely shielded in response to the first distance D being equal to N*L/(3*n), and to set the J columns of completely shielded subpixels as a buffer zone.

4. The 3D display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the 3D display panel is configured to obtain a remainder N1 of N/(P+Q), and to set subpixels, at a distance of N1 columns of subpixels from a preset column of subpixels in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the viewer, as a buffer zone.

5. The 3D display panel according to claim 1 , wherein P=2, Q=1, and each column of subpixels have the same width,

wherein a width side of a first subpixel is a/2 away from corresponding width side of a second subpixel adjacent thereto in an adjacent column, wherein “a” indicates a length of a subpixel, and the first subpixel and the second subpixel have different colors.

6. The 3D display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the length “a” of a subpixel is 4 times a width b of the subpixel.

7. The 3D display panel according to claim 6 , wherein a subpixel group with a width 6b and a length 3a/2 is taken as a display unit for driving.

8. A display device comprising a 3D display panel, the 3D display panel comprising:

a lower substrate, comprising a plurality columns of subpixels in which preset columns of subpixels serve as a buffer zone; and

a grating, comprising a plurality of aperture areas and a plurality of shielding areas, which are configured to allow images of one part of subpixels in the lower substrate to enter a left eye of a viewer, and allow images of the other part of subpixels in the lower substrate to enter a right eye of the viewer;

wherein the 3D display panel is configured to determine a first distance which the viewer moves, and determine whether any subpixel of non-buffer zone is shielded by the grating according to the first distance;

wherein the 3D display panel is configured to adjust the buffer zone when the any subpixel of non-buffer zone is shielded by the grating,

wherein the buffer zone is disposed at an interval of P columns of subpixels in the lower substrate, and each buffer zone comprises Q columns of subpixels,

wherein each aperture area of the grating allows an image with a width of P columns of subpixels in the lower substrate to enter into the viewer's eyes, and each shielding area of the grating shields an image with a width of Q columns of subpixels in the lower substrate,

wherein P and Q are positive integers, and Q≤P≤2Q, and

wherein in response to determining that J columns of subpixels of non-buffer zone are shielded by the grating, the 3D display panel is further configured to turn on a corresponding J columns of subpixels in the buffer zone at a distance of P columns of subpixels from the J columns of subpixels of non-buffer zone, wherein 1≤J≤Q.

9. The 3D display device according to claim 8 , wherein among a column of subpixels out of the corresponding J columns of subpixels, at a distance of P columns of subpixels from a column where any subpixel out of the J columns of subpixels of non-buffer zone is located, a subpixel of the column of subpixels out of the corresponding J columns in the same row as the any subpixel has the same turned-on color as that of the any subpixel.

10. The 3D display device according to claim 9 , wherein the 3D display panel is further configured to determine whether the first distance D equals to N*L(3*n), wherein N is a positive integer, wherein L indicates a pupillary distance of the viewer, and n indicates a refractive index of a base in an upper substrate corresponding to the lower substrate, and

wherein the 3D display panel is further configured to determine that the J columns of subpixels of non-buffer zone are completely shielded in response to the first distance D being equal to N*L/(3*n), and to set the J columns of completely shielded subpixels as a buffer zone.

11. The 3D display device according to claim 10 , wherein the 3D display panel is configured to obtain a reminder N1 of N/(P+Q), and to set subpixels, at a distance of N1 columns of subpixels from a preset column of subpixels in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the viewer, as a buffer zone.

12. A method for 3D display on a 3D display panel, the panel including a lower substrate comprising a plurality columns of subpixels in which preset columns of subpixels serve as a buffer zone, and a grating including a plurality of aperture areas and a plurality of shielding areas which are configured to allow images of one part of subpixels in the lower substrate to enter a left eye of a viewer and allow images of the other part of subpixels in the lower substrate to enter a right eye of the viewer, wherein the 3D display panel is configured to determine a first distance which the viewer moves and determine whether any subpixel of non-buffer zone is shielded by the grating according to the first distance, wherein the 3D display panel is configured to adjust the buffer zone when the any subpixel of non-buffer zone is shielded by the grating, wherein a buffer zone is disposed at an interval of P columns of subpixels in the lower substrate, and each buffer zone comprises Q columns of subpixels, wherein each aperture area of the grating allows an image with a width of P columns of subpixels in the lower substrate to enter into the viewer's eyes, and each shielding area of the grating shields an image with a width of Q columns of subpixels in the lower substrate, and wherein P and Q are positive integers, and Q≤P≤2Q, the method comprising:

determining a first distance which a viewer moves, and determining whether any subpixel of non-buffer zone is shielded by a grating according to the first distance; and

adjusting the buffer zone when the any subpixel of non-buffer zone is shielded by the grating,

wherein when there are J columns of subpixels of non-buffer zone shielded by the grating, adjusting the buffer zone comprises turning on a corresponding J columns of subpixels in the buffer zone at a distance of P columns of subpixels from the J columns of subpixels of non-buffer zone, wherein 1≤J≤Q.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein among a column of subpixels of the corresponding J columns of subpixels, at a distance of P columns of subpixels from a column where any subpixel out of the J columns of subpixels of non-buffer zone is located, a subpixel of the column of subpixels of the corresponding columns in the same row as the any subpixel has the same turned-on color as that of the any subpixel.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein adjusting the buffer zone further comprises:

determining whether the first distance D equals to N*L/(3*n), wherein N is a positive integer, wherein L indicates a pupillary distance of the viewer, and n indicates a refractive index of a base in an upper substrate corresponding to the lower substrate,

to determine that the J columns of subpixels of non-buffer zone are completely shielded in response to the first distance D being equal to N*L(3*n), and to set the J columns of completely shielded subpixels as a buffer zone.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein adjusting the buffer zone comprises:

obtaining a remainder N1 of N/(P+Q), and setting subpixels, at a distance of N1 columns of subpixels from a preset column of subpixels in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the viewer, as a buffer zone.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2016
From: YANG, MING; DONG, XUE; ZHAO, WENQING; CHEN, XIAOCHUAN; GUO, RENWEI; LU, PENGCHENG; LI, CHANGFENG
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0494590 · Aug 12, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180146184A1 · May 24, 2018