Transparent panel and display system thereof
A transparent panel is provided. The transparent panel includes a polarization plate, a transparent diffusion plate which is disposed on one side of the polarization plate and is configured to transmit light incident from a side of the polarization plate and to reflect and diffuse a light incident from an opposite side of the polarization plate, a ¼ wavelength plate which is disposed on one side of the transparent diffusion plate and is configured to convert a polarization direction of an incident light, and a lens part which is disposed on one side of the ¼ wavelength plate. The lens part includes a lens array comprising a birefringent material having different refractive indexes according to a polarization direction of an incident light, and a refractive index alignment member configured to transmit or refract the light according to a polarization direction of a light that penetrates the lens array.
1. A transparent panel, comprising:
a polarization plate;
a transparent diffusion plate which is disposed on one side of the polarization plate and is configured to:
transmit light incident from a side of the polarization plate, and
reflect and diffuse a light incident from an opposite side of the polarization plate;
a ¼ wavelength plate which is disposed on one side of the transparent diffusion plate and is configured to convert a polarization direction of an incident light; and
a lens part which is disposed on one side of the ¼ wavelength plate,
wherein the lens part comprises:
a lens array comprising a birefringent material having different refractive indexes according to a polarization direction of an incident light, and
a refractive index alignment member configured to transmit or refract the light according to a polarization direction of a light that penetrates the lens array.
2. The transparent panel as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the lens array is a lenticular lens array, and
wherein the refractive index alignment member is further configured to:
include a material having a same refractive index as one of a plurality of refractive indexes of the birefringent material, and
cover the lens array.
3. The transparent panel as claimed in claim 2 ,
wherein the polarization plate is configured to convert a light incident to the polarization plate to a first polarized light,
wherein the transparent diffusion plate is further configured to control the first polarized light to transmit the ¼ wavelength plate,
wherein the ¼ wavelength plate is configured to:
rotate a polarization direction of the first polarized light by 45 degrees, and
convert the first polarized light to a second polarized light,
wherein the lens part is further configured to transmit the second polarized light transferred from the ¼ wavelength plate,
wherein the lens part is configured to, based on an image of a same polarization direction as the second polarized light being incident from an external projector, control the image to transmit the ¼ wavelength plate,
wherein the ¼ wavelength plate is further configured to:
rotate a polarization direction of the image by 45 degrees, and
transmit the image to the transparent diffusion plate,
wherein the transparent diffusion plate is further configured to reflect the image to the ¼ wavelength plate,
wherein the ¼ wavelength plate is further configured to:
rotate a polarization direction of the reflected image by 45 degrees again, and
convert a polarization direction of the image to a perpendicular polarization direction to the second polarized light, and
wherein the lens part refracts an image of a perpendicular polarization direction to the second polarized light.
4. The transparent panel as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the transparent diffusion plate comprises:
an optical device of a first refractive index,
a metal layer of a second refractive index and disposed on one side of the optical device, and
a refractive index alignment device of the first refractive index and covering the metal layer, and
wherein the metal layer is thinner than the optical device and the refractive index alignment device.
5. A display system, comprising:
a transparent panel; and
a projector configured to project an image to a direction of a first surface of the transparent panel,
wherein the transparent panel comprises:
a polarization plate which is disposed on a position corresponding to a second surface of the transparent panel opposite to the first surface of the transparent panel,
a transparent diffusion plate which is disposed on one side of the polarization plate, and is configured to:
transmit a light incident from a side of the polarization plate, and
reflect and diffuse a light projected from an opposite side,
a ¼ wavelength plate which is disposed on one side of the transparent diffusion plate and is configured to convert a polarization direction of an incident light, and
a lens part which is disposed on one side of the ¼ wavelength plate, and
wherein the lens part comprises:
a lens array comprising a birefringent material having different refractive indexes according to a polarization direction of an incident light, and
a refractive index alignment member configured to transmit or refract the light according to a polarization direction of a light that penetrates the lens array.
6. The display system as claimed in claim 5 ,
wherein the lens array is a lenticular lens array, and
wherein the refractive index alignment member is further configured to:
include a material having a same refractive index as one of a plurality of refractive indexes of the birefringent material, and
cover the lens array.
7. The display system as claimed in claim 6 ,
wherein the polarization plate is configured to convert a light incident to the polarization plate to a first polarized light,
wherein the transparent diffusion plate is further configured to control the first polarized light to transmit the ¼ wavelength plate,
wherein the ¼ wavelength plate is further configured to:
rotate a polarization direction of the first polarized light by 45 degrees, and
convert the first polarized light to a second polarized light,
wherein the lens part is configured to transmit the second polarized light transferred from the ¼ wavelength plate,
wherein the lens part is configured to, based on an image of a same polarization direction as the second polarized light being incident from the projector, control the image to transmit the ¼ wavelength plate,
wherein the ¼ wavelength plate is further configured to:
rotate a polarization direction of the image by 45 degrees, and
transmit the image to the transparent diffusion plate,
wherein the transparent diffusion plate is further configured to reflect the image to the ¼ wavelength plate,
wherein the ¼ wavelength plate is further configured to:
rotate a polarization direction of the reflected image by 45 degrees again, and
convert a polarization direction of the image to a perpendicular polarization direction to the second polarized light, and
wherein the lens part refracts an image of a perpendicular polarization direction to the second polarized light.
8. The display system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the projector comprises: an image projection part configured to project the image; and a polarizer configured to convert light of the projected image to a second polarized light.
9. The transparent panel as claimed in claim 5 ,
wherein the transparent diffusion plate comprises:
an optical device of a first refractive index,
a metal layer of a second refractive index and disposed on one side of the optical device, and
a refractive index alignment device of the first refractive index and covering the metal layer, and
wherein the metal layer is thinner than the optical device and the refractive index alignment device.