IP Library Granted Patent US 11,509,882
Granted Patent B2
US 11,509,882 · App. 16/772,902 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Three-dimensional display apparatus and virtual reality device

Inventors: Shuo Zhang (Beijing, CN); Hao Zhang (Beijing, CN); Lili Chen (Beijing, CN); Minglei Chu (Beijing, CN); Hongzhen Xue (Beijing, CN); Guixin Yan (Beijing, CN); Zehua Dong (Beijing, CN); Huidong He (Beijing, CN); Chenxi Zhao (Beijing, CN); Xiangjun Peng (Beijing, CN); Yaoyu Lv (Beijing, CN); Yukun Sun (Beijing, CN); Qingwen Fan (Beijing, CN); Yachong Xue (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
H04N13/315H01L27/3232
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Patent No.
US 11,509,882
App. No.
16/772,902
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A three-dimensional display apparatus includes: a display layer and a transmissive phase modulator, wherein the transmissive phase modulator is disposed on a light exit side of the display layer, and includes a plurality of modulation units; and each of the modulation units is configured to perform phase modulation on light received by the modulation unit, and is configured such that a picture displayed by the display layer is presented as a contiguous curved virtual image after being processed by the transmissive phase modulator.

Claims (29)

1. A three-dimensional display apparatus, comprising:

a display layer and a transmissive phase modulator; wherein

the transmissive phase modulator is disposed on a light exit side of the display layer; and

the transmissive phase modulator comprises a plurality of modulation units, and the transmissive phase modulator comprises two first electrode layers opposite to each other, and a first liquid crystal layer disposed between the two first electrode layers;

wherein at least one of the two first electrode layers of the transmissive phase modulator comprises a plurality of electrode blocks distributed in an array, each of the electrode blocks corresponding to a modulation unit.

2. The three-dimensional display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmissive phase modulator further comprises first alignment films disposed on both sides of the first liquid crystal layer respectively, and directions of initial long axes of liquid crystal molecules in the first liquid crystal layer are the same.

3. The three-dimensional display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an optical path adjustment liquid crystal cell disposed between the display layer and the transmissive phase modulator; wherein

the optical path adjustment liquid crystal cell comprises two second electrode layers opposite to each other, and a second liquid crystal layer disposed between the two second electrode layers; and

the optical path adjustment liquid crystal cell further comprises second alignment films disposed on both sides of the second liquid crystal layer respectively, and directions of initial long axes of liquid crystal molecules in the second liquid crystal layer are the same.

4. The three-dimensional display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display layer is an OLED display layer; and

the three-dimensional display apparatus further comprises: a linear polarizer disposed on the light exit side of the display layer, and a polarization direction of light emitted from the OLED display layer after passing through the linear polarizer is the same as the initial long axis direction of the liquid crystal molecules in the transmissive phase modulator.

5. The three-dimensional display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display layer is an LCD display layer; and

the LCD display layer comprises a display substrate, and a linear polarizer disposed on a light exit side of the display substrate, and a polarization direction of light emitted from the LCD display layer is the same as the initial long axis direction of the liquid crystal molecules in the transmissive phase modulator.

6. The three-dimensional display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display layer comprises a plurality of pixels, and each of the modulation units corresponds to a fixed number of pixels in the plurality of pixels.

7. The three-dimensional display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the two first electrode layers of the transmissive phase modulator comprises a plurality of electrode blocks distributed in an array, each of the electrode blocks corresponding to a modulation unit.

8. A virtual reality device, comprising:

a three-dimensional display apparatus, comprising: a display layer and a transmissive phase modulator; wherein the transmissive phase modulator is disposed on a light exit side of the display layer; and the transmissive phase modulator comprises a plurality of modulation units, and the transmissive phase modulator comprises two first electrode layers opposite to each other, and a first liquid crystal layer disposed between the two first electrode layers; wherein at least one of the two first electrode layers of the transmissive phase modulator comprises a plurality of electrode blocks distributed in an array, each of the electrode blocks corresponding to a modulation unit;

an eyepiece corresponding to a light exit side of a transmissive phase modulator in the three-dimensional display apparatus.

9. The virtual reality device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a control apparatus, wherein the control apparatus is connected with the three-dimensional display apparatus.

10. The virtual reality device according to claim 8 , wherein the transmissive phase modulator further comprises first alignment films disposed on both sides of the first liquid crystal layer respectively, and directions of initial long axes of liquid crystal molecules in the first liquid crystal layer are the same.

11. The virtual reality device according to claim 8 , wherein the three-dimensional display apparatus further comprises an optical path adjustment liquid crystal cell disposed between the display layer and the transmissive phase modulator; wherein

the optical path adjustment liquid crystal cell comprises two second electrode layers opposite to each other, and a second liquid crystal layer disposed between the two second electrode layers; and

the optical path adjustment liquid crystal cell further comprises second alignment films disposed on both sides of the second liquid crystal layer respectively, and directions of initial long axes of liquid crystal molecules in the second liquid crystal layer are the same.

12. The virtual reality device according to claim 8 , wherein the display layer is an OLED display layer; and

the three-dimensional display apparatus further comprises: a linear polarizer disposed on the light exit side of the display layer, and a polarization direction of light emitted from the OLED display layer after passing through the linear polarizer is the same as the initial long axis direction of the liquid crystal molecules in the transmissive phase modulator.

13. The virtual reality device according to claim 8 , wherein the display layer is an LCD display layer; and

the LCD display layer comprises a display substrate, and a linear polarizer disposed on a light exit side of the display substrate, and a polarization direction of light emitted from the LCD display layer is the same as the initial long axis direction of the liquid crystal molecules in the transmissive phase modulator.

14. The virtual reality device according to claim 8 , wherein the display layer comprises a plurality of pixels, and each of the modulation units corresponds to a fixed number of pixels in the plurality of pixels.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2022
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061276/0384 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2020
From: ZHANG, SHUO; ZHANG, HAO; CHEN, LILI; CHU, MINGLEI; XUE, HONGZHEN; YAN, GUIXIN; DONG, ZEHUA; HE, HUIDONG; ZHAO, CHENXI; PENG, XIANGJUN; LV, YAOYU; SUN, YAKUN; FAN, QINGWEN; XUE, YACHONG
To: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052938/0234 →
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