IP Library Granted Patent US 12,457,315
Granted Patent B2
US 12,457,315 · App. 17/762,112 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Light field display apparatus

Inventors: Jian Gao (Beijing, CN); Fang Cheng (Beijing, CN); Qingxun Zhang (Beijing, CN); Jinye Zhu (Beijing, CN); Tao Hong (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
H04N13/307H04N13/322
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Patent No.
US 12,457,315
App. No.
17/762,112
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for optical-field displaying includes: a display screen and a lens unit provided on a light exiting side of the display screen; the lens unit includes a plurality of lenses arranged in an array; the display screen is provided on a focal plane of the plurality of lenses; the display screen includes a first substrate and a second substrate that match; the first substrate is a light-exiting-side substrate, the second substrate includes a plurality of pixel islands arranged in an array; the plurality of pixel islands correspond to the plurality of lenses; a view region formed by light rays emitted by the sub-pixels of the pixel islands and propagated via the corresponding lenses to a human eye is smaller than or equal to a half-pupil region, and light rays of different viewpoints emitted by different sub-pixels of the pixel islands enter different cone cells via the lenses.

Claims (257)

1. A device for optical-field displaying, wherein the device comprises: a display screen and a lens unit that is provided on a light exiting side of the display screen;

the lens unit comprises a plurality of lenses that are arranged in an array;

the display screen is provided on a focal plane of the plurality of lenses;

the display screen comprises a first substrate and a second substrate that match;

the first substrate is a light-exiting-side substrate, the second substrate comprises a plurality of pixel islands that are arranged in an array, and each of the pixel islands comprises at least one sub-pixel;

the plurality of pixel islands correspond to the plurality of lenses; and

a view region formed by light rays that are emitted by the sub-pixels of the pixel islands and propagated via the corresponding lenses to a human eye is smaller than or equal to a half-pupil region, and light rays of different viewpoints that are emitted by different sub-pixels of the pixel islands enter different cone cells via the lenses;

wherein the lenses are spherical lenses, and the plurality of lenses are closely arranged; and

an aperture D of the lenses satisfies:

D

2

L

tan

(

N

ε

1

2

0

)

;

wherein L is an actual watching distance, N is a quantity of the viewpoints, N≥2, and ε is a human-eye limiting angle of resolution;

wherein the human-eye limiting angle of resolution ε=2′, and the aperture D of the lenses satisfies:

D

2

L

tan

(

N

6

0

)

°

;

wherein,

a first watching distance L F satisfies:

a

/

2

+

e

/

2

tan

ω

L

F

Φ

f

2

p

;

a focal length f of the lenses satisfies:

f

=

(

a

+

e

)

p

Φtan

ω

+

2

p

s

Φ

;

and

a placement height t of the lenses satisfies:

t=nf;

wherein a is a value of a side length of a longer side of the display screen, e is an interpupillary distance between human eyes, p is a pixel spacing of the display screen, Φ is a pupil diameter of a human eye, ω is a field angle of the lenses, s is a preset movable distance, and n is a refractive index of the lenses.

2. The device for optical-field displaying according to claim 1 , wherein N=2, and a minimum value of the apertures of the lenses

D

min

=

2

L

tan

(

1

3

0

)

°

.

3. The device for optical-field displaying according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of a visible space of the device for optical-field displaying is a circular truncated cone;

the circular truncated cone comprises a top circle and a bottom circle that are opposite, and the bottom circle is closer to the display screen than the top circle;

a diameter of the bottom circle is the interpupillary distance between human eyes, and is less than a diameter d of the top circle; and

the diameter d of the top circle satisfies:

d

=

D

Φ

N

p

;

wherein D is the aperture of the lenses, Φ is the pupil diameter of a human eye, and p is the pixel spacing of the display screen.

4. The device for optical-field displaying according to claim 3 , wherein N=2, and the diameter d of the top circle satisfies:

d=DΦ/ 2 p.

5. The device for optical-field displaying according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of a visible space of the device for optical-field displaying is a first circular truncated cone and a second circular truncated cone that are joined, wherein the first circular truncated cone is closer to the display screen than the second circular truncated cone;

the first circular truncated cone comprises a bottom circle and a joining circle that are opposite, and the second circular truncated cone comprises the joining circle and a top circle that are opposite;

a diameter of the bottom circle is the interpupillary distance e between human eyes, and is less than a diameter d of the top circle and a diameter d 2 of the joining circle;

the diameter d of the top circle satisfies:

d

=

D

Φ

2

p

;

the diameter d 2 of the joining circle satisfies:

d

2

=

a

D

2

f

tan

ω

-

D

;

a height h 1 of the first circular truncated cone satisfies:

h

1

=

a

f

2

f

tan

ω

-

D

-

a

+

e

2

tan

ω

;

and

a height h 2 of the second circular truncated cone satisfies:

h 2= s−h 1;

wherein D is the aperture of the lenses, Φ is a pupil diameter of a human eye, p is a pixel spacing of the display screen, f is the focal length of the lenses, ω is a field angle of the lenses, a is the value of the side length of the longer side of the display screen, and s is a preset movable distance.

6. The device for optical-field displaying according to claim 1 , wherein,

a second watching distance L M satisfies:

e

f

D

L

M

<

a

+

e

2

tan

ω

;

wherein a is the value of the side length of the longer side of the display screen, e is the interpupillary distance between human eyes, D is the aperture of the lenses, f is the focal length of the lenses, and ω is the field angle of the lenses.

7. The device for optical-field displaying according to claim 1 , wherein,

a third watching distance L N satisfies:

L

min

L

N

<

e

f

D

;

wherein D is the aperture of the lenses, e is the interpupillary distance between human eyes, f is the focal length of the lenses, and Lmin is a minimum safe distance.

8. The device for optical-field displaying according to claim 7 , wherein the minimum safe distance Lmin is 12 mm.

9. A device for optical-field displaying, wherein the device comprises: a display screen and a lens unit that is provided on a light exiting side of the display screen;

the lens unit comprises a plurality of lenses that are arranged in an array;

the display screen is provided on a focal plane of the plurality of lenses;

the display screen comprises a first substrate and a second substrate that match;

the first substrate is a light-exiting-side substrate, the second substrate comprises a plurality of pixel islands that are arranged in an array, and each of the pixel islands comprises at least one sub-pixel;

the plurality of pixel islands correspond to the plurality of lenses; and

a view region formed by light rays that are emitted by the sub-pixels of the pixel islands and propagated via the corresponding lenses to a human eye is smaller than or equal to a half-pupil region, and light rays of different viewpoints that are emitted by different sub-pixels of the pixel islands enter different cone cells via the lenses;

wherein a resolution PPD of an optical-field imaging system of the device for optical-field displaying satisfies:

PPD

=

L

D

*

π

180

;

wherein D is an aperture of the lenses, and L is an actual watching distance.

10. The device for optical-field displaying according to claim 1 , wherein the focal lengths of the lenses are equal.

11. A device for optical-field displaying, wherein the device comprises: a display screen and a lens unit that is provided on a light exiting side of the display screen;

the lens unit comprises a plurality of lenses that are arranged in an array;

the display screen is provided on a focal plane of the plurality of lenses;

the display screen comprises a first substrate and a second substrate that match;

the first substrate is a light-exiting-side substrate, the second substrate comprises a plurality of pixel islands that are arranged in an array, and each of the pixel islands comprises at least one sub-pixel;

the plurality of pixel islands correspond to the plurality of lenses; and

a view region formed by light rays that are emitted by the sub-pixels of the pixel islands and propagated via the corresponding lenses to a human eye is smaller than or equal to a half-pupil region, and light rays of different viewpoints that are emitted by different sub-pixels of the pixel islands enter different cone cells via the lenses;

wherein the focal lengths of the lenses progressively increase in a first direction, wherein the first direction refers to a direction from a center position of the lens unit to an edge position of the lens unit.

12. The device for optical-field displaying according to claim 1 , wherein the display screen is a liquid-crystal display screen, the first substrate is a color-film substrate, and the second substrate is an array substrate; or,

the display screen is an OLED display screen, the first substrate is a packaging substrate, and the second substrate is a displaying substrate of an OLED unit.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME AND ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 72881 FRAME 828. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 9, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073916/0761 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOETECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD .
Reel/Frame 072881/0828 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2022
From: GAO, JIAN; CHENG, FANG; ZHANG, QINGXUN; ZHU, JINYE; HONG, TAO
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059452/0228 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010580943.1 · Jun 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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