Apparatus and Methods of Manufacturing a Apparatus and Methods of Manufacturing a Combined 2D/3D Led Display System
The present invention provides systems, and methods for manufacturing an array of multiple polarizing light emitting packages (MLEPs), wherein each of MLEPs includes a first left sector, a second left sector, a first right sector, and a second right sector; and each sector of the MLEPs includes at least a first light emitting element and a polarizer; and the MLEPs are positioned and oriented within the array such that when the array is viewed through glasses with corresponding polarizing lenses, a viewer perceives an image displayed by the array as a three-dimensional image. Each sector of the MLEPs is separated by a distance, and each polarizer is separated from others via an opaque, separator wall.
1 . A stereoscopic display system, comprising:
an array of multiple polarizing light emitting packages (MLEPs), wherein:
each of MLEPs includes a first left sector, a second left sector, a first right sector, and a second right sector; and,
each sector of the MLEPs includes at least a first light emitting element and a polarizer; and,
the MLEPs are positioned and oriented within the array such that when the array is viewed through glasses with corresponding polarizing lenses, a viewer perceives an image displayed by the array as a three-dimensional image.
2 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein the first light emitting element is configured to emit a first color.
3 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 2 , wherein the first light emitting element is configured to emit a second color, different from the first color.
4 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 3 , wherein the first light emitting element is configured to additionally emit a third color different from the first and second colors.
5 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 2 , wherein each sector of the MLEPs further comprise a second light emitting element configured to emit at least one of the second color and the third color.
6 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein within each of the MLEPs of the array of multiple polarizing light emitting packages:
the first left sector is separated from the first right sector by a first distance;
the second left sector is separated from the second right sector by a second distance; and
the first left sector is separated from the second right sector by a third distance.
7 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 6 , wherein the first distance is the same as the second distance.
8 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 6 , wherein the second distance is the same as the third distance.
9 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein at least 100 of the MLEPs are arrange in the array across at least 10 rows.
10 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein at least 100 of the MLEPs are arrange in the array across at least 10 diagonals.
11 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the MLEPs has a visually distinguishable feature selected from the group consisting of a key mark, a slot, and a cut-out.
12 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the MLEPs comprises a diffuser disposed between the first light emitting element and the polarizer.
13 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the MLEPs comprises a first separator wall positioned between the first left sector and the second left sector.
14 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 13 , wherein the first separator wall is opaque to visible light.
15 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 13 , wherein the first separator wall is disposed between the polarizer of the first left sector and the polarizer of the second left sector.
16 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 13 , further comprising a second separator wall positioned between the first left sector and the first right sector.
17 . A method of manufacturing a stereoscopic display system having an array of multiple polarizing light emitting packages (MLEPs),
providing within each of MLEPs, a first left sector, a second left sector, a first right sector, and a second right sector;
providing within each sector of the MLEPs, at least a first light emitting element and a polarizer; and,
positioning the MLEPs within the array such that when the array is viewed through glasses with corresponding polarizing lenses, a viewer perceives an image displayed by the array as a three-dimensional image.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the first light emitting element is configured to emit a first color.
19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the first light emitting element is configured to emit a second color, different from the first color.
20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the first light emitting element is configured to additionally emit a third color different from the first and second colors.
21 . The method of claim 19 , wherein each sector of the MLEPs further comprise a second light emitting element configured to emit at least one of the first color and the second color.
22 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising, in at least one of the MLEPs:
separating the first left sector from the first right sector by a first distance;
separating the second left sector from the second right sector by a second distance; and,
separating the first left sector from the second right sector by a third distance.
23 . The method of claim 22 , wherein the first distance is the same as the second distance.
24 . The stereoscopic display system of claim 22 , wherein the second distance is the same as the third distance.
25 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising arranging at least 100 of the MLEPS across at least 10 rows.
26 . The method of claim 17 further comprising arranging at least 100 of the MLEPS across at least 10 diagonals.
27 . The method of claim 17 , wherein at least one of the MLEPs has a visually distinguishable feature selected from the group consisting of a key mark, a slot, and a cut-out.
28 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising disposing a diffuser between the first light emitting element and the polarizer of at least one of the MLEPs.
29 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising positioning a first separator wall between the first left sector and the second left sector of at least one of the MLEPs.
30 . The method of claim 29 , wherein the first separator wall is opaque to visible light.
31 . The method of claim 29 , wherein the first separator wall is disposed between the polarizer of the first left sector and the polarizer of the second left sector.
32 . The method of claim 29 , further comprising positioning a second separator wall between the first left sector and the first right sector.