Display apparatus and touch panel

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel that comprises a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel configured to display an image frame comprising a right-eye image and a left-eye image; and

a touch panel configured to sense a user touch,

wherein the touch panel comprises:

at least one glass layer;

a polarizing switch panel disposed on the display panel, and configured to switch a direction of polarization of light that is emitted from the LCD panel included in the display panel;

a parallax realization layer disposed on one side of the polarizing switch panel and configured to provide a binocular disparity image, based on light that is emitted from the polarizing switch panel;

a first transparent electrode layer interposed between the display panel and the polarizing switch panel;

a second transparent electrode layer interposed between the parallax realization layer; and

a tempered glass layer disposed on the parallax realization layer, and

wherein the polarizing switch panel and the parallax realization layer are embedded in the at least one glass layer.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a video processor configured to combine the right-eye image and the left-eye image to obtain the image frame.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the parallax realization layer is determined by:

L 2= L 3*( RP*OV−P 2)/ P 2,

where L2 indicates a length between the display panel and the parallax realization layer, L3 indicates a distance for forming a three-dimensional image, RP indicates a rendering pitch, OV indicates an object view, and P2 indicates a barrier pitch or a lens pitch.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the touch panel is a glass-glass (GG) type touch panel comprising the at least one glass layer and the tempered glass layer disposed on the at least one glass layer, and

wherein the polarizing switch panel and the parallax realization layer are embedded in the at least one glass layer or the tempered glass layer.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the touch panel is a glass/film (GF2) type touch panel comprising a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film and the tempered glass layer disposed on the PET film, and

wherein the polarizing switch panel and the parallax realization layer are embedded in the tempered glass layer.

6. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the video processor is further configured to:

divide the left-eye image into a plurality of left-eye image lines;

divide the right-eye image into a plurality of right-eye image lines; and

alternately combine the plurality of left-eye image lines and the plurality of right-eye image lines to minimize an area where the left-eye image and the right-eye image are mixed, to obtain the image frame.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the touch panel comprises any one or any combination of a glass-glass (GG) type touch panel, a G1 type touch panel, a G2 type touch panel, a GFF type touch panel, a GF1 type touch panel, a glass/film (GF2) type touch panel, an ON-CELL type touch panel, and an IN-CELL type touch panel.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the touch panel further comprises:

a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film interposed between the display panel and the polarizing switch panel;

the first transparent electrode layer interposed between the display panel and the PET film; and

the second transparent electrode layer interposed between the PET film and the polarizing switch panel.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the parallax realization layer comprises a lenticular lens.

10. A touch panel comprising:

at least one glass layer;

a polarizing switch panel disposed on a display panel configured to display an image frame comprising a right-eye image and a left-eye image that are combined, the polarizing switch panel being configured to switch a direction of polarization of light that is emitted from a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel included in the display panel;

a parallax realization layer disposed on one side of the polarizing switch panel, and configured to provide a binocular disparity image, based on light that is emitted from the polarizing switch panel;

a first transparent electrode layer interposed between the display panel and the polarizing switch panel;

a second transparent electrode layer interposed between the parallax realization layer; and

a tempered glass layer disposed on the parallax realization layer,

wherein the polarizing switch panel and the parallax realization layer are embedded in the at least one glass layer.

11. The touch panel of claim 10 , wherein a thickness of the parallax realization layer is determined by:

L 2= L 3*( RP*OV−P 2)/ P 2,

where L2 indicates a length between the display panel and the parallax realization layer, L3 indicates a distance for forming a three-dimensional image, RP indicates a rendering pitch, OV indicates an object view, and P2 indicates a barrier pitch or a lens pitch.

12. The touch panel of claim 10 , wherein the touch panel is a glass-glass (GG) type touch panel comprising the at least one glass layer and the tempered glass layer disposed on the at least one glass layer, and

wherein the polarizing switch panel and the parallax realization layer are embedded in the at least one glass layer or the tempered glass layer.

13. The touch panel of claim 10 , wherein the touch panel is a glass/film (GF2) type touch panel comprising a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film and the tempered glass layer disposed on the PET film, and

wherein the polarizing switch panel and the parallax realization layer are embedded in the tempered glass layer.

14. A method of displaying an image frame with a perceived three-dimensional effect, the method comprising:

displaying, by a display panel, the image frame comprising a right-eye image and a left-eye image;

switching, by a polarizing switch panel embedded in at least one glass layer of a touch panel, a direction of polarization of light that is emitted from a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel included in the display panel; and

providing, by a parallax realization layer embedded in the at least one glass layer of the touch panel, a binocular disparity image frame, based on light that is emitted from the polarizing switch panel,

wherein the touch panel comprises:

a first transparent electrode layer interposed between the display panel and the polarizing switch panel; and

a second transparent electrode layer interposed between the parallax realization layer and a tempered glass layer disposed on the parallax realization layer.