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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Mingcai Zhou, Chaoyang District Beijing, CN;
DongKyung Nam, Yongin-si, KR;
Jinho Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Kang Xue, Chaoyang District Beijing, CN;
Weiming Li, Chaoyang District Beijing, CN;
Xiying Wang, Chaoyang District Beijing, CN;
Zhihua Liu, Chaoyang District Beijing, CN;
Gengyu Ma, Chaoyang District Beijing, CN;
Haitao Wang, Chaoyang District Beijing, CN;
Tao Hong, Chaoyang District Beijing, CN;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus and method are provided. The 3D display apparatus may include a display screen configured to display each of a plurality of sub-images included in a single frame of a 3D image using a time-division multiplexing (TDM), a polarizer configured to polarize each of the displayed sub-images by changing a polarization direction using the TDM, in synchronization with the display screen, and microlens arrays arranged in a plurality of layers and configured to sequentially refract the polarized sub-images, respectively.