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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
May. 14, 2003
Hiroshi Nishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Naosato Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Sudo, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Morishima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Nishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Naosato Taniguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Sudo, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Morishima, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A stereoscopic image display apparatus comprising an image display unit that displays combined images formed by combining three different pixels groups in a horizontal direction, which correspond to three different viewpoint images, respectively; a mask member with a plurality of aperture portions that guides light from each pixel group to a corresponding viewpoint; a lenticular lens array arranged between the image display unit and the mask member; and a switching control circuit that switches arrangement of the aperture portions in the mask member in synchronization with switching of the combined images.