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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2006
Cornelis Van Berkel, Hove, GB;
Cornelis Van Berkel, Hove, GB;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An autostereoscopic display apparatus (), comprising: a plurality of individually addressable display elements () arranged in an array of rows and columns; and light directing means () comprising a plurality of light directing elements () at a slant angle (α) to the column direction (); wherein the shape of the individually addressable display elements () substantially comprises the shape remaining from a rectangular footprint when one or more cut-outs () is removed; the one or more cut-outs () being positioned relative to the slanted angle (α) of the light directing elements () such as to provide a reduction in brightness variation along the row direction () compared to what individually addressable display elements shaped according to the rectangular footprint would provide.