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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
Nathan James Smith, Oxford, GB;
Benjamin John Broughton, Oxford, GB;
Lesley Anne Parry-jones, Oxford, GB;
Jonathan Mather, Oxford, GB;
Harry Garth Walton, Oxford, GB;
Nathan James Smith, Oxford, GB;
Benjamin John Broughton, Oxford, GB;
Lesley Anne Parry-Jones, Oxford, GB;
Jonathan Mather, Oxford, GB;
Harry Garth Walton, Oxford, GB;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A display comprises a parallax optic (), such as a combined parallax barrier and lens array, and a pixellated display device (). The pixels of the display device () are arranged as groups cooperating with a parallax element () of the parallax optic (). Each group comprises a first pixel (A) aligned with the centre of the parallax element (), second and third pixels (B, C) on either side of the first pixel (A), and fourth pixels (D) shared with adjacent groups and disposed outside the second pixels (B, C). The parallax elements () make the different pixels of each group visible in different viewing regions. A control arrangement selects regions of the display and selects different combinations of the pixels of each group for image display within respective regions so as to provide simultaneously-present different viewing modes having different viewing range characteristics.