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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2010
Applicants:

Fetze Pijlman, Eindhoven, NL;

Siebe Tjerk DE Zwart, Eindhoven, NL;

Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Fetze Pijlman, Eindhoven, NL;

Siebe Tjerk De Zwart, Eindhoven, NL;

Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/22 (2006.01); G02B 3/12 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); H04N 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/2214 (2013.01); H04N 13/0404 (2013.01); H04N 13/0454 (2013.01); G02B 3/12 (2013.01); G02F 1/133526 (2013.01); H04N 13/0402 (2013.01);
Abstract

A switchable autostereoscopic display device includes a display panel having an array of display pixels for producing a display, and a lens arrangement for directing the output from different pixels to different spatial positions to enable a stereoscopic image to be viewed. The lens arrangement is in a plane parallel to the display panel and includes an electrically switchable LC layer which defines a lens pattern or a lens replica pattern. The LC alignment of the LC layer is electrically switchable such that the lens arrangement is switchable between 2D and 3D modes. In the 2D mode, the LC alignment is in a first direction substantially within the plane of the lens arrangement; and in the 3D mode, the LC alignment is in a second, perpendicular direction also substantially within the plane of the lens arrangement. The light output of the display panel is polarized in the second direction.


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