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Lens display device comprising a polarized switch unit and a single-refringent film layer, liquid crystal display device and display drive method

US9052516B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2013
Grant dateJun 9, 2015
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2203/28
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lens display device is disclosed. The device includes an optical thin film layer, a polarized switch unit, and a display unit emitting light. The optical thin film layer includes a single-refringent film layer, and first and second liquid crystal lens arrays on the single-refringent film layer. The arrays are positioned such that the lens elements of the first array are misaligned from the lens elements of the second array by half of the lens period. The polarized switch unit, when operative, polarizes the light emitting from the display unit into ordinary light entering the first liquid crystal lens array and into unordinary light entering the second liquid crystal lens array. In addition, when inoperative, the polarized switch unit polarizes the light emitting from the display unit into unordinary light entering the first liquid crystal lens array and into ordinary light entering the second liquid crystal lens array.

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