JP2005129983A - Three-dimensional display apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a three-dimensional display apparatus capable of realizing a plurality of display screen with only by one display apparatus and optical elements and simply displaying a three-dimensional stereoscopic image, without the need for increasing the number of display apparatuses, in response to the number of display screens. <P>SOLUTION: The three-dimensional display apparatus is provided with a display apparatus; a polarization plate located to a viewer's side of the display apparatus and the polarization direction of which is a first polarization direction; a polarization changeover device located to the viewer's side of the polarization plate and controlling the polarization direction of a two-dimensional image, received from the polarization plate to emit the controlled image; a polarization two-focus lens located at the viewer's side of the polarization changeover device; and a synchronization device for controlling the polarization changeover device synchronously with the two-dimensional image displayed on the display apparatus, the display apparatus alternately displays first and second two-dimensional images, the polarization changeover device switches the polarization direction of the first two-dimensional image in a first direction and the polarization direction of the second two-dimensional image in a second direction, and the polarization two-focus lens differentiates a coupled position of the first two-dimensional image from a coupled position of the second two-dimensional, to allow the display apparatus to display a three-dimensional stereoscopic image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a three-dimensional display device that suppresses contradiction between physiological factors of stereoscopic vision and can display a three-dimensional stereoscopic image without using glasses, and in particular, has a simple device configuration, and The present invention relates to a compact three-dimensional display device.

The inventors of the present invention have proposed a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) type three-dimensional display device capable of suppressing a contradiction between physiological factors of stereoscopic vision and displaying a three-dimensional color image without using glasses. (For example, refer to patent literature).
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional DFD (Depth Fused 3D) type three-dimensional display device, which is the three-dimensional display device shown in FIG. 1 in the aforementioned patent document.
As shown in the figure, the conventional three-dimensional display device has a plurality of display surfaces, for example, display surfaces (101, 102) on the front surface of the viewer 100 (the display surface 101 is closer to the viewer 100 than the display surface 102). In order to display a plurality of two-dimensional images on these display surfaces (101, 102), an optical system 103 is constructed using a two-dimensional display device and various optical elements.
Hereinafter, the display principle of a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) type three-dimensional display device will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 14, an image (hereinafter referred to as “2D image”) of a three-dimensional object 104 desired to be presented to the viewer 100, projected from the viewing direction of both eyes of the viewer 100 onto the display surface (101, 102). Is generated) (105, 106).
As a method for generating the 2D image, for example, a method using a two-dimensional image obtained by photographing the object 104 with a camera from the line-of-sight direction, a method of combining from a plurality of two-dimensional images taken from different directions, or a computer graphic There are various methods such as a synthesis technique based on the above and a method using modeling.
Then, as shown in FIG. 13, the 2D image (105, 106) is viewed from one point on the line connecting the right eye and the left eye of the observer 100 on both the display surface 101 and the display surface 102, respectively. Display to overlap.
This can be achieved, for example, by controlling the arrangement of the center position and the gravity center position of each 2D image (105, 106) and the enlargement / reduction of each image.
The important point of the three-dimensional display device that is the basis of the present invention is that the luminance of each of the 2D images (105, 106) is constant as viewed from the observer 100 on the device having the above-described configuration. It is to change corresponding to the depth position of the three-dimensional object 104.

An example of how to change is described below. Here, since it is a black and white drawing, the higher luminance is shown darkly in the following drawings for easy understanding.
For example, when the three-dimensional object 104 is on the display surface 101, as shown in FIG. 15, the luminance of the 2D image 105 above is made equal to the luminance of the three-dimensional object 104, and 2D on the display surface 102 is displayed. The luminance of the converted image 106 is zero.
Next, for example, when the three-dimensional object 104 is slightly away from the viewer 100 and is slightly closer to the display surface 102 than the display surface 101, the brightness of the 2D image 105 is increased as shown in FIG. Slightly lower the brightness of the 2D image 106 slightly.
Further, for example, when the three-dimensional object 104 is further away from the observer 100 and is further away from the display surface 101 toward the display surface 102, the brightness of the 2D image 105 is further increased as shown in FIG. The brightness of the 2D image 106 is further increased.

Finally, for example, when the three-dimensional object 104 is on the display surface 102, the luminance of the 2D image 106 on the display surface 102 is made equal to the luminance of the three-dimensional object 104 as shown in FIG. The brightness of the 2D image 105 is zero.
By displaying in this way, even if the 2D image (105, 106) is displayed due to the physiological or psychological factors or illusions of the observer (person) 100, it is as if the observer 100 It feels as if the three-dimensional object 104 is located in the middle of the display surfaces (101, 102).
That is, for example, when a 2D image (105, 106) having substantially equal luminance is displayed on the display surface (101, 102), the three-dimensional object 104 is located near the middle of the depth position of the display surface (101, 102). It feels like there is.

Japanese Patent No. 3022558

As the above-described two-dimensional display device, for example, a CRT, a liquid crystal display, an LED display, a plasma display, an FED display, a projection type display, a line drawing type display, etc. are used, and as an optical element, for example, a lens, a total reflection mirror, A partial reflecting mirror, a curved mirror, a prism, a polarizing element, a wave plate, or the like is used.
Therefore, as described in the third and subsequent embodiments of the above-mentioned patent document, the above-described three-dimensional display device requires at least two two-dimensional display devices and has a problem that the device configuration becomes complicated. there were.
The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a single display device and an optical element without increasing the number of display devices according to the number of display surfaces. It is an object of the present invention to provide a three-dimensional display device that can realize a plurality of display surfaces and can easily display a three-dimensional stereoscopic image.
The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

Of the inventions disclosed in this application, the outline of typical ones will be briefly described as follows.
In order to solve the above-described problems, a three-dimensional display device according to the present invention includes a display device, a polarizing plate provided on the viewer side of the display device and having a polarization direction of a first polarization direction, and observation of the polarizing plate. A polarization switching device for controlling and emitting the polarization direction of a two-dimensional image incident from the polarizing plate provided on the viewer side, a polarization type bifocal lens provided on the viewer side of the polarization switching device, and the display device And a synchronization device that controls the polarization switching device in synchronization with the two-dimensional image displayed on the display device, the display device alternately displays the first and second two-dimensional images, and the polarization switching device, The polarization direction of the first two-dimensional image is switched to the first direction, and the polarization direction of the second two-dimensional image is switched to the second direction. , Different from the coupling position of the second two-dimensional image, thereby DFD And displaying the three-dimensional image in Depth Fused 3D) mode.

  In addition, the present invention is provided on a viewer side of the display device having a plurality of pixels composed of a first pixel group and a second pixel group, and is incident from the first pixel group. A polarization control means for emitting the polarization direction of the light to be emitted as the first polarization direction, and emitting the polarization direction of the light incident from the second pixel group as the second polarization direction; and A polarizing bifocal lens provided on the viewer side, and simultaneously displaying the first two-dimensional image by the first pixel group and the second two-dimensional image by the second pixel group on the display device. The polarization control means makes the polarization direction of the first two-dimensional image the first polarization direction and the polarization direction of the second two-dimensional image the second polarization direction. The coupling position of the first two-dimensional image is different from the coupling position of the second two-dimensional image. By, and displaying the three-dimensional image in DFD (Depth Fused 3D) mode.

  The three-dimensional display device of the present invention includes a display device and an eccentric multifocal lens provided on the viewer side of the polarization control means and having an optical axis of n or more, and the display device includes n ( n.gtoreq.2) two-dimensional images are simultaneously displayed at a predetermined interval, the coupling positions of the n two-dimensional images are changed by the decentered multifocal lens, and the n two-dimensional images are displayed. Is presented to the observer as an image on the line of sight of the observer, thereby displaying a three-dimensional stereoscopic image by a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) method.

The effects obtained by the representative ones of the inventions disclosed in the present application will be briefly described as follows.
According to the present invention, it is possible to easily display a three-dimensional stereoscopic image of a color image by using only one display device and an optical element without increasing the number of display devices according to the number of display surfaces. .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
In all the drawings for explaining the embodiments, parts having the same functions are given the same reference numerals, and repeated explanation thereof is omitted.
[Example 1]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) type three-dimensional display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
The three-dimensional display device of this embodiment is provided on the viewer side of the display device 200, the polarizing plate 210 that is provided on the viewer side of the display device 200 and whose polarization direction is the first polarizing direction, and the polarizing plate 210. A polarization switching device 220, a polarization type bifocal lens 230 provided on the observer side of the polarization switching device 220, and a synchronization device 250 are provided.
In the three-dimensional display device of the present embodiment, the display device 200 alternately displays the 2D image 105 shown in FIG. 14 and the 2D image 106 shown in FIG. 14 in a time division manner. These 2D images 106 may be monochrome or color images.
Here, the display device 200 is, for example, a CRT, a liquid crystal display, an LED display, a plasma display, an FED display, a projection display, a line drawing display, an organic electroluminescence display device, or an inorganic electroluminescence display device. Composed.

The polarization direction of the 2D image (105, 106) displayed on the display device 200 is changed to the first direction by the polarizing plate 210.
The polarization switching device 220 maintains the polarization direction of the 2D image 105 incident from the polarizing plate 210 and emits it when the display device 200 displays the 2D image 105 under the control of the synchronization device 250. In addition, when the display device 200 displays the 2D image 105, the polarization direction of the 2D image 105 incident from the polarizing plate 210 is switched to the second polarization direction and emitted.
The polarization type bifocal lens 230 is a lens whose focal length changes in two steps depending on the polarization direction of incident light, and is displayed on the display device 200 as shown in FIG. 2 depending on the polarization direction of incident light. The two-dimensional image can be formed on the first image plane 1021 and the second image plane 1022.
By performing the above-described operation within the afterimage time of the human eye, the three-dimensional display device of the present embodiment is based on the above-described [Display principle of three-dimensional display device of DFD (Depth Fused 3D) system]. A stereoscopic image can be displayed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an example of the polarizing bifocal lens 230 shown in FIG.
The polarization type bifocal lens shown in FIG. 3 includes a fixed focus lens 301 and a birefringence region 302 as shown in FIGS.
Here, the fixed focus lens 301 is, for example, a glass or plastic convex lens shown in FIG. 3B, a glass or plastic concave lens shown in FIG. 3A, or a glass or plastic convex lens, The lens system is configured by a combination of a concave lens and a prism, or a mirror system by a combination of a convex lens, a concave lens, and a prism made of glass or plastic.
In addition, the birefringent region 302 is formed of a medium having a birefringent property made of, for example, liquid crystal or PLZT.
Here, the refractive index of the fixed focus lens 301 is n1, and the refractive indexes of the birefringent region 302 in the first polarization direction and the second polarization direction of incident light are n21 and n22, respectively.
For example, when light is incident from the birefringent region 302, the light travels while feeling the refractive indexes n21 and n22 according to the polarization direction of the incident light, and then comes into contact with the fixed focus lens 301 having the refractive index n1.
Therefore, the emitted light is imaged at different positions according to the polarization state of the incident light. That is, it operates as a bifocal lens whose focal length differs depending on the polarization direction.
On the other hand, even when the light is incident from the fixed focus lens 301 side, the image is separated and formed on the two image planes by the refractive index corresponding to the intrinsic polarization direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the birefringent region 302 is a liquid crystal, an in-plane uniform separation can be obtained for light incident from the birefringent region 302 side by adding an alignment film 303.
Further, in the polarization type bifocal lens shown in FIG. 3, even when there is no fixed focus lens 301, when one or both surfaces of the birefringent region 302 have a lens shape or a prism shape as shown in FIG. Has a similar effect.
Furthermore, as a medium having birefringence, the liquid crystal is useful because of its large refractive index anisotropy, and as its type, in addition to the usual nematic liquid crystal, for example, polymer dispersed liquid crystal, holographic polymer dispersed Type liquid crystal, polymer liquid crystal, smectic liquid crystal, ferroelectric liquid crystal, and polymer stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal.
Furthermore, it is clear that birefringence can be obtained by forming the main axis of the polymer material in alignment with other than the liquid crystal.
As the polarization switching device 220 of this embodiment, for example, a device using a medium (for example, liquid crystal or PLZT) whose birefringence can be changed by an electric field or voltage is well known. Many types of apparatuses using liquid crystals are described in, for example, “Liquid Crystal / Fundamentals”, “Liquid Crystal / Applications” (Okano, Kobayashi, Ed.).

[Example 2]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) type three-dimensional display device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
The three-dimensional display device according to the present embodiment includes a display device 200, a stripe polarizing plate 260 provided on the viewer side of the display device 200, and a polarizing bifocal lens 230 provided on the viewer side of the stripe polarizing plate 260. Prepare.
Here, the display device 200 includes a plurality of pixels including a first pixel group including the front surface pixels 201 and a second pixel group including the rear surface pixels 202. The 2D image 105 shown in FIG. 14 and the 2D image 106 shown in FIG. 14 are simultaneously displayed by the second pixel group. These 2D images 106 may be monochrome or color images.
Here, the display device 200 is, for example, a CRT, a liquid crystal display, an LED display, a plasma display, an FED display, a projection display, a line drawing display, an organic electroluminescence display device, or an inorganic electroluminescence display device. Composed.
The stripe polarizing plate 260 corresponds to the first pixel group and the second pixel group of the display device 200 and emits the polarization direction of light incident from the first pixel group as the first polarization direction. 260a and a region 260b that emits the polarization direction of the light incident from the second pixel group as the second polarization direction.

The polarization type bifocal lens 230 is a lens whose focal length changes in two steps depending on the polarization direction of incident light. As shown in FIG. 2, the 2D image 105 and the 2D image simultaneously displayed on the display device 200 are displayed. The image 106 can be formed on the first imaging surface 1021 and the second imaging surface 1022.
Therefore, the three-dimensional display device according to the present embodiment can display a three-dimensional stereoscopic image based on the above-mentioned [Display principle of a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) type three-dimensional display device].
5 to 7 are diagrams illustrating an example of a method for arranging the front surface pixels 201 and the rear surface pixels 202 in the display device illustrated in FIG.
In the example shown in FIG. 5, front-side pixels 201 and rear-side pixels 202 are arranged in the row direction for each row.
In the example shown in FIG. 6, front-side pixels 201 and rear-side pixels 202 are arranged in the column direction for each column.
In the example shown in FIG. 7, front-side pixels 201 and rear-side pixels 202 are arranged in a checkered pattern.
Note that the regions (260a, 260b) of the stripe polarizing plate 260 are also arranged as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 corresponding to the arrangement method shown in FIGS.

[Example 3]
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) type three-dimensional display device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
As shown in the figure, the three-dimensional display device of the present embodiment is arranged in front of the display device 200 and the display device 200 as viewed from the observer, and has two optical axes, an optical axis 1 and an optical axis 2. And an eccentric bifocal lens 270.
The display device 200 displays a front two-dimensional image 111 and a rear two-dimensional image 112.
The front two-dimensional image 111 is the 2D image 105 shown in FIG. 5 and the rear two-dimensional image 112 is the 2D image 106 shown in FIG. These two-dimensional images may be monochrome or color images.
Here, the display device 200 is, for example, a CRT, a liquid crystal display, an LED display, a plasma display, an FED display, a projection display, a line drawing display, an organic electroluminescence display device, or an inorganic electroluminescence display device. Composed.
In the following description, a case where a self-luminous display device (for example, an organic electroluminescence display device or an inorganic electroluminescence display device) is used as the display device 200 will be described.
The display device 200 displays the front two-dimensional image 111 and the rear two-dimensional image 112 at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction or the vertical direction.
As shown in FIG. 8, the eccentric bifocal lens 270 forms a two-dimensional image displayed on the display device 200 on the first imaging surface 1031 and the second imaging surface 1032.
Here, the rear two-dimensional image 112 displayed on the first imaging plane 1031 and the front two-dimensional image 111 displayed on the second imaging plane 1032 are on the observer's line of sight. The two optical axes of the decentered bifocal lens 270 and each focal position are determined so as to be presented to the observer as an image.
As a result, the three-dimensional display device according to the present embodiment can display a three-dimensional stereoscopic image based on the above-mentioned [Display principle of a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) type three-dimensional display device].

FIG. 9A is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of the eccentric bifocal lens 270 illustrated in FIG.
An eccentric bifocal lens 270 shown in FIG. 9A is composed of a laminate of liquid crystals (311 and 312) constituting a birefringent lens and a transparent resin 313.
Here, as shown in the figure, the birefringent lens composed of the liquid crystal 311 and the birefringent lens composed of the liquid crystal 312 have different optical axes.
In addition, the alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal 311 and the alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal 312 are orthogonal to each other.
As described above, the refractive index of the liquid crystal varies depending on the polarization direction of the incident light. However, in the eccentric bifocal lens 270 shown in FIG. 9A, the refractive index of the transparent resin 313 and the incident light of the liquid crystal 311 The polarization direction matches the refractive index in the first direction, and the polarization direction of the incident light in the liquid crystal 312 matches the refractive index in the second direction.
For example, the refractive index of the transparent resin 313 is n2, and the refractive index of the liquid crystal 311 in the first polarization direction and the second polarization direction of the incident light is n211, n212, and the refractive index of the liquid crystal 312 is respectively When n221 and n222 are set, n2 = n211 (or n2 = n212) and n2 = n222 (or n2 = n221) are set.
As a result, the incident light incident on the decentered bifocal lens 270 has different positions on different optical axes (a and b in FIG. 9-b) according to the polarization direction of the incident light, as shown in FIG. Focus to b).

Further, as the decentered bifocal lens 270 of the present embodiment, the decentered bifocal Fresnel lens shown in FIG. 10 can be used.
An eccentric bifocal Fresnel lens as shown in FIG. 10 is a mold composed of two concentric patterns by pressing two Fresnel lenses against a mold material such as clay so that their optical center positions are different. Can be manufactured by pouring a transparent resin into the mold and curing.
In this decentered bifocal Fresnel lens, incident light is incident at different positions on different optical axes (a in FIG. 9-b, for example) as shown in FIG. , B).
Further, as the decentered bifocal lens 270 of this embodiment, an eccentric multifocal zone plate can be used.
As shown in FIG. 11, the zone plate includes, for example, a portion where light is transmitted on the film (black portion in FIG. 11) and a portion where light is not transmitted (white portion in FIG. 11). Concentric circles are alternately formed. This zone plate functions as a lens in the same manner as a Fresnel lens due to light diffraction.
Then, as in the eccentric bifocal Fresnel lens shown in FIG. 10, by forming the two zone plates so that the optical center positions are different, an eccentric bifocal zone plate can be obtained.
Even in this eccentric bifocal zone plate, incident light is incident at different positions on different optical axes according to the polarization direction of the incident light (see FIG. 9B). Condensed to a, b).

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the DFD (Depth Fused 3D) type three-dimensional display device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
The three-dimensional display device shown in FIG. 12 uses an eccentric trifocal lens 275 instead of the eccentric bifocal lens 270. The decentered trifocal lens 275 has three optical axes: an optical axis 1, an optical axis 2, and an optical axis 3.
The display device 200 shown in FIG. 12 displays a front two-dimensional image 111, an intermediate two-dimensional image 113, and a rear two-dimensional image 112.
These two-dimensional images are the aforementioned 2D images, and these two-dimensional images may be monochrome or color images.
As shown in FIG. 12, the decentered trifocal lens 275 converts the two-dimensional image displayed on the display device 200 into a first image plane 1031, a second image plane 1032, and a third image plane. An image is formed on the surface 1033.
Here, the rear two-dimensional image 112 displayed on the first imaging plane 1031, the intermediate two-dimensional image 113 displayed on the second imaging plane 1032, and the third imaging plane 1031. The three optical axes of the decentered trifocal lens 275 and each focal position are determined so that the front two-dimensional image 111 displayed on the screen is presented to the observer as an image on the observer's line of sight. .
Accordingly, the three-dimensional display device shown in FIG. 12 can display a three-dimensional stereoscopic image based on the aforementioned [Display principle of a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) type three-dimensional display device].
The decentered trifocal lens 275 in the three-dimensional display device shown in FIG. 12 is an decentered trifocal Fresnel lens in which three Fresnel lenses are formed with different optical center positions, or three zones. An eccentric trifocal zone plate having different optical center positions can be used.

Thus, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to easily display a three-dimensional stereoscopic image of a color image using a single display device.
In the above description, for example, mainly the method and apparatus for expressing the depth position of the entire three-dimensional object using the front two-dimensional image displayed on the display device 200 and the rear two-dimensional image. As described above, the three-dimensional display device according to the present embodiment can also be used as a method and device for expressing the depth of a three-dimensional object itself, as described in the above-mentioned patent document.
Similarly, the three-dimensional display device of the present embodiment can be used when the three-dimensional object itself moves as described in the above-mentioned patent document.
When the 2D image moves three-dimensionally, the observer can move in the left / right / up / down direction by moving image reproduction in the display device as in the case of a normal two-dimensional display device. Regarding the movement, as described in the above-mentioned patent document, a change in luminance of the 2D image displayed on the front two-dimensional image displayed on the display device 200 and the rear two-dimensional image is temporally changed. By doing so, a moving image of a three-dimensional image can be expressed.
Further, the number of two-dimensional images displayed on the display device 200 may be three or more.

Further, the display device 200 may be a transmissive display device such as a liquid crystal display. In this case, in order to present a three-dimensional stereoscopic image to the observer by the above-described DFD (Depth Fused 3D) method, the transmittance of each of the 2D images (105, 106) shown in FIG. The overall brightness viewed from 100 is kept constant, and is changed corresponding to the depth position of the three-dimensional object 104.
For example, as shown in FIG. 15, when the three-dimensional object 104 is on a transmission type display device that constitutes the display surface 101, the transparency of the 2D image 105 on this is equal to the luminance of the three-dimensional object 104. Then, the transparency of the 2D image 106 on the transmissive display device constituting the display surface 102 is set to the maximum value of the transmissive display device.
Further, as shown in FIG. 16, the three-dimensional object 104 is slightly away from the observer 100 and is slightly closer to the transmissive display device constituting the display surface 102 than the transmissive display device constituting the display surface 101. In this case, the transparency of the 2D image 105 is slightly increased and the transparency of the 2D image 106 is slightly decreased.

Further, as shown in FIG. 17, the three-dimensional object 104 is further away from the viewer 100 and is located closer to the transmissive display device constituting the display surface 102 than the transmissive display device constituting the display surface 101. In this case, the transparency of the 2D image 105 is further increased, and the transparency of the 2D image 106 is further decreased.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 18, when the three-dimensional object 104 is on the transmission type display device constituting the display surface 102, the transparency of the 2D image 106 on this is equal to the luminance of the three-dimensional object 104. Then, the transparency of the 2D image 105 on the transmissive display device constituting the display surface 101 is set to the maximum value of the transmissive display device.
As mentioned above, the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the above embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Of course.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the three-dimensional display apparatus of the DFD (Depth Fused 3D) system of Example 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the image plane by a polarization | polarized-light bifocal lens in the three-dimensional display apparatus of Example 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of an example of the polarization type bifocal lens shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the three-dimensional display apparatus of the DFD (Depth Fused 3D) system of Example 2 of this invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for arranging front-side pixels and rear-side pixels in the display device illustrated in FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for arranging front-side pixels and rear-side pixels in the display device illustrated in FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for arranging front-side pixels and rear-side pixels in the display device illustrated in FIG. 4. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the three-dimensional display apparatus of the DFD (Depth Fused 3D) system of Example 3 of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows an example of the eccentric bifocal lens shown in FIG. FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating a condensing position of incident light in the eccentric bifocal lens. It is a figure which shows the eccentric bifocal Fresnel lens which is another example of the eccentric bifocal lens shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows a zone plate. It is a figure which shows the modification of the three-dimensional display apparatus of the DFD (Depth Fused 3D) system of Example 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the three-dimensional display apparatus of the conventional DFD (Depth Fused 3D) system. It is a figure for demonstrating the production | generation method of the 2D-ized image displayed on each display surface in the three-dimensional display apparatus of a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) system. It is a figure for demonstrating the display principle of the three-dimensional display apparatus of a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) system. It is a figure for demonstrating the display principle of the three-dimensional display apparatus of a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) system. It is a figure for demonstrating the display principle of the three-dimensional display apparatus of a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) system. It is a figure for demonstrating the display principle of the three-dimensional display apparatus of a DFD (Depth Fused 3D) system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Observer 101,102 Display surface 103 Optical system 104 Three-dimensional object 105,106 2D image 111,112,113 Two-dimensional image 200 Display device 201,202 Pixel 210 Polarizing plate 220 Polarization switching device 230 Polarization type bifocal lens 250 Synchronizing device 260 Striped polarizing plate 260a, 260b Region 270 Eccentric bifocal lens 275 Eccentric trifocal lens 301 Fixed focus lens 302 Birefringent region 303 Alignment film 311, 312 Liquid crystal 313 Transparent resin 1021, 1022, 1031, 1033 1033 Image plane

Claims (6)

A display device for alternately displaying the first and second two-dimensional images;
Means for changing luminance or transmittance of the first two-dimensional image and the second two-dimensional image displayed on the display device;
A polarizing plate provided on the viewer side of the display device, the polarization direction of which is the first polarization direction;
A polarization switching device that is provided on the observer side of the polarizing plate and controls and outputs the polarization direction of a two-dimensional image incident from the polarizing plate;
A polarizing bifocal lens provided on the observer side of the polarization switching device;
A three-dimensional display device comprising a synchronization device that controls the polarization switching device in synchronization with a two-dimensional image displayed on the display device;
The first and second two-dimensional images are obtained by projecting a display target object on the first and second display surfaces at different depth positions as viewed from the observer from the viewing direction of the observer. Dimensional image,
The polarization switching device maintains a polarization direction of a two-dimensional image incident from the polarizing plate when the display device displays the first two-dimensional image under the control of the synchronization device, and the display When the apparatus displays the second two-dimensional image, the polarization direction of the two-dimensional image output from the polarizing plate is switched to the second direction;
3. The three-dimensional display device according to claim 1, wherein the means displays the first and second two-dimensional images displayed on the display device while independently changing the luminance or the transparency. It has a plurality of pixels consisting of a first pixel group and a second pixel group, the first two-dimensional image by the first pixel group and the second two-dimensional image by the second pixel group. And a display device for simultaneously displaying
Means for changing luminance or transmittance of the first two-dimensional image and the second two-dimensional image simultaneously displayed on the display device;
Provided on the viewer side of the display device, the polarization direction of the light incident from the first pixel group is emitted as the first polarization direction, and the polarization of the light incident from the second pixel group Polarization control means for emitting the direction as the second polarization direction;
A three-dimensional display device comprising a polarizing bifocal lens provided on the observer side of the polarization control means,
The first and second two-dimensional images are obtained by projecting a display target object on the first and second display surfaces at different depth positions as viewed from the observer from the viewing direction of the observer. Dimensional image,
The three-dimensional display device characterized in that the means independently changes the luminance or transmissivity of the first two-dimensional image and the second two-dimensional image displayed simultaneously on the display device. a display device that simultaneously displays n two-dimensional images at a predetermined interval when n is an integer of 2 or more;
Means for changing the brightness or transmittance of the n two-dimensional images simultaneously displayed on the display device;
A three-dimensional display device comprising an eccentric multifocal lens provided on the observer side of the polarization control means and having an optical axis of n or more,
The n two-dimensional images are two-dimensional images obtained by projecting a display target object from the viewing direction of the observer with respect to n display surfaces at different depth positions as viewed from the observer.
The three-dimensional display device according to claim 1, wherein the means independently changes the luminance or transmissivity of the n number of two-dimensional images displayed simultaneously on the display device.   The three-dimensional display device according to claim 3, wherein the decentered multifocal lens is a laminated body of birefringent lenses.   The three-dimensional display device according to claim 3, wherein the decentered multifocal lens is an decentered multifocal Fresnel lens.   The three-dimensional display device according to claim 3, wherein the decentered multifocal lens is a decentered multifocal zone plate.

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