CN101799599A - Stereoscopic display and display method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a stereoscopic display and a display method thereof. The display panel is provided with a plurality of first pixel areas and a plurality of second pixel areas which are arranged in an array mode. The phase retardation film is configured on the surface of the display panel, wherein the phase retardation film is provided with a plurality of first retardation regions and a plurality of second retardation regions which are staggered, the phase retardation amounts of the first retardation regions are the same, the phase retardation amounts of the second retardation regions are the same, the phase retardation amounts of the first retardation regions are different from the phase retardation amounts of the second retardation regions, and the light transmittance of all regions of the phase retardation film is the same. The invention further provides a display method suitable for the stereoscopic display. The stereoscopic display has the phase retardation film with the same light transmittance in all areas, and can keep excellent display brightness and a viewing angle range when a two-dimensional image is displayed.

Description

Stereoscopic display and display method thereof

technical field

The invention relates to a display and a display method thereof, in particular to a three-dimensional display and a display method thereof.

Background technique

With the advancement and development of science and technology, people's enjoyment of material life and spiritual level has always only increased but never decreased. On a spiritual level, in this era of rapid technological change, people hope to use display devices to realize unrestricted imagination and achieve immersive effects; therefore, how to make display devices present three-dimensional images or videos has become a Today's display device technology is eager to achieve the goal. One of the working principles of a stereoscopic display is to attach a phase retardation film with two kinds of phase retardation regions outside the display panel, so that the light provided by the pixel region for displaying the image for the left eye and the pixel region for displaying the image for the right eye The provided light has different polarization states, so that the left-eye image and the right-eye image are respectively transmitted to the left eye and the right eye through the selection of the head-mounted glasses, so as to form a stereoscopic image in the user's brain.

However, in order to prevent the light provided by the pixel region from passing through the wrong phase retardation region in an oblique direction and transmitting a wrong image to the user, the phase retardation film must be equipped with a black matrix between the two kinds of phase retardation regions. In this way, the brightness and viewing angle range of the display when it is only used to display two-dimensional images are greatly reduced, and the cost of the phase retardation film is increased.

Contents of the invention

The present invention provides a three-dimensional display, which has a phase retardation film with the same light transmittance in all regions, and can maintain excellent display brightness and viewing angle range when displaying two-dimensional images.

The invention provides a display method, which can select to display a stereoscopic image or a two-dimensional image according to requirements by using a proper configuration on a display panel.

The invention provides a stereoscopic display, which includes a display panel and a phase retardation film. Wherein, the display panel has a plurality of first pixel regions and a plurality of second pixel regions arranged in an array. The phase retardation film is arranged on the surface of the display panel, wherein the phase retardation film has a plurality of first retardation regions and a plurality of second retardation regions arranged in a staggered manner, the phase retardation of the first retardation regions is the same, and the phase retardation of the second retardation regions Similarly, the phase retardation amount of the first retardation region is different from that of the second retardation region, and the light transmittance of all regions of the phase retardation film is the same.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each first pixel region corresponding to any first delay region or corresponding to any second delay region has a first area, and at the same time corresponds to an adjacent first delay region and a Each second pixel region of the second retardation region has a second area, and each first area is greater than or equal to each second area.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each of the above-mentioned first areas is twice as large as each of the second areas, for example.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the display panel includes an active element array substrate, a color filter substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The active element array substrate has an active element array. The color filter substrate has a black matrix and a plurality of color filter films, wherein the black matrix has a plurality of openings, each opening corresponds to a first pixel area or a second pixel area, and each opening corresponds to a color filter film. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active element array substrate and the color filter substrate. In this case, the stereoscopic display may further include a polarizer, the polarizer may be disposed on the outer surface of the color filter substrate, and the phase retardation film may be disposed on the polarizer. Alternatively, the polarizer can also be arranged on the inner surface of the color filter substrate, and the phase retardation film is arranged between the polarizer and the color filter substrate.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned display panel includes an active element array substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The active element array substrate has an active element array, a black matrix and a plurality of color filter films, wherein the black matrix has a plurality of openings, each opening corresponds to a pixel region, and each opening corresponds to a color filter film. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active element array substrate and the opposite substrate. At this time, the stereoscopic display may further include a polarizer, the polarizer may be disposed on the outer surface of the opposite substrate, and the phase retardation film may be disposed on the polarizer. Alternatively, the polarizer can also be arranged on the inner surface of the opposite substrate, and the phase retardation film is arranged between the polarizer and the opposite substrate.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first delay zone is, for example, a 1/4 phase delay zone, and the second delay zone is, for example, a 3/4 phase delay zone.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned display panel is, for example, a polymer-maintained alignment liquid crystal display panel.

The present invention further proposes a display method, which is suitable for the above-mentioned stereoscopic display, and the display method includes the following steps. In a two-dimensional display state, all the first pixel regions and the second pixel regions of the display panel are used to display a two-dimensional picture. In a stereoscopic display state, only the first pixel region of the display panel is used, and the second pixel region is in a dark state.

Based on the above, the stereoscopic display and its display method of the present invention use the first retardation region and the second retardation region with different phase retardation in the phase retardation film to convert the image displayed on the display panel into an image with three-dimensional information, thereby The user can see stereoscopic images by viewing behind the head-mounted glasses. On the other hand, since the light transmittance of the first retardation region and the second retardation region having different phase retardation amounts in the phase retardation film are the same, and there is no light-shielding member such as a black matrix, the stereoscopic display and its display method of the present invention It also maintains good brightness and viewing angle range when displaying two-dimensional images.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a stereoscopic display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A and 2B are schematic cross-sectional views of a stereoscopic display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A and 3B are schematic cross-sectional views of a stereoscopic display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial top view of a polymer-maintained alignment liquid crystal display panel in a stereoscopic display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5A and 5B are schematic diagrams of the stereoscopic display having the display panel of FIG. 4 in a two-dimensional display state and a stereoscopic display state, respectively.

Wherein, the reference signs are explained as follows:

200: Stereoscopic display

210, 310: display panel

210A: the first pixel area

210B: the second pixel area

212: Active element array substrate

214: Color filter substrate

216: liquid crystal layer

220: Phase retardation film

220A: first delay zone

220B: second delay zone

230: Black Matrix

240: color filter film

250: Polarizer

260: opposite substrate

270: active element array

A1: first area

A2: second area

H: open

Detailed ways

The present invention proposes a stereoscopic display, which has the function of displaying a two-dimensional image or a three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the usage situation, and, in the stereoscopic display, the transparency of all regions of the phase retardation film attached to the display panel The light rate is the same, and no black matrix is arranged between the two phase retardation regions, so it has excellent brightness and viewing angle range when displaying two-dimensional images. The pixel structure of the present invention will be described in detail below by listing some embodiments together with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a stereoscopic display according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the stereoscopic display 200 includes a display panel 210 and a phase retardation film 220, wherein the display panel 210 has a plurality of first pixel regions 210A and a plurality of second pixel regions 210B arranged in an array, and the phase retardation film 220 is configured on the surface of the display panel 210 . Specifically, the phase retardation film 220 has a plurality of first retardation regions 220A and a plurality of second retardation regions 220B, the first retardation regions 220A and the second retardation regions 220B are arranged alternately, and the phase of the first retardation regions 220A The delays are the same, the phase delays of the second delay areas 220B are the same, and the phase delays of the first delay areas 220A are different from the phase delays of the second delay areas 220B. In detail, the first retardation region 220A and the second retardation region 220B are, for example, a 1/4 phase retardation region and a 3/4 phase retardation region, so that the images displayed on the display panel 210 are respectively left-handed when passing through the phase retardation film 220 Different polarization states of light and right-handed light, etc., whereby the user can transmit images with different polarization states to the left eye and right eye respectively through the selection of the head-mounted glasses, so as to form a three-dimensional image in the user's brain image.

In particular, all regions 220A, 220B of the phase retardation film 220 have the same light transmittance. In other words, in the stereoscopic display 200 of the present invention, the phase retardation film 220 is not provided with light-shielding members such as the black matrix 230, but is only composed of the first retardation region 220A and the second retardation region 220B. In this way, the display panel 210 The displayed image can pass through the phase retardation film 220 smoothly, and the brightness of the displayed image will not be lost and the viewing angle range will be reduced due to the existence of light-shielding members such as the black matrix 230. Therefore, the stereoscopic display 200 of the present invention has excellent brightness and viewing angle range. .

Please continue to refer to FIG. 1 , the relative relationship between the first pixel region and the second pixel region of the display panel and the first retardation region and the second retardation region in the phase retardation film will be further described below. As shown in FIG. 1 , in this embodiment, the first pixel area 210A is completely located within the range covered by the first delay area 220A or the second delay area 220B, and the second pixel area 210B covers the first delay area 220A. The junction with the second delay region 220B. In other words, the first pixel region 210A completely corresponds to the same delay region, for example, completely corresponds to the first delay region 220A or completely corresponds to the second delay region 220B, while the second pixel corresponds to both delay regions. Therefore, when the stereoscopic display 200 is in the stereoscopic display state, the stereoscopic display 200 avoids the situation that the light passes obliquely through the wrong phase delay region and transmits the wrong image to the user by making the second pixel region 210B appear in the dark state, without having to A black matrix 230 (as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 ) is additionally provided between the two phase retardation regions of the phase retardation film 220 , so that the manufacturing cost of the phase retardation film 220 can also be saved.

In addition, the area relationship between the first pixel region 210A and the second pixel region 210B can be further designed based on the consideration of improving the display brightness when the stereoscopic display is in the stereoscopic display state and improving the display quality when the stereoscopic display is in the two-dimensional display state. Specifically, each first pixel region 210A corresponding to any first delay region 220A or corresponding to any second delay region 220B has a first area A1, and at the same time corresponds to an adjacent first delay region 220A and an adjacent first delay region 220A. Each second pixel region 210B of the second retardation region 220B has a second area A2, and each first area A1 is preferably greater than or equal to each second area A2, and in this embodiment, each first area A1 is preferably Each second area is twice as large as A2.

It is worth mentioning that the display panel 210 may be a liquid crystal display panel or other display panels with polarizers attached to the surface. Taking the liquid crystal display panel as an example, the liquid crystal display panel can be composed of an active element array substrate, a color filter substrate and a liquid crystal layer, or it can be a thin film transistor array substrate (color filter on array, COA) integrated with a color filter pattern. ), the following examples further illustrate the components of the display panel and the arrangement relationship between the components of the display panel and the phase retardation film.

2A and 2B are schematic cross-sectional views of a stereoscopic display according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the display panel in FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B is mainly composed of an active element array substrate, a color filter substrate and a liquid crystal layer. Referring to FIG. 2A , the display panel 210 includes an active element array substrate 212 , a color filter substrate 214 and a liquid crystal layer 216 , wherein the active element array substrate 212 has an active element array 270 . The color filter substrate 214 has a black matrix 230 and a plurality of color filter films 240, wherein the black matrix 230 has a plurality of openings H, and each opening H corresponds to a first pixel area 210A or a second pixel area 210B, and each opening H corresponds to a color filter film 240 . The liquid crystal layer 216 is disposed between the active device array substrate 212 and the color filter substrate 214 . Moreover, the stereoscopic display 200 may further include a polarizer 250 , as shown in FIG. 2A , the polarizer 250 is disposed on the outer surface of the color filter substrate 214 , and the phase retardation film 220 is disposed on the polarizer 250 . Of course, the position of the polarizer 250 can also be arranged on the inner surface of the color filter substrate 214 as shown in FIG. The installation position of the polarizer 250 is not limited.

3A and 3B are schematic cross-sectional views of a stereoscopic display according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the display panel 310 in FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B is a TFT array substrate integrated with color filter patterns. Please refer to FIG. 3A first, the display panel 310 includes an active element array substrate 212 , a counter substrate 260 and a liquid crystal layer 216 . In this embodiment, the active element array substrate 212 has an active element array 270, a black matrix 230 and a plurality of color filter films 240, wherein the black matrix 230 has a plurality of openings H, and each opening H corresponds to a pixel area , the pixel area is, for example, the first pixel area 210A or the second pixel area 210B, and each opening H corresponds to a color filter film 240 . The liquid crystal layer 216 is disposed between the active element array substrate 212 and the opposite substrate 260 . Moreover, as shown in FIG. 3A , the polarizer 250 of the stereoscopic display 200 may be disposed on the outer surface of the opposite substrate 260 , and the phase retardation film 220 is disposed on the polarizer 250 . Of course, the location of the polarizer 250 can also be arranged on the inner surface of the opposite substrate 260 as shown in FIG. 3B , and the phase retardation film 220 is arranged between the polarizer 250 and the opposite substrate 260. The setting position of the sheet 250 .

It is worth mentioning that the present invention does not limit the applicable types of display panels. For example, the display panel can use a multi-domain vertical alignment type (In-Plane Switching, IPS) liquid crystal display panel, a horizontal switching type (Multi Domain Vertical Alignment , MVA) liquid crystal display panel, twisted nematic (Twisted Nematic, TN) liquid crystal display panel or polymer stabilized alignment (Polymer Stabilized Alignment, PSA) liquid crystal display panel. In the following, the polymer-maintained alignment liquid crystal display panel is taken as an example for further description.

FIG. 4 is a partial top view of a polymer-maintained alignment liquid crystal display panel in a stereoscopic display according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, only a group of first pixel regions 210A and second pixel regions 210B are used as representatives for illustration. 5A and 5B are schematic diagrams of the stereoscopic display having the display panel 210 of FIG. 4 in a two-dimensional display state and a stereoscopic display state, respectively. First, as shown in FIG. 4 , the display panel 210 has a first pixel region 210A and a second pixel region 210B. The following will take the display panel shown in FIG. 4 as an example to describe the display method of the stereoscopic display. Please refer to FIG. 4 , FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B , which will be described together below. For clarity, only the structure of the first pixel region 210A, the second pixel region 210B, the first retardation region 220A, the second retardation region 220B and the black matrix 230 in the display panel 210 are schematically shown in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B , and the illustration of other possible components is omitted.

Please refer to FIG. 5A first. When the stereoscopic display 200 is in the two-dimensional display state, the stereoscopic display 200 uses all the first pixel regions 210A and the second pixel regions 210B of the display panel 210 to display a two-dimensional (2D) picture. The light transmittance of all retardation regions in the phase retardation film 220 of the inventive three-dimensional display 200 is the same, and there is no opaque member such as black matrix in the phase retardation film 220, therefore, when the three-dimensional display 200 is in the two-dimensional display state Can exhibit excellent brightness and viewing angle range characteristics.

On the other hand, referring to FIG. 5B , when the stereoscopic display 200 is in the stereoscopic display state, the stereoscopic display 200 makes the second pixel region 210B corresponding to the two delay regions appear in a dark state, and only uses all the first pixels of the display panel 210 Area 210A displays an image. Next, when the images displayed in these first pixel regions 210A pass through the phase retardation film 220 with different phase retardation amounts, the images displayed in the first pixel region 210A can respectively pass through the first retardation region 220A and the second retardation region 220B. Images with different polarization states can be correspondingly presented afterwards, wherein the first retardation region 220A is, for example, a 1/4 phase retardation region, and the second retardation region 220B and the second retardation region 220B are, for example, a 3/4 phase retardation region. When the image displayed on the first pixel area 210A passes through the 1/4 phase retardation area and the 3/4 phase retardation area, different polarization states of left-handed light and right-handed light are generated respectively, so the user can put on the head-mounted glasses , to see stereo images.

In one embodiment, in the two-dimensional display state, the first pixel region 210A and the second pixel region 210B can have their own independent switching elements and display different information respectively, and they are respectively used as a single display pixel unit (not shown shown in the figure). Of course, in another embodiment, in the two-dimensional display state, the first pixel region 210A and the second pixel region 210B can also be displayed together as a group of pixel units having a main display unit and a sub display unit. Therefore, the first pixel region 210A with a larger aperture ratio can be used as a main display unit, and the second pixel unit 250B can be used as a sub-display unit. In this way, it is helpful to reduce the color washout phenomenon when it performs two-dimensional display.

In summary, the stereoscopic display and its display method of the present invention utilize the same light transmittance of the first retardation region and the second retardation region with different phase retardation amounts in the phase retardation film, thereby not only displaying stereoscopic images, but also When displaying two-dimensional images, the stereoscopic display and its display method of the present invention can also achieve excellent image display brightness and viewing angle range.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above with the embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention The scope of protection shall prevail as defined by the appended claims.

Claims (12)

1. A stereoscopic display, comprising: A display panel having a plurality of first pixel regions and a plurality of second pixel regions arranged in an array; and a phase retardation film disposed on the surface of the display panel, wherein the phase retardation film has a plurality of first retardation regions and a plurality of second retardation regions arranged in a staggered manner, and the phase retardation of the plurality of first retardation regions is the same, The phase retardation amounts of the plurality of second retardation regions are the same, the phase retardation amounts of the plurality of first retardation regions are different from the phase retardation amounts of the plurality of second retardation regions, and the transparency of all regions of the phase retardation film The light rate is the same. 2. The stereoscopic display as claimed in claim 1, wherein each first pixel region corresponding to any one of the plurality of first retardation regions or corresponding to any one of the plurality of second retardation regions has a first area, and at the same time Each second pixel region corresponding to an adjacent first retardation region and a second retardation region has a second area, and each first area is greater than or equal to each second area. 3. The stereoscopic display as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the first areas is twice as large as each of the second areas. 4. The stereoscopic display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display panel comprises: An active element array substrate having an active element array; A color filter substrate with a black matrix and a plurality of color filter films, wherein the black matrix has a plurality of openings, each of which corresponds to a first pixel area or a second pixel area, and each of which corresponds to a color filter film; and A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active element array substrate and the color filter substrate. 5. The stereoscopic display as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a polarizer disposed on the outer surface of the color filter substrate, and the retardation film disposed on the polarizer. 6. The stereoscopic display according to claim 4, further comprising a polarizer, the polarizer is disposed on the inner surface of the color filter substrate, and the retardation film is disposed between the polarizer and the color filter substrate . 7. The stereoscopic display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display panel comprises: An active element array substrate has an active element array, a black matrix and a plurality of color filter films, wherein the black matrix has a plurality of openings, each of which corresponds to a pixel area, and each of which corresponds to a color filter Light film; a pair of facing substrates; and A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active element array substrate and the opposite substrate. 8. The stereoscopic display as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a polarizer disposed on the outer surface of the opposite substrate, and the phase retardation film disposed on the polarizer. 9. The stereoscopic display as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a polarizer, the polarizer is disposed on the inner surface of the opposite substrate, and the retardation film is disposed between the polarizer and the opposite substrate. 10. The stereoscopic display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of first delay regions are 1/4 phase delay regions, and the plurality of second delay regions are 3/4 phase delay regions. 11. The stereoscopic display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display panel is a PMA liquid crystal display panel. 12. A display method, suitable for the stereoscopic display as claimed in claim 1, the display method comprising: In a two-dimensional display state, using all of the plurality of first pixel regions and the plurality of second pixel regions of the display panel to display a two-dimensional image; and In a stereoscopic display state, only the plurality of first pixel regions of the display panel are used, and the plurality of second pixel regions are in a dark state.

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