Patent ID: 9299298
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G02B,G09G,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A display unit comprising: a display panel having a plurality of pixels; a backlight capable of partially illuminating the display panel; and a drive circuit configured to drive the display panel and the backlight, wherein the drive circuit synchronizes scanning of the display panel with scanning of partial illumination light beams of the backlight to allow the display panel to display a three-dimensional picture, wherein the backlight includes wherein the drive circuit outputs a picture signal for one pixel row including a plurality of two-dimensional picture signals with different perspectives, to the display panel, and outputs a selection signal to sequentially select pixel row, to the display panel, and wherein the drive circuit drives the light modulation layer in synchronization with the output of the selection signal to the display panel, to generate a plurality of scattering regions that exhibit scattering property to the light from the light source in a region corresponding to a pixel row that is selected by the selection signal in the light modulation layer, and allows the display panel to display the three-dimensional picture with use of illumination light beams emitted from the respective scattering regions.