Patent ID: 9549173
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A display device comprising: a display section including a plurality of pixels; a barrier section in which a plurality of unit regions are arranged in columns in a first direction, the plurality of unit regions extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of light shields disposed at regular intervals for the display section such that a transmittance of light transmitted through a unit region is kept the same regardless of a position of the unit region through which light is transmitted in the barrier section, the light shields being elements that are separate from or part of the display section, wherein at least a width of each of the unit regions in the first direction and the interval of disposing the light shields are the same, wherein a width of one pixel of the plurality of pixels in the first direction is n times as large as the interval, n being an integer greater than or equal to 1, wherein the plurality of pixels includes a first pixel for displaying an image for a right eye and a second pixel for displaying an image for a left eye, wherein the barrier section performs light shielding so as to prevent the image for a right eye and the image for a left eye from being incident on a left eye and a right eye of a user, respectively, and wherein the barrier section is a liquid crystal panel that applies a voltage to the unit region that transmits a light or the unit region that shields a light to orient liquid crystals, thereby switching, for the light entering into each of the unit regions, between being transmitted and being shielded.