Patent ID: 9568770
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G02B,G02F,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A display apparatus comprising: an input unit which receives a select signal; an image processor which operates in either a two-dimensional (2D) mode or a three-dimensional (3D) mode to generate an image frame, in accordance with the select signal; and a display panel which displays the image frame, the display panel comprising: wherein the second lens array is arranged at a location to face the first lens array in an alternating manner, wherein the liquid crystal portion has a birefringence characteristic identical to that of one of the first lens array and the second lens array, wherein the image processor, in the 3D mode, divides a left-eye image frame and a right-eye image frame into odd-numbered lines and even-numbered lines, respectively, combines the odd-numbered lines of the divided left-eye image frame with the even-numbered lines of the right-eye image frame to generate a first 3D frame corresponding to the first lens array, combines the even-numbered lines of the left-eye image frame with the odd-numbered line of the right-eye image frame to generate a second 3D frame corresponding to the second lens array, and provides the first 3D frame and the second 3D frame to the image panel in sequence, and wherein when the first 3D frame is displayed on the image panel, the polarization panel is turned on to pass a ray of light having a first polarization direction, and when the second 3D frame is displayed on the image panel, the polarization panel is turned off to pass a ray of light having a second polarization direction which is perpendicular to the first polarization direction.