Patent ID: 9122064
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A display device for displaying an image in either a stereoscopic display or a planar display, comprising: a detector that detects movement of the display device; a judging section that compares a value representative of the movement of the display device which is detected by said detector with a preset threshold value; an image generator that generates and outputs, from among at least two image data items, either 3D data or 2D data, based on a result of the comparison made by said judging section; a display panel that displays the image data output by said image generator, said display panel comprising a plurality of unit pixels; and image swapping means that controls the projection of the image data displayed by said display panel from said display panel; wherein said detector detects an angle of tilt of the display device as the movement of the display device; said judging section compares the angle of tilt detected by said detector with a preset angle-of-tilt threshold value; said image generator generates the 3D data for performing stereoscopic display if the angle of tilt is smaller than said angle-of-tilt threshold value as indicated by the result of the comparison made by said judging section, and generates the 2D data for performing planar display otherwise; said angle-of-tilt threshold value is the threshold value that has been determined as the conditions for limiting stereoscopic vision which are derived from the optimum positions of both eyes of the observer at the time the display device is designed; and said display device is a handheld device.