Patent ID: 8274554
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: B60K,G02F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A display device, comprising: a display unit having a screen for displaying an image, the screen of the display unit including, with respect to each of a plurality of pixels, a display region and a light-shielding region; and a parallactic barrier overlaid with the display unit for controlling a viewing angle of the screen, the parallactic barrier including, with respect to each of a plurality of unit regions corresponding to one of the plurality of pixels in the display unit, a transmission switching portion, which switches a transmission state of at least a portion of the unit region to one of a transparent state and a non-transparent state, wherein: the display unit displays a first image in a first partial area of the screen and a second image in a second partial area of the screen, a first display state and a second display state are allowed to be switched with each other, based on positional relationships between (i) the portion of each unit region of the parallactic barrier switched to the transparent state and (ii) each corresponding display region and each light-shielding region of the display unit,