Patent ID: 8982117
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a display panel configured to include a plurality of pixels and display an image having a plurality of viewpoints in response to a data signal and a control signal; a converter configured to receive a first image signal and a first control signal, the first image signal including an image data and a depth data corresponding to the image data, the converter further configured to generate a converted depth data corresponding to a predetermined pixel on the basis of the first image signal, and output a second image signal having the viewpoints and a second control signal based on the image data and the converted depth data, wherein the converter outputs the depth data having a highest value among the depth data corresponding to respective the image data supplied to 14 pixels adjacent to the predetermined pixel as the converted depth data, wherein the 14 pixels adjacent to the predetermined pixel are included in a pixel group together with the predetermined pixel, the 14 pixels and the predetermined pixel being arranged in three rows by five columns in the pixel group, and the predetermined pixel is positioned at a second row and a first column or at a second row and a fifth column; and a driver configured to receive the second image signal and the second control signal and output the data signal and the control signal to the display panel, wherein the image data is categorized into an image data for a first viewpoint, which is supplied rightward from a display plane of the display panel, and an image data for a second viewpoint, which is supplied leftward from the display plane of the display panel, wherein from the first viewpoint the image data is supplied to each of the pixels, and the predetermined pixel is positioned at the second row and fifth column, and wherein from the second viewpoint the image data is supplied to each of the pixels, and the predetermined pixel is positioned at the second row and the first column.