Patent ID: 7796332
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A device that displays flat images producing binocular parallax and performs stereoscopic displaying, the device comprising: a display unit that, based on input image data, displays a plurality of flat images that are components of a stereoscopic image, and a light control unit that adjusts an amount of light transmitted from the display unit and is disposed between the display unit and a user viewing the display unit, wherein the light control unit has the device displays the stereoscopic image by switching, at a frequency of at least 15 Hz, a stereoscopic component at a particular time and a planar component at a different particular time, wherein for the stereoscopic component the amount of light transmitted by the sections is adjusted to a first amount and for the planar component the amount of light transmitted by the sections is adjusted to a second amount larger than the first amount.