Patent ID: 8848045
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G02B,G02F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying stereoscopic imagery on a display, the display having a backlight, a liquid crystal (LC) modulating panel having modulation regions, and a polarization control panel (PCP) having a plurality of polarization control segments associated with the modulation regions, the polarization control segments being operable to selectively transform the state of polarization (SOP) of modulated light incident from the modulation regions, the method comprising: providing continuous illumination from the backlight through alternate left eye image frame and right eye image frame display cycles; addressing data lines in a modulation region on the LC modulating panel with left eye image data; and providing polarization control instructions to the polarization control segment associated with the modulation region to operate in a left eye polarization display mode, wherein the polarization control instructions are operable to switch the polarization control segment to operate in a left eye polarization display mode when a predetermined portion of the lines in the modulation region display a predetermined portion of the left eye image frame, wherein the polarization control segment is operable to selectively transform the SOP of light incident from the predetermined portion of the lines in the modulation region displaying the predetermined portion of the left eye image frame.