Patent Publication Number: US-8531666-B2

Title: Method for positioning viewing center of parallax barrier

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of Invention 
     The present invention relates to a method for positioning a viewing center of a parallax barrier, which mainly includes: disposing multiple alignment markers respectively at appropriate places of the parallax barrier and a flat panel display, and performing the position measurement and alignment of multiple alignment markers, so as to achieve a purpose of setting a viewing center at a specific and appropriate position. 
     2. Related Art 
       FIG. 1  is a schematic view of a structure and viewing of a conventional parallax barrier 3D display. The parallax barrier 3D image display  10  is mainly formed of a flat panel display screen  11  and a parallax barrier  12 . The parallax barrier  12  may be a conventional vertical strip parallax barrier, a conventional slant-and-strip parallax barrier, or a conventional slant-and-step parallax barrier. A coordinate system (X, Y, Z) is set, an XY plane thereof is disposed on a surface of the flat panel display screen  11 , and an origin (0,0,0) thereof is disposed at a reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11 . The reference point position C S  may be set at the center of the flat panel display screen  11 , or a position close to that center. The parallax barrier  12  is disposed at a position of Z=L B . Likewise, a reference point position C B  is also set on the plane of the parallax barrier  12 . The reference point position C B  may be set at the center of the flat panel display screen  11 , or a position close to that center. Thus, a 3D image can be viewed at an optimum viewing distance Z 0 , and at optimum viewing point P L  and P R . Those two optimum viewing points P L  and P R  are the viewing positions of left and right eyes  13  and  14  of a viewer. A distance between the two optimum viewing points P L  and P R  is an optimum viewing interval L V . In design, the optimum viewing interval L V  is generally equal to the interpupillary distance (IPD) L E . Additionally, the center between the two optimum viewing points P L  and P R  defines a viewing center C E . Details relevant to the principle and design of a parallax barrier can refer to ROC Patent No. 098128986. 
     Generally, during practical manufacturing, assembly, and mass production, only when the disposed position between the flat panel display screen  11  and the parallax barrier  12  is particularly positioned and aligned, the viewing center C E  can be fixed at a specific and appropriate position. 
       FIG. 2  to  FIG. 5  are schematic views of a viewing center of a parallax barrier with multi-view 3D image. 
       FIG. 2  is a schematic view of a viewing center of a parallax barrier with 2-view 3D image. The 2-view image is formed of multiple basic units of combined view  21 . Each of the basic units of combined view  21  consists of the individual view images  0  and  1  being arranged sequentially from left to right in a unit of a pixel or sub-pixel. There exist multiple optimum viewing points P( 1 ) and P( 0 ) at the optimum viewing distance Z 0  for viewing a 3D image. Additionally, due to a relation of even number symmetry, a reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11  is just located between the view images  0  and  1 , that is, the center position of the basic unit of combined view  21 . Thus, for setting of the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11 , the optimum position can be set at the center of the basic unit of combined view  21 , and the basic unit of combined view  21  is characterized in being the closest to the geometrical center of the flat panel display screen  11 . That is to say, the C S  can be disposed at the geometrical center of the flat panel display screen or a position close to the center of the flat panel display screen. 
       FIG. 3  is a schematic view of a viewing center of a parallax barrier with 4-view 3D image. The 4-view image is formed of multiple basic units of combined view  22 . Each of the basic units of combined view  22  consists of the individual view images  0 ,  1 ,  2 , and  3  being arranged sequentially from left to right in a unit of a pixel or sub-pixel. There exist multiple optimum viewing points P( 3 ), P( 2 ), P( 1 ), and P( 0 ) at an optimum viewing distance Z 0  for viewing a 3D image. Additionally, due to a relation of even number symmetry, a reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11  is just located between the view images  1  and  2 , that is, the center of the basic unit of combined view  22 . Thus, for setting of the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11 , the optimum position can be set at the center of the basic unit of combined view  22 , and the basic unit of combined view  22  is characterized in being the closest to the geometrical center of the flat panel display screen  11 . That is to say, the C S  can be disposed at the geometrical center point of the flat panel display screen or a position close to the center of the flat panel display screen. 
     For display of an even number-view 3D image as shown in  FIG. 2  to  FIG. 3 , on the XY plane, when the plane of the parallax barrier  12  and the plane of the flat panel display screen  11  are in a state of being plane-parallel without angle rotation, and the reference point position C B  of the parallax barrier  12  is consistent with the C S , that is, both the C B  and the C S  are at a position of the origin (0,0) on the XY plane, the viewing center C E  can also be consistent with the C S , that is, the C E  is also at the position of the origin (0,0) on the XY plane. Thus, the viewer can view the 3D image at the central position of the screen. Additionally, the C B  refers to the geometrical center of the plane of the parallax barrier  12 , or a position close to the center, and the position is a center of an opening part of the parallax barrier. 
       FIG. 4  is a schematic view of a viewing center of a parallax barrier with 3-view 3D image. The 3-view image is formed of multiple basic units of combined view  23 . Each of the basic units of combined view  23  consists of the individual view images  0 ,  1 , and  2  being arranged sequentially from left to right in a unit of a pixel or sub-pixel. There exist multiple optimum viewing point P( 2 ), P( 1 ), and P( 0 ) at an optimum viewing distance Z 0  for viewing a 3D image. Additionally, due to a relation of odd number symmetry, a reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11  is just located at the center of the view image  1 , that is, the center of the basic unit of combined view  23 . Thus, for setting of the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11 , the optimum position can be set at the center of the basic unit of combined view  23 , and the basic unit of combined view  23  is characterized in being the closest to a geometrical center of the flat panel display screen  11 . That is to say, the C S  can be disposed at the geometrical center of a plane of the flat panel display screen or a position close to the plane of the center of the flat panel display screen. 
       FIG. 5  is a schematic view of a viewing center of a parallax barrier with 5-view 3D image. The 5-view image is formed of multiple basic units of combined view  24 . Each of the basic units of combined view  24  consists of the individual view images  0 ,  1 ,  2 ,  3 , and  4  being arranged sequentially from left to right in a unit of a pixel or sub-pixel. There exist multiple optimum viewing point P( 4 ), P( 3 ), P( 2 ), P( 1 ), and P( 0 ) at the optimum viewing distance Z 0  for viewing a 3D image. Additionally, due to a relation of odd number symmetry, a reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11  is just located at a center of the view image  2 , that is, a center of the basic unit of combined view  24 . Thus, for setting of the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11 , the optimum position can be set at a center of the basic unit of combined view  24 , and the basic unit of combined view  24  is characterized in being the closest to the geometrical center of the flat panel display screen  11 . That is to say, the C S  can be disposed at the geometrical center of a plane of the flat panel display screen or a position close to the center of the plane of the flat panel display screen. 
     For display of an odd number-view 3D image as shown in  FIG. 4  to  FIG. 5 , on the XY plane, when the reference point position C B  of the parallax barrier  12  is consistent with the C S , in an X-axis direction, the viewing center C E  is deviated a distance of L E /2 from the C S , that is, is deviated the distance of L E /2 to the left or to the right. Thus, the viewer cannot view the 3D image at the central position of the screen. Additionally, the reference point position C B  refers to the geometrical center of the plane of the parallax barrier  12 , or a position close to the center, and the position is a center of an opening part of the parallax barrier. 
     The more detailed definitions for the reference point position C B  of the parallax barrier  12  and the opening part of the parallax barrier are as shown in  FIG. 6  to  FIG. 8 . The conventional vertical strip, slant-and-strip, or slant-and-step parallax barrier is formed of light-transmissive elements  15  and shielding elements  16 . The opening part herein refers to a light-transmissive element  15  of the parallax barrier. Thus, on the plane of the parallax barrier  12 , the reference point position C B  must be set on the center of the light-transmissive element  15  of the parallax barrier, and the position is the geometrical center of the plane of the parallax barrier  12 , or close to the center of the plane of the parallax barrier  12 . 
     In view of the above, as shown in  FIG. 2  to  FIG. 5 , only when the reference point position C B  of the parallax barrier  12  is consistent with the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11 , the viewing center C E  can be fixed at a specific and appropriate position. For display of an even number-view 3D image, on the XY plane, due to a relation of even number symmetry, the viewer can view the 3D image at the central position of the screen, that is, the viewing center C E  is consistent with the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11 ; while for display of an odd number-view 3D image, on the XY plane, due to a relation of odd number symmetry, the viewer cannot view the 3D image at the central position of the screen, and only after deviating the distance of L E /2 to the left or to the right relative to the screen center, the viewer can view the 3D image, that is, the viewing center C E  is deviated the distance of L E /2 from the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11 . However, for the foregoing ideal state, due to the insufficient assembly and positioning precision, when the reference point position C B  of the parallax barrier  12  is inconsistent with the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen  11 , the viewing center is deviated. Additionally, due to the insufficient assembly and repetition accuracy, during the mass production, the viewing center may easily become inconsistent, and cause a low product quality. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     To solve the problem of assembly and positioning of the reference point position C B  of the parallax barrier and the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen, the present invention provides a method for positioning a viewing center of a parallax barrier, which mainly comprises: disposing a reference point and multiple alignment markers respectively at appropriate places of the parallax barrier and a flat panel display element, and performing the position measurement and alignment of multiple alignment markers, so as to achieve a purpose of setting a viewing center at a specific and appropriate position. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below for illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, and wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic view of a structure and viewing of a conventional parallax barrier 3D display; 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic view of a viewing center of a parallax barrier with 2-view 3D image; 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic view of a viewing center of a parallax barrier with 4-view 3D image; 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic view of a viewing center of a parallax barrier with 3-view 3D image; 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic view of a viewing center of a parallax barrier with 5-view 3D image; 
         FIG. 6  is a schematic structural view of a conventional vertical strip parallax barrier; 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic structural view of a conventional slant-and-strip parallax barrier; 
         FIG. 8  is a schematic structural view of a conventional slant-and-step parallax barrier; 
         FIG. 9  is a schematic view of a viewing center without offset of a 2-view 3D image display; 
         FIG. 10  is a schematic view of a viewing center with offset of a 2-view 3D image display; 
         FIG. 11  shows calculated values of L E , ΔB, and ΔC; 
         FIG. 12  is a schematic view of a first example of an alignment marker; 
         FIG. 13  is a schematic view of a second example of an alignment marker; 
         FIG. 14  is a schematic view of a third example of an alignment marker; 
         FIG. 15  and  FIG. 16  are schematic views of a first exemplary structure of a pair of alignment markers; 
         FIG. 17  and  FIG. 18  are schematic views of a second exemplary structure of a pair of alignment markers; 
         FIG. 19  and  FIG. 20  are schematic views of a third exemplary structure of a pair of alignment markers; and 
         FIG. 21  is a schematic structural view of a cross line. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     For the deviation of the viewing center generated when the reference point position of the parallax barrier is inconsistent with the reference point position of the flat panel display screen, firstly, a displacement of a viewing center is calculated according to theories. For the convenience of illustration with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter, display of a 2-view 3D image is illustrated as an example. 
       FIG. 9  is a schematic view of a viewing center without offset of a 2-view 3D image display. A reference point position of the parallax barrier is consistent with a reference point position of the flat panel display screen. A width of the view combination unit images  0  and  1  is P (that is, a width of a pixel or a sub-pixel), while a width of the opening of the parallax barrier  12  is B 0 . The plane of the parallax barrier and the plane of the flat panel display screen are in a parallel state, and for Z-axis, no angle rotation occurs between the two planes. When the reference point position of the parallax barrier is consistent with the reference point position of the flat panel display screen, the viewing center C E  and the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen can be in a consistent state, that is, on the XY plane, both the C E  and the C S  are located on the coordinate origin (0,0). According to ROC Patent No. 098128986, relations among parameters are as follows: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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       FIG. 10  is a schematic view of a viewing center with offset of a 2-view 3D image display. Provided that the parallax barrier  12  is offset by a displacement ΔB to the right, the displacement ΔB of the parallax barrier has the following relation:
 
ΔB=mB 0   (3)
 
     where m may be a real number. Referring to  FIG. 10 , when the parallax barrier  12  is offset by ΔB to the right, on the optimum viewing distance Z 0 , the optimum viewing point P( 1 ) and P( 0 ) and the viewing center C E  are all moved by a displacement ΔC to the right, and are offset to positions of P′( 1 ), P′( 0 ), and C′ E  respectively. ΔC and ΔB have the following relation: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     According to Formulas (1) and (2), the following formula is obtained: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     Substitute Formula (3) into Formula (5), and the following formula is obtained:
 
ΔC=mL E   (6)
 
     Referring to  FIG. 11 , L E , ΔB, and ΔC are calculated according to the widths of the sub-pixels of two currently existing and commonly used flat panel display screens, and with smaller and different values of m. 
     Additionally, both the structure of the parallax barrier and the arrangement of the view image are characterized in having spatial periodicity distribution, so Formula (6) also reflects the characteristic of spatial periodicity variation. For example, when m=N o  (N o  is a positive odd integer), ΔC=N o L E . That is to say, if the parallax barrier  12  is offset by a displacement N o B 0  to the right, the optimum viewing points P( 1 ) and P( 0 ) and the viewing center C E  are all moved by a displacement N o L E  to the right. Thus, when a deviation between the reference point position C B  of the parallax barrier and the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen has a relation of odd number times of B 0 , and the viewer is located at the original viewing center C E  to view the 3D image, an inversion of left and right images occurs. 
     When m=N e  (N e  is a positive even integer), ΔC=N e L E . That is to say, if the parallax barrier  12  is offset by a displacement N e B 0  to the right, the optimum viewing points P( 1 ) and P( 0 ) and the viewing center C E  are all moved by a displacement N e L E  to the right. Thus, if the viewer is located at the original viewing center C E  to view the 3D image, the viewer may also view a correct 3D image. In this case, when the deviation between the reference point position C B  of the parallax barrier and the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen has a relation of even number times of B 0 , the viewing center C E  and the center point C S  of the flat panel display screen can be in a consistent state. 
     Further, for a multi-view image with a number of views exceeding 2, the displacement relation may be a multiple of nNB 0 , where N is the number of views, and n is an integer. In view of the above, when a relative position between the reference point position C B  of the parallax barrier and the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen has a relation of nNB 0 , and N=an even integer, the viewing center C E  and the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen can be in a consistent state; while when N=an odd integer, the viewing center C E  is deviated the distance of L E /2 from the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen. Thus, due to the characteristic of spatial periodicity distribution, during practical production and assembly, the relative positions of the C B  and the C S  are not required to be fully consistent, but when the relative positions thereof have a displacement deviation of nNB 0 , a state that the C E  and the C S  are consistent (for the even number-view) or a state that the C E  is deviated L E /2 from the C S  (for the odd number-view) is achieved. 
     In addition, according to Formula (5), the following formula is also obtained: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     Formula (7) presents a tolerable displacement ΔB of the parallax barrier, that is, the allowed displacement ΔB of the parallax barrier can be obtained when the displacement ΔC of the viewing center caused by an assembly error in the X-axis direction is required to be smaller than a certain amount. 
     Referring to  FIG. 11 , for a flat panel display screen with P=0.1 mm, if the displacement ΔC of the viewing center is required to be smaller than about 10 mm, the tolerable displacement ΔB of the parallax barrier needs to be smaller than about 14 μm; while if ΔC is required to be smaller than about 5 mm, the tolerable displacement ΔB of the parallax barrier needs to be smaller than about 7 μm. Thus, the smaller the displacement ΔC of the viewing center is needed, the higher the required assembly precision is. Further, the smaller the P is, the higher the required assembly precision is for the same ΔC requirement. 
     During the mass production, in order to control the tolerable displacement ΔB of the parallax barrier below a certain amount, high precision alignment and assembly must be performed on the parallax barrier and the flat panel display screen, to achieve the demand of consistent quality. For positioning assembly, a common alignment and assembly technology of the existing industry can be utilized, that is, a high precision alignment table having high resolution microscopy equipment is utilized, and alignment markers are disposed on an assembled object, so that high precision alignment and assembly can be achieved by performing the position measurement and alignment of multiple alignment markers. 
     Therefore, a method for positioning a viewing center of a parallax barrier according to the present invention mainly includes: disposing a reference point and multiple alignment markers respectively at appropriate places of the parallax barrier and a flat panel display screen, and performing the position measurement and alignment of multiple alignment markers by using an existing high precision alignment table having high resolution microscopy equipment, so as to control the tolerable displacement ΔB of the parallax barrier below a certain amount, and achieve a purpose that the viewing center is consistent with the screen reference point position. Hereinafter, two alignment markers are illustrated as an example. 
       FIG. 12  is a schematic view of an alignment marker. Both the flat panel display screen  11  and the parallax barrier  12  have an active area  20 . That is to say, for the flat panel display screen  11 , RGB sub-pixels for image display are disposed in the active area  20 ; while for the parallax barrier  12 , light-transmissive elements and shielding elements are disposed in the active area  20 . In the above method, firstly, a coordinate system XY is set, and the reference point position C B  of the parallax barrier and the reference point position C S  of the flat panel display screen are disposed at an origin (0,0) of the coordinate system XY. Generally, a practical design of the parallax barrier makes a size of the active area of the parallax barrier close to a size of the active area of the flat panel display screen. For the convenience of illustration with the accompanying drawings, the parallax barrier and the flat panel display screen have an active area  20  with the same dimension (W*H) herein. Additionally, a pair of alignment markers  30  and  31  are disposed out of the active area  20 , and the center point position A 1  and A 2  of the alignment marker  30  and  31  are (x 1 ,y 1 ) and (x 2 ,y 2 ) respectively where both (x 1 ,y 1 ) and (x 2 ,y 2 ) are preset as known values. Thus, performing angle and position alignment on the center point position A 1  and A 2  disposed on the flat panel display screen  11  and the parallax barrier  12  respectively is equivalent to performing alignment on the C B  and C S . 
     Referring to  FIG. 12 , the A 1  and A 2  are set at (x 1 ,y 1 )=(0,H/2+h) and (x 2 ,y 2 )=(0,−H/2−h). That is to say, the center point positions A 1  and A 2  of the alignment markers  30  and  31  are disposed on a vertical line of X=0. Here, h is a distance between the A 1 , A 2  and a boundary of the active area  20 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 13 , the A 1  and A 2  are set at (x 1 ,y 1 )=(−W/2,H/2+h) and (x 2 ,y 2 )=(−W/2,−H/2−h). That is to say, the center point positions A 1  and A 2  of the alignment markers  30  and  31  are disposed on a vertical line of X=−W/2. 
     Referring to  FIG. 14 , the A 1  and A 2  are set at (x 1 ,y 1 )=(−W/2,H/2+h) and (x 2 ,y 2 )=(W/2,−H/2−h). That is to say, the center point positions A 1  and A 2  of the alignment markers  30  and  31  are disposed at diagonal positions on the flat panel display screen  11  or the parallax barrier  12 . 
       FIG. 15 ,  FIG. 17 , and  FIG. 19  are schematic structural views of an alignment marker. The alignment marker may be formed of a pair of patterns  40  and  40 ′ with complementary geometrical structures, and the pair of patterns  40  and  40 ′ with the complementary geometrical structures are disposed on the flat panel display screen  11  and the parallax barrier  12  respectively. That is to say, if the pattern  40  with the complementary geometrical structure is disposed on the flat panel display screen  11 , the other pattern  40 ′ with the complementary geometrical structure is disposed on the parallax barrier  12 , or vice versa. Thus, after the flat panel display screen  11  and the parallax barrier  12  are aligned, the pair of patterns  40  and  40 ′ with the complementary geometrical structures form a complete pattern (such as blocks in  FIG. 16 ,  FIG. 18 , and  FIG. 20 ). In addition, according to a relative geometrical relation of the complementary patterns  40  and  40 ′, differences of angles and positions can be obtained (this is a conventional technology, and the details thereof will not be described herein again). 
       FIG. 15 ,  FIG. 17 , and  FIG. 19  are schematic structural views of various alignment markers. One pattern is set as a positive alignment marker  40 , and the other pattern is set as a negative alignment marker  40 ′. The positive and negative alignment markers  40  and  40 ′ are mainly formed of alignment patterns  41  and  41 ′ and cross lines  42  and  42 ′. The patterns with the complementary geometrical structures mean that, in the pair of patterns  40  and  40 ′ with the complementary geometrical structures, the alignment patterns  41  and  41 ′ and the cross lines  42  and  42 ′ have the same geometrical structure, but have different optical characteristics, that is, for patterns at the same corresponding position, one pattern has light-transmissive optical characteristic (for example, at a white position), and the other has shielding optical characteristic (for example, at a gray position). Additionally, the pair of patterns  40  and  40 ′ with the complementary geometrical structures have the same dimension (such as a square of D*D, and may also be a rectangle). The alignment patterns  41  and  41 ′ mainly have a basic strip or block structure, and in the basic structure, a length B of at least one side may have a relation of B=B 0 . Thus, the basic structure on the alignment patterns  41  and  41 ′ is also characterized in having the opening width B 0  of the parallax barrier, and provides a reference for alignment. 
     Referring to  FIG. 15 ,  FIG. 17 , and  FIG. 19 , center positions A and A′ of cross-points of the cross lines  42  and  42 ′ are set at the center point positions A 1  and A 2 , and respectively have light-transmissive and shielding optical characteristics. Further, referring to  FIG. 21 , the cross lines  42  and  42 ′ are formed of two lines having a fixed width b, and the line width b may be a black matrix line width between sub-pixels. Thus, the cross lines  42  and  42 ′ also have characteristics of the black matrix line width of the plane of the flat panel display screen, and also provide a reference for alignment. 
     Although two alignment markers are provided as an example for illustration, for a practical number thereof, more alignment markers with the same known center position can be added at appropriate places of the parallax barrier and planar display elements according to existing demands for a high precision alignment table having high resolution microscopy equipment, so as to improve the efficiency of alignment. Additionally, for existing flat panel display screens produced on a large scale, although alignment markers cannot be added any more, a known position of a sub-pixel position can be used as a reference for alignment, and the efficacy of setting a viewing center at a specific and appropriate position may also be achieved. 
     In view of the above, a method for positioning a viewing center of a parallax barrier according to the present invention mainly includes: disposing a reference point and multiple alignment markers respectively at appropriate places of the parallax barrier and a flat panel display, and performing the position measurement and alignment of multiple alignment markers by using an existing technology of high resolution microscopy and high precision alignment, so as to control the tolerable displacement ΔB of the parallax barrier below a certain amount, and achieve a purpose that the viewing center is consistent with the screen reference point position.