Patent ID: 8605139

Claim:
A stereoscopic video display apparatus comprising: a plane display unit configured to include a display screen in which first to third subpixels having respectively different color components are arranged in a matrix form, each of the first to third subpixels, arranged consecutively, having a size in a row direction smaller than that in column direction each of the first to third subpixels having a size in a row direction smaller than that in column direction; an optical plate configured to be disposed to be opposed to the plane display unit, the optical plate having a plurality of optical aperture parts, a direction of extension of the optical aperture parts being aligned with a column direction of subpixels on the display screen, light rays from the plane display unit being controlled by the optical plate; and a drive unit configured to send data to the plane display unit, assign the data to the first to third subpixels in the plane display unit, and drive the plane display unit to display a stereoscopic video, the plane display unit including a configuration obtained by arranging the first subpixels on a first subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a second subpixel row adjacent to the first subpixel row, arranging the second subpixels on a third subpixel row adjacent to the second subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a fourth subpixel row adjacent to the third subpixel row, and arranging a set of the first to fourth subpixel rows in the column direction of subpixels on the display screen repeatedly, wherein the drive unit assigns an elemental image including a plurality of parallax images to each optical aperture part and assigns an elemental image display region in the plane display unit to each elemental image, the drive unit assigns one subpixel column to each parallax image, and selects three subpixels which are the first to third subpixels arranged consecutively in the column direction of subpixels with the third subpixel located in the center, as a pixel displaying each parallax image, and the drive unit performs driving to generate a signal value of a subpixel in one subpixel row shared by two adjacent rows in each frame when displaying each parallax image based on signal values of a color represented by the subpixel, of a plurality of pixels which display the parallax image in the two adjacent rows, at least one row located above the two adjacent rows, and at least one row located below the two adjacent rows.