Patent ID: 8599248

Claim:
A method of displaying a stereoscopic image, the method comprising: receiving an image signal; displaying a two-dimensional (2D) image on a display panel based on the image signal, the display panel comprising a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction, and a plurality of unit pixels disposed in both the first direction and the second direction, each of the plurality of unit pixels comprising a long side in parallel with the first direction and a short side in parallel with the second direction; opening and closing m shutters in a first sequence, ‘m’ being a natural number no less than 2, the m shutters corresponding to each of the unit pixels disposed in the first direction, the m shutters being included in a temporal division plate comprising a plurality of shutters, the temporal division plate being disposed on the display panel such that each of the plurality of shutters extends in the second direction; and converting the 2D image into a three-dimensional (3D) image, the 2D image passing through the temporal division plate and through a plurality of lenticular lenses disposed on the temporal division plate.