Patent ID: 8144079

Claim:
A multiple view display comprising: a spatial light modulator comprising a plurality of pixels (L, R) arranged to display a plurality of spatially interlaced images for viewing by respective different viewers in respective different directions with respect to the display; and a parallax optic cooperating with the modulator substantially to restrict light from the modulator modulated by the different images to the respective different directions, the modulator further comprising a black mask defining pixel apertures of the pixels (L, R) and having portions between pixel apertures, which are horizontally adjacent in the horizontal direction of the designed image orientation on the display, which portions are of at least two different widths, the parallax optic comprising a plurality of parallax elements, each of which cooperates with a respective group of pixels (L, R), wherein the display is a multiple viewer display and the width of each portion of the black mask between pixels (L, R) of the same group is greater than the width of each portion of the black mask between pixels (L, R) of different groups.