Patent ID: 7986375

Claim:
A multi-view autostereoscopic display device ( 101 ) comprising: an image forming means ( 103 ) having an array of display pixels ( 105 ) for producing a display, the display pixels ( 105 ) being arranged in rows and columns; a view forming means ( 109 , 117 ) positioned in registration with the image forming means ( 103 ) and having an array of view forming elements ( 111 ) that are switchable between a transmitting state and a shielding state, the view forming elements ( 111 ) each being configurable to focus the output of groups of the display pixels ( 105 ) into a plurality of views projected in different horizontal directions; and a driving means ( 119 ) arranged to drive the image forming means ( 103 ) with display data and to switch the view forming elements ( 111 ) of the view forming means ( 109 , 117 ), wherein the driving means ( 119 ) is arranged to: in a first portion of a driving cycle, drive a first group of display pixels ( 105 ) with display data for a first plurality of views and switch first and second view forming elements ( 111 b , 111 c ) that are horizontally adjacent to each other to transmitting and shielding states respectively, so that the first plurality of views can be observed through the first view forming element ( 111 b ); and in a second portion of the driving cycle, drive the first group of display pixels ( 105 ) with display data for a second plurality of views and switch the first and second view forming elements ( 111 b , 111 c ) to shielding and transmitting states respectively, so that the second plurality of views can be observed through the second view forming element ( 111 c ).