Patent ID: 8638402

Claim:
A stereoscopic display comprising: a display panel configured to display an image in a first arrangement state and a second arrangement state; and a variable liquid crystal device arranged to face a display surface of the display panel, wherein the variable liquid crystal device has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and is configured to change a refractive index distribution in the liquid crystal layer by controlling a potential between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein sub-pixels in the display panel have a rectangular shape, a longer side direction of the sub-pixels coincides with the vertical direction when the display panel is the first arrangement state, and a shorter side direction of the sub-pixels coincides with the vertical direction when the display panel is in the second arrangement state, and the sub-pixels are sequentially disposed in a brick layer staggered arrangement, and further wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is arranged along a first direction different from the longer side direction and the shorter side direction.