Patent ID: 8879008

Claim:
A stereoscopic image panel comprising: a liquid crystal layer; a first parallax barrier layer including a first electrode unit adjacent to one side of the liquid crystal layer and a second electrode unit opposite the other side of the liquid crystal layer; and a second parallax barrier layer including a third electrode unit opposite one side of the liquid crystal layer, between the liquid crystal layer and the first electrode unit, and a fourth electrode unit positioned adjacent to the second electrode unit, wherein the second electrode unit is positioned between the liquid crystal layer and the fourth electrode unit; a driving circuit configured to apply a driving voltage to the stereoscopic image panel in a plurality of different driving states, wherein the driving states include: a first driving state, wherein: the driving voltage is simultaneously applied between the first electrode and the first electrode unit and between the second electrode and the first electrode unit; the first electrode is shorted to the third electrode; the second electrode is shorted to the third electrode; the first electrode is shorted to the fourth electrode; and the second electrode is shorted to the fourth electrode; a second driving state, wherein the driving voltage is simultaneously applied between the first electrode and the third electrode and between the second electrode and the fourth electrode; a third driving state, wherein: the driving voltage is simultaneously applied between the fourth electrode unit and the third electrode and between the fourth electrode unit and the fourth electrode; the first electrode is shorted to the third electrode; the second electrode is shorted to the third electrode; the first electrode is shorted to the fourth electrode; and the second electrode is shorted to the fourth electrode; and a fourth driving state, wherein the driving voltage is simultaneously applied between the second electrode and the third electrode and between the first electrode and the fourth electrode.