Patent ID: 8786685

Claim:
A stereoscopic display system comprising: a stereoscopic image processor; a display panel comprising: a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels, wherein the plurality of first pixels includes at least a first row of pixels, wherein the plurality of second pixels includes at least a second row of pixels, wherein the at least the first row of pixels and the at least the second row of pixels are interlaced, wherein the display panel receives image data associated with a first channel of a stereoscopic image pair and the at least one first row of pixels and image data associated with a second channel of a stereoscopic image pair and the at least one second row of pixels; a polarization rotation layer comprising: a plurality of first portions, each first portion being associated with a particular first row of the at least the first row, wherein each first portion of the polarization rotation layer is configured to impart a first polarization to the particular first row of the at least the first row, wherein each first portion is configured to impart a first polarization to light received from the particular first row during a first sub-frame of each stereoscopic image frame of a plurality of image frames; and a plurality of second portions, each second portion being associated with a particular second row of the at least the second row, wherein each second portion of the polarization rotation layer is configured to impart a second polarization to the particular second row of the at least the second row, wherein each second portion is configured to impart a second polarization to light received from the particular second row during the first sub-frame of each stereoscopic image frame of the plurality of image frames; and an electro-optical panel configured to: receive light from each first portion of the polarization rotation layer and each second portion of the polarization rotation layer during each sub-frame of each stereoscopic image frame; alter polarizations associated with each of the at least the first row and the at least the second row by imparting a first phase shift during each first sub-frame; alter polarizations associated with each of the at least the first row and the at least the second row by imparting a second phase shift during each second sub-frame; and receive control signals from the stereoscopic image processor to coordinate the first phase shift and the second phase shift with transitions between each first sub-frame and each second sub-frame and with transitions between each second sub-frame and each first sub-frame, wherein the stereoscopic display system is configured for full 3D (three-dimensional) resolution with respect to a total number of pixel rows.