This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 100132279, filed on Sep. 7, 2011. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
1.Technical Field
The disclosure relates to a display system and an optical module. Particularly, the disclosure relates to a stereoscopic display system and a screen module.
2. Related Art
With development of display technology, displays having better image quality, richer color performance and better performance effect are continuously developed. In recent years, a stereoscopic display technology has extended from cinema applications to home display applications. Since a key technique of the stereoscopic display technology is to ensure a left eye and a right eye of a user to respectively view left-eye images and right-eye images of different viewing angles, according to the conventional stereoscopic display technology, the user generally wears a special pair of glasses to filter the left-eye images and the right-eye images.
However, to wear the special pair of glasses may generally cause a lot of inconveniences, especially for a nearsighted or farsighted user who has to wear a pair of glasses with corrected vision, the extra pair of special glasses may cause discomfort and inconvenience. Therefore, a naked-eye stereoscopic display technology becomes one of the key focuses in researches and developments. A conventional naked-eye stereoscopic display is suitable for producing a plurality of viewing zones in space, and displays images of different viewing angles at different viewing zones. When the left eye and the right eye of the user are respectively located at two adjacent viewing zones, the user can view two images of different viewing angles. In this way, the two images of different viewing angles can be combined into a stereoscopic image in user's brain.
The naked-eye stereoscopic display is designed based on viewing zones, which may achieve an optimal viewing effect at designed view points. However, in case the viewers are at places other than the designed view points, the viewing stereoscopic effect is obviously decreased, and a spatial position of an object is varied along with positions of the viewer, and such characteristic may cause uncomfortable and unnatural feelings when viewing.
An exemplary embodiment provides a stereoscopic display system including a plurality of image projection apparatuses and a screen module. The image projection apparatuses are configured to respectively project a plurality of image beams, and the screen module is disposed on transmission paths of the image beams. The screen module includes an optical diffusion layer, a first image guiding plate, and a second image guiding plate. The optical diffusion layer is disposed on the transmission paths of the image beams. The first image guiding plate is disposed on the transmission paths of the image beams, and is disposed between the image projection apparatuses and the optical diffusion layer. The first image guiding plate includes a plurality of first optical structures arranged in period for projecting the image beams to different positions on the optical diffusion layer. The second image guiding plate is disposed on the transmission paths of the image beams, and the optical diffusion layer is disposed between the first image guiding plate and the second image guiding plate. The second image guiding plate includes a plurality of second optical structures arranged in period for respectively guiding the image beams projected on the optical diffusion layer by different image projection apparatuses to a plurality of different directions, where after a plurality of different partial beams of the image beam projected by the same image projection apparatus are respectively guided by the second optical structures, the partial beams are substantially parallel to each other on at least one cross-section.
An exemplary embodiment provides a screen module including an optical diffusion layer, a first image guiding plate, and a second image guiding plate. The first image guiding plate is disposed at one side of the optical diffusion layer, and includes a plurality of first optical structures arranged in period. The second image guiding plate is disposed at another side of the optical diffusion layer, and the optical diffusion layer is disposed between the first image guiding plate and the second image guiding plate. The second image guiding plate includes a plurality of second optical structures arranged in period, where a pitch of the second optical structures is greater than a pitch of the first optical structures.
An exemplary embodiment provides a stereoscopic display system including a plurality of image projection apparatuses and a screen module. The image projection apparatuses are configured to respectively project a plurality of image beams, and the screen module is disposed on transmission paths of the image beams. The screen module includes a first image guiding means, an optical diffusion means, and a second image guiding means. The first image guiding means is for respectively projecting the image beams to different positions. The optical diffusion means is for diffusing the image beams projected by the first image guiding means. The second image guiding plate is for respectively guiding the image beams projected by different image projection apparatuses and diffused by the optical diffusion means to a plurality of different directions, where after a plurality of different partial beams of the image beam projected by the same image projection apparatus are guided by the second image guiding means, the partial beams are substantially parallel to each other on at least one cross-section.
In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the disclosure comprehensible, several exemplary embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
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Below, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail with reference to accompanying drawings so as to be easily realized by a person having ordinary knowledge in the art. The inventive concept may be embodied in various forms without being limited to the exemplary embodiments set forth herein. Descriptions of well-known parts are omitted for clarity, and like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.
In the present embodiment, the optical diffusion layer 210 is disposed on transmission paths of the image beams 112a, 112b and 112c. The first image guiding plate 220 is disposed on the transmission paths of the image beams 112a, 112b and 112c, and is located between the image projection apparatuses 110 and the optical diffusion layer 210. The first image guiding plate 220 includes a plurality of first optical structures 222 arranged in period for projecting the image beams 112a, 112b and 112c to different positions on the optical diffusion layer 210. The second image guiding plate 230 is disposed on the transmission paths of the image beams 112a, 112b and 112c, and the optical diffusion layer 210 is disposed between the first image guiding plate 220 and the second image guiding plate 230. The second image guiding plate 230 includes a plurality of second optical structures 232 arranged in period for respectively guiding the image beams 112a, 112b and 112c projected on the optical diffusion layer 210 by different image projection apparatuses 110 to a plurality of different directions, where after the different partial beams 112a1-112a3, 112b1-112b3, or 112c1-112c3 of the image beams 112a, 112b, or 112c projected by the same image projection apparatus 110 (e.g. 110a, 110b, or 110c) are respectively guided by the second optical structures 232, the partial beams 112a1-112a3, 112b1-112b3, or 112c1-112c3 are substantially parallel to each other on at least one cross-section (for example, the figure plane of
In the present embodiment, a pitch of the second optical structures 232 is greater than a pitch of the first optical structures 222. Moreover, in the present embodiment, the pitch of the first optical structures 222 is, for example, p1, the pitch of the second optical structures 232 is, for example, p2, a distance between the first optical structures 222 and the optical diffusion layer 210 is d, a distance between the image projection apparatuses 110 and the first optical structures 222 along a direction perpendicular to the optical diffusion layer 210 is D, and the stereoscopic display system 100 of the embodiment is substantially complied with a following equation:
p
2=(1+d/D)p1
In detail, in the present embodiment, the first image guiding plate 220 is, for example, a lenticular plate, and each of the first optical structures 222 is, for example, a lenticular lens. Each of the first optical structures 222 extends along a first direction D1, and the first optical structures 222 are arranged along a second direction D2. Moreover, in the present embodiment, the second image guiding plate 230 is, for example, a lenticular plate, and each of the second optical structures 232 is, for example, a lenticular lens. Each of the second optical structures 232 extends along the first direction D1, and the second optical structures 232 are arranged along the second direction D2. In the present embodiment, the lenticular lens refers to a lens having a surface curved along one direction and non-curved along another perpendicular direction. For example, in the present embodiment, the surface of the first optical structure 222 and the surface of the second optical structure 232 are not curved along the first direction D1, and are curved along the second direction D2, where the first direction D1 is substantially perpendicular to the second direction D2 in this embodiment. However, in other embodiments, the first direction D1 can be non-perpendicular to the second direction D2. In the present embodiment, the direction (the second direction D2) along which the first optical structures 222 present periodicity is substantially the same to the direction (the second direction D2) along which the second optical structures 232 present periodicity. Moreover, in the present embodiment, an arranging direction (for example, the second direction D2) of the image projection apparatuses 110 is substantially parallel to the direction (the second direction D2) along which the first optical structures 222 present periodicity. In other embodiments, the stereoscopic display system 100 is substantially complied with p2=N(1+d/D)p1, or substantially complied with p2=(1+d/D)p1/N, where N is a positive integer.
In the present embodiment, each of the first optical structures 222 (i.e. the lenticular lens) has a cylindrical surface 223, the aforementioned distance d is a distance between a center of curvature C1 of each of the cylindrical surfaces 223 and the optical diffusion layer 210, the aforementioned distance D is a distance between the image projection apparatuses 110 and the center of curvature C1 of the cylindrical surfaces 223 along a direction perpendicular to the optical diffusion layer 210, and p2 is substantially equal to (1+d/D)p1.
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Since the stereoscopic display system 100 of the present embodiment is complied with that p2 is substantially equal to (1+d/D)p1, the partial beams 112a1, 112b1 and 112c1 projected to the positions Q1, Q2 and Q3 are respectively guided to different directions by the second optical structure 232a, and after the partial beams 112a1-112a3, 112b1-112b3, or 112c1-112c3 (for example, the partial beams 112a1, 112a2 and 112a3) of the image beam 112a, 112b, or 112c (for example, the image beam 112a) projected by the same image projection apparatuses 110 (for example, the mage projection apparatus 110a) are respectively guided by the second optical structures 232 (for example, the second optical structures 232a, 232b and 232c), the partial beams 112a1-112a3, 112b1-112b3, or 112c1-112c3 (for example, the partial beams 112a1, 112a2 and 112a3) are substantially parallel to each other on at least one cross-section (for example, on any plane parallel to the figure plane of
When a left eye and a right eye of a user are aligned to be about parallel to the second direction D2, regardless of the position where the user locates in front of the screen module 200, the user may regard that the position of the object to be displayed by the stereoscopic display system 100 falls on the light spots located in front of or at the back of the screen module 200. Since the positions of the light spots are not changed along with the position of the user, when the user is located at a different position, the user does not feel a position variation of the displayed object. In this way, the stereoscopic display system 100 can present the same stereoscopic display quality to the users located at different viewing positions. Moreover, since the stereoscopic display system 100 does not produce the stereoscopic images according to the conventional multi-viewing zone principle, the stereoscopic display system 100 of the present embodiment is different from the conventional stereoscopic display whose user needs to locate at an optimal viewing distance in order to view good stereoscopic images. In other words, the stereoscopic display system 100 of the present embodiment is not limited by the conventional optimal viewing distance, i.e. the viewing position and the viewing distance of the user are not limited. In this way, the user can arbitrarily move in front of the screen module 200 and can still have a good stereoscopic viewing effect.
In the present embodiment, the optical diffusion layer 210 falls approximately on a focal plane of the first optical structures 222 (i.e. the lenticular lenses), and the optical diffusion layer 210 falls approximately on a focal plane of the second optical structures 232 (i.e. the lenticular lenses). When the optical diffusion layer 210 just falls on the focal planes of the first optical structures 222 and the second optical structures 232, a relative correct and good stereoscopic display effect is achieved, though if the number of the image projection apparatuses 110 is inadequate, the user may feel discontinuity of the displayed stereoscopic image, for example, discontinuity between the position Q1 and the position Q2 is liable to be perceived by the user. In order to mitigate such problem, the optical diffusion layer 210 is designed not to just fall on the focal plane of the first optical structures 222, instead, the optical diffusion layer 210 is designed to fall at a place a little bit ahead of or behind the focal plane of the first optical structures 222. In this way, the light spots projected to the position Q1 and the position Q2 are slightly out of focus to have a larger size, so that the position Q1 and the position Q2 look more continuous, and the user may feel a continuous and even displayed stereoscopic image. Similarly, the optical diffusion layer 210 is designed not to just fall on the focal plane of the second optical structures 232, in stead, the optical diffusion layer 210 is designed to fall at a place a little bit ahead of or behind the focal plane of the second optical structures 232, so that the displayed stereoscopic image can be continuous and even. In an embodiment, the optical diffusion layer 210 is designed not to just fall on the focal planes of the first optical structure 222 and the second optical structures 232, simultaneously. In the present embodiment, a distance between the optical diffusion layer 210 and the focal plane of the first optical structures 222 is, for example, smaller than ¼ of a focal length of the first optical structure 222, and a distance between the optical diffusion layer 210 and the focal plane of the second optical structures 232 is, for example, smaller than ¼ of a focal length of the second optical structure 232, and in such range, the stereoscopic display effects of the stereoscopic images are all acceptable, and the designer or the user can determine values used in such range according to demands of the image evenness and the stereoscopic display effect.
In the present embodiment, the first image guiding means can be implemented by the first image guiding plate 220A, the optical diffusion means can be implemented by the optical diffusion layer 210, and the second image guiding means can be implemented by the second image guiding plate 230.
In the present embodiment, the first image guiding means can be implemented by the first image guiding plate 220, the optical diffusion means can be implemented by the optical diffusion layer 210, and the second image guiding means can be implemented by the second image guiding plate 230B.
In the present embodiment, the first direction D1 is substantially perpendicular to the second direction D2. However, in other embodiments, the first direction D1 can be non-perpendicular to the second direction D2.
In the present embodiment, the first image guiding means can be implemented by the first image guiding plate 220A, the optical diffusion means can be implemented by the optical diffusion layer 210, and the second image guiding means can be implemented by the second image guiding plate 230B.
In the present embodiment, the arranging direction and the extending direction of the lenticular lenses (including the first optical structures 222D and the second optical structures) are oblique to the arranging direction of the image projection apparatuses 110. However, in other embodiments, when the first image guiding plate is a grating, an arranging direction and an extending direction of the slits of the first image guiding plate are oblique to the arranging direction of the image projection apparatuses 110. Moreover, when the second image guiding plate is a grating, an arranging direction and an extending direction of the slits of the second image guiding plate are oblique to the arranging direction of the image projection apparatuses 110.
In the present embodiment, the first image guiding plate 220D and the second image guiding plate are, for example, lenticular plates, though in other embodiments, at least one of the first image guiding plate 220D and the second image guiding plate can be replaced by a grating, and each slit of the grating extends along the first direction D1′, and the slits of the grating are arranged along the second direction D2′.
Moreover, in the present embodiment, a pitch of the first optical structures 222D is, for example, p1, a pitch of the second optical structures is, for example, p2, a distance between the first optical structures 222D and the optical diffusion layer 210 is d, a distance between the image projection apparatuses 110 and the first optical structures 222D along a direction perpendicular to the optical diffusion layer 210 is D, and the stereoscopic display system 100D of the present embodiment is substantially complied with p2=N(1+d/D)p1, or is substantially complied with p2(1+d/D)p1/N, where N is a positive integer.
In the present embodiment, the first image guiding means can be implemented by the first image guiding plate having the oblique first optical structures 222D, the optical diffusion means can be implemented by the optical diffusion layer, and the second image guiding means can be implemented by the second image guiding plate having the oblique second optical structures.
In the present embodiment, first optical structures 222E of the first image guiding plate 220E present periodicity in two dimensions, second optical structures 232E of the second image guiding plate 230E present periodicity in two dimensions, and the image projection apparatuses 110 are arranged in a two-dimensional array. Moreover, after a plurality of different partial beams of the image beam projected by the same image projection apparatus 110 are respectively guided by the second optical structures 232E, the partial beams are substantially parallel to each other.
In detail, in the present embodiment, the first optical structures 222E of the first image guiding plate 220E not only has a pitch p1 along the first direction D1, but also has a pitch p3 along the second direction D2. Moreover, the second optical structures 232E of the second image guiding plate 230E not only has a pitch p2 along the first direction D1, but also has a pitch p4 along the second direction D2, where the pitch p2 is greater than the pitch p1, and the pitch p4 is greater than the pitch p3. In the present embodiment, image projection apparatuses 110 are arranged in a two-dimensional array along the first direction D1 and the second direction D2. In the present embodiment, the first direction D1 is substantially perpendicular to the second direction D2. However, in other embodiments, the first direction D1 can be non-perpendicular to the second direction D2. In the present embodiment, p2 is substantially equal to (1+d/D)p1, and p4 is substantially equal to (1+d/D)p3. In other embodiments, the stereoscopic display system 100E of the present embodiment is substantially complied with p2=N(1+d/D)p1, or is substantially complied with p2=(1+d/D)p1/N, where N is a positive integer. Moreover, in other embodiments, the stereoscopic display system 100E is substantially complied with p4=N′(1+d/D)p3, or is substantially complied with p4=(1+d/D)p3/N′, where N′ is a positive integer.
In the present embodiment, the first image guiding plate 220E is, for example, a lens array plate, each of the first optical structures 222E is a lens, and the lenses are arranged in a two-dimensional array. Moreover, the second image guiding plate 230E is, for example, a lens array plate, each of the second optical structures 232E is a lens, and the lenses are arranged in a two-dimensional array. In the present embodiment, each of the first optical structures 222E (i.e. the lens) has a spherical surface 223E, a distance between a center of curvature of each spherical surface 223E and the optical diffusion layer 210 is d, a distance between the image projection apparatuses 110 and the center of curvature of the spherical surfaces 223E along a direction perpendicular to the optical diffusion layer 210 is D, where p2 is substantially equal to (1+d/D)p1, and p4 is substantially equal to (1+d/D)p3.
Moreover, in the present embodiment, the optical diffusion layer 210 falls approximately on a focal plane of the first optical structures 222E (i.e. the lenses). Moreover, the optical diffusion layer 210 falls approximately on a focal plane of the second optical structures 232E (i.e. the lenses).
In other words, a cross-section perpendicular to the second direction D2 and a cross-section perpendicular to the first direction D1 of the stereoscopic display system 100E of the present embodiment are the same as that shown in
In other embodiments, the arranging direction of the lenses (including the first optical structures 222E and the second optical structures 232E) can also be oblique to the arranging direction of the image projection apparatuses 110.
A cross-section perpendicular to the second direction D2 and a cross-section perpendicular to the first direction D1 of the stereoscopic display system 100F of the present embodiment are the same as that shown in
In another embodiment, the second image guiding plate 230E (i.e. the lenticular plate) of
In the present embodiment, the arranging direction of the pinholes (the first optical structures 222F) is in accordance with the arranging direction of the image projection apparatuses 110. However, in other embodiments, the arranging direction of the pinholes (the first optical structures 222F) can be oblique to the arranging direction of the image projection apparatuses 110. Moreover, when the pinhole array plate is used to replace the second image guiding plate 230E, an arranging direction of the pinholes of such pinhole array plate can be in accordance with the arranging direction of the image projection apparatuses 110, or the arranging direction of the pinholes of such pinhole array plate can be oblique to the arranging direction of the image projection apparatuses 110.
In the present embodiment, the first image guiding means can be implemented by the first image guiding plate 220F, the optical diffusion means can be implemented by the optical diffusion layer 210, and the second image guiding means can be implemented by the second image guiding plate 230E.
Np
2G=(1+d/D)p1G
where N is a positive integer, and in the present embodiment, N=2 is taken as an example, though in an actual application, N can be any positive integer. According to such structure, in case of the same number of the image projection apparatuses 110, the amount of light emitted from the second optical structures 232G of the second image guiding plate 230G can be reduced to 1/N times, though N times image resolution is produced, namely, design flexibility is provided in case of a fixed value of a multiplication of the number of the image projection apparatuses 110, the amount of light and the image resolution.
In the present embodiment, the first image guiding means can be implemented by the first image guiding plate 220G, the optical diffusion means can be implemented by the optical diffusion layer 210, and the second image guiding means can be implemented by the second image guiding plate 230G.
In the present embodiment, an extending direction (i.e. the first direction D1) of the first optical structures 222G and the second optical structures 232G is substantially perpendicular to an arranging direction (i.e. the second direction D2) of the first optical structures 222G and the second optical structures 232G. However, in other embodiments, the first direction D1 can be non-perpendicular to the second direction D2.
p
2H
=N(1+d/D)p1H
where N is a positive integer, and in the present embodiment, N=2 is taken as an example, though in an actual application, N can be any positive integer. According to such structure, in case of the same number of the image projection apparatuses 110, the image resolution is reduced to 1/N times, so that the amount of light emitted from the second optical structures 232H of the second image guiding plate 230H can be increased to N times, namely, design flexibility of another direction is provided in case of a fixed value of the multiplication of the number of the image projection apparatuses 110, the amount of light and the image resolution.
In the present embodiment, the first image guiding means can be implemented by the first image guiding plate 220H, the optical diffusion means can be implemented by the optical diffusion layer 210, and the second image guiding means can be implemented by the second image guiding plate 230H.
In the present embodiment, an extending direction (i.e. the first direction D1) of the first optical structures 222H and the second optical structures 232H is substantially perpendicular to an arranging direction (i.e. the second direction D2) of the first optical structures 222H and the second optical structures 232H. However, in other embodiments, the first direction D1 can be non-perpendicular to the second direction D2.
Moreover, the pitch relationship of the embodiment of
In summary, in the stereoscopic display system according to the embodiments of the disclosure, since the image beams come from different image projection apparatuses are respectively guided to different directions, and a plurality of the different partial beams of the image beam projected by the same image projection apparatus are substantially parallel to each other on at least one cross-section, the partial beams of the image beams can form a plurality of virtual light spots in front of or at the back of the screen module, and the virtual light spots can form the object to be displayed. In this way, the stereoscopic display system according to the embodiments of the disclosure can display stereoscopic images, and since the positions of the light spots are not changed along with the position of the user, when the user is located at a different position, the user does not feel a position variation of the displayed object. In this way, the stereoscopic display system according to the embodiments of the disclosure can present the same stereoscopic display quality to the users located at different viewing positions. Moreover, since the stereoscopic display system according to the embodiments of the disclosure does not use the conventional multi-viewing zone principle, the stereoscopic display system, is not limited by the conventional optimal viewing distance. Therefore, besides more users can simultaneously view the stereoscopic image displayed by the stereoscopic display system, the user can arbitrarily move in front of the screen module and can still have a good stereoscopic viewing effect. In addition, in the screen module according to the embodiments of disclosure, since the pitch of the second optical structures is greater than the pitch of the first optical structures, the stereoscopic images can be produced.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the disclosed embodiments. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims and their equivalents.
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100132279 | Sep 2011 | TW | national |