3D Display Light-Splitting Assembly Layout to Reduce Moire Fringes
Solution Overview
Problem
3D display products suffer from Moire fringes, both macroscopic and microscopic, due to the arrangement of sub-pixels and light splitting structures, which affect display quality and visibility.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a staggered arrangement of pixel repetition units and light splitting structures, where sub-pixels in adjacent rows are staggered relative to each other, and light splitting units correspond to multiple columns of sub-pixels, ensuring a staggered and complementary distribution of light emitting regions to prevent continuous dark regions and Moire fringes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If sub-pixels are arranged in conventional aligned patterns with light splitting structures, then manufacturing is simplified, but Moire fringes (both macroscopic and microscopic) occur affecting display quality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies asymmetry by staggering the sub-pixels in adjacent pixel repetition unit rows relative to each other in the row direction. This asymmetric arrangement breaks the periodic alignment that causes Moire fringes, while the light splitting structures remain symmetrically arranged. The staggered configuration ensures that light emitting regions from different sub-pixels are distributed non-coincidentally, eliminating continuous dark regions and Moire fringe patterns.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a dimensional change by adding staggered offset in the row direction to the conventional aligned pixel arrangement. While sub-pixels maintain their column-aligned positions, the addition of row-direction staggering creates a two-dimensional displacement pattern that prevents the formation of Moire fringes. This dimensional modification transforms the one-dimensional periodic alignment into a two-dimensional distributed arrangement.
2Adaptability or versatility
If light splitting structures are arranged to correspond to multiple columns of sub-pixels, then viewing angles and pixel density are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing light splitting structures that serve multiple functions: they split light from multiple columns of sub-pixels simultaneously, enable both 3D and 2D display modes, and work effectively with staggered sub-pixel arrangements. Each light splitting structure corresponds to multiple columns of sub-pixels, creating a multi-functional system that achieves wide viewing angles and high pixel density without requiring separate structures for different display modes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the functions of multiple light splitting structures into a unified arrangement where each structure handles multiple sub-pixel columns. Instead of having separate light splitting structures for each sub-pixel column, the patent combines them into a shared architecture where M light splitting structures correspond to N columns of sub-pixels (with M < N), reducing overall structural complexity while maintaining multi-view capabilities.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The staggered arrangement effectively mitigates both macroscopic and microscopic Moire fringes, maintaining high resolution and reducing color crosstalk, while allowing for 3D and 2D display modes with improved viewing angles and pixel density.
Implementation Method 1
a light splitting assembly, positioned on a display side of the display panel and including a plurality of light splitting repetition units which extend in the column direction and are consecutively arranged in the row direction, wherein each of the light splitting repetition units include M light splitting structures which extend in the column direction and are consecutively arranged in the row direction
Data Source
AI summary
A display device includes a display panel and a light splitting assembly. The display panel includes pixel repetition units each including pixel islands arranged in a column direction, each pixel island includes sub-pixels arranged in a row direction, the pixel repetition units include pixel repetition unit rows, and the sub-pixels in at least some adjacent two pixel repetition unit rows are staggered in the row direction. The light splitting assembly is positioned on a display side of the display panel and includes light splitting repetition units extending in the column direction and arranged in the row direction, the light splitting repetition units include M light splitting structures extending in the column direction and arranged in the row direction, and each light splitting repetition unit corresponds to N columns of the sub-pixels, where each of M and N is an integer greater than 1, and M is coprime with N.


