Lenticular 3D Display Shuttering for Wider Viewing Angles

The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the shutter mechanism movable and controllable. Instead of a fixed shutter, the system uses independently controllable shutters that can dynamically adjust their opening and closing states. This allows the display apparatus to adaptively control which lenticular lenses are active at different times, thereby increasing the number of perceivable directional stereoscopic images from a fixed small number to a dynamically adjustable larger number, resolving the contradiction between viewing angle and display quality.

The patent implements periodic action through time-division multiplexing of the shutter operations. The shutters are driven to open and close in periodic cycles, with different shutter groups being activated in alternating time periods. This periodic switching allows multiple sets of directional stereoscopic images to be displayed sequentially, enabling the human visual system to integrate them into a comprehensive 3D perception, thereby expanding the effective viewing angle and display quality beyond what any single fixed shutter configuration could achieve.

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the lenticular lens array into multiple groups, with each group associated with a specific shutter. Instead of using one complex shutter for all lenses, the system segments the control into multiple simpler shutters that can be independently operated. This segmentation allows the display apparatus to selectively activate different groups of lenticular lenses in different time periods, thereby displaying multiple directional stereoscopic images without requiring a single overly complex shutter mechanism.

The patent implements multi-functionality by designing the shutter system so that each shutter can serve multiple lenticular lens groups. The shutters are not dedicated to single lenses but can control multiple lenses within their assigned groups. This universal control approach reduces the total number of shutters needed compared to a one-to-one mapping, thereby reducing device complexity while still enabling the display of multiple directional stereoscopic images through time-division multiplexing.