US 12,222,497 B2
Display device
Masaaki Kabe, Tokyo (JP); Takeo Koito, Tokyo (JP); and Chikyu Nakaoka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Japan Display Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Japan Display Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/400,261.
Application 17/400,261 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/004412, filed on Feb. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-022752 (JP), filed on Feb. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0373329 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H04N 13/351 (2018.01); H04N 13/363 (2018.01)
CPC G02B 27/0101 (2013.01) [H04N 13/351 (2018.05); H04N 13/363 (2018.05); G02B 2027/0118 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0134 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. A display device comprising:
a display area including subpixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, and including a first area containing first subpixels in the subpixels and a second area containing second subpixels in the subpixels;
a light control element that is overlapped with the first area and is not overlapped with the second area;
a projection surface on which an image displayed in the display area is projected; and
at least one of one or more mirrors or one or more lenses for projecting the image on the projection surface, wherein
a virtual image perceived by a user who views the projection surface includes a first virtual image corresponding to the first area and perceived as a stereoscopic virtual image, and a second virtual image corresponding to the second area and perceived as a planar virtual image,
the display device comprises a peripheral part and a light shielding member, the light shielding member arranged between a predetermined first subpixels constituting the first subpixels and a predetermined second subpixels constituting the second subpixels,
the first area includes a third area capable of including one or more lines of the first subpixels, the third area being between a line of the first subpixels closest to the second area and the second area, and
a part of the light shielding member and a first light shielding member are arranged over a surface of the third area.