US 7,612,834 B2
Parallax barrier, multiple display device and parallax barrier manufacturing method
Kazunori Tanimoto, Kizugawa (Japan); and Tatsuji Saitoh, Kobe (Japan)
Assigned to Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka (Japan)
Appl. No. 11/995,146
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2006, PCT No. PCT/JP2006/312722
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jan. 09, 2008,
PCT Pub. No. WO2007/013249, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 01, 2007.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-215009 (JP), filed on Jul. 25, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2009/0080099 A1, Mar. 26, 2009
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 349—15  [349/110] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A parallax barrier for use in combination with a display panel and for permitting different images to be displayed respectively to different display directions of the display panel, the parallax barrier comprising:
a light-blocking layer on a transparent substrate, the light-blocking layer having a repeated pattern arranged at pitches; wherein
some of the pitches are different from others of the pitches.