Samsung patents 3D display using stacked lenses with varying thickness
Samsung describes a display that creates 3D images by placing special lens sheets in front of a standard screen. These sheets contain lenses that act as either convex or concave glasses, arranged in alternating patterns to bend light correctly for the viewer's eyes.
In the filing’s own words
Provided is a display, including a light emitting device configured to emit light corresponding to image data through pixels, and lens sheets including gradient-index (GRIN) lenses, respectively, configured to operate as a convex lens or a concave lens based on different refractive indices based on a position, wherein the GRIN lenses includes first lenses operating as a convex lens and second lenses operating as a concave lens, respectively, wherein the first lenses and the second lenses are alternately disposed within the lens sheets, and wherein the first lenses included in a first lens sheet among the lens sheets is at an upper portion of the first lenses included in a second lens sheet among the lens sheets while light configured to provide a 3-dimensional image is being emitted from the light emitting device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A display, comprising: a light emitting device configured to emit light corresponding to image data through a plurality of pixels; and a plurality of lens sheets comprising a plurality of gradient-index (GRIN) lenses, respectively, the plurality of GRIN lenses being configured to operate as a convex lens or a concave lens based on different refractive indices based on a position in each lens of the plurality of GRIN lenses, wherein the plurality of GRIN lenses comprises a plurality of first lenses operating as a convex lens and a plurality of second lenses operating as a concave lens, respectively, wherein the plurality of first lenses and the plurality of second lenses are alternately disposed within the plurality of lens sheets, and wherein the plurality of first lenses included in a first lens sheet among the plurality of lens sheets is at an upper portion of the plurality of first lenses included in a second lens sheet among the plurality of lens sheets while light configured to provide a 3-dimensional image is being emitted from the light emitting device.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- DISPLAY MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE
- Publication number
- US20260277017A1
- Application number
- 19669525
- Filed
- May 6, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 16
Classified under
G02B 30/29 Physics & computingH10H 29/32 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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