Samsung patents 3D screen using two lens layers and a light barrier
Samsung has filed a patent for a display system that creates 3D images without requiring special glasses. It uses a screen panel, two separate layers of tiny lenses, and a barrier with small holes to control how light reaches the viewer's eyes.
In the filing’s own words
A light field display apparatus is provided. The light field display apparatus includes a display panel configured to emit light that forms an image, a first lens array which is provided in the display panel and in which a plurality of first lenses are arranged, a second lens array which is arranged spaced apart from the first lens array and in which a plurality of second lenses are arranged, and a barrier arranged in any one place from among between the display panel and the first lens array, between the first lens array and the second lens array, or in front of the second lens array, wherein the barrier has an aperture that transmits the light.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A light field display apparatus comprising: a display panel configured to emit light that forms an image; a first lens array which is provided in the display panel and in which a plurality of first lenses are arranged; a second lens array which is arranged spaced apart from the first lens array and in which a plurality of second lenses are arranged; and a barrier arranged in any one place from among: between the display panel and the first lens array, between the first lens array and the second lens array, or in front of the second lens array, wherein the barrier has an aperture that transmits the light.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY APPARATUS
- Publication number
- US20260332738A1
- Application number
- 19468607
- Filed
- Feb 3, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 13/31 Electricity & electronicsH04N 13/128 Electricity & electronicsH04N 13/305 Electricity & electronicsH04N 13/32 Electricity & electronicsH04N 13/398 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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