A geometric phase optical element and a three-dimensional display apparatus including the same are provided. The geometric phase optical element includes: a liquid crystal layer; a first electrode on a surface of the liquid crystal layer; and a second electrode on another surface of the liquid crystal layer, wherein, when no voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes, the liquid crystal layer is configured such that a phase difference according to an arrangement of the liquid crystal is π and light transmitted through the liquid crystal layer is diffracted by a first deflection angle, and when a first voltage that causes the phase difference according to the arrangement of the liquid crystal to become π/2 is applied to the first and second electrodes, the liquid crystal layer is configured such that the light transmitted through the liquid crystal layer is diffracted by a second deflection angle.

Provided are a display device and a control method thereof. The polarizer is disposed on a light-emitting side of the display panel, and the imaging module is disposed on a non-light-emitting side of the display panel. The display panel includes a first display region, and in a direction perpendicular to the polarizer, the polarizer covers the first display region and the imaging module at least partially overlaps the first display region. The polarizer includes a polarized state and an unpolarized state, and a light transmittance of the polarizer in the unpolarized state is greater than a light transmittance in the polarized state. The first reaction light emitting unit emits a first reaction light to the first display region. The polarizer includes a light sensitive structure, and the light sensitive structure adjusts the polarizer from the polarized state to the unpolarized state under the action of the first reaction light.

A display device for switching a viewing angle, can include a display panel, a polarizing plate disposed on the display panel, a light path control cell disposed on the polarizing plate and including a liquid crystal layer, and a light path conversion film disposed on the light path control cell and including a plurality of molecules including a polarization alignment dye. An absorption axis of the polarizing plate can be substantially perpendicular to an absorption axis of the light path conversion film. The display device can switch to a shared mode or a shielding mode depending on whether or not a voltage is applied to the light path control cell, thereby providing the display device that switches its viewing angle effectively.

Rolls of film are described. In particular, rolls of film including multilayer birefringent polarizers having low pass axis variation are described. The multilayer birefringent polarizers have low pass axis variation across a full crossweb width of the roll of film.

Provided are an image processing device, an imaging element, an image processing method, and an image processing program that satisfactorily generate a plurality of polarized image data from polarized image data acquired from an imaging element. A processor (200B) of an image processing device (200) performs an acquisition process of acquiring first image data from an imaging element (100) in which four first-polarizers having different polarization directions are regularly provided on pixels arranged in a two-dimensional manner, a first polarized image data generation process of performing a demosaicing process on the first image data to generate four pieces of first polarized image data having different polarization directions, and a second polarized image data generation process of generating four or less pieces of second polarized image data by using the four pieces of first polarized image data and a relationship between the polarization directions of the four first-polarizers stored in the memory (200C).

The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for improving the performance and efficiency of optical systems, such as optical systems for using head-mounted display system. The optical systems of the present disclosure may include polarized catadioptric optics, or “pancake optics,” which utilize a wire grid polarizer as a reflective polarizer. Wire grid polarizers may not perform uniformly over wavelength or over varying angles of incidence. To improve performance, a spatially varying polarizer is provided in the optical system that operates to provide polarization compensation for the wire grid polarizer so that the wire grid polarizer performs more uniformly over wavelength and/or over incidence angles (e.g., on-axis and off-axis). The spatially varying polarizer may be formed of a liquid crystal material, such as a multi-twist retarder.

According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a liquid crystal layer held between a first substrate and a second substrate, a display region having a first region in which a plurality of pixels are provided, a non-display region provided in an island-like shape in the display region and having a second region, a first polarizer and a second polarizer that overlap the first region, and a third polarizer and a fourth polarizer that overlap the second region, wherein a transmission axis of the fourth polarizer and a transmission axis of the second polarizer form an angle other than 0° and other than 90° with each other.

The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for improving the performance and efficiency of optical systems, such as optical systems for using head-mounted display system. The optical systems of the present disclosure may include polarized catadioptric optics, or “pancake optics,” which utilize a wire grid polarizer as a reflective polarizer. Wire grid polarizers may not perform uniformly over wavelength or over varying angles of incidence. To improve performance, a spatially varying polarizer is provided in the optical system that operates to provide polarization compensation for the wire grid polarizer so that the wire grid polarizer performs more uniformly over wavelength and/or over incidence angles (e.g., on-axis and off-axis). The spatially varying polarizer may be formed of a liquid crystal material, such as a multi-twist retarder.

A peeking prevention system has: a display device having, on a front surface of a display screen, a first polarization layer that has a first absorption axis parallel to a first direction; and a room partition that partitions a space in which a display is provided by the display device from a surrounding space, the room partition having a translucent part that makes it possible to see into the space, the translucent part including a transparent substrate and a second polarization layer that is positioned on the space side of the transparent substrate and that has a second absorption axis parallel to a second direction, wherein: the system furthermore has a phase contrast film that is positioned on the front surface of the first polarization layer; the phase contrast layer has a delay axis parallel to a third direction; and transparency is reduced when the display screen is viewed.

A geometric phase optical element and a three-dimensional display apparatus including the same are provided. The geometric phase optical element includes: a liquid crystal layer; a first electrode on a surface of the liquid crystal layer; and a second electrode on another surface of the liquid crystal layer, wherein, when no voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes, the liquid crystal layer is configured such that a phase difference according to an arrangement of the liquid crystal is π and light transmitted through the liquid crystal layer is diffracted by a first deflection angle, and when a first voltage that causes the phase difference according to the arrangement of the liquid crystal to become π/2 is applied to the first and second electrodes, the liquid crystal layer is configured such that the light transmitted through the liquid crystal layer is diffracted by a second deflection angle.