Boundary Smoothing in a Display: abstract simplified (18165648)

• This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18165648 Titled 'Boundary Smoothing in a Display'

Simplified Explanation

This abstract describes an electronic device that includes a lenticular display, which allows for the viewing of three-dimensional images. To improve the appearance of the curved edges of the display, the device uses dimming factors to modify the pixel data. Each physical pixel in the display has a corresponding perceived pixel, which may have a different size. The dimming factors for smoothing the curved edges are determined based on the perceived pixels.

Original Abstract Submitted

An electronic device may include a lenticular display. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film formed over an array of pixels. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display such that a viewer perceives three-dimensional images. To mitigate jaggedness in a curved edge of the active area, control circuitry may modify input pixel data for the display using dimming factors. Each brightness value of the pixel data may be multiplied by a corresponding dimming factor such that the curved edge has a smooth appearance. Each physical pixel in the display may have an associated perceived pixel that is based on an appearance of that physical pixel through the lenticular lens film. The perceived pixel may have a different footprint than its corresponding physical pixel. The dimming factors for boundary smoothing in the curved edges may be based on the perceived pixels.