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- Patent Title: Image display device having maximum emission angle of image light smaller than maximum viewing angle of virtual image
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Application No.: US16918008Application Date: 2020-07-01
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Publication No.: US11598968B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Masatoshi Yonekubo , Osamu Yokoyama , Takashi Takeda , Mitsutaka Ide , Daisuke Ishida
- Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2015-045900 20150309
- Main IPC: G02B5/18
- IPC: G02B5/18 ; G02B5/32 ; G02B27/00 ; G02B27/01 ; G02B27/02 ; H04N5/64

Abstract:
The image display device includes an image generating unit that emits first image light, a pupil expanding element that expands a diameter of a light flux included in the first image light from the image generating unit to obtain second image light, a first light condensing optical system that condenses the second image light and forms an intermediate image, and a second light condensing optical system that condenses light from the intermediate image and generates a virtual image on eye of a viewer, in a plane including at least the image generating unit, the pupil expanding element, and the eye of the viewer, a maximum emission angle of the first image light is smaller than a maximum viewing angle of the virtual image, and the diameter of the light flux included in the second image light is greater than that of a light flux included in the virtual image.
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