Abstract:
A display system includes a light source for projecting a linearly polarized illumination light. The display system further includes a deflectable mirror device having a plurality of mirror pixels. The display system further includes a polarized light separation plane that separates reflected light from the illumination light, a wave plate disposed near the deflectable mirror device, and a projection lens that projects the reflected light from the deflectable mirror device. In this system, the optical axes of the illumination light and an ON reflected light reflected from the deflectable mirror device are substantially perpendicular to the deflectable mirror device, and the optical axis of an OFF reflected light is inclined to the optical axis of the image display projection light path.
Abstract:
A spatial light modulator supported on a device substrate includes a plurality of light modulation elements to modulate a light emitted from a light source. The spatial light modulator and the device substrate further comprises a cyclic structure on a surface of the spatial light modulator and/or the device substrate for preventing a reflection of the incident light from the cyclic structure. In an exemplary embodiment the cyclic structure includes cyclic structural elements having a distance between two cyclic elements shorter than the wavelength of an incident light for preventing a reflection of the incident light from the cyclic structure,
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display method and a display device having a high optical performance while being compact and thin.SOLUTION: A display method is such that a display light bundle is repeatedly subjected to internal reflection so as to propagate within a transparent substrate, and each time the display light bundle is subjected to internal reflection, a part of the display light bundle is ejected to the outside of the transparent substrate so that the display light bundle is ejected through almost the whole surface of the transparent substrate. The display light bundle is formed holographically. A display device includes: a spatial phase modulation element that forms a display light bundle; a transparent substrate in which the display light bundle is repeatedly subjected to internal reflection so as to propagate; and bifurcation means that ejects a part of the display light bundle to the outside of the transparent substrate each time the display light bundle is subjected to internal reflection.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display unit and the like capable of being easily focused.SOLUTION: A display unit comprises a spacer, a plurality of aperture groups illuminated through the spacer and a plurality of lenses for projecting the aperture groups. Each aperture group has at least one aperture and respective lenses are disposed so as to project images obtained through the aperture groups in such a manner that the images are overlapped to one another. Further, overlapped images obtained through the aperture groups are incident on a pupil of a viewer so as to generate a projection image obtained through the plurality of lenses on a retina of the viewer. Furthermore, a diameter of the aperture projected through the lenses is smaller than a pupil diameter of the viewer's eye.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device which can be made thin and enables an observer to observe an enlarged image. SOLUTION: The display device includes: a light guide plate which has two faces facing each other, the faces being formed so as to have different spacings to each other; a display element arranged at a position where emitted light is totally reflected between those two faces; a non-regular reflection element arranged on the face where totally reflected light is emitted among those two faces; and a lens which emits light from the non-regular reflection element along the optical axis. It is preferable that a light flux leaking from the light guide plate is refracted by the non-regular reflection element and emitted onto the lens. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spatial phase modulation element in which a sufficient resolution of a projected and displayed image is assured and to provide a new projector in which the influence of zero-order diffracted light is sophisticatedly prevented. SOLUTION: The spatial phase modulation element is for performing projection display of an image by passing light from a light source and exiting phase modulated diffraction light. A plurality of sectional parts for performing phase modulation are arranged two-dimensionally, and the number of sections in each sectional part is equal to or larger than that of the pixels of the projected and displayed image. Further, the projector is composed by including a condensing optical system which condenses the light emitted from the light source and a shielding member which shields the zero-order diffracted light. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: a display method to easily adjust a focus; a display device using the same; an optical unit; and electronic equipment in which the display device is mounted. SOLUTION: The display method for displaying an image by using a plurality of pixels includes a step of projecting luminous fluxes from the plurality of pixels to the pupil of observer's eye, and a step of superimposing projection images in light-emitting areas corresponding to the pixels on each other in the vicinity of a position of the pupil of observer's eye. The diameter of the luminous flux incident on the pupil is smaller than the diameter of the pupil. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display method facilitating focusing, a display device using the same, an optical unit, a method for manufacturing the display device, and an electronic apparatus mounted with the display device. SOLUTION: In the display method for forming an image using a plurality of pixels, a light flux from the plurality of pixels is projected onto the pupil of an eye of a viewer, and the diameter of the light flux incident on the pupil is smaller than the diameter of the pupil. In the display device for displaying an image including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of light emission points are formed correspondingly to the respective pixels, and a micro-lens array including lenses corresponding to the respective pixels is provided. The electronic apparatus is mounted with the display device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a projection device which can be simplified and can avoid the influence of zero-order diffraction light, and to provide a spatial phase modulator with which improvement of efficiency and optimization of the device can be achieved. SOLUTION: The spatial phase modulator for performing projection display of a video by causing light from a light source to pass therethrough and by emitting diffraction light subjected to phase modulation comprises a plurality of partition parts for performing the phase modulation in the spatial phase modulator, which are two-dimensionally arranged, wherein contour shapes in a phase modulation part formed by all of the partition parts are regular squares which have the equal aspect ratio and do not depend on the aspect ratio of an image displayed by projection. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT