US5513025A
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Image display apparatus
Assignee: Kuraray Co Ltd
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Filing: 1993-04-27
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Granted: 1996-04-30
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Expires: 2013-04-27
Abstract
Abstract An image display apparatus includes an image display device such as, for example, a liquid crystal display panel, having a plurality of dot-shaped picture elements arranged in a two-dimensional pattern, and a diffraction grating disposed on an optical path through which imagewise rays of light emerging from the device travel. To minimize a reduction in quality and contrast of an image displayed by the device, the member has a spatial cut-off frequency chosen to be of a value lying between the sampling frequency, determined by the pitch between picture elements of the image display device, and the Nyquist frequency. For the same purpose, the intensity of +/-1st order light relative to the intensity of 0-th order light in the diffraction grating is within the range of 60 to 80% at a center wavelength of the image display device, and the sum of the intensity of the 0-th order light and that of the +/-1st order light relative to that of total diffracted light is equal to or higher than 80% at the center wavelength of the device.
Inventors
- 👤 Rikuji Watanabe
- 👤 Katsuya Fujisawa
- 👤 Ikuo Onishi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 04:59
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B27/00; G02B27/42; G02B27/4233; G02B27/4244; G02B27/46; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1335; G02F1/133504; G02F2201/00; G02F2201/30; G02F2201/305
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
81 words
An image display apparatus which comprises: a monochromatic image display device including a plurality of dot-shaped picture elements arranged in a two-dimensional pattern; and a diffraction grating disposed on an optical path through which imagewise rays of light emerging from the image display device travel, said diffraction grating having a spatial cut-off frequency which is chosen to lie between the Nyquist frequency and a sampling frequency, both being determined by an interval between the picture elements in the image display device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
81 words
An image display apparatus which comprises: a monochromatic image display device including a plurality of dot-shaped picture elements arranged in a two-dimensional pattern; and a diffraction grating disposed on an optical path through which imagewise rays of light emerging from the image display device travel, said diffraction grating having a spatial cut-off frequency which is chosen to lie between the Nyquist frequency and a sampling frequency, both being determined by an interval between the picture elements in the image display device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said diffraction grating has grating elements each being in the form of a grating projection of a generally sinusoidal cross-sectional shape.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
68 words
The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said image display device has a plurality of picture elements arranged in horizontal and vertical directions and wherein a grating pitch projected in any one of horizontal and vertical directions of the image display device is chosen to be smaller than the pitch of the picture elements in the horizontal and vertical directions of the image display device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
72 words
The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said image display device has a color filter including color picture elements arranged in horizontal and vertical directions and wherein a grating pitch projected in any one of horizontal and vertical directions of the color filter is chosen to be smaller than a pitch of the color picture elements in identical color in the horizontal and vertical directions of the color filter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
103 words
An image display apparatus which comprises: a color image display device including a plurality of dot-shaped picture elements arranged in a two-dimensional pattern; and a diffraction grating disposed on an optical path through which imagewise rays of light emerging from the color image display device travel, said diffraction grating having a spatial cut-off frequency which is chosen to lie between the Nyquist frequency, determined by an interval between color picture elements of identical color in a color filter employed in the color image display device, and a sampling frequency determined by an interval between the picture elements in the color image display device.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
103 words
An image display apparatus which comprises: a color image display device including a plurality of dot-shaped picture elements arranged in a two-dimensional pattern; and a diffraction grating disposed on an optical path through which imagewise rays of light emerging from the color image display device travel, said diffraction grating having a spatial cut-off frequency which is chosen to lie between the Nyquist frequency, determined by an interval between color picture elements of identical color in a color filter employed in the color image display device, and a sampling frequency determined by an interval between the picture elements in the color image display device.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said diffraction grating has grating elements each being in the form of a grating projection of a generally sinusoidal cross-sectional shape.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
68 words
The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said image display device has a plurality of picture elements arranged in horizontal and vertical directions and wherein a grating pitch projected in any one of horizontal and vertical directions of the image display device is chosen to be smaller than the pitch of the picture elements in the horizontal and vertical directions of the image display device.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
72 words
The image display apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said image display device has a color filter including color picture elements arranged in horizontal and vertical directions and wherein a grating pitch projected in any one of horizontal and vertical directions of the color filter is chosen to be smaller than a pitch of the color picture elements in identical color in the horizontal and vertical directions of the color filter.
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