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Image display device and adjustment for alignment
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 2001-05-10
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Granted: 2003-10-14
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Expires: 2021-05-10
Abstract
Abstract A refracting optical lens <HIL><PDAT>15 </BOLD><PDAT>is provided to project light from transmitting means onto a convex mirror <HIL><PDAT>16 </BOLD><PDAT>to correct for pincushion distortion of the convex mirror <HIL><PDAT>16. </BOLD></PTEXT>
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Suzuki
- 👤 Kohei Teramoto
- 👤 Jiro Suzuki
- 👤 Shinsuke Shikama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 01:07
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B17/00; G02B17/08; G02B17/0852; G02B13/00; G02B13/16; G02B13/18; G02B17/002; G02B17/0856; G02B17/086; G02B27/00; G02B27/0025; G02B27/18; G02B5/00; G02B5/08; G02B5/09; G02B7/00; G02B7/18; G02B7/181; G02B7/28; G03; G03B; G03B21/00; G03B21/10; G03B21/14; G03B21/16; G03B21/28; G03B21/53; H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/74; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/31; H04N9/3141; H04N9/317; H04N9/3191; H04N9/3194; H04N5/7416; H04N5/7458; H04N9/3147
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
An image display device comprising: an optical imaging arrangement for providing image information to illumination light and for transmitting said light as an optical image signal; a display for receiving said optical image signal and for displaying an image based on said image information; and a projecting optical arrangement including a reflecting part for reflecting said optical image signal, said reflecting part having a surface shaped to cause a pincushion distortion of light incident thereon, and a refracting optical part for projecting said optical image signal onto said reflecting part, said refracting optical part having a surface shaped to cause a barrel distortion of light incident thereon, so as to pre-correct for said pincushion distortion of said reflecting part; wherein said display receives said optical image signal through said projecting optical arrangement.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
An image display device comprising: an optical imaging arrangement for providing image information to illumination light and for transmitting said light as an optical image signal; a display for receiving said optical image signal and for displaying an image based on said image information; and a projecting optical arrangement including a reflecting part for reflecting said optical image signal, said reflecting part having a surface shaped to cause a pincushion distortion of light incident thereon, and a refracting optical part for projecting said optical image signal onto said reflecting part, said refracting optical part having a surface shaped to cause a barrel distortion of light incident thereon, so as to pre-correct for said pincushion distortion of said reflecting part; wherein said display receives said optical image signal through said projecting optical arrangement.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein said refracting optical part has odd-order aspherical refracting surfaces obtained by adding odd-orders term to a polynomial composed of even-order terms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein said refracting optical part is provided with a curvature-of-field correcting arrangement for canceling a curvature of field of said reflecting part.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein said refracting optical part is provided with: a positive lens of positive power; a negative lens of negative power and having a refractive index tower than that of said positive lens; and a Petzval's sum correcting lens for correcting for a Petzval's sum contributing component of said reflecting part.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein said projecting optical arrangement has an aspherical optical surface at places where principal rays of said optical image signal to be projected onto the reflecting part from said optical imaging arrangement are divergent and/or convergent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
60 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein said refracting optical part comprises: a retro-focus optical system having a positive lens group of positive power and a negative lens group of negative power; and a refracting optical lens for fine-tuning the angle of emission of said optical image signal from said retro-focus optical system to said reflecting part.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The image display device according to claim 6 , wherein said retro-focus optical system is composed of two positive lens groups and one negative lens group.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The image display device according to claim 6 , wherein said retro-focus optical system is composed of one positive lens group and one negative lens group.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
56 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein said refracting optical part comprises: negative lenses having an average value of refractive indexes in the range of 1.45 to 1.722 and having negative power; and positive lenses having an average value of refractive indexes in the range of 1.722 to 1.9 and having positive power.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
56 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein said refracting optical part comprise: negative lenses having an average value of Abbe's number in the range of 25 to 38 and having negative power; and positive lenses having an average value of Abbe's number in the range of 38 to 60 and having positive power.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
52 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein said retracting optical part comprises positive lenses made of refractive materials and negative lenses made of refractive materials, the difference between average refractive indexes of said refractive materials for said positive and negative lenses is in the range of 0.04 to 1.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
52 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein said retracting optical part comprises positive lenses made of refractive materials and negative lenses made of refractive materials, the difference between average Abbe's number of said refractive materials for said positive and negative lenses is in the range of 0 to 16.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
70 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein a back focal length from the closest one of a plurality of lenses forming said refracting optical part to a light emitting surface of said optical imaging arrangement to said light emitting surface is equal to the distance from said light emitting surface of said optical imaging arrangement to the position of an entrance pupil of said retracting optical part.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein said projecting optical arrangement has negative lenses of negative power provided at the position of a low marginal ray.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein said refracting optical part has positive lenses of positive power provided at the position of high marginal ray.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
75 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein, letting hi represent the height of the marginal ray of light incident to said refracting optical part, hm the maximum height of the marginal ray in a positive lens disposed at the center of said refracting optical part and ho represent the height of the marginal ray of light emitted from said retracting optical part, said retracting optical part satisfies the relationships 1.05hi<hm<3hi and 0.3hi<ho<1hi.
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