IP Library Granted Patent US 7,261,420
Granted Patent B2
US 7,261,420 · App. 11/637,692 · Granted Aug 28, 2007

Projection optical unit and projection image display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,261,420
App. No.
11/637,692
Granted
Aug 28, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projection optical unit for enlarged projection of an image displayed by an image display element includes a first projection optical unit having positive refractive power, and a second projection optical unit having positive refractive power for further enlarging the first enlarged image obtained by the first projection optical unit. The first projection optical unit is in an almost telecentric relationship with respect to the image display element side and the first enlarged image side, and the first enlarged image is formed at the image display element side, rather than at the second projection optical unit.

Claims (20)

1. A projection optical unit for enlarged projection of an image displayed by an image display element, comprising:

a first projection optical unit having positive refractive power; and

a second projection optical unit having positive refractive power for further enlarging the first enlarged image obtained by the first projection optical unit;

wherein the first projection optical unit is in an almost telecentric relationship with respect to the image display element side and the first enlarged image side, and the first enlarged image is formed at the image display element side, rather than at the second projection optical unit.

2. A projection optical unit for enlarged projection of an image displayed by an image display element, comprising:

a first projection optical unit having positive refractive power; and

a second projection optical unit having positive refractive power for further enlarging the first enlarged image obtained by the first projection optical unit;

wherein said second projection optical unit is in an almost telecentric relationship with respect to the first enlarged image side, and the first enlarged image is formed at the image display element side, rather than at the second projection optical unit.

3. A projection image display apparatus, comprising:

an image display element; and

a projection optical unit for projecting, in an enlarged form and onto a screen, an image displayed by the image display element;

wherein the projection optical unit includes a first projection optical unit and a second projection optical unit, both arranged on an optical path ranging from the image display element to the screen,

the first projection optical unit having positive refractive power, and the second projection optical unit having positive refractive power for forming a second enlarged image by further enlarging the first enlarged image obtained by the first projection optical unit; and

wherein the first projection optical unit is in an almost telecentric relationship with respect to the image display element side and the first enlarged image side, and the first enlarged image is formed at the image display element side, rather than at the second projection optical unit.

4. A projection image display apparatus, comprising:

an image display element; and

a projection optical unit for projecting, in an enlarged form and onto a screen, an image displayed by the image display element;

wherein the projection optical unit includes a first projection optical unit and a second projection optical unit, both arranged on an optical path ranging from the image display element to the screen,

the first projection optical unit having positive refractive power, and the second projection optical unit having positive refractive power for forming a second enlarged image by further enlarging the first enlarged image obtained by the first projection optical unit; and

wherein the second projection optical unit is in an almost telecentric relationship with respect to the first enlarged image side, and the first enlarged image is formed at the image display element side, rather than at the second projection optical unit.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058666/0407 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058255/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2018
From: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045142/0208 →