IP Library Granted Patent US 9,134,700
Granted Patent B2
US 9,134,700 · App. 13/807,194 · Granted Sep 15, 2015

Display device

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Patent No.
US 9,134,700
App. No.
13/807,194
Granted
Sep 15, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device ( 1 ) includes: a light source ( 101 ) that outputs a laser beam; an illumination optical system ( 102 ) that emits illumination light of the laser beam; a diffraction pattern generation unit that generates a diffraction pattern from original image data; a spatial modulation element ( 103 ) that diffracts the illumination light by displaying the diffraction pattern; and a display control unit that performs at least one of a change in a display timing of a diffraction pattern the spatial modulation element ( 103 ) displays and a change in a size of a diffraction pattern the diffraction pattern generation unit generates.

Claims (23)

1. A display device, comprising:

a light source that outputs a laser beam;

an illumination optical system that emits illumination light of the laser beam;

a diffraction pattern generation unit that generates a diffraction pattern from original image data;

a spatial modulation element that diffracts the illumination light by displaying the diffraction pattern;

a display control unit that controls at least one of the spatial modulation element and the diffraction pattern generation unit, and

a device state acquisition unit that acquires at least one of information on a remaining amount of a battery for supplying power, information on a utilization ratio of a computing unit for performing computing including generation of the diffraction pattern by the diffraction pattern generation unit, information on a utilization ratio of a storage unit for storing data, and information on a communication band of a communication unit for communicating with an external device, wherein

the display control unit causes the diffraction pattern generation unit to change a size of the diffraction pattern according to the information acquired by the device state acquisition unit.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the spatial modulation element includes a first spatial modulation element that displays a first diffraction pattern for a right eye of a user, and a second spatial modulation element that displays a second diffraction pattern for a left eye of the user, and

the diffraction pattern generation unit generates the first diffraction pattern and the second diffraction pattern so that the first diffraction pattern and the second diffraction pattern are different from each other.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the diffraction pattern generation unit generates random phase distribution data, generates the diffraction pattern from phase superposed image data in which the generated phase distribution data is superposed on the original image data, and changes phase distribution data to be used for generating the first diffraction pattern and for generating the second diffraction pattern.

4. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the diffraction pattern generation unit generates the first diffraction pattern and the second diffraction pattern of which sizes are different from each other.

5. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the diffraction pattern generation unit separates the original image data into first original image data for a right eye and second original image data for a left eye, generates the first diffraction pattern from the first original image data, and generates the second diffraction pattern from the second original image data.

6. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the display control unit alternately performs display of the first diffraction pattern by the first spatial modulation element, and display of the second diffraction pattern by the second spatial modulation element.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display control unit includes a cost determination unit that determines an allowable computation cost indicating computation resources that can be used for generating a diffraction pattern by the diffraction pattern generation unit, based on the information acquired by the device state acquisition unit, and

the display control unit causes the diffraction pattern generation unit to decrease a size of the diffraction pattern as a value of the allowable computation cost becomes smaller.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising an image determination unit that determines, based on the original image data, at least one of information on a brightness distribution that represents a brightness of each pixel in the original image data, and information on a number of pixels of which brightness exceeds a predetermined reference brightness among each pixel in the original image data, wherein

the display control unit causes the diffraction generation unit to change a size of the diffraction pattern according to the information determined by the image determination unit.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the display control unit causes the diffraction pattern generation unit to increase a size of the diffraction pattern as a number of pixels of which brightness exceeds the reference brightness in the original image data becomes larger.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a peripheral state acquisition unit that acquires information representing peripheral brightness of the display device, wherein

the display control unit causes the diffraction pattern generation unit to change the size of the diffraction pattern in a case where information representing the brightness indicates that peripheral brightness of the display device is a predetermined reference value or higher.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2013
From: SUGIYAMA, KEIJI; YAMAMOTO, KAKUYA; KASAZUMI, KENICHI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030100/0958 →