IP Library Granted Patent US 10,473,927
Granted Patent B2
US 10,473,927 · App. 15/083,731 · Granted Nov 12, 2019

Display apparatus and display unit

Inventor: Satoshi Kuzuhara (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,473,927
App. No.
15/083,731
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display unit that projects an image to a light transmissive display member. The display unit is configured to accommodate a display device and a projection optical system that projects the image displayed on the display device to the display member in a housing including an opening through which projected light is output. The projection optical system includes a first reflecting member disposed on a display device side and a second reflecting member disposed on an opening side in an optical path extending from the display device to the opening. A reflection surface of the first reflecting member that reflects the image displayed on the display device has a convex shape of a free-form surface, and a reflection surface of the second reflecting member that projects the image to the display member has a concave shape of a free-form surface.

Claims (32)

1. A display apparatus comprising a display unit that projects an image to a light transmissive display member, the display apparatus forming a virtual image of the image projected by the display unit on an opposite side to a user side with respect to the display member, wherein

the display unit is configured to accommodate a display device that displays the image and a projection optical system that projects the image displayed on the display device to the display member in a housing including an opening through which projected light is output,

the projection optical system includes a first reflecting member disposed on a display device side and a second reflecting member disposed on an opening side in an optical path extending from the display device to the opening,

a reflection surface of the first reflecting member that reflects the image displayed on the display device has a convex shape surface, and a reflection surface of the second reflecting member that projects the image to the display member has a concave shape of a free-form surface,

an interval D 12 between the first reflecting member and the second reflecting member and an interval DL 1 between the first reflecting member and the image of the display device satisfy a relation of 3.0<D 12 /DL 1 <10.0 in the display unit,

the opening of the housing includes a first end formed at a rim on a first reflecting member side of the opening and a second end formed at a rim on a second reflecting member side of the opening, and

a display surface of the display device, where the image is displayed on the display device, is disposed so as to be located on the first reflecting member side with respect to a straight line connecting the first end and the second end.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the opening of the housing further includes:

a first light shielding section provided at the rim on the first reflecting member side of the opening; and

a second light shielding section provided at the rim on the second reflecting member side of the opening and having a shape raised from the housing,

the first light shielding section includes the first end, the second light shielding section includes the second end.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the convex shape surface of the reflection surface of the first reflecting member has a rotationally asymmetric convex shape.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the convex shape surface of the reflection surface of the first reflecting member is a convex shape of a free-form surface.

5. The display apparatus accordingly to claim 1 , wherein the interval D 12 between the first reflecting member and the second reflecting member and the interval DL 1 between the first reflecting member and the image of the display device satisfy a relation of 5.0<D 12 /DL 1 <8.0.

6. A display unit that forms a virtual image of an image by projecting the image to a light transmissive display member,

the display unit comprising:

a housing including an opening through which projected light is output;

a display device that is accommodated in the housing and displays the image; and

a projection optical system that is accommodated in the housing and projects the image displayed on the display device to the light transmissive display member, wherein

the projection optical system includes a first reflecting member disposed on a display device side and a second reflecting member disposed on an opening side in an optical path from the display device to the opening,

a reflection surface of the first reflecting member that reflects the image displayed on the display device has a convex shape surface, and a reflection surface of the second reflecting member that projects the image to the display member has a concave shape of a free-form surface,

an interval D 12 between the first reflecting member and the second reflecting member and an interval DL 1 between the first reflecting member and the image of the display device satisfy a relation of 3.0<D 12 /DL 1 <10.0,

the opening of the housing includes a first end formed at a rim on a first reflecting member side of the opening and a second end formed at a rim on a second reflecting member side of the opening, and

a display surface of the display device, where the image is displayed on the display device, is disposed so as to be located on the first reflecting member side with respect to a straight line connecting the first end and the second end.

7. The display unit according to claim 6 , wherein

the opening of the housing further includes:

a first light shielding section provided at the rim on the first reflecting member side of the opening; and

a second light shielding section provided at the rim on the second reflecting member side of the opening and having a shape raised from the housing,

the first light shielding section includes the first end, the second light shielding section includes the second end.

8. The display unit according to claim 6 , wherein the convex shape surface of the reflection surface of the first reflecting member has a rotationally asymmetric convex shape.

9. The display unit according to claim 6 , wherein the convex shape surface of the reflection surface of the first reflecting member is a convex shape of a free-form surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2016
From: KUZUHARA, SATOSHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-271279 · Dec 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2014006363 · Dec 22, 2014
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