IP Library Granted Patent US 9,696,461
Granted Patent B2
US 9,696,461 · App. 15/176,782 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Lens array and image display device

Inventor: Go Nakamura (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 9,696,461
App. No.
15/176,782
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a lens array in which a plurality of convex lenses bidimensionally regularly-arranged along a predetermined reference face. The plurality of convex lenses is arranged so as to be inclined variedly mutually among the plurality of convex lenses around a vertex of a convex face of a reference posture as a rotation axis with respect to the reference posture mutually common to the plurality of convex lenses.

Claims (9)

1. A lens array, comprising:

a plurality of convex lenses bidimensionally regularly-arranged along a predetermined reference face, wherein

the plurality of convex lenses includes lenses each of which is rotated around a vertex of a convex face of a reference posture, and lenses not rotated therearound, so that a rotational angle of each lens varies at the center of the vertex including 0°, the reference posture being defined as a posture in which the plurality of convex lenses is arranged such that height thereof from the reference face becomes same.

2. The lens array according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of convex lenses is bidimensionally arranged in a honeycomb fashion.

3. An image display device, comprising:

a light source projecting a light representing an image; and

a transparent screen on which the light projected by the light source is irradiated, wherein

the screen includes a lens array in which a plurality of convex lenses are bidimensionally regularly-arranged along a reference face intersecting with the light projected by the light source, and wherein

the plurality of convex lenses includes lenses each of which is rotated around a vertex of a convex face of a reference posture, and lenses not rotated therearound, so that a rotational angle of each lens varies at the center of the vertex including 0°, the reference posture being defined as a posture in which the plurality of convex lenses is arranged such that height thereof from the reference face becomes same.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2016
From: NAKAMURA, GO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038845/0378 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-123919 · Jun 19, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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