IP Library Granted Patent US 9,927,610
Granted Patent B2
US 9,927,610 · App. 15/308,357 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

Display device, and display method therefor

Inventors: Kenichi Kasazumi (Osaka, JP); Toshiya Mori (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,927,610
App. No.
15/308,357
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

This display device is provided with a display unit, a beam splitter, and a first mirror. The display unit emits a first image and a second image. The beam splitter has, incident thereon, the first image and the second image which are emitted from the display unit. The beam splitter transmits the incident first image and reflects the incident second image to project the first image and the second image on a display medium. The first mirror has, incident thereon, the first image which has been transmitted through the beam splitter. The first mirror reflects the incident first image to project the first image on the display medium.

Claims (42)

1. A display device comprising:

a display which projects a first image and a second image;

a beam splitter on which the first image and the second image emitted from the display are incident and which projects the second image to a display medium by transmitting the incident first image and reflecting the incident second image; and

a first mirror to which the first image which has passed through the beam splitter is incident and which projects the first image to the display medium by reflecting the incident first image,

wherein the display includes:

a first display element that outputs the first image,

a second display element that outputs the second image, and

a multiplexer that multiplexes the first image output from the first display element and the second image output from the second display element and subsequently emits the multiplexed images.

2. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first image and the second image are projected to different regions on the display medium.

3. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second mirror that reflects the first image and the second image emitted from the display, toward the beam splitter.

4. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first mirror has light-converging ability.

5. The display device of claim 4 ,

wherein the beam splitter has the light-converging ability with respect to reflected light and does not have the light-converging ability with respect to transmitted light.

6. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first image and the second image are emitted from the display at different timings to each other, and

reflectance of the beam splitter is switched such that the first image is transmitted and the second image is reflected.

7. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first image and the second image have different optical wavelength distributions to each other, and

the beam splitter includes a wavelength selection mirror.

8. The display device of claim 7 ,

wherein the wavelength selection mirror includes a hologram.

9. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first image and the second image are formed by light beams having different directions of polarization, and

the beam splitter includes a polarization beam splitter.

10. A display method of a display device including a display which is provided with a beam splitter and a first mirror, the method comprising:

emitting a first image and the second image to the display;

causing the first image and the second image emitted from the display to be incident on the beam splitter;

projecting the second image to a display medium by causing the first image to pass through the beam splitter and the second image to be reflected at the beam splitter; and

projecting the first image to the display medium by causing the first image which has passed through the beam splitter to be incident on the first mirror and to be reflected at the first mirror,

wherein the display is configured to:

output the first image via a first display element,

output the second image via a second display element, and

multiplex, with a multiplexer, the first image output from the first display element and the second image output from the second display element and subsequent emit multiplexed images.

11. A display device comprising:

a display which projects a first image and a second image;

a beam splitter on which the first image and the second image emitted from the display are incident and which projects the second image to a display medium by transmitting the incident first image and reflecting the incident second image; and

a first mirror to which the first image which has passed through the beam splitter is incident and which projects the first image to the display medium by reflecting the incident first image,

wherein the first mirror has light-converging ability, and

wherein the beam splitter has the light-converging ability with respect to reflected light and does not have the light-converging ability with respect to transmitted light.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0139 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2017
From: KASAZUMI, KENICHI; MORI, TOSHIYA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041267/0867 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-098925 · May 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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