IP Library Granted Patent US 9,891,434
Granted Patent B2
US 9,891,434 · App. 15/356,805 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Image display system

Inventors: Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Osaka, JP); Kazuhiro Yamada (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,891,434
App. No.
15/356,805
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display system includes a projector, a transparent screen, and a polarization adjuster. The projector projects image light. The transparent screen diffuses the image light that has been projected, to display an image. The polarization adjuster adjusts the image light that is to enter the transparent screen so that the image light is p-polarized.

Claims (19)

1. An image display system comprising:

a projector that projects image light;

a transparent screen that diffuses the image light that has been projected, to display an image; and

a polarization adjuster that adjusts the image light that is to enter the transparent screen so that the image light is p-polarized,

wherein the transparent screen includes an uneven mirror layer inside thereof,

wherein both a front surface and a back surface of the transparent screen are smooth, and

wherein the image light enters the transparent screen at an incident angle ranging from 40° to 65°.

2. The image display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polarization adjuster is disposed between the projector and the transparent screen, on an optical axis of the projector.

3. The image display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polarization adjuster is a polarizing plate.

4. The image display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the polarization adjuster is a half-wave plate.

5. The image display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transparent screen diffusely reflects the image light to display the image.

6. The image display system according to claim 5 , comprising

a polarizing film that absorbs a p-polarized component of the image light adjusted by the polarization adjuster, the polarizing film being located opposite the projector with respect to the transparent screen.

7. The image display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transparent screen diffusely transmits the image light to display the image.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074988/0945 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074984/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2017
From: YAMAGUCHI, HIROSHI; YAMADA, KAZUHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040908/0092 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-051765 · Mar 16, 2016 · national
JP 2016-217736 · Nov 8, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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