Display device and head mounted image display apparatus

Inventor: Kazuya Kamakura (Matsumoto, JP)

Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

G02B27/0006 G02B27/0172 G02B27/0176 G02B2027/0134

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Patent No.: US 10,345,581
App. No.: 15/640,826
Granted: Jul 9, 2019
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A display device includes: an optical member that guides incident image light; a frame member that includes an opening in which a part of the optical member is inserted and holds the optical member; and a water repellent layer that is located between the optical member and an inner surface of the opening.

Claims (57)

1. A display device comprising:

an optical member that guides incident image light;

a frame member that includes an opening in which a part of the optical member is inserted and holds the optical member; and

a water repellent layer that is located between the optical member and an inner surface of the opening, a gap existing between the water repellent layer and the optical member; and

a waterproof member that is installed in at least a part of an incident unit located inside the frame member in the optical member,

wherein the optical member includes an incidence surface of the incident unit on which the image light is incident,

wherein the waterproof member is disposed on an opposite surface side to the incidence surface and in a traveling direction of the image light guided by the optical member so that the gap is formed with the frame member,

wherein the water repellent layer is located in at least one of (i) a portion of the frame member in which the gap is formed or (ii) a portion of the waterproof member.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an image projection unit that projects the image light to the incidence surface of the optical member, and

wherein the incidence surface and the image projection unit are located inside the frame member.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the waterproof member covers circumference of at least a part of the incident unit, and

wherein in the waterproof member, a part on a side of the incidence surface is thinner than other parts.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the waterproof member, a different surface from a surface in which the gap is formed comes into contact with an inner surface of the frame member.

5. The display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the water repellent layer is located in a portion of an inner surface of the opening which faces the waterproof member.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the waterproof member is formed of one of a silicon resin and an elastic material with a water repellent property.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the water repellent layer is formed in the optical member.

8. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the water repellent layer is formed of a coating agent with a water repellent property.

9. The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the coating agent contains a fluoropolymer.

10. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the water repellent layer is formed of a sealing material.

11. A head mounted image display apparatus comprising:

the display device according to claim 1 ; and