IP Library Granted Patent US 10,444,501
Granted Patent B2
US 10,444,501 · App. 16/002,012 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Image display device

Inventors: Hiroyuki Furuya (Osaka, JP); Akira Kurozuka (Osaka, JP); Yuta Yamamoto (Kyoto, JP); Susumu Uragami (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,444,501
App. No.
16/002,012
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The image display device further includes a scanning unit that uses light from the light source to scan the movable screen and the fixed screen, and an optical system that uses light from the movable screen and the fixed screen to generate a virtual image, a drive unit that moves the movable screen, a structure body that supports the fixed screen at a fixed position such that the fixed screen is closer to the optical system than the movable screen is, and a magnetic cover that covers a movable part of the drive unit. The structure body covers an area around an opening of the magnetic cover to shield the movable part of the drive unit from stray light travelling backward via the optical system.

Claims (27)

1. An image display device comprising:

a light source;

a movable screen that is irradiated with light from the light source to form an image;

a fixed screen that is irradiated with the light from the light source to form an image;

a scanning unit that uses the light from the light source to scan the movable screen and the fixed screen;

an optical system that uses light from the movable screen and light from the fixed screen to generate a virtual image;

a drive unit that moves the movable screen in an incident direction of the light incident from the light source on the movable screen;

a fixed support part that supports the fixed screen at a fixed position such that the fixed screen is closer to the optical system than the movable screen is; and

a cover that covers the drive unit,

wherein

the cover has an opening that guides the light from the scanning unit to the movable screen and the light from the scanning unit to the fixed screen,

the drive unit is configured to support the movable screen so as to allow the movable screen to protrude toward the optical system through the opening, and

the fixed support part is configured to cover an area of the cover around the opening to shield a movable part of the drive unit from stray light travelling backward via the optical system.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the fixed support part includes a holder that has a light shielding property and supports the fixed screen, and

the holder is configured to cover the area around the opening.

3. The image display device according to claim 2 , wherein the fixed support part includes a light shielding member that shields the holder from the stray light at an installation position of the fixed screen.

4. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein the light shielding member is installed on the holder such that a gap is formed between the light shielding member and the fixed screen.

5. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed support part is installed on the cover.

6. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the cover includes a cutout that extends outward from the opening and through which a support member that supports the movable screen is partially inserted, and

the fixed support part is configured to cover the cutout.

7. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the drive unit includes:

a coil that is installed on the movable part; and

a magnetic circuit that applies a magnetic field to the coil, and

the cover is made of a magnetic material, and covers the magnetic circuit to function as a yoke of the magnetic circuit.

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 066703/0177 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2018
From: FURUYA, HIROYUKI; KUROZUKA, AKIRA; YAMAMOTO, YUTA; URAGAMI, SUSUMU
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047247/0613 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2017-120854 · Jun 20, 2017 · national
JP 2017-192432 · Oct 2, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180364480A1 · Dec 20, 2018