Fresnel lens, Fresnel lens unit, and head-up display
The present invention provides a Fresnel lens that can reduce generation of concentric stray light. The Fresnel lens includes a sawtooth corrugated face that is formed by alternately disposing a first face inclined relative to optical axis A and a second face substantially parallel to optical axis A, and a light shielding mask is formed at a position corresponding to the second face.
1. A Fresnel lens unit comprising:
a Fresnel lens including a sawtooth corrugated face that is formed by alternately disposing a first face inclined relative to an optical axis and a second face parallel to the optical axis,
a transparent plate-shaped member disposed opposite the Fresnel lens, a light shielding mask being formed at a position opposite the second face, in the plate-shaped member,
wherein an edge of a mask pattern of the light shielding mask has a meandering shape.
2. A head-up display comprising:
a light source that emits a light beam;
a scanner that scans the light beam from the light source;
a screen on which an image is formed by transmission of the light beam from the scanner through the screen; and
an optical system that displays a virtual image of the image formed on the screen in a space,
wherein the optical system includes the Fresnel lens unit according to claim 1 .
3. A head-up display comprising:
a light source that emits a light beam;
a scanner that scans the light beam from the light source;
a screen on which an image is formed by transmission of the light beam from the scanner through the screen; and
an optical system that displays a virtual image of the image formed on the screen in a space, the optical system including a Fresnel lens comprising:
a sawtooth corrugated face formed by alternately disposing a first face inclined relative to an optical axis and a second face parallel to the optical axis,
wherein a light shielding mask is on edge portions of the first face, the edge portions each being in contact with a corresponding one of second faces, the second faces each being the second face.
4. The Fresnel lens according to claim 3 , wherein an edge of a mask pattern of the light shielding mask has a meandering shape.