Aerial image display device
An aerial image display device includes an image display unit to display an image; an aerial image formation optical system to cause diffuse light emitted from the image display unit to form an image again in a different space by reflecting the light multiple times and allowing the light to pass through; and processing circuitry to acquire viewpoint position information on an observer viewing a point where the diffuse light is caused to form the image again by the aerial image formation optical system, and to control the image from the image display unit depending on an angle formed by a straight line connecting an end point of a retroreflective sheet and an eye of the observer and a straight line extending from the eye of the observer and reaching the retroreflective sheet right in front.
1. An aerial image display device comprising:
an image display to display an image;
an aerial image formation optical system to cause diffuse light emitted from the image display to form an image again in a different space by reflecting the light multiple times and allowing the light to pass through; and
processing circuitry
to acquire viewpoint position information on an observer viewing a point where the diffuse light is caused to form the image again by the aerial image formation optical system, and
to control the image from the image display depending on an angle formed by a straight line connecting an end point of a retroreflective sheet and an eye of the observer and a straight line extending from the eye of the observer and reaching the retroreflective sheet right in front.
2. The aerial image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry executes the control so as to perform light blocking on a region in the light emitted by the image display.
3. The aerial image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry performs light blocking on the diffuse light from the image display when it is detected that the observer exists in a region between the aerial image formation optical system and the point of being caused to form the image again.
4. The aerial image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry executes the control of blurring, brightness or contrast on the image from the image display.
5. The aerial image display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the aerial image formation optical system includes a beam splitter that splits incident light into transmitted light and reflected light and the retroreflective sheet, and
the retroreflective sheet reflects incident light directly towards a direction of incidence.
6. The aerial image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the aerial image formation optical system is a dihedral corner reflector array.
7. The aerial image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry includes an image capturing element and calculates the viewpoint position information from information obtained by capturing an image of the observer as a subject.
8. The aerial image display device according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry includes an image capturing element and calculates the viewpoint position information from information obtained by capturing an image of the observer as a subject.
9. The aerial image display device according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry includes an image capturing element and calculates the viewpoint position information from information obtained by capturing an image of the observer as a subject.
10. The aerial image display device according to claim 4 , wherein the processing circuitry includes an image capturing element and calculates the viewpoint position information from information obtained by capturing an image of the observer as a subject.
11. The aerial image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry has a function of receiving wireless information from a wireless information transmission terminal carried by the observer and estimates the viewpoint position information from signal intensity of the wireless information.
12. The aerial image display device according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry has a function of receiving wireless information from a wireless information transmission terminal carried by the observer and estimates the viewpoint position information from signal intensity of the wireless information.
13. The aerial image display device according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry has a function of receiving wireless information from a wireless information transmission terminal carried by the observer and estimates the viewpoint position information from signal intensity of the wireless information.
14. The aerial image display device according to claim 4 , wherein the processing circuitry has a function of receiving wireless information from a wireless information transmission terminal carried by the observer and estimates the viewpoint position information from signal intensity of the wireless information.