Display apparatus and display system
A display apparatus and a display system are provided, and relate to the field of display device technologies, to enhance visual experience generated when a picture is displayed by using an existing reflective display window such as a windshield and a bathroom mirror, so that a sense of presence and immersion is improved. The display apparatus includes an image generation unit and an optical imaging unit. The image generation unit is configured to generate a real image whose display surface is a curved surface. The optical imaging unit is configured to perform imaging on the real image, to generate an enlarged virtual image corresponding to the real image, where a display surface of the virtual image is a curved surface adaptive to the display surface of the real image.
1. A display apparatus, comprising:
an image generation unit configured to generate a real image whose display surface is a curved surface;
an optical imaging unit, configured to perform imaging on the real image and generate an enlarged virtual image corresponding to the real image, wherein a display surface of the virtual image is a curved surface adaptive to the display surface of the real image;
wherein the image generation unit further comprises:
a diffusing screen, wherein a diffusing surface of the diffusing screen is a curved surface, and the diffusing surface of the diffusing screen is the display surface of the real image: and
a projection apparatus, configured to generate an image beam whose imaging surface is adaptive to the diffusing surface of the diffusing screen, and the image beam is projected onto the diffusing surface of the diffusing screen, to form the real image.
2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging unit is a concave reflector, and a reflective concave surface of the concave reflector faces the display surface of the real image.
3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical imaging unit is a lens group, the lens group comprises at least one stacked lens, and an end surface of the lens group faces the display surface of the real image along a stacking direction of the at least one lens.
4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the projection apparatus further comprises:
a projection host, configured to generate an image beam whose imaging surface is a planar surface; and
a spatial light modulator, wherein the spatial light modulator is opposite to a light emitting surface of the projection host, and the spatial light modulator is configured to adjust a phase of each light ray in the image beam whose imaging surface is a planar surface, to generate an image beam whose imaging surface is adaptive to the diffusing surface of the diffusing screen.
5. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the spatial light modulator is a liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulator or a micro electro mechanical systems spatial light modulator.
6. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the projection apparatus further comprises:
a first lens, wherein the first lens is located between the projection host and the spatial light modulator and is configured to converge image beams generated by the projection host to the spatial light modulator.
7. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the projection apparatus further comprises:
a second lens, wherein the second lens is located on a light emitting side of the spatial light modulator, and is configured to converge, to the diffusing screen, image beams modulated by the spatial light modulator.
8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the diffusing screen further comprises:
a support structure, wherein the support structure is a curved sheet-like structure; and
a flexible screen body, wherein the flexible screen body is attached and fastened to a surface of the support structure, and the diffusing surface of the diffusing screen is a surface that is of the screen body and that is away from the support structure.
9. The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the support structure may be a structure that can be bent.
10. The display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the support structure further comprises a first material layer and a second material layer that are stacked, a coefficient of thermal expansion of the first material layer is different from a coefficient of thermal expansion of the second material layer, and the screen body is located on a side that is of the first material layer and that is away from the second material layer; and the diffusing screen further comprises:
a temperature adjustment apparatus configured to adjust a temperature of the support structure.
11. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image generation unit is a curved display screen or a display device with a curved display screen.
12. The display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the image generation unit is a display screen with a flexible curved surface.
13. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display surface of the real image generated by the image generation unit is a concave arc surface recessed to the inside of the image generation unit.
14. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the diffusing screen is a diffusing screen of a transmission display or a diffusing screen of a reflection display.
15. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the real image on the curved surface and the optical imaging unit is less than an equivalent focal length of the optical imaging unit.
16. A display system, comprising:
a reflective display window;
a display apparatus, wherein an image surface of an optical imaging unit of the display apparatus faces the reflective display window, and a user can view, by using the reflective display window, an enlarged virtual image generated by the optical imaging unit; wherein the display apparatus comprises:
an image generation unit configured to generate a real image whose display surface is a curved surface;
the optical imaging unit, configured to perform imaging on the real image and generate an enlarged virtual image corresponding to the real image, wherein a display surface of the virtual image is a curved surface adaptive to the display surface of the real image;
wherein the image generation unit further comprises:
a diffusing screen, wherein a diffusing surface of the diffusing screen is a curved surface, and the diffusing surface of the diffusing screen is the display surface of the real image; and
a projection apparatus, configured to generate an image beam whose imaging surface is adaptive to the diffusing surface of the diffusing screen, and the image beam is projected onto the diffusing surface of the diffusing screen, to form the real image.
17. The display system according to claim 16 , wherein the reflective display window is a windshield at the front of a cockpit or a bathroom mirror.
18. The display system according to claim 16 , wherein a display surface of a real image generated by an image generation unit of the display apparatus is a concave arc surface recessed to the inside of the image generation unit, and a circle center line of a display surface of a virtual image generated by the optical imaging unit extends in a front and rear direction of the reflective display window.
19. An automobile, comprising a display apparatus and a windshield, wherein the windshield is configured to reflect imaging beams generated by the display apparatus to a driver's eyes; wherein the display apparatus comprises:
an image generation unit configured to generate a real image whose display surface is a curved surface; and
an optical imaging unit, configured to perform imaging on the real image and generate an enlarged virtual image corresponding to the real image, wherein a display surface of the virtual image is a curved surface adaptive to the display surface of the real image;
wherein the image generation unit further comprises:
a diffusing screen, wherein a diffusing surface of the diffusing screen is a curved surface, and the diffusing surface of the diffusing screen is the display surface of the real image; and
a projection apparatus, configured to generate an image beam whose imaging surface is adaptive to the diffusing surface of the diffusing screen, and the image beam is projected onto the diffusing surface of the diffusing screen, to form the real image.
20. The automobile according to claim 19 , wherein the optical imaging unit is a concave reflector, and a reflective concave surface of the concave reflector faces the display surface of the real image.