IP Library Patent Application 18071831
Patent Application
App. No. 18/071,831

DISPLAY DEVICE, HEAD-UP DISPLAY, AND MOBILE OBJECT

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Patent No.
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App. No.
18/071,831
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel and a lighting device. The lighting device includes a light source, a light guide panel including an emission surface from which a light of the light source is emitted toward the display panel, a first optical member including a prism array opposing the emission surface of the light guide panel, and a second optical member provided with a Fresnel lens on a surface opposing the emission surface of the first optical member, As viewed in a first direction orthogonal to a normal direction of the display panel, the Fresnel lens emit a light passing through a center of a transmissive region of the display panel in a direction inclined at a fifth angle with respect to the normal direction and bigger that a fourth angle between the display panel and the emission surface of the light guide panel.

Claims (111)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display panel that displays an image; and

a lighting device that emits a light toward the display panel,

wherein the lighting device includes

a light source that emits a light,

a light guide panel on which a light from the light source is incident and including an emission surface that emits a light toward the display panel,

a first optical member disposed between the display panel and the light guide panel and including an incident surface including a prism array provided on a surface opposing the emission surface of the light guide panel and an emission surface opposing the display panel, and

a second optical member disposed between the display panel and the first optical member, provided with a Fresnel lens on a surface opposing the emission surface of the first optical member, and including an emission surface opposing the display panel,

wherein as viewed in a first direction orthogonal to a normal direction of the display panel, the Fresnel lens emit a light passing through a center of a transmissive region of the display panel in a direction inclined at a fifth angle with respect to the normal direction and bigger that a fourth angle between the display panel and the emission surface of the light guide panel.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the center of the transmissive region of the display panel and a center of the Fresnel lens are shifted from each other in a second direction orthogonal to the normal direction and the first direction.

3 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the prism array includes a plurality of prisms arranged in the first direction, and

the prism has two prism angles of two prism surfaces, each of the two prism angles being an angle between the emission surface and a corresponding one of the two prism surfaces, the two prism angles being such that, as viewed in the second direction, a first angle between the display panel and the emission surface of the light guide panel is smaller than a second angle between the normal direction and a light traveling from a center of a transmissive region of the display panel toward a center of an eye-box.

4 . The display device according to claim 3 , wherein as viewed in the second direction, when an emission angle of the light guide panel is y, the first angle is θ1, the second angle is θ2, one of the two prism angles defining an inclination of a prism surface of the prism on which a light from the light guide panel is incident is α, another one of the two prism angles is β, a third angle of a light emitted from the center of the transmissive region of the display panel with respect to the normal direction is θ3, and a refractive index of the prism is n, following Formulas 1 to 4.

θ

3

θ

1

=

sin

1

n sin

θ

a

θ

a

=

180

+

θ

b

α

2

β

θ

b =sin

1

1

/

n sin

α

γ

θ

2

3

θ

3

θ

2

+

3

.

5 . The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the second angle θ2 and the third angle θ3 are equal.

6 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein when, as viewed in the first direction, the fourth angle is φ4, the fifth angle is φ5, a sixth inclination angle of a light emitted from the center of the transmissive region of the display panel with respect to the normal direction is φ6, a focal length of the Fresnel lens is F, and a shift amount between the center of the transmissive region of the display panel and the center of the Fresnel lens is D, following Formulas 5 and 6.

ϕ

6

ϕ

4

=

90

tan

1

F/D

ϕ

5

3

ϕ

6

ϕ

5

+

3

.

7 . The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the fifth angle φ5 and the sixth angle φ6 are equal.

8 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel is disposed parallel to the emission surface of the light guide panel.

9 . A head-up display comprising the display device according to claim 1 .

10 . A mobile object comprising:

the head-up display according to claim 9 ; and

a windshield on which an image output from the head-up display is projected.

11 . A display device comprising:

a display panel that displays an image; and

a lighting device that emits a light toward the display panel,

wherein the lighting device includes

a light source that emits a flat light toward the display panel,

a first optical member disposed between the display panel and the light source, and including an incident surface on which a light from the light source is incident and an emission surface opposing the display panel, and

a second optical member disposed between the display panel and the first optical member, provided with a Fresnel lens on a surface opposing the emission surface of the first optical member, and including an emission surface opposing the display panel,

wherein as viewed in a first direction orthogonal to a normal direction of the display panel, the Fresnel lens emit a light passing through a center of a transmissive region of the display panel in a direction inclined at a fifth angle with respect to the normal direction and bigger that a fourth angle between the display panel and an emission surface of the light source.

12 . A head-up display comprising the display device according to claim 11 .

13 . A mobile object comprising:

the head-up display according to claim 12 ; and

a windshield on which an image output from the head-up display is projected.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069311/0723 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2023
From: TOMOMATSU, SHUNSUKE; ASAI, YOSUKE
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063104/0354 →