IP Library Granted Patent US 9,462,214
Granted Patent B2
US 9,462,214 · App. 14/476,712 · Granted Oct 4, 2016

Image display device

Inventor: Manabu Kobayashi (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: JVC KENWOOD Corporation
H04N5/74G02B27/0101G06T19/006B60K35/00G02B27/01G02B2027/011G02B2027/013
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Patent No.
US 9,462,214
App. No.
14/476,712
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display device includes: a projection port that projects image display light generated based on an image signal; and a combiner that presents a virtual image by reflecting the image display light projected from the projection port. With respect to a specific direction along a reflection surface of the combiner, the curvature of the combiner in the specific direction becomes smaller as a distance from the projection port becomes larger. The reflection surface of the combiner may be formed by a biconic surface.

Claims (10)

1. An image display device comprising:

a projection port that projects image display light generated based on an image signal; and

a combiner that presents a virtual image by reflecting the image display light projected from the projection port;

wherein: with respect to a specific direction along a reflection surface of the combiner, the curvature of the combiner in the specific direction becomes smaller as a distance from the projection port becomes larger; and the reflection surface of the combiner is formed by a biconic surface,

wherein, when a visual-line direction in which the virtual image is visually recognized via the combiner is set to be a z-axis direction, a direction that is perpendicular to the z-axis direction is set to be an x-axis direction, and a direction that is perpendicular to the z-axis direction and the x-axis direction is set to be a y-axis direction,

the combiner is provided at a position where a projection position at which a projection axis of the image display light projected from the projection port intersects with the reflection surface is different from a vertex position at which both the curvature in the x-axis direction and the curvature in the y-axis direction of the biconic surface forming the reflection surface become maximum, and

wherein the combiner is shaped into a form such that a line of intersection of the biconic surface forming the reflection surface and the x-z plane is an ellipsoid line and such that a line of intersection of the biconic surface forming the reflection surface and the y-z plane is a hyperbolic curve.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 wherein the projection position on the reflection surface and the vertex position on the reflection surface are different from each other in the y-axis direction in the combiner.

3. The image display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reflection surface of the combiner is formed by a shape that is asymmetrical using the lower half of a biconic surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2014
From: KOBAYASHI, MANABU
To: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033663/0084 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2012-161971 · Jul 20, 2012 · national
JP 2012-161979 · Jul 20, 2012 · national
JP 2012-167314 · Jul 27, 2012 · national
JP 2012-167315 · Jul 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2013004293 · Jul 11, 2013
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