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Granted Patent B2
US 12,517,372 · App. 18/060,280 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Aerial display apparatus

Inventor: Yasuhiro Daiku (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
G02B30/56
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Patent No.
US 12,517,372
App. No.
18/060,280
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aerial display apparatus that ensures a display quality of an aerial image is provided. An aerial display apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a display unit ( 20 ) including a display surface on which an image is displayed and configured to emit display light from the display surface; and a mirror device disposed obliquely with respect to the display surface of the display unit ( 20 ), and configured to reflect the display light emitted by the display unit ( 20 ) to allow an aerial image to be formed at a position that is plane-symmetrical to the display unit ( 20 ), a light distribution of the display light being greater than −35.0 degrees and less than +35.0, given that a normal direction of the display surface is 0 degrees.

Claims (24)

1 . An aerial display apparatus comprising:

a display unit including a display surface on which an image is displayed and configured to emit display light from the display surface; and

a mirror device disposed obliquely with respect to the display surface of the display unit, and configured to reflect the display light emitted by the display unit to allow an aerial image to be formed at a position that is plane-symmetrical to the display unit,

wherein the display unit comprises:

a light source;

a first lens disposed above the light source at a predetermined interval;

a second lens disposed above the first lens at a predetermined interval;

a display device disposed above the second lens; and

a light control device disposed above the display device and including a plurality of transparent regions and a plurality of translucent regions, the transparent regions and the translucent regions being disposed side by side in an alternate manner,

the first lens being a plano-convex lens with a planar surface side facing the light source,

the second lens being a Fresnel lens with a planar surface side facing the first lens, and

a light distribution of the display light being greater than-35.0 degrees and less than +35.0, given that a normal direction of the display surface is 0 degrees.

2 . The aerial display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second lens is a plano-convex Fresnel lens.

3 . The aerial display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mirror device includes a plurality of optical elements each including two reflective surfaces that are orthogonally disposed.

4 . The aerial display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the mirror device includes a plurality of optical elements each including two reflective surfaces that are orthogonally disposed.

5 . The aerial display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein each of the optical elements has a cubic or rectangular parallelepiped shape.

6 . The aerial display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein each of the optical elements has a cubic or rectangular parallelepiped shape.

7 . The aerial display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an angle formed by a principal surface of the mirror device and the display surface of the display unit is 45 degrees.

8 . The aerial display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein an angle formed by a principal surface of the mirror device and the display surface of the display unit is 45 degrees.

9 . The aerial display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein an angle formed by a principal surface of the mirror device and the display surface of the display unit is 45 degrees.

10 . The aerial display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an angle formed by a principal surface of the mirror device and the display surface of the display unit is 45 degrees.

11 . The aerial display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein an angle formed by a principal surface of the mirror device and the display surface of the display unit is 45 degrees.

12 . The aerial display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein an angle formed by a principal surface of the mirror device and the display surface of the display unit is 45 degrees.

13 . The aerial display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein an angle formed by a principal surface of the mirror device and the display surface of the display unit is 45 degrees.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 21, 2024
From: TOPPAN INC.
To: TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 068736/0367 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2022
From: DAIKU, YASUHIRO
To: TOPPAN INC.
Reel/Frame 061926/0018 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-096737 · Jun 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021020209 · May 27, 2021
Related Publication 20230092598A1 · Mar 23, 2023
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