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Apparatus having a screen with light blocking elements

US5191472A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 29, 1989
Grant dateMar 2, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B21/625
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image display apparatus comprises an image projection system having a projecting optical system, and a screen for displaying an image by receiving the image light deflected by a mirror system. The screen has a plurality of sheets one of which contains a group of cylindrical lenses which act as light transmitting areas and light blocking areas arranged on an image light exit plane along the direction of arrangement of the cylindrical lenses. The screen arrangement is capable of blocking undesirable reflected light.

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