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Multi-eye image displaying apparatus

US5612709A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 1996
Grant dateMar 18, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2013/0088
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a multi-eye image displaying apparatus and a method using this apparatus. The apparatus comprises an image displaying element, provided for each of right and left eyes and a virtual image moving element for moving at least one of the virtual images for the right and left eyes in a horizontal direction. The image displaying element has an illuminating element for emitting light and, a display unit for displaying an image by using the light from the illuminating element. The image displaying element also has an optical system for projecting the light from the display unit toward a pupil of a viewer and, as a result, forming virtual images of the image to be displayed on the display unit in front of the pupil.

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