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Image display apparatus

US5663833A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1994
Grant dateSep 2, 1997
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2027/0178
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image display apparatus comprises an image display device for emitting a light beam to display an image, and an observation optical system for guiding the light beam from the image display device to the pupil of an observer. The observation optical system has at least a concave, reflective surface and a convex, reflective surface in order from the pupil side of the observer along an optical axis of the light beam directed from the image display device to the pupil. The concave, reflective surface is located near the pupil.

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