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Image display device, semiconductor device and optical element

US5926238A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateApr 4, 1997
Grant dateJul 20, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2213/025
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical apparatus includes at least an image display device, a light source for illuminating the image display device, a light-receiving device for receiving the light reflected from the eye of an observer, and a calculation device for calculating the line of sight of the observer based on the output of the light-receiving means. At least part of the illuminating light from the light source is utilized as the illuminating light for illuminating the eye of the observer.

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