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Three dimensional screen display

US6714173B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 2001
Grant dateMar 30, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 18, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N13/307
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A screen display apparatus is capable of visually presenting to a viewer E a secondary image 30 (virtual image and/or a real image) as an “inclined” a primary image (subject) 10, and is vertically inclined with respect to said viewer at a position, which is different from a position of said primary image 10. This is realized through an action of a lens 20. With the “inclination, the viewer E views the secondary image 30 with a three-dimensional feeling. The “inclination” is effective when the upper part of the secondary image 30 is located farther from the viewer E than the lower part thereof, and when its angle &thgr; is within a range of 3° to 40°. Further, a screen display apparatus, a plurality of secondary images 30 (in the figures, virtual images 31 and 32) on a primary image 10 as a subject are formed by a microlens array 20 including convex microlenses 221 and concave microlenses 223. The screen display apparatus visually presents those secondary images 30 to a viewer E so that those images are viewed as a single image. As a result, an image is displayed with an intensive three-dimensionally feeling.

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