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Projection lens apparatus and rear projection type image display apparatus using the same

US6768594B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2002
Grant dateJul 27, 2004
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B13/08
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a projection lens, there are arranged in order from a screen side, a first lens group including a meniscus lens having a convex lens surface in a central portion toward a screen with refracting power, a second lens group including a lens having a convex lens surface in a central portion toward a video generating source, a third lens group including a lens having convex lens surfaces in both sides with positive refracting power, a fourth lens group including a lens having a convex lens surface in a central portion toward the video generating source with positive refracting power, and a fifth lens group including a lens having a concave lens surface toward the screen with negative refracting power. An entrance pupil is arranged between incident and emitting surfaces of a power lens.

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