IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSIVE SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATING DEVICE
First Claim
1. An image display apparatus comprising:
- (A) an image generating device including a light source and a transmissive spatial light modulating device formed with pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix; and
(B) a light guiding unit that guides light from the image generating device and emits the light toward an eye of a viewer,whereinthe transmissive spatial light modulating device includes, on a light emitting side thereof, a microlens array including a microlens corresponding to each pixel, andwhen an incident solid angle of light entering a pixel from the light source is assumed to be ω
in, and an emitting solid angle of light that passes through the pixel and is emitted from the microlens corresponding to the pixel is assumed to be ω
out, ω
out>
ω
in is satisfied.
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Abstract
An image display apparatus 100 includes: (A) an image generating device 111 including a light source 160 and a transmissive spatial light modulating device 150 formed with pixels 152 arranged in a two-dimensional matrix; and (B) a light guiding unit 120 that guides light from the image generating device 111, and emits the light toward an eye 21 of a viewer 20, wherein the transmissive spatial light modulating device 150 includes, on a light emitting side thereof, a microlens array 170 including a microlens corresponding to each pixel, and when an incident solid angle of light entering a pixel from the light source 160 is assumed to be ωin, and an emitting solid angle of light that passes through the pixel and is emitted from the microlens corresponding to the pixel is assumed to be ωout, ωout>ωin is satisfied.
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14 Claims
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1. An image display apparatus comprising:
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(A) an image generating device including a light source and a transmissive spatial light modulating device formed with pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix; and (B) a light guiding unit that guides light from the image generating device and emits the light toward an eye of a viewer, wherein the transmissive spatial light modulating device includes, on a light emitting side thereof, a microlens array including a microlens corresponding to each pixel, and when an incident solid angle of light entering a pixel from the light source is assumed to be ω
in, and an emitting solid angle of light that passes through the pixel and is emitted from the microlens corresponding to the pixel is assumed to be ω
out, ω
out>
ω
in is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An image generating device that propagates incident light therein by total reflection, and then emits the light toward a light guiding unit including a light guide panel emitting light with a deflecting unit,
the image generating device comprising a light source and a transmissive spatial light modulating device formed with pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, wherein the transmissive spatial light modulating device includes, on a light emitting side thereof, a microlens array including a microlens corresponding to each pixel, and when an incident solid angle of light entering a pixel from the light source is assumed to be ω -
in, and an emitting solid angle of light that passes through the pixel and is emitted from the microlens corresponding to the pixel is assumed to be ω
out, ω
out>
ω
in is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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in, and an emitting solid angle of light that passes through the pixel and is emitted from the microlens corresponding to the pixel is assumed to be ω
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14. A transmissive spatial light modulating device formed with pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix,
the transmissive spatial light modulating device comprising on a light emitting side thereof, a microlens array including a microlens corresponding to each pixel, wherein when an incident solid angle of light that is emitted from a light source and enters a pixel is assumed to be ω -
in, and an emitting solid angle of light that passes through the pixel and is emitted from the microlens corresponding to the pixel is assumed to be ω
out, ω
out>
ω
in is satisfied.
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in, and an emitting solid angle of light that passes through the pixel and is emitted from the microlens corresponding to the pixel is assumed to be ω
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