IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20170059861A1
• Filed: 08/02/2016
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: FURUYA, HIROYUKI, SHIRAMIZU, TAKAHISA, KASHIWABARA, YOSHIRO, URAGAMI, SUSUMU
• Granted Patent: US 9,835,859 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0114 comprising dichroic elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0127 comprising devices increasing the depth of field
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0159 with mechanical means other than scaning means for positioning the whole image
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0101 characterised by optical features G02B27/0172 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0149 characterised by mechanical features G02B27/0176 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/104 for use with scanning systems scanning systems G02B26/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3129 scanning a light beam on the display screen scanning a light beam on a screen in displays other than projection devices G09G3/02; scanning systems in general G02B26/10; projectors using laser light sources in general H04N9/3161

Abstract

An image display device includes a light source that emits a light beam, a screen, a scanning section that scans the screen with the light beam, an optical system, a drive section, and a screen drive circuit. The optical system generates a virtual image by using the light beam that has passed through the screen. The drive section moves the screen at least in parallel to a travel direction of the light beam. The screen drive circuit contains a drive signal table that stores an information group for use in generating a drive signal tailored to stop the screen at different stop locations over different stop periods. The screen drive circuit selects first information in the drive signal table which is associated with displaying of an image and supplies the drive section with a first drive signal generated from the first information.

Claims

1. An image display device comprising:

a light source that emits a light beam;

a screen that is scanned with the light beam to create an image;

a scanning section that scans the screen with the light beam emitted from the light source;

an optical system that generates a virtual image by using the light beam that passes through the screen;

a drive section that moves the screen at least in parallel to a travel direction of the light beam; and

a screen drive circuit that drives the drive section,

wherein the screen drive circuit contains a drive signal table that stores an information group for use in generating a drive signal that causes the screen to reciprocate over a predetermined period,

the drive signal table is configured such that the information group is tailored to stop the screen at different stop locations over different stop periods, the stop locations being confined within a range of the reciprocation of the screen, and

the screen drive circuit selects first information in the drive signal table which is associated with displaying of the image and supplies the drive section with a first drive signal generated from the first information.

2. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein

the information group stored in the drive signal table is configured such that the screen does not stop moving at a first movement stroke but stops moving at a second movement stroke, the screen being configured to move in a first direction with the first movement stroke, the screen being configured to move in a second direction with the second movement stroke, the first direction being opposite to the second direction.

3. The image display device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a light source drive circuit that drives the light source;

a scanning section drive circuit that drives the scanning section; and

a control circuit that controls the screen drive circuit, the light source drive circuit, and the scanning section drive circuit,

wherein the control circuit performs the control so that a virtual image of a depth image is generated at the first movement stroke and a virtual image of a vertical image is generated during a period in which the screen stops moving at the second movement stroke, the depth image having a depth, the vertical image having no depth.

4. The image display device according to claim 2, wherein

the information group stored in the drive signal table is configured such that a period over which the screen moves in the second direction is longer than a period over which the screen moves in the first direction.

5. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein

the drive section includes:

a holder that holds the screen;

a support part that supports the holder so that the holder can be elastically displaced; and

a set of coil and magnet that applies a driving force to the holder.

6. An image display device comprising:

a light source that emits a light beam;

a screen that is scanned with the light beam to create an image;

a scanning section that scans the screen with the light beam emitted from the light source;

an optical system that generates a virtual image by using the light beam that has passed through the screen;

a drive section that moves the screen at least in parallel to a travel direction of the light beam; and

a screen drive circuit that drives the drive section,

wherein the screen drive circuit generates a drive signal by superimposing an acceleration/deceleration signal upon a periodic signal at a timing of stopping the screen, the drive signal being used to move the screen, the acceleration/deceleration signal being used to stop the screen, the periodic signal being used to cause the screen to reciprocate monotonously over a predetermined period.

7. The image display device according to claim 6, wherein

the screen drive circuit does not stop the screen moving at a first movement stroke but stops the screen moving at a second movement stroke, the screen being configured to move in a first direction with the first movement stroke, the screen being configured to move in a second direction with the second movement stroke, the first direction being opposite to the second direction.

8. The image display device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a light source drive circuit that drives the light source;

a scanning section drive circuit that drives the scanning section; and

a control circuit that controls the screen drive circuit, the light source drive circuit, and the scanning section drive circuit,

wherein the control circuit performs the control so that a virtual image of a depth image is generated at the first movement stroke and a virtual image of a vertical image is generated during a period in which the screen stops moving at the second movement stroke, the depth image having a depth, the vertical image having no depth.

9. The image display device according to claim 7, wherein

in the periodic signal, a period over which the screen moves in the second direction is longer than a period over which the screen moves in the first direction.

10. The image display device according to claim 6, wherein

the drive section outputs a location signal to the screen drive circuit, the location signal indicating a location of the screen, and

the screen drive circuit adjusts a waveform of the periodic signal, based on whether a peak value and a bottom value of the location signal acquired from the drive section match corresponding limits of a range in which the screen reciprocates.

11. The image display device according to claim 6, wherein

the drive section includes:

a holder that holds the screen;

a support part that supports the holder so that the holder can be elastically displaced; and

a set of coil and magnet that applies a driving force to the holder.