Lens system for projection television

• US 4,578,710 A
• Filed: 05/07/1984
• Issued: 03/25/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Electronics (USA) Incorporated (Pioneer Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Electronics (USA) Incorporated (Pioneer Corporation)
• Inventors: Hasegawa, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Masinick, Michael A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US06/607,915
• Time in Patent Office: 687 Days
• Field of Search: 358/237, 358/60, 358/231, 353/77, 353/78, 350/445, 350/446, 350/123, 350/122, 352/6, 352/8, 352/9, 352/10, 352/104
• US Class Current: 348/782
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/7408 Direct viewing projectors, e.g. an image displayed on a video CRT or LCD display being projected on a screen

Abstract

A projection television receiver having a more compact cabinet size due to an improved projection lens system. The projection lens system includes a plano-concave lens and a plano-convex lens having optical axes forming an angle in a range of 170° to 190°. First and second mirrors are positioned rearwardly of the plano-concave mirror and the plano-convex mirror to reflect light rays from the plano-concave mirror parallel to the optical axis of the plano-convex mirror. A convex lens is positioned between the two mirrors and the optical path between the plano-concave mirror and the plano-convex mirror.

Claims

1. In a projection television receiver including a cabinet, a projecting cathode-ray tube, a display screen and a projecting lens system for projecting an image formed on a face of said cathode-ray tube onto said screen, the improvement wherein said lens system comprises a plano-convex lens and a plano-concave lens having optical axes forming an angle within a range of 170°

to 180°

, first and second mirrors for reflecting light rays passing through said plano-concave lens along a path parallel to said optical axis of said plano-convex lens, and a convex lens disposed in an optical path between said plano-concave lens and said plano-convex lens.

2. The projection television receiver of claim 1, wherein said convex lens is positioned between said first and second mirrors.

3. The projection television receiver of claim 1, wherein said convex lens is positioned between said plano-concave lens and said first mirror.

4. The television receiver of claim 1, wherein said convex lens is positioned between said first and second mirrors, and further comprising a second convex lens disposed between said plano-concave lens and said first mirror.

5. The projection television receiver of claim 1, wherein said first mirror forms an angle of approximately 45°

with the plane of a base of said cabinet, and further comprising third and fourth mirrors, said third mirror being disposed in an upper portion of said cabinet and said fourth mirror being disposed rearwardly of said projection screen, said third mirror reflecting light received from said plano-convex lens to said fourth mirror, and said fourth mirror reflecting said light to said projection screen.

6. The projection television receiver of claim 1, wherein said first mirror is substantially parallel to the plane of a base of said cabinet, and further comprising a third mirror disposed rearwardly of said screen for reflecting light from said plano-convex lens to said screen.