Transmission type projection screen

• US 4,752,116 A
• Filed: 07/16/1987
• Issued: 06/21/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Company Limited
• Inventors: Sekiguchi, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Wintercorn, Richard A.
• Application Number:
  US07/074,253
• Time in Patent Office: 341 Days
• Field of Search: 350/127-129
• US Class Current: 359/457
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/625 Lenticular translucent screens

Abstract

A screen formed with a plurality of lenticular lenses on both the surfaces is provided. There are formed on the incident surface a plurality of sets of incident side main lenticular lenses and incident side auxiliary lenticular lenses, each set being arranged on both the sides of the main lenticular lens. Further, there are formed on the emission surface a plurality of emission side main lenticular lenses and a plurality of pairs of emission side auxiliary lenticular lenses, each pair being arranged on both the sides of the main lenticular lens. The greater part of an incident light is incident from the incident side main lenticular lens and is emitted from the emission side main lenticular lens at a predetermined diffusion angle. The remaining incident light is incident from the incident side auxiliary lenticular lenses and is emitted from the emission side auxiliary lenticular lenses at a different angle.

Claims

1. In a transmission type projection screen in which a plurality of lenticular lenses are formed on both the surfaces of the incident and emission surfaces, the improvement wherein:

there are formed on the incident surface a plurality of incident side main lenticular lenses for allowing the greater part of an incident light to be incident, and a plurality of pairs of incident side auxiliary lenticular lenses for allowing the remaining part of the incident light to be incident, the incident side auxiliary lenticular lenses constituting each pair being arranged on both the sides of said incident side main lenticular lens, respectively;

there are formed on the emission surface a plurality of emission side main lenticular lenses for allowing a light which is incident to said incident side main lenticular lens to be emitted to the outside, and a plurality of pairs of emission side auxiliary lenticular lenses for allowing a light which is incident to said incident side auxiliary lenticular lens to be emitted to the outside, the emission auxiliary lenticular lenses constituting each pair being arranged on both the sides of said emission side main lenticular lens, respectively; and

said incident side main lenticular lenses and said emission side main lenticular lenses, and said incident side auxiliary lenticular lenses and said emission side auxiliary lenticular lenses are arranged in the same direction at positions such that said incident side main lenticular lenses and said emission side main lenticular lenses have one to one correspondence relationship and said incident side auxiliary lenticular lenses and said emission side auxiliary lenticular lenses have one to one correspondence relationship, respectively.

2. A transmission type projections screen as set forth in claim 1, wherein light absorption layers are provided at portions from which light is not emitted of said emission surface.

3. A transmission type projection screen as set forth in claim 1, wherein projected portions are provided at portions from which light is not emitted and light absorption layers are further provided on said projected portions.

4. A transmission type projection screen as set forth in claim 1, wherein optical diffusion material is filled into the screen.

5. A transmission type projection screen as set forth in claim 1, wherein said emission surface serves as an optical diffusion surface.