Image display apparatus
First Claim
1. An image display apparatus comprising at least two image display devices for displaying images, and at least two ocular optical systems for projecting, respectively, the images formed by said at least two image display devices as enlarged virtual images in front of one common eyeball of an observer and for leading the projected images to said eyeball,wherein, when said at least two ocular optical systems are defined as a first ocular optical system and a second ocular optical system in order from an observer side, said first ocular optical system and second ocular optical system each have at least one reflecting surface of positive power, said reflecting surface being tilted or decentered with respect to an observer'"'"'s visual axis, said at least one reflecting surface of positive power in said first ocular optical system being a semitransparent surface which reflects a part of incident light and transmits a part of it, said first ocular optical system being disposed on a side of said second ocular optical system which is closer to said eyeball in a direction of said observer'"'"'s visual axis, said second ocular optical system being disposed on a side of said first ocular optical system which is remote from said eyeball in the direction of said observer'"'"'s visual axis.
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Abstract
A head-mounted image display apparatus which uses two or more image display devices, and which is compact and lightweight and yet enables observation of a clear image over the entire observation image field at a wide field angle and high resolution. The image display apparatus includes two image display devices (5 and 6) and two ocular optical systems (3 and 4) for projecting, respectively, images formed by the two image display devices (5 and 6) as enlarged virtual images in front of one common eyeball (7) of an observer and for leading the projected images to the eyeball (7). When the two ocular optical systems are defined as a first ocular optical system (3) and a second ocular optical system (4) in order from the observer side, the first and second ocular optical systems (3 and 4) have concave mirrors (12 and 22), respectively. These reflecting surfaces are tilted or decentered with respect to an observer'"'"'s visual axis (2). The concave mirror 12 of the first ocular optical system (3) is a semitransparent surface. The first ocular optical system (3) is disposed on the eyeball side of the second ocular optical system (4) in the direction of the observer'"'"'s visual axis (2), and the second ocular optical system (4) is disposed on the side of the first ocular optical system (3) which is remote from the eyeball (7) in the observer'"'"'s visual axis direction.
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1. An image display apparatus comprising at least two image display devices for displaying images, and at least two ocular optical systems for projecting, respectively, the images formed by said at least two image display devices as enlarged virtual images in front of one common eyeball of an observer and for leading the projected images to said eyeball,
wherein, when said at least two ocular optical systems are defined as a first ocular optical system and a second ocular optical system in order from an observer side, said first ocular optical system and second ocular optical system each have at least one reflecting surface of positive power, said reflecting surface being tilted or decentered with respect to an observer'"'"'s visual axis, said at least one reflecting surface of positive power in said first ocular optical system being a semitransparent surface which reflects a part of incident light and transmits a part of it, said first ocular optical system being disposed on a side of said second ocular optical system which is closer to said eyeball in a direction of said observer'"'"'s visual axis, said second ocular optical system being disposed on a side of said first ocular optical system which is remote from said eyeball in the direction of said observer'"'"'s visual axis.
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7. An image display apparatus comprising at least two image display devices for displaying images, and at least two ocular optical systems for projecting, respectively, the images formed by said at least two image display devices as enlarged virtual images in front of one common eyeball of an observer and for leading the projected images to said eyeball,
wherein, when said at least two ocular optical systems are defined as a first ocular optical system and a second ocular optical system in order from an observer side, said first ocular optical system and second ocular optical system each have at least one reflecting surface of positive power, said reflecting surface being tilted or decentered with respect to an observer'"'"'s visual axis, said at least one reflecting surface of positive power in each ocular optical system being a semitransparent surface which reflects a part of incident light and transmits a part of it, said first ocular optical system being disposed on a side of said second ocular optical system which is closer to said eyeball in a direction of said observer'"'"'s visual axis, said second ocular optical system being disposed on a side of said first ocular optical system which is remote from said eyeball in the direction of said observer'"'"'s visual axis, and wherein, in a superimposition area, a bundle of light rays incident from an external scene passes successively through said second ocular optical system and said first ocular optical system to reach said observer'"'"'s eyeball.
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15. An image display apparatus comprising at least two image display devices for displaying images, and at least two ocular optical systems for projecting, respectively, the images formed by said at least two image display devices as enlarged virtual images in front of one common eyeball of an observer and for leading the projected images to said eyeball,
wherein, when said at least two ocular optical systems are defined as a first ocular optical system and a second ocular optical system in order from an observer side, said first ocular optical system and second ocular optical system each have at least one reflecting surface of positive power, said reflecting surface being tilted or decentered with respect to an observer'"'"'s visual axis, said at least one reflecting surface of positive power in each ocular optical system being a semitransparent surface which reflects a part of incident light and transmits a part of it, and wherein, in a first position, said first ocular optical system and second ocular optical system are disposed side-by-side in a direction perpendicular to said observer'"'"'s visual axis, whereas, in a second position, said first ocular optical system is disposed on a side of said second ocular optical system which is closer to said eyeball in a direction of said observer'"'"'s visual axis, and said second ocular optical system is disposed on a side of said first ocular optical system which is remote from said eyeball in the direction of said observer'"'"'s visual axis, and wherein, in a superimposition area, a bundle of light rays incident from an external scene passes successively through said second ocular optical system and said first ocular optical system to reach said observer'"'"'s eyeball.
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