Display system having curved microlens array between flat matrix display panel and similarly curved viewing screen
First Claim
1. A display system comprising a substantially flat matrix display panel, a curved viewing screen arranged over, and spaced from, the output side of the panel and an optical image transfer arrangement disposed between the curved screen and the output side of the panel and comprising at least one microlens array which is curved in the same general direction as the screen and which has spaced apart lens elements for transmitting respective portions of the image produced at the output side of the panel onto corresponding positions on the curved screen.
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Abstract
A display system comprises a substantially flat matrix display panel (10), for example an LCD, a viewing screen (12) spaced from the panel and curved in one or more directions, for example to conform with the contour of a support structure (16), and an image transfer arrangement (14) comprising at least one microlens array curved in a similar sense to the screen and disposed between the panel and the screen whose individual lens elements transmit respective portions of the image on the panel onto corresponding positions on the screen. The arrangement may comprise imaging, field and re-imaging arrays (20, 21, 22) in series with corresponding lens elements in the arrays having a common optical axis.
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11 Claims
- 1. A display system comprising a substantially flat matrix display panel, a curved viewing screen arranged over, and spaced from, the output side of the panel and an optical image transfer arrangement disposed between the curved screen and the output side of the panel and comprising at least one microlens array which is curved in the same general direction as the screen and which has spaced apart lens elements for transmitting respective portions of the image produced at the output side of the panel onto corresponding positions on the curved screen.
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