Virtual image display device and manufacturing method of virtual image display device
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1. A virtual image display device comprising:
- an image display unit that forms image light;
a projection system that forms a virtual image by the image light output from the image display unit; and
a light guide unit having a light-incident part that takes the image light that has passed through the projection system inside, a light guide part that guides the image light taken from the light-incident part by total reflection on first and second surfaces, and a light-exiting part that outputs the image light through the light guide part to the outside,wherein the light guide unit has a reflection part that folds the image light at least in one of the light-incident part and the light-exiting part, a coating member that covers the reflection part, and a hard coating layer that protects the surface guiding the image light including at least the first and second surfaces, andthe hard coating layer covers at least the surface guiding the image light of an entire member containing a light guide main body part that forms at least the light-incident part, the light guide part, and the light-exiting part and the coating member coating the reflection part for folding light.
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Abstract
In fabrication of a light guiding unit, a half mirror layer as a reflection film for folding light is covered by a light transmission main body part as a coating member, i.e., a light transmission member, and a hard coating layer is deposited thereon. Therefore, even when the surfaces of a light guide main body part and the light transmission main body part forming the light guiding unit are cleansed as pre-processing of the deposition of the hard coating layer, the situations such that the half mirror layer is separated thereby may be avoided and optical properties of the half mirror layer may not be lost.
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1. A virtual image display device comprising:
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an image display unit that forms image light; a projection system that forms a virtual image by the image light output from the image display unit; and a light guide unit having a light-incident part that takes the image light that has passed through the projection system inside, a light guide part that guides the image light taken from the light-incident part by total reflection on first and second surfaces, and a light-exiting part that outputs the image light through the light guide part to the outside, wherein the light guide unit has a reflection part that folds the image light at least in one of the light-incident part and the light-exiting part, a coating member that covers the reflection part, and a hard coating layer that protects the surface guiding the image light including at least the first and second surfaces, and the hard coating layer covers at least the surface guiding the image light of an entire member containing a light guide main body part that forms at least the light-incident part, the light guide part, and the light-exiting part and the coating member coating the reflection part for folding light. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A virtual image display device comprising:
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an image display unit that forms image light; a projection system that forms a virtual image by the image light output from the image display unit; and a light guide unit having a light-incident part that takes the image light that has passed through the projection system inside, a light guide part that guides the image light taken from the light-incident part by total reflection on first and second surfaces, and a light-exiting part that outputs the image light through the light guide part to the outside, wherein the light guide unit has a hard coating layer that protects the surface guiding the image light including at least the first and second surfaces, and a reflection part that folds the image light at least in one of the light-incident part and the light-exiting part, and the hard coating layer covers at least the surface guiding the image light of an entire member containing at least a light guide main body part that forms at least the light-incident part, the light guide part, and the light-exiting part, and the reflection part for folding light is formed on the hard coating layer. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A manufacturing method of a virtual image display device including an image display unit that forms image light, a projection system that forms a virtual image by the image light output from the image display unit, and a light guide unit having a light-incident part that takes the image light that has passed through the projection, system inside, a light guide part that guides the image light taken from the light-incident part by total reflection on first and second surfaces, a light-exiting part that takes the image light through the light guide part to the outside, a reflection part that folds the image light at least in the light-incident part and the light-exiting part, a coating member that covers the reflection part, and a hard coating layer that protects the surface guiding the image light including at least the first and second surfaces,
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fabricating the reflection part for folding light in a light guide main body part that forms at least the light-incident part and the light-exiting part; coating the reflection part fabricated in the fabricating with the coating member; and depositing the hard coating layer that covers an entire member containing the light guide main body part that forms at least the light-incident part, the light guide part, and the light-exiting part and the coating member coating the reflection part for folding light in the coating. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A manufacturing method of a virtual image display device including an image display unit that forms image light, a projection system that forms a virtual image by the image light output from the image display unit, and a light guide unit having a light-incident part that takes the image light that has passed through the projection system inside, a light guide part that guides the image light taken from the light-incident part by total reflection on first and second surfaces, a light-exiting part that outputs the image light through the light guide part to the outside, a hard coating layer that protects the surface guiding the image light including at least the first and second surfaces, and a reflection part that folds the image light at least in one of the light-incident part and the light-exiting part,
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depositing the hard coating layer that covers an entire member containing the light guide main body part that forms at least the light-incident part, the light guide part, and the light-exiting part; and fabricating the reflection part for folding the image light that is formed on the light guide main body part forming at least one of the light-incident part and the light-exiting part of the hard coating layer deposited in the depositing.
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