Display device
AssigneeJapan Display Inc.
InventorsTakeo Koito, Yudai Numata
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display module which emits display light, an optical element which transmits or reflects the display light, and a reflective element which retroreflects the display light reflected from the optical element. The reflective element includes a first reflector including a first retroreflective surface having retroreflective properties, a first end portion, and a second end portion which is more separated from the optical element than the first end portion, and a second reflector including a third end portion, which overlaps the second end portion and is closer to the optical element than the second end portion, and a second retroreflective surface having retroreflective properties.
Claims10
A display device comprising:
- a display module which emits display light;
- an optical element which transmits or reflects the display light;
- and
- a reflective element which retroreflects the display light reflected from the optical element,
- the reflective element comprising:
- a first reflector plate including
- a first side of the first reflector plate,
- a second side of the first reflector plate,
- a first retroreflective surface with retroreflective properties between the first side and the second side, the first retroreflective surface facing the optical element,
- a first flat surface of the first reflector plate, the first flat surface being on an opposite side to the first retroreflective surface,
- a first end portion of the first retroreflective surface along the first side, and
- a second end portion of the first retroreflective surface along the second side;
- and
- a second reflector plate including
- a third side of the second reflector plate,
- a fourth side of the second reflector plate,
- a second retroreflective surface with retroreflective properties between the third side and the fourth side, the second retroreflective surface facing the optical element,
- a second flat surface of the second reflector plate, the second flat surface being on an opposite side to the second retroreflective surface,
- a third end portion of the second retroreflective surface along the third side, and
- a fourth end portion of the second retroreflective surface along the fourth side, wherein
- the first flat surface is foiined from the first side to the second side of the first reflector plate,
- the second flat surface is formed from the third side to the fourth side of the second reflector plate,
- a distance between the second end portion and the optical element is greater than a distance between the first end portion and the optical element,
- a distance between the fourth end portion and the optical element is greater than
- a distance between the third end portion and the optical element,
- the distance between the second end portion and the optical element is greater than the third end portion and the optical element,
- the third end portion of the second retroreflective surface overlaps the second end portion of the first retroreflective surface,
- the second end portion of the first retroreflective surface faces the second flat surface of the second reflector plate.
A display device comprising:
- a display module which emits display light;
- an optical element which transmits or reflects the display light;
- and
- a reflective element which retroreflects the display light reflected from the optical element,
- the reflective element comprising:
- a first reflector plate including
- a first side of the first reflector plate,
- a second side of the first reflector plate,
- a first retroreflective surface with retroreflective properties which is bent in a convex shape toward the optical element between the first side and the second side;
- and
- a first end portion of the first retroreflective surface along the first side, and
- a second end portion of the first retroreflective surface along the second side;
- and
- a second reflector plate including
- a third side of the second reflector plate,
- a fourth side of the second reflector plate,
- a second retroreflective surface with retroreflective properties which is bent in a convex shape toward the optical element between the third side and the fourth side,
- a third end portion of the second retroreflective surface along the third side, and
- a fourth end portion of the second retroreflective surface along the fourth side,
- wherein
- a distance between the second end portion and the optical element is greater than a distance between the first end portion and the optical element,
- a distance between the fourth end portion and the optical element is greater than a distance between the third end portion and the optical element,
- the first retroreflective surface forms a single convex portion, without any concave portion between the first side and the second side,
- the second retroreflective surface forms a single convex portion without any concave portion between the third side and the fourth side, and
- the second end portion of the first retroreflective surface faces the third end portion of the second retroreflective surface.
A display device comprising:
- a display module which emits display light;
- an optical element which transmits or reflects the display light;
- and
- a reflective element including a first end extending in a first direction, a second end extending in the first direction, an inner surface which retroreflects the display light reflected from the optical element between the first end and the second end, a distance between the first end and the display module being greater than a distance between the second end and the display module, the inner surface being concave with respect to the display module,
- the reflective element comprising:
- a first reflector plate including a first retroreflective surface with retroreflective properties, a non- retroreflective surface on an opposite side to the first retroreflective surface, a first end portion, and a second end portion, the first end portion and the second end portion being on both sides of the first retroreflective surface in the first direction;
- a second reflector plate including a third end portion, which overlaps the first end portion and is more separated from the display module than the first end portion, and a second retroreflective surface with retroreflective properties;
- and
- a third reflector plate including a fourth end portion, which overlaps the second end portion and is more separated from the display module than the second end portion, and a third retroreflective surface with retroreflective properties,
- wherein the second reflector, the first reflector, and the third reflector are arranged in the first direction in this order,
- the first retroreflective surface, the second retroreflective surface, and the third retroreflective surface form the inner surface,
- the first reflector is closer to the optical element,
- the second reflector and the third reflector are separated from the optical element, and
- the third end portion of the second retroreflective surface and the fourth end portion of the third retroreflective surface face the non-retroreflective surface of the first reflector plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.