Image display apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTomoya Yano, Tomoharu Nakamura
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Abstract
An image display apparatus (100) according to the present invention includes a display unit and a projection unit. The display unit includes a curved first screen (43) and a curved second screen (44), the first screen extending along a predetermined axis (1), the curved screen having transparency and being disposed on a front side of the first screen (43) with a gap interposed therebetween. The projection unit includes an emitter (11) that emits light for displaying a first image from a region on the predetermined axis (1) and a second image superimposed on the first image, projects the first image onto the first screen (43), and projects the second image onto the second screen (44).
Claims18
An image display apparatus, comprising:
- a display unit that includes a first screen and a second screen, wherein
- the first screen extends along a specific axis,
- the specific axis extends through a gap between the first screen and the second screen, and
- the second screen has transparency and is in front of the first screen with the gap therebetween;
- and
- a projection unit that includes an emitter configured to:
- emit, from a region on the specific axis, light to display a first image and a second image which is superimposed on the first image;
- project the first image onto the first screen along an optical path that extends through the gap;
- and
- project the second image onto the second screen along the optical path, wherein
- the first screen is configured to diffuse and reflect the light to display the first image, and
- the second screen is configured to diffuse and transmit the light to display the second image.
An image display apparatus, comprising:
- a display unit that includes:
- a first screen and a second screen, wherein
- the first screen extends along a specific axis,
- the specific axis extends through a gap between the first screen and the second screen, and
- the second screen has transparency and is in front of the first screen with the gap therebetween;
- a substantially tubular transparent base material having a curved cylindrical surface;
- and
- a transparent screen on one of an inner surface and an outer surface of the transparent base material, wherein
- the transparent screen is a transmissive screen on the inner surface of the transparent base material,
- the first screen corresponds to the outer surface of the transparent base material, and
- the second screen corresponds to the transmissive screen;
- and
- a projection unit that includes an emitter configured to:
- emit, from a region on the specific axis, light to display a first image and a second image which is superimposed on the first image;
- project the first image onto the first screen along an optical path that extends through the gap;
- and
- project the second image onto the second screen along the optical path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.