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US 6,474,809 B2Granted
Image display apparatus
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasushi Tanijiri, Hiroaki Ueda, Kenji Ishibashi, Tetsuya Noda
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AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasushi Tanijiri, Hiroaki Ueda, Kenji Ishibashi, Tetsuya Noda
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An image display apparatus has a display section for displaying an image, an eyepiece optical system, and a transparent plate-shaped member for holding the eyepiece optical system. The image display apparatus is used with the eyepiece optical system placed in front of a viewer's eyes and with the plate-shaped member facing the eyes. The image display apparatus directs light from the display section through the eyepiece optical system to the eyes so that the viewer is presented with a virtual image of the image displayed on the display section and simultaneously permits light from the outside world to be transmitted through the plate-shaped member so as to be directed to the eyes so that the viewer is presented with an image of the outside world. The boundary surface between the eyepiece optical system and the plate-shaped member is so arranged as not to reflect light from the outside world incident thereon at angles of incidence greater than the Brewster angle toward the eyes.
An image display apparatus comprising a display section for displaying an image, an eyepiece optical system, and a transparent plate-shaped member for holding the eyepiece optical system, the image display apparatus being used with the eyepiece optical system placed in front of a viewer's eyes and with the plate-shaped member facing the eyes, the image display apparatus directing light from the display section via the eyepiece optical system to the eyes so that the viewer is presented with a virtual image of the image displayed on the display section and simultaneously permitting light from an outside world to be transmitted through the plate-shaped member so as to be directed to the eyes so that the viewer is presented with an image of the outside world,
An image display apparatus comprising a display section for displaying an image, an eyepiece optical system, and a transparent plate-shaped member for holding the eyepiece optical system, the image display apparatus being used with the eyepiece optical system placed in front of a viewer's eyes and with the plate-shaped member facing the eyes, the image display apparatus directing light from the display section through the eyepiece optical system to the eyes so that the viewer is presented with a virtual image of the image displayed on the display section and simultaneously permitting light from an outside world to be transmitted through the plate-shaped member so as to be directed to the eyes so that the viewer is presented with an image of the outside world,
An image display apparatus comprising a display section for displaying an image, an eyepiece optical system, and a transparent plate-shaped member for holding the eyepiece optical system, the image display apparatus being used with the eyepiece optical system placed in front of a viewer's eyes and with the plate-shaped member facing the eyes, the image display apparatus directing light from the display section through the eyepiece optical system to the eyes so that the viewer is presented with a virtual image of the image displayed on the display section and simultaneously permitting light from an outside world to be transmitted through the plate-shaped member so as to be directed to the eyes so that the viewer is presented with an image of the outside world,
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