Patents Examined by Pnagda Cruz
  • Patent number: 6407860
    Abstract: Provided is a Fresnel lens sheet having the advantage of reducing unnecessary rays of light that may go out around the center area of the concentrically-configured Fresnel lens of the sheet. When it is combined with a lenticular lens sheet to construct a viewing screen, the screen has the advantage of preventing white spots from appearing around its center area. The Fresnel lens sheet is for screens for rear projection image displays, and is characterized in that the lens pitch in the center area of the concentrically-configured Fresnel lens of the sheet differs from that in the peripheral area thereof, and that the lens pitch in the center area is larger than that in the peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Funazaki, Hideki Kobayashi