Rear Projection Screen Patents (Class 359/456)
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Patent number: 5877893Abstract: A holographic screen of a rear projection type for use in a projector for transmitting projection light received from a rear end of the projector onto a viewing surface. The holographic screen includes a holographic sheet having an incident surface for receiving projection light, a viewing surface for forming the projection light received by the incident surface into a viewable image, a plurality of protrusions disposed in parallel with each other for scattering the received projection light; and a plurality of light absorbers which are formed between the plurality of the protrusions on the viewing surface, for absorbing ambient light incident to the viewing surface. Thus, an image whose contrast is improved is displayed on a viewing surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yong-ki Kim
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Patent number: 5870224Abstract: The present invention provides a lenticular sheet in which cylindrical lens parts including a radiation curable resin are formed on one side of a transparent support, and at least a light-diffusing layer and light-blocking stripes are formed on the flat surface located on the opposite side of said sheet. Cylindrical lens parts with a fine pitch of 0.3 mm or less can be obtained; furthermore, finely pitched light-blocking stripes can be accurately formed in the desired positions.A projection screen constructed by combining the aforementioned lenticular sheet with a Fresnel lens sheet is ideally suited for viewing a liquid crystal projection TV with a high image definition.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1996Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: Toppan Printing Company LimitedInventors: Goro Saitoh, Teruo Suzuki, Takashi Abe, Kazuyoshi Ebina
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Patent number: 5841572Abstract: A lens array sheet according to the present invention, comprising a transparent substrate, a lens array having lens elements that are one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally formed on the front surface of the transparent substrate, and a cluster having a large number of cluster members randomly formed in a prism shape on the rear surface of the transparent substrate, each of the length, the width, and the height of each of the cluster members being in the range from the wave length of source light to 500 .mu.m. Thus, a lens array sheet that effectively uses light energy of the light source, maintains the light condensing effect, prevents the luminance from deteriorating, homogeneously distributes the luminance on the light emitting surface, prevents equal-thickness interference fringes and wasteful light dispersion to out of the angular range of visual angle can be provided. In addition, a surface light source having the lens array sheet is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1998Date of Patent: November 24, 1998Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rika Ando, Haruo Ono, Hisanori Ishida, Michiko Takeuchi, Toshikazu Nishio, Nobu Masubuchi
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Patent number: 5837346Abstract: Various forms of light-diffusing screen are disclosed comprising plastics sheets having surface texturing of some kind, adding to or modifying the diffusing effect. The plastics sheets may have bulk diffusing characteristics in addition to the surface texturing. The surface texturing may be produced by, for example, embossing or by molding the plastics against a textured surface such as a "brushed" surface or a ribbed or grooved surface imparting asymmetrical diffusion characteristics to the screen.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1996Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignees: Nashua Corporation, Nashua Photo LimitedInventors: William Langille, Robin Clabburn
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Patent number: 5838494Abstract: This invention relates to a stereoscopic image display apparatus which allows an observer to recognize a stereoscopic image, and has a lenticular lens sheet constituted by arranging a plurality of lenticular lenses, and a display unit for sequentially arranging and displaying, on a rear surface portion of the lenticular lens sheet, bundles each including n stripe images which are obtained by dividing n parallax images from different view points into a plurality of stripe images, and bundling corresponding stripe images constituting the respective parallax images. When the deviation amount of the central position of each of the lenticular lenses and the central position of the bundle of stripe images is given by .gamma.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1996Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Keisuke Araki
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Patent number: 5815313Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to improve color shift, shading and view angles, to prevent external light absorption and reflection, to enhance external light contrast, to eliminate reflection of external images that appear on a light transmission screen's face plate, and to provide distinct pictures free of the adverse effects of dust. The light transmission screen disclosed by the present invention comprises a Fresnel lens sheet, a transparent lenticular lens sheet arranged on the Fresnel lens sheet's radiant light side and a front diffusion panel formed of a thin diffusion layer and a transparent layer and arranged on the lenticular lens sheet's light radiant side.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1995Date of Patent: September 29, 1998Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuaki Mitani, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Satoshi Aoki
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Patent number: 5760954Abstract: A reflective type screen has well-balanced properties and is capable of producing a clear image even in a lighted room. The screen has a reflective layer formed on a substrate, a polarizing film layer adhered to the reflective layer through an adhesive layer, and a light diffusion layer on the other side of the polarizing flim layer. The reflective layer preferably consists of a coating layer including a binder resin and aluminum paste and having a glossiness in the range of from 70 to 120% as measured according to JIS-K-7105. The glossiness of the surface of the product, i.e. the screen, is in the range of from 3 to 9%. In the above range of glossiness, the screen exhibits an even luminance and a good SG value.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1996Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Assignees: Kimoto Co., Ltd., Izumi-Cosmo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Tatsuki, Takaaki Kato, Hideo Takamoto, Tetsujiro Omura
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Patent number: 5760955Abstract: A rear projection screen which includes a front lenticular surface, a diffusion region behind the lenticular surface, a non-diffusion region behind the diffusion region, and a rear phase grating surface, when used with high magnification projection systems, exhibits reduced speckle when compared to other rear projection screen without such a grating.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1995Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Assignee: Philips Electronics North America CorporationInventors: Jill F. Goldenberg, Qiang Huang, Johannes C. Van De Ven
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Patent number: 5715022Abstract: An image display apparatus is disclosed which includes: an optical system including a light source and at least one projection lens; a display means for forming a display image, the display means including a non-luminescent display panel and a microlens array disposed on the light-incidence side of the display panel; and at least one projection lens for projecting the display image; wherein the display panel and the microlens array are combined with each other by means of an adhesive made of a transparent material. In cases where the microlens array is provided with color filters which are arranged so as to correspond to the microlenses of this array, the image display apparatus can provide a bright display of color images with an improved contrast. Moreover, when the display panel and the microlens array are combined with each other by means of an adhesive containing spacers, the image display apparatus has a high thermal reliability.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1994Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiaki Takamatsu, Shinichi Ogawa, Masao Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Hamada, Noriko Watanabe, Fumiaki Funada
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Patent number: 5699131Abstract: The present invention provides a screen assembly wherein measures are taken to prevent slack produced in a lenticular lens sheet due to temperature changes and gaps created between a Fresnel lens sheet and the lenticular lens sheet due to temperature changes, thereby enabling the display of images free of inconsistencies in color. The structure of the screen assembly has the lower parts of a lenticular lens sheet and a Fresnel lens sheet comprising a screen fixed together, the upper part of the light radiant side of the lenticular lens sheet fixed to the upper part of a framework, the lower part of the screen, where the Fresnel lens sheet and the lenticular lens sheet are put together not being fixed to the lower part of the framework and a specified clearance created between the lower part of the screen and the lower part of the framework.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1996Date of Patent: December 16, 1997Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Aoki, Katsuaki Mitani
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Patent number: 5661600Abstract: A lenticular lens provided on the viewer side of a transmission type screen is composed of at least two layers, that is, a surface layer and a base layer at least one of which contains a light dispersing material, and a visible light absorbing material is mingled in at least one of these two layers, or in the light dispersing material, thereby enhancing the image contrast of the transmission type screen.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1995Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Assignees: Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd., Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuaki Mitani, Noboru Yasumatsuya, Ichiro Matsuzaki, Hiroshi Kuwada
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Patent number: 5626410Abstract: A novel rear projection screen that displays images with substantially uniform brightness over a wider field-of-view than prior rear projection screens, comprising a first diffusing assembly for diffusing the image and a second diffusing assembly for further diffusing the image from the first diffuser. In the preferred embodiment, the first and second diffusing assemblies comprise an input diffusing screen and a fiber optic array, respectively, with an output diffusing screen used at the output end of the fiber optic array. A preferred flat panel tiled display system that incorporates the present invention includes a plurality of collimated light sources, with respective liquid crystal display assemblies that impart images onto the collimated light beams. An imager images the image-bearing light beams onto the rear projection screen described above so that they are displayed in a tiled arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1995Date of Patent: May 6, 1997Assignee: Palomar Technologies CorporationInventors: James M. Chambers, Steven E. Shields
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Patent number: 5613748Abstract: A transmission screen for a rear projection type image display apparatus having at least one image generation source for displaying images, at least one projection lens for enlarging and projecting images displayed on the at least one image generation source onto a rear portion of the transmission screen for display. The transmission screen of the image display apparatus enables display of the images projected onto the transmission screen with a contrast of at least 70. Further, the transmission screen enables display with a field angle within a range of at least 72.degree. to less than 100.degree.. The transmission screen also includes a glossy light absorbing layer and a substantially smooth mirror surface at a light exit surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1996Date of Patent: March 25, 1997Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takahiko Yoshida, Koji Hirata, Atsuo Ohsawa, Kiyoshi Wada, Hiroki Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 5615045Abstract: A longitudinal-stripe lenticular lens screen and a transverse-stripe lenticular lens screen are superposed, and a light diffusing agent is mixed only in the longitudinal-stripe lenticular lens screen. Therefore, the light transmittance is high although the angle of view can be three-dimensionally widened by the two lenticular lens screens. In addition, since scan lines of an image are blurred by two diffusion planes, Moire becomes inconspicuous.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: March 25, 1997Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Takuma, Hiromitsu Takeuchi, Takaomi Hanabusa
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Patent number: 5611611Abstract: A rear projection type display system with a transmissive screen. A transparent reinforcing plate is coupled to a lenticular sheet of the screen on the light output side by a connective member to broaden the horizontal diverging angle by 60 degrees or more to the right and left sides. The duty factor of a black stripe formed on the lenticular sheet is set to 60% or more so improve the contrast of an image. The diverging angle at each point of a vertically-diffusing lens for diverging light in the vertical direction is modulated in accordance with the height of each point to offer a proper visual angle range in the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1995Date of Patent: March 18, 1997Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Ogino, Yoshiaki Iwahara, Shoji Kuroda, Shuichi Sakamoto, Takashi Itoh, Makoto Kamiya
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Patent number: 5609939Abstract: A viewing screen for incident light including a sheet of embossable material in which a first micro-sculpted surface relief structure that controls the direction in which light propagates has been formed by replicating in the sheet of embossable material a second micro-sculpted surface structure that controls the direction in which light propagates, the second micro-sculpted surface structure having been formed in a photosensitive medium having a refractive index by (i) generating random, disordered and non-planar speckle in the photosensitive medium with coherent light which has been diffused through a holographic diffuser so as to define non-discontinuous and smoothly varying changes in the refractive index of the photosensitive medium which scatter collimated light into a controlled pattern with smooth brightness variation and (ii) developing the photosensitive medium, the incident light being incident on and returned from the viewing screen to a viewing area, the viewing screen controlling the direction oType: GrantFiled: December 14, 1994Date of Patent: March 11, 1997Assignee: Physical Optics CorporationInventors: Joel Petersen, Jeremy Lerner
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Patent number: 5590943Abstract: A transmission screen for a rear projection type image display apparatus having at least one image generation source for displaying images, at least one projection lens for enlarging and projecting images displayed on the at least one image generation source onto a rear portion of the transmission screen for display. The transmission screen of the image display apparatus enables display of the images projected onto the transmission screen with a contrast of at least 70. Further, the transmission screen enables display with a field angle within a range of at least 72.degree. to less than 100.degree.. The transmission screen also includes a glossy light absorbing layer and a substantially smooth mirror surface at a light exit surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1993Date of Patent: January 7, 1997Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takahiko Yoshida, Koji Hirata, Atsuo Osawa, Kiyoshi Wada, Hiroki Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 5581407Abstract: A permeable screen possesses superior brightness, high contrast, wide view angle, excellent contrast to external light, superior clearness, and less reflection of external light image. The permeable screen includes a front dispersing panel and a lenticular lens sheet disposed at the incident side of the front dispersing panel and forming plural lens surfaces. The permeable screen also includes a Fresnel lens sheet disposed at the incident side of the lenticular lens sheet and forming plural lens surfaces. The front dispersing panel functions as a screen and also provides mechanical strength. The front dispersing panel also possesses parts for mounting and fixing the lenticular lens sheet and Fresnel lens sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 1994Date of Patent: December 3, 1996Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuaki Mitani, Satoshi Aoki, Hitoshi Mukai
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Patent number: 5548349Abstract: A color liquid crystal display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmission type liquid crystal display device including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix along a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein incident light is spatially modulated by selecting one of the plurality of pixels, a white light source for emitting white light; dichroic mirrors for splitting the white light emitted from the white light source into at least three bundles of rays of different wavelength bands, the bundles of rays going out from the dichroic mirrors at different angles; lenticular lens layers provided between the liquid crystal display device and the dichroic mirrors, the lenticular lens layers converging the bundles of rays led through the dichroic mirrors onto different ones of the plurality of pixels depending on the wavelength bands thereof, wherein the lenticular lens layers includes a first lenticular lens layer and a second lenticular lens lType: GrantFiled: December 21, 1994Date of Patent: August 20, 1996Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiro Mizuguchi, Hiroshi Hamada
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Patent number: 5513036Abstract: In a projection screen for a rear projection type television set, three lens sheets are arranged in the order of a lenticular lens sheet, a linear Fresnel lens sheet, and a circular Fresnel lens sheet when seen from a viewer's side toward a projector tube. As compared with the arrangement in which the linear and circular Fresnel lens sheets are exchanged with each other, it is possible to obtain a higher brightness and a more uniform brightness, and color uniformity in the picture plane. Further, when the light incident surface of the linear Fresnel lens sheet is matted, it is possible to eliminate white bands (seen from the viewer's side) effectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1994Date of Patent: April 30, 1996Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitomu Watanabe, Makoto Honda, Hiroshi Kojima, Satoshi Nakamae
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Patent number: 5504598Abstract: A full color display is disclosed having a high efficiency light source optically coupled by a light coupling lens array to the active matrix of pixel elements of an image forming means such as a transmissive liquid crystal light valve. The light source is comprised of a patterned matrix of individual, primary colored visible radiation emitters, such as individual phosphor elements, arranged in a manner suitable for the human eye to integrate the individual primary colored lights into a single mixture color. The light coupling lens array collects substantially all of the light rays emitted from each primary colored light emitter and focuses them on a respective one of the transparent electrodes in the active matrix, as a real image smaller than the size of the electrode. A suitable light coupling lens array is a gradient index lens array, a multiple layer, two dimensional array of microlenses functionally analogous to an array of strip lenses, or a microlens array.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1995Date of Patent: April 2, 1996Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Robert A. Sprague, Richard H. Bruce, Louis D. Silverstein
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Patent number: 5448401Abstract: A longitudinal-stripe lenticular lens screen and a transverse-stripe lenticular lens screen are superposed, and a light diffusing agent is mixed only in the longitudinal-stripe lenticular lens screen. Therefore, the light transmittance is high although the angle of view can be three-dimensionally widened by the two lenticular lens screens. In addition, since scan lines of an image are blurred by two diffusion planes, Moire becomes inconspicuous.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1993Date of Patent: September 5, 1995Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hirokazu Takuma, Hiromitsu Takeuchi, Takaomi Hanabusa
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Patent number: 5408282Abstract: A rear projection television set is disclosed which includes a screen assembly, a reflector mirror located behind the screen assembly, and a projection source having a lens system for projecting rays of light to a rear side of the screen assembly through the reflector mirror. The projection source is arranged below the reflector mirror. A ray of light emitted along an optical axis of the lens system of the projection source is reflected by the reflector mirror. A positional relationship among the screen assembly, the projection source and the reflector mirror is determined so that the reflected ray of light is incidental from an upper side to a lower side relative to the screen.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1993Date of Patent: April 18, 1995Assignee: Pioneer Electronic CorporationInventors: Takashi Nagashima, Yukio Ozaki, Kazuya Akiyama, Takayuki Yoshioka, Naruhiko Atsuchi, Saori Wagatsuma
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Patent number: 5363149Abstract: A projection television set includes a body composed of at least two divided upper and lower units, a screen assembly having an integrally formed screen corresponding to the body, and a plurality of bolt and nut assemblies for coupling the divided units together. Each of the upper and lower units has a projector for emitting light rays for forming an image on a screen and a reflector for reflecting the light rays from the projector onto the screen. The projector of the lower unit is arranged below the reflector of the lower unit, and the projector of the upper unit is arranged in an intermediate position between the reflector of the upper unit and the reflector of the lower unit so that setting angles of the two reflectors are different from each other. A screen assembly is mounted on a front face of the body.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1993Date of Patent: November 8, 1994Assignee: Pioneer Electronic CorporationInventors: Takashi Furuno, Toshiya Wakasa, Jun Iizuka, Kanehiro Hagiwara, Mitsuyoshi Mitake
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Patent number: 5241416Abstract: A screen is constituted of a sheet having a first lens array, and a second lens array formed in the interior of said sheet, wherein each lens of said second lens array is arranged in correspondence with each lens of said first lens array.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1992Date of Patent: August 31, 1993Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideaki Mitsutake, Shigeru Kawasaki
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Patent number: 5186780Abstract: A transmission type screen having a screen body constituted by at least one plastic sheet formed of a multiplicity of transparent plastic strands arranged in the shape of a sheet, each the strands being welded together at outer surfaces thereof. Each of the transparent strand may have a main portion and another portion different from the main portion in terms of optical effects. This transmission type screen is manufactured by spinning off the transparent strands from a spinning nozzle while aligning the strands; welding each adjacent over of the strands to form a sheet; and forming a screen body from at least one sheet obtained in this manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 1989Date of Patent: February 16, 1993Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co.Inventors: Kenichi Sakunaga, Mizuo Okada
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Patent number: 5184224Abstract: A transmission-type video projection television system employs a transmission-type screen for displaying an image projected from a rear projector for visual observation by an observer in front of the screen. The transmission-type screen has Fresnel and lenticular lenses, one of which has an electrically conductive layer or a metal member on its surface to prevent the lens from being electrostatically charged, so that dust or dirt particles will not be attracted to the screen.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1991Date of Patent: February 2, 1993Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuaki Mitani, Toshiaki Matsumura, Noboru Yasumatsuya
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Patent number: 5166824Abstract: In a rear projection screen, a plurality of convex lenses of the prescribed configuration are made of photoresist and formed and arranged on a surface or surfaces of a substrate in the prescribed pattern. In case that the convex lenses are formed in the shapes of ellipsoid, the longer radial direction of the ellipsoid is made to coincide with the horizontal direction and shapes of the lenses are changed gradually from the center of the screen to the extremity thereof. Bottom surfaces of non-lens boundary grooves between adjacent convex lenses are made rougher than the convex lens surfaces. A screen manufacturing method comprises the steps of applying photoresist onto a surface or surfaces of a substrate, exposing a patttern of boundary grooves onto the photoresist by photolithography, forming the boundary grooves by etching, and heating and melting the photoresist which is formed with the boundary grooves so as to form a plurality of convex lenses having the prescribed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1991Date of Patent: November 24, 1992Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Nishiguchi, Masami Masuda, Noriyuki Taguchi
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Patent number: 5123728Abstract: A rear screen projection system integrated into the passenger cabin of an airplane. The system has a projector that directs a picture into the inner cavity of a housing. Also attached to the housing is a screen that has a first surface that faces the audience and a second opposite surface exposed to the inner cavity of the housing. Located between the projector and the housing is a mirror that reflects the picture from the projector onto the second surface of the screen. The screen is transparent to light so that the audience can view the picture on the first surface of the screen. The mirror is positioned such that the distance between the projector and the top and bottom edges of the screen are essentially equal. The mirror is also positioned such that even with an overhead projector, the incidence of light is normal to the screen and the picture is directed down toward the audience.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1991Date of Patent: June 23, 1992Assignee: Sony Trans Com, Inc.Inventors: James H. Gradin, Donovan T. Nguyen
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Patent number: 5121252Abstract: A projection screen is comprised of a sheet formed by a multiplicity of light-transmitting plastic strands which strands are arranged and welded in parallel with one another. The width W (mm) of the screen and the pitch p (mm) of the strands meet the following condition (1):0.03.ltoreq.p.ltoreq.W/1000 (1)The radius of curvature R.sub.1 (mm) of the strand at a first side of the screen is determined by the following condition (2)0.5.times.p.ltoreq.R.sub.1 .ltoreq.p (2)The radius of curvature R.sub.2 (mm) of the strand at a second side of the screen meets the following condition(3):R.sub.2 .ltoreq.R.sub.1 (3).Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1991Date of Patent: June 9, 1992Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mizuo Okada, Kenichi Sakunaga, Shigetada Nakagawa, Shozo Saito
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Patent number: 5076661Abstract: A rear projection screen for color television of the type having an array of vertically oriented, parallel lenticular elements on the front surface, uses two diagonally crossed, parallel lenticular element arrays embedded in the screen to control spreading of light into the front lenticular array, achieving better control and less attenuation of the light than systems using surface of bulk diffusion or a single horizontal lenticular array.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1991Date of Patent: December 31, 1991Assignee: North American Philips Corp.Inventor: Ralph H. Bradley
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Patent number: 5071224Abstract: A lenticular lens is provided for use in a back projection type television receiver. The lenticular lens is provided with an exit face having formed thereon a lens portion and two reflecting portions. The lens portion refracts light from a lenticule before the light emerges therefrom. The reflecting portions are on both sides of said lens portion, and each has a reflecting face erected with respect to the screen surface. Part of the incident light is totally reflected by the reflecting portion toward the lens portion whereby the light emerges from the lens portion. Because of this arrangement, the pitch between adjacent lenticules or exit faces can be reduced without rendering the lenticular lens unduly thin.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1990Date of Patent: December 10, 1991Assignee: Pioneer Electronic CorporationInventor: Toru Yokoo
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Patent number: 5056912Abstract: A projection type image display apparatus having a source of light, a transmissive display device having a number of picture elements, a light converging means for converging rays of light in correspondence to one or more of the picture elements, a projecting lens disposed backward of the display device so as to project the image represented by the display device on a screen, the projection lens having a larger numerical aperture than that of the converging means.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1990Date of Patent: October 15, 1991Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Hamada, Fumiaki Funada
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Patent number: 5042908Abstract: A projection screen device for a back projection type television system for projecting an image by emitting beams from a projector, comprising, a lenticular sheet having black strips provided on an emergent surface of the lenticular sheet, a sensor, which is positioned on the black stripes, for outputing a signal when receiving the beams from the projector, a circuit for automatically adjusting a convergence of the beams from the projector and electrical connecting lines for electrically connecting the sensor and edges of the lenticular sheet so as to input the signal to the circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1990Date of Patent: August 27, 1991Assignee: Pioneer Electronic CorporationInventor: Kohsuke Ajima