Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a reflective type liquid crystal panel with pixels which are arranged in two-dimentionally and which modulate irradiated light utilizing polymer dispersed liquid crystal capable of exhibiting two conditions including scattering and unscattering. The device is provided with an optical member having a multiple-interference effect at a predetermined angle with respect to the surface of the reflective type liquid crystal panel.

Abstract: A stereoscopic display apparatus and method performs and includes, respectively, steps of dividing each of a plurality of parallax images supplied from a parallax image source having parallax image information into stripe pixels, displaying, on a display, a single stripe image by arranging and synthesizing some of the stripe pixels in a predetermined order, displaying a slit pattern consisting of a light-transmission portion and a light-shielding portion arranged at a predetermined pitch on a spatial light modulation element arranged at a predetermined position on the front or rear side of the display, inputting light transmitted through the stripe pixels, corresponding to the right and left eyes of an observer, of the stripe image to the right and left eyes of the observer via the spatial light modulation element and synchronously displaying the stripe pattern and the slit pattern in units of pixels or scan lines on corresponding scan lines of the display and the spatial light modulation element.

Abstract: This invention relates to a multi-eye image display apparatus. The apparatus has right-eye moving image display for emitting light to display a moving image for the right eye, right-eye still image display for emitting light to display a still image for the right eye, left-eye moving image display for emitting light to display a moving image for the left eye, left-eye still image display for emitting light to display a still image for the left eye and optical device for guiding a light beam from the right-eye moving image display and a light beam from the right-eye still image display to the pupil of the right eye of an observer and guiding a light beam from the left-eye moving image display and a light beam from the left-eye still image display to the pupil of the left eye of the observer, whereby the observer can make fusion between the still images and fusion between the moving images.

Abstract: An illumination device is formed from a light-transmissive light guide member, and a light source disposed on a side of the light guide member to emit light to the light guide member. The light guide member is formed to include an anisotropic grating preferably at a boundary between an anisotropic member having a refractive index anisotropy and a substantially non-anisotropic member laminated on the anisotropic member. The anisotropic grating may be formed as a one-dimensionally arranged grating for causing selective diffraction of, e.g., an ordinary ray. As a result, the illumination device is caused to function as a planar light source emitting linearly polarized light of a uniform luminance distribution suitably used in combination with a transmission-type or reflection-type liquid crystal device to form a small-sized and thin liquid crystal apparatus.

Abstract: This invention relates to an image display method, which includes the steps mainly characterized by allowing the observer to stereoscopically view the three-dimensional partial image by guiding a light beam coming from the three-dimensional partial image to a predetermined position via a partial parallax barrier, which is formed by light directivity controlling means, arranged to oppose the image displaying means, by alternately arranging stripe-shaped light-transmitting portions and light-shielding portions on an area corresponding to the three-dimensional partial image; and controlling, using light amount adjusting means, the brightness levels of the partial images to be observed by the observer in correspondence with the view point numbers of the partial images.

Abstract: This invention relates to a stereoscopic image display apparatus, which comprises a two-dimensionally array of light modulation elements for modulating light in correspondence with a stripe synthesized image obtained by alternately arranging stripe image portions of a plurality of stripe images which are obtained by dividing right- and left-eye images, an illumination light source, arranged behind the light modulation elements, for illuminating the light modulation element, a parallax barrier arranged in front of the light modulation elements, and having predetermined aperture portions and light-shielding portions in correspondence with the light modulation elements corresponding to the respective stripe image portions, and an element, arranged between the light modulation elements and the illumination light source, for dividing and deflecting light emitted by the illumination light source.

Abstract: A display apparatus is constituted by a planar display device and a planar illumination device therefor. A lowering in light quantity at a periphery of the planar illumination device is prevented by inserting a reflection member, such as a reflection frame, having an inside reflection surface along the periphery of the illumination device, or a combination of a scattering means and a transparent sheet member between the display device and the illumination device. A plurality of the display apparatus may be combined to allow an associate movement thereof so as to constitute a composite display apparatus, such as a head-mount display.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image display method using a display, a phase shift member and a polarization optical element, two different types of vertically elongated stripe-shaped polarization plates having orthogonal optical axes, includes the steps of displaying, on the display, a single stripe image which is synthesized in such a manner that right and left parallax images from a parallax image source are divided into stripe pixels, and the stripe pixels of the right and left parallax images are arranged in a predetermined order, and controlling a direction of polarization of light transmitted through the phase shift member by controlling the electrical signal to be applied to the phase shift member in synchronism with the display operation of the stripe image.

Abstract: In a magnetooptical information recording-reproducing apparatus, recording of information is performed such that a laser beam is irradiated on a magnetooptical information recording medium via an optical head while applying a magnetic field to the beam irradiated portion of the recording medium onto which information pits are formed by utilizing the difference in the direction of magnetization thereof. The magnetooptical information recording-reproducing apparatus is provided with a band-like shielding plate which is arranged in an optical path of a reflected light from the recording medium upon application of the laser beam thereto in a direction perpendicular to tracks of the recording medium. Reproduction of information recorded on the recording medium is effected by detecting the beam which is not shielded by the shielding plate by use of a photodetector.

Abstract: A multi-eye type image display apparatus comprises a right-eye image displaying device for emitting light to display an image for the right eye, a left-eye image displaying device for emitting light to display an image for the left eye, an optical device for guiding a light beam from the right-eye image displaying device to the pupil of the right eye of an observer and guiding a light beam from the left-eye image displaying device to the pupil of the left eye of the observer, so that the observer can fuse virtual images of the images with each other, and an adjusting device for adjusting a characteristic of each virtual image in a region including a boundary where the virtual image for the right eye and the virtual image for the left eye overlap.

Abstract: An optical information recording medium includes a base, a reflecting layer formed on the base, a second layer formed parallel to the first reflecting layer at a predetermined distance from the same, and a recording layer formed between the first and second reflecting layers. The recording layer has an array of a plurality of cells having different refractive indices which are changed when irradiated with a light beam. The intensity of the light beam is modulated according to information. Irradiating the recording layer with the modulated light beam causes changes in the refractive index according to the intensity of the light beam. In another aspect, the wavelength of the light beam is changed within a predetermined range including at least one wavelength at which multiple interference occurs between the first and second reflecting layers with respect to each cell. The wavelength of light which has effective reflecting multiple interference is detected.

Abstract: An optical information recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes an irradiating device including an objective lens, having a curved surface, for irradiating a recording light beam to a magnetooptical recording medium having at least two magnetic layers, which are a recording layer and a reproduction layer, and which are exchanged-coupled to each other, and a magnetic layer for controlling the exchange-coupling force to block the exchange-coupling force between the recording and reproduction layers, a device for applying an external magnetic field modulated according to an information signal to be recorded on the beam irradiated portion of the recording medium to record information on the recording layer and to orient magnetization of the reproduction layer in a direction parallel to the external magnetic field, a splitting device including a polarizing beam splitter for splitting at least light produced by a magnetooptic effect of the recording medium and light produced by diffraction at the curved surf

Abstract: A magneto-optical disk according to the present invention has a transmission directory and a reception directory. An image to be transmitted is stored under the transmission directory as a single file, while a received image is stored under the reception directory as a single file. The operator designates a desired file stored under each of the directories for printing or transmission.

Abstract: An optical information recording/reproducing apparatus is disclosed. In the apparatus, a light beam polarized in a predetermined direction is irradiated onto an opto-magnetic recording medium to which a pre-determined magnetic field is applied. The light beam from the recording medium is condensed by the optical device and the condenced light beam is detected by the two-division detector. The two-division detector has a division line extending in a direction perpendicular to tracks on the recording medium. According to the apparatus, crosstalks and jitters can be eliminated and reproduction with high reliability can be realized.

Abstract: A minute light spot is irradiated on an information track on a recording surface of a recording medium from an optical head. When reproducing an information mark train recorded on the recording surface by the mark position recording method, light reflected by or transmitted through the recording medium is guided to a divided photosensor having a division line extending in a direction perpendicular to the track. A plurality of outputs from the divided photosensor is arithmetically processed to thereby detect the central position of the information mark.

Abstract: An information processing method and system in which coded or incomplete information is transmitted through a space or through a predetermined transmission line and is received by a user. A program or data needed to demodulate the information is read out from a recording medium, and the received information is demodulated using the read out program or data.

Abstract: In an optical information recording/reproducing apparatus, the reproduction of information is performed as following manner. A light spot is formed on a recording medium on which information is recorded so that a phase of light reflected by a small region as an information pit is different from a phase of light reflected by other regions. Upon scanning the recording medium with the light spot, a leading edge and a trailing edge of the information pit in the scanning direction are respectively detected. A detection signal for the leading edge of the information pit and a detection signal for the trailing edge of the information pit are synthesized to effect the reproduction of information.

Abstract: An apparatus for recording and reproducing information on and from optical or opto-magnetic information recording media is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an irradiation device for irradiating a light beam polarized in a predetermined direction to an opto-magnetic recording medium an, application device for applying a predetermined magnetic field to the recording medium, an optical device for condensing the light beam obtained through the recording medium, and a detector for detecting the light beam condensed by the optical device. The detector has an effective light receiving surface almost equal to the airy disk size determined by the resolving power of the optical device. The apparatus precisely detects edges of information magnetic domains by using the S-polarized component produced by the opto-magnetic recording medium under the magnetic Kerr effect.

Abstract: An optical information recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes an irradiating device for irradiating light polarized in a predetermined direction onto a magnetooptical recording medium having a plurality of tracks, the irradiating device includes an objective lens, having a curved surface, for converging the light irradiated onto the recording medium to form a micro spot, an applying device for applying a predetermined magnetic field to the recording medium and a detecting device for detecting interference light caused by interference of light produced by a magnetooptic effect of the recording medium and light produced by diffraction at the curved surface of the lens, and for reproducing recording information.

Abstract: An optical head includes an irradiating device for irradiating a recording medium with a light beam, a separating device disposed in an optical path between the recording medium and the irradiating device, which is provided for separating a portion of the light beam traveling from the irradiating device to the recording medium, and a detecting device for detecting the portion of the beam separated by the separating device, which has a plurality of sensor portions.