Abstract: To facilitate seeing of the image on a peripheral region which may become difficult to see as the screen size increases. A stereoscopic two-dimensional image display device includes a display unit 1 including an image display plane 1a on which an image is displayed; an image transfer panel 3 arranged apart from the image display plane, for imaging light emitted from the image display plane on an imaging plane 2 in a space, thereby displaying a stereoscopic two-dimensional image; and an optical path changing member (not shown) arranged between the image display plane and the imaging plane, for changing the optical path of the light emitted from the peripheral edge having a predetermined region constituting the image display plane. The optical path of light emitted from the peripheral edge is changed by the optical path changing means so that the light can be reached the eyes of a viewer 100 who sees at a near position.

Abstract: There is provided a stereoscopic two-dimensional image display device including: a stereoscopic image display unit that includes a display unit having an image display surface that displays an image, and an image transmitting panel apart from the image display surface, and a stereoscopic two-dimensional image by imaging light emitted from the image display surface, on an imaging surface at a side opposite to the display unit with respect to the image transmitting panel; a position detecting sensor that outputs an output signal corresponding to a position of a detection target inserted to the imaging surface; and a control unit that changes the image displayed on the image display surface in accordance with the output signal from the position detecting sensor so as to change the stereoscopic two-dimensional image displayed on the imaging surface. A user interface region is formed on a peripheral portion of the imaging surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image of an object to be displayed, through a superimposing of a plurality of images of the object, which are placed so as to be apart from each other on a line of sight of an observer, comprises a plurality of display units and a display image control unit. The display units are disposed in tandem on the line of sight. Each of the display units comprises at least one screen section for displaying at least one image of the images. The display image control unit displays a screen section-adjustment image on each of the display units, to enable the three-dimensional image to be displayed, in case where the observer is placed in a predetermined observation position.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided with a plurality of display device, at least one of which is a semitransparent display; and a fixing device for fixing the plurality of display devices to be placed along a front-rear direction on a viewer's line of sight each other, wherein a relationship between the spacing L(mm) between image planes of adjacent of the plurality of display devices and the length S(mm) of diagonal lines of the two display devices satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: an image display unit including a display device having an image display surface that displays a two-dimensional image and a microlens array disposed in spaced-apart relation to the image display surface, the image display unit that displays a stereoscopic two-dimensional image by allowing the light emitted from the image display surface to form an image on an image forming plane in a space located on a side opposite to the display device with respect to the the microlens array; at least one switch; at least one illumination device that illuminates the space when the switch is turned on; and a controller that controls the display device to change the two-dimensional image displayed on the image display surface in accordance with an illuminating state of the illumination device.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a display unit consisting of a plurality of display devices which are substantially equivalently disposed at an appropriate interval optically or as seen from the side of the observer, even when the plurality of display devices are not disposed at the appropriate interval due to some technical restrictions. A display unit is provided with a plurality of display devices disposed one after the other on the line of sight of the observer; and an optical distance setting device, which is disposed between two adjacent display devices among the plurality of display devices, for setting the optical distance between the two display devices to a predetermined value that is different from the optical distance when the air is filled between the two display devices.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to improve visibility when a stereoscopic two-dimensional image display apparatus is obliquely installed. A stereoscopic two-dimensional image display apparatus includes: a display unit 1 having an image display surface 1A displaying a two-dimensional image; and a micro lens array 3 (image transfer panel) that displays a stereoscopic image on a stereoscopic image display surface 2 in space separated from the image display surface 1A by focusing light emitted from the image display surface 1A on the stereoscopic image display surface 2. In the stereoscopic two-dimensional image display apparatus, when a housing 20 provided with the micro lens array 3 is tilted at an angle ? to the stereoscopic image display surface 2, the display unit 1 is tilted at an angle 2?, which is two times the angle ?, in synchronization with the tilting of the micro lens array 3.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to obtain a stereoscopic display apparatus which makes it possible to alleviate a viewer's fatigue and allow a stereoscopic two-dimensional image to be recognized more naturally, thereby improving the sense of realism, visibility, and amusement features. In the invention, an image display unit 21 is constituted by a display portion 27 having an image display surface for displaying a two-dimensional image and an image transmission panel 29 disposed in spaced-apart relation to the image display surface 31a and adapted to allow the light emergent from the image display surface 31a to form an image so as to display a two-dimensional image stereoscopically. A plurality of image display units 21 and 21 are installed such that the image transmission panels 29 form the predetermined angle ? with respect to each other.

Abstract: A lens array is arranged in front of the screen of an image display at a distance of S1. The lens array consists of lenses having focal lengths f1 and f2. The focal length f1 and f2 and the distance S1 determine the forming positions of first and second imaging planes. The first imaging plane is formed at a position of distance S3 from the lens array and the second imaging plane is formed at a position of distance S2. More specifically, a pixel on the screen is imaged as a first imaging element of the first imaging plane at a position of S1+S3 form the screen and a pixel on the screen is imaged as a second imaging element of the second imaging plane at a position S1+S2 from the screen. A viewer can attain stereoscopic feeling when viewing them.

Abstract: In a stereoscopic two-dimensional image display apparatus 100, there are provided a display unit 27 for displaying a two-dimensional image on an image display surface 31a; an image transmission panel 29 which stereoscopically displays a two-dimensional image by causing the light emitted from the image display surface 31a to form an image by a microlens array 43 disposed in spaced-apart relation to the image display surface 31a; and a two-dimensional image direct viewing panel 23 whose image display surface 23a is disposed in an arbitrary one of upper, lower, left, and right planes relative to the stereoscopic two-dimensional image (formed image), and on which an image associated with the stereoscopic two-dimensional image (formed image) is displayed.

Abstract: An image display apparatus is constituted by a display unit having an image display surface for displaying a two-dimensional image; and an image transmission panel which focuses light emitted from the image display surface by a microlens array disposed so as to be separated from the image display surface thereby to display a two-dimensional image stereoscopically. A plurality of the image display apparatuses are disposed so that the image display surfaces form a predetermined angle between the adjacent ones. A shielding member is disposed at a non-visible area outside of the visible area of a stereoscopic two-dimensional image displayed by each of the image transmission panels.

Abstract: The stereoscopic two-dimensional image display device includes a display section with a image display plane on which a two-dimensional image is displayed; a micro-lens array for imaging light emitted from the image display plane on a stereoscopic image display plane apart from the image display plane, thereby spurious-stereoscopically displaying the two-dimensional image on the stereoscopic image display plane; a position detecting sensor arranged to correspond to the stereoscopic image display plane and producing a signal corresponding to the position subjected to outside physical approaching; and a control unit for changing the image within the stereoscopic image display plane according to an output signal from the position detecting sensor.

Abstract: An image-display apparatus is provided with: one or a plurality of target display images that are to be displayed in three dimensions; a plurality of image-transmission device that are located away from said target display image in a space between the position of said target display image and the position of the view point for viewing said three dimensions display, and that forms a three dimensions image of that target display image in the space on the opposite side from said target display image; and a movement device that moves at least each of said image-transmission device or said target displays images such that the distance between a said image-transmission device and said target display image changes relatively, and moves each said image-transmission device independently from each other.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: an image display unit including a display device having an image display surface that displays a two-dimensional image and a microlens array disposed in spaced-apart relation to the image display surface, the image display unit that displays a stereoscopic two-dimensional image by allowing the light emitted from the image display surface to form an image on an image forming plane in a space located on a side opposite to the display device with respect to the the microlens array; at least one switch; at least one illumination device that illuminates the space when the switch is turned on; and a controller that controls the display device to change the two-dimensional image displayed on the image display surface in accordance with an illuminating state of the illumination device.

Abstract: An optical integrated device includes an optical coupling part for introducing at least a part of reflected light from an optical recording medium such as an optical disk into an optical waveguide, and light receiving portions for receiving the guided light having propagated through the optical waveguide and generating detection signals. The optical coupling part is constituted by plural optical coupling portions, and the plural optical coupling portions are optimized for plural positions different from each other of concentration positions of the light beam applied to the optical recording medium, respectively. Thereby, the capture range of a focus error signal can be adjusted to fall within a desired range.

Abstract: The display apparatus (1) is provided with: a plurality of displaying devices (11, 12) disposed in tandem on a view line of an observer, for displaying a plurality of images relating to a plurality of display objects in an overlapped manner on the view line; an output level control device (21) for designating an output brightness level of each of the plurality of images, depending on both (i) a depth position of each of the plurality of display objects, the depth position being defined between or among the plurality of displaying devices and (ii) contents of each of the plurality of display objects; and an output level distribution device (22) for distributing an input video signal for displaying the plurality of display objects, as an output video signal having the designated output brightness level, to each of the plurality of displaying devices.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided with a plurality of display devices disposed on a line of sight of an observer in front and rear relation to one another for superposing and displaying a plurality of images on an object to be displayed; an intensity adjustment device for adjusting intensity of light emitted by at least one display device of the display devices so that the intensity difference between the light having maximum intensity in the observer position and the light having minimum intensity in the observation position respectively emitted by the devices may fall within a first predetermined range; and a chromaticity adjustment device for adjusting chromaticity emitted by the one display device so that chromaticity coordinates in the position of the light emitted by the respective arbitrarily selected two display devices of the display devices respectively emitted by the display devices distribute within a second predetermined range.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a display unit consisting of a plurality of display devices which are substantially equivalently disposed at an appropriate interval optically or as seen from the side of the observer, even when the plurality of display devices are not disposed at the appropriate interval due to some technical restrictions.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image of an object to be displayed, through a superimposing of a plurality of images of the object, which are placed so as to be apart from each other on a line of sight of an observer, comprises a plurality of display units and a display image control unit. The display units are disposed in tandem on the line of sight. Each of the display units comprises at least one screen section for displaying at least one image of the images. The display image control unit displays a screen section-adjustment image on each of the display units, to enable the three-dimensional image to be displayed, in case where the observer is placed in a predetermined observation position.

Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a three-dimensional display device, an image generation device, an image specification device and a control device. The three-dimensional display device has a plurality of display surfaces. The image generation device generates images to be displayed on the three-dimensional display device. The image specification device enables at least part of an image, which is displayed on the three-dimensional display device, to be specified. The control device controls the three-dimensional display device to display, of the images generated, an image portion specified by the image specification device, on one of the plurality of display surfaces and display, of the images generated, an image portion, which is not displayed on the one of the plurality of display surfaces, on another display surface of the plurality of display surfaces.