Abstract: A display system includes an image display part displaying an image indicating a mode selected in a driving device of a vehicle having a plurality of modes. The image display part displays all images indicating each of the plurality of modes, and displays the image indicating the selected mode to be different in at least one of color, brightness, character format, and size from an image indicating a non-selected mode.

Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber, a slide rail, a slide plate, a lid portion, a rotation shaft portion, and a holding portion. The heating cooking chamber includes a plate portion disposed at the outer periphery of an opening. The slide rail extends along a first predetermined direction. The slide plate moves along the slide rail. The lid portion is attached to the slide plate and opens and closes the opening. The rotation shaft portion rotates the slide rail using a second predetermined direction orthogonal to the first predetermined direction as a rotation axis. The holding portion holds the slide rail to be freely rotatable with respect to the heating cooking chamber.

Abstract: A lens array included in a display switching device according to one or more embodiments may include a portion having a greater average of curvature radii of microlenses at a greater distance from a predetermined lens reference position on a surface of the lens array including the microlenses.

Abstract: An optical device includes: a light guide plate having a group of optical-path deflectors configured to change the optical path of light from a first light source to form an image in the space within a first angle range, and change the optical path of light from a second light source to form an image in the space within a second angle range, wherein the first angle range and the second angle range are separated from each other or adjoining each other.

Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking unit, a lid portion, a detection unit, light source units, and a control unit. The heating cooking unit includes a heating cooking chamber communicated with an opening. The lid portion moves between a closed position at which the lid portion covers the opening and an open position at which the lid portion opens the opening. The detection unit detects whether the lid portion is present at the closed position. The light source units, emit light into the heating cooking chamber. The control unit controls the light source units, when the detection unit detects that either a state of the lid portion being present at the closed position or a state of the lid portion not being present at the closed position is maintained for a predetermined period of time or longer.

Abstract: When an optical element is transparent, an observer is enabled to visually recognize a stereoscopic image having a stereoscopic effect. A display method for a stereoscopic image, using a display device provided with a transparent light guide plate, includes: emitting light to be recognized by the observer as a stereoscopic image (I1) from an optical element; and displaying the stereoscopic image (I1) on a stereoscopic image forming plane (P1) not parallel to an outgoing surface (21) of the optical element. In the display method, the observer is able to visually recognize a rear surface side of the display device through the optical element.

Abstract: An input device according to one or more embodiments may include a light guide plate configured to direct light entering from a light source so that the light exits from a light emitting surface and forms an image in a space, the image being an object for an input action from a user; a sensor configured to detect an object employed by a user for the input action; an input detection unit configured to detect an input from a user on the basis of a detection result from the sensor for the object; and a notification unit configured to notify a user that the input was detected when the input detection unit has detected an input from a user. The sensor may be placed in a space opposite the light emitting surface of the light guide plate.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for manufacturing, by injection molding with use of a mold, a light guide plate in which a first region having a curvature in a first direction and a second region having a predetermined curved surface are connected. The mold includes a first member for forming the first region and a second member for forming the second region. The first member is manufactured by bending a first electroforming stamper on which a predetermined structure is formed by electroforming in a direction corresponding to the first direction.

Abstract: Parallel light traveling in a direction perpendicular to an outgoing surface having a curved surface is emitted. A light guide member according to one or more embodiments may include: an incident surface where light from a light source enters; at least one reflective surface that reflects the light having entered from the incident surface; and an outgoing surface that is formed of a curved surface and emits the light reflected by the reflective surface. The reflective surface reflects the light having entered from the light source in a direction in which the incident angle of the light incident on the outgoing surface is constant.

Abstract: A display switching device according to one or more embodiments may include a lens array including an array of a plurality of lenses and a display unit. Light from each of the plurality of light source positions transmits through a different position on the display unit and is focused by a corresponding lens. A transmittance on the display unit through which the light transmits differs depending on a position on the display unit. The transmittance at a position of a plurality of positions on the display unit is a transmittance of one of three or more types.

Abstract: A light guide plate according to one or more embodiments may include a plurality of optical path changing units each converging incident light to a definite point. A stereoscopic image is formed in a space by a collection of a plurality of definite points. The stereoscopic image includes a plurality of faces not parallel to each other, the face is made up of a plurality of dots dispersedly arranged on the face, and a density of the plurality of dots on each of the faces is a value corresponding to a position of the face.

Abstract: A display device according to one or more embodiments may be provided with: a light guide plate that guides incident light and emits the light from a light exit surface; a half mirror disposed on the light-exit-surface side of the light guide plate; and a mirror disposed on the side opposite to the light exit surface of the light guide plate. The light guide plate may form an image accompanied by a change that is made in a direction from the half mirror toward the mirror in a space different from the light exit surface.

Abstract: A light emitting device is provided to a vehicle. The light emitting device includes a display portion and a light emitting portion. The display portion includes a first light source and a light guide plate that guides light from the first light source to form a first image in a space. The light emitting portion includes a second light source and a light emitting region that overlaps with the first image in a vehicle front-rear direction at a position close to the first image and emits light from the second light source to the outside of the vehicle.

Abstract: A light guide plate according to one or more embodiments may include an incident surface that receives light, and an optical path changer on a back surface perpendicular to the incident surface. The optical path changer may reflect light to be emitted through an emission surface parallel to the back surface. The light emitted through the emission surface may form a formed image including a plane image representing a surface. The plane image may include a near imaging portion and a distant imaging portion. The plane image may have two ends included in the near imaging portion in a cross section perpendicular to the back surface and an optical axis of a light source.

Abstract: A light guide plate according to one or more embodiments may include an incident surface that receives light and an optical path changer on a back surface perpendicular to the incident surface. Light reflected by the optical path changer forms a stereoscopic image including a near formed image at an imaging position within a predetermined distance from the back surface and a distant formed image at another imaging position. The near formed image includes an image formation area with a larger total area than an image formation area of the distant formed image.

Abstract: A lens array included in a display switching device according to one or more embodiments may include a portion having a greater average of curvature radii of microlenses at a greater distance from a predetermined lens reference position on a surface of the lens array including the microlenses.

Abstract: A light guide according to one or more embodiments may include an incident surface that receives light from a light source, a first reflective surface that reflects incident light, a second reflective surface that reflects light reflected by the first reflection surface to be parallel light, and an emission surface that may allow parallel light reflected by the second reflective surface to be emitted. The first reflective surface reflects light at a reflection angle nonuniform across the first reflective surface. The second reflective surface has a saw-toothed cross section.

Abstract: A display switching device according to one or more embodiments is disclosed. In a display switching device according to one or more embodiments, at least one of the pixel regions receives light from a plurality of light sources included in a predetermined light source group, and the light from each of the plurality of light sources is focused by a different lens.

Abstract: A display switching device (10) is provided, which switches a display image (P) by switching irradiation of lights from positions of a plurality of light sources (7). The display switching device includes: a lens array (6) in which a plurality of lenses are arranged; and a display part (45) including a plurality of pixel regions (45a) arranged to include a region through which a light, which is formed by condensing each of the lights emitted from the positions of the plurality of light sources (7) with each of the lenses of the lens array (6), passes. A transmittance in each of the pixel regions (45a) is set corresponding to a predetermined stationary pattern. A total area of the pixel regions (45a) in the display part (45) is 60% or less of a total area of a sum of the pixel regions (45a) and the pixel surrounding regions (45b).

Abstract: A display switching device according to one or more embodiments may display images by switching light illumination from multiple light source positions. The device may include a lens array including multiple lenses that allow passage of light from the light source positions, a display layer including pixel regions that allow passage of light collected on the lenses included in the lens array, and a diffusion layer located opposite to the light source positions with the lens array in between to diffuse passing light. The diffusion layer optically adheres to a layer adjacent to a surface of the diffusion layer nearer the light source positions, or the diffusion layer and the layer adjacent the surface of the diffusion layer nearer the light source positions include the same material.