Abstract: An image reading device can easily increase or improve the depth of field. The image reading device includes a lens array (1) including lenses (2) arrayed in a main scanning direction, a sensor array (4) including sensor elements (4) arrayed in the main scanning direction to receive light converged by the lenses (2), and an overlap preventer located between the lens array (1) and the sensor array (4) to prevent an overlap of images formed by the lenses (2). The overlap preventer includes a slit assembly (5) including at least one specific-light blocker or optically transparent columns (13).

Abstract: A display system including a display device and a light combining device is provided. The display device includes a first display region and a second display region. The light combining device has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface is capable of reflecting a first light beam from the first display region to an observing region for forming a first virtual image. The second surface is capable of reflecting a second light beam from the second display region to the observing region for forming a second virtual image. A curvature of the first surface is different from a curvature of the second surface, and a position of the first virtual image is different from a position of the second virtual image.

Abstract: A computer device implemented method includes displaying, via the computer device, content on a display device, sensing a pupil size of a user of the computer, and adjusting a luminosity setting of the display device based on the sensed pupil size and a pupil size setpoint.

Abstract: A laptop case and shade component system. The clamshell style laptop case provides a lid and a base connected via a case hinge which joins the lid and the base along their corresponding rear edges. The lid and base, respectively, each have a front edge portion and left and right side edge portions. Two gussets interconnect the lid to the base along their respective two side edge portions. A shade component can be attached to a portion of the front edge and left and right side edge portions of the lid to shield a laptop device placed within the opened laptop case from direct sunlight. The shade component can be moved to its collapsed position via a hinge at its bottommost point, detached from the lid, and retained along the interior surface of the case's lid for storage purposes.

Abstract: A display system including a display device and a light combining device is provided. The display device includes a first display region and a second display region. The light combining device has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. At least one part of a first light beam from the first display region is reflected by the first surface to an observing region so as to form a first virtual image. At least one part of a second light beam from the second display region penetrates through the first surface, is reflected by the second surface, penetrates through the first surface again, and is transmitted to the observing region in sequence, so as to form a second virtual image.

Abstract: An image display system includes a display and a processor. The processor is configured to: synchronize a first relative position of a first area in an area of a first panorama image and a second relative position of a second area in an area of a second panorama image, and display at least the first area in the first panorama image and at least the second area in the second panorama image on the display. The processor is further configured to change the first area displayed which is displayed in response to change the second area.

Abstract: A display device is described and includes a first display screen including a mask pattern of a pixel. The display device includes a second display screen including the mask pattern, wherein the second display screen is located further from a front of the display device than the first display screen, wherein the front of the display device is closest to a viewer. The display device includes a diffraction element configured to copy the mask pattern of the second display screen into one or more viewable copies in order to minimize moiré interference with the mask pattern of the first display screen.

Abstract: A system can include a display configured to emit light rays; an adjustable-prescription optics overlay; and circuitry to adjust the adjustable-prescription optics overlay to a selected prescription to alter a focus of light rays emitted by at least a portion of the display. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a screen including a first diffusion plate for transmitting a laser light for image display, a second diffusion plate spaced apart a preset distance from the first diffusion plate, and a plurality of optical transmission tubes arranged between the first diffusion plate and the second diffusion plate to transfer the laser light transmitted from the first diffusion plate to the second diffusion plate, wherein the optical transmission tube includes a body portion comprising a first surface facing the first diffusion plate and a second surface facing the second diffusion plate, vided in the body portion to a central region of the second surface provided in the body portion, and at least one optical fiber arranged in the through hole to transfer the laser light, only to reduce speckle noise of laser, and a laser display apparatus using the same.

Abstract: An information handling system display frame disposed at the periphery of a display blends display and ambient light to provide a transitional zone for viewing of the display in ambient lighting conditions. A semi-scattering material absorbs light from the display and the ambient environment and scatters the light through the frame. A semi-reflective material directs at least some of the scattered light out of the frame so provide an appearance of the frame that transitions between displayed visual images of the display and the ambient light environment.

Abstract: This invention is to provide an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a display in which both of a secret image and a public image can be efficiently displayed with high picture quality without reducing contrast of the public image. One of output images is a secret image which displays an input secret image as one of input images in a partial area of a screen, all the output images including the secret image have a relationship to become, when a luminance value of each pixel thereof is totaled, an input public image as one of the input images; and during a period in which at least the secret image is being outputted, shutter glasses disposed between a display to which the image signals are inputted and user's eyes are set to a light transmission state.

Abstract: A Portable Video Enhancement Apparatus. The apparatus includes a magnification lens, a video device holder and a collapsible housing. In operational mode configuration, the collapsible housing is designed to provide a viewing cavity and a stable medium for the magnification lens and the video device holder. In portable mode configuration, the collapsible housing is designed to have a relatively small volume. The collapsible housing comprises a plurality of support members. The magnification lens and video device holder are situated within the collapsible housing. The magnification lens and video device holder are designed to have different positions within the collapsible housing depending on whether the apparatus is in operational mode configuration or portable mode configuration.

Abstract: This invention is to provide an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a program, and a display in which both of a secret image and a public image can be efficiently displayed with high picture quality without reducing contrast of the public image. One of output images is a secret image which displays an input secret image as one of input images in a partial area of a screen, all the output images including the secret image have a relationship to become, when a luminance value of each pixel thereof is totaled, an input public image as one of the input images; and during a period in which at least the secret image is being outputted, shutter glasses disposed between a display to which the image signals are inputted and user's eyes are set to a light transmission state.

Abstract: Extracting and processing video content encoded in a rendered color space to be emulated by an ambient light source, comprising extracting color information from a video signal and transforming the color information through unrendered color space using tristprimary matrices to form a second rendered color space to drive the ambient light source. Video signal decoding into frames can allow extracting average or other color information from an selected screen regions to reduce bitstream load, and negative gamma correction helps prevent garish or inappropriate chromaticities and luminance.

Abstract: A projection television includes: a mirror holder made up of a metal bracket fixed with its one end attached to a cabinet and a mirror holder cover made of synthetic resin having a square-cornered U shape part into which the other end of the bracket is fitted; and a mirror having an edge supported by the mirror holder and changing the optical path of projected light.

Abstract: Flicker free operation of ambient light sources that emulate video content during low luminance conditions, where the ambient light source is output thresholded so that an on/off change of state of the ambient light source can be initiated after an intensity variable passes one or two thresholds. Output thresholding is used when extracting and processing video content encoded in a rendered color space, which can be decoded into frames tapped by an interframe interpolation process using only color information from selected frames, such as extracting average or other color information from an selected screen regions. Negative gamma correction helps prevent garish or inappropriate chromaticities and lumina.

Abstract: In a projection cathode ray tube device in which a projection cathode ray tube and a projection lens assembly are coupled and held by a coupler, superior focus characteristics and high resolution are realized by eliminating the deviation between the center of the phosphor screen of the cathode ray tube and the center of the lens assembly. In the cathode ray tube, each of the outside and inside surfaces of a faceplate is formed as a spherical convex surface which is curved toward an electron gun.

Abstract: A display apparatus is provided that includes: a display part including a panel with an effective face on which a picture is displayed, and a supporting face extending along a circumference of the effective face; a rear cover provided at the rear of the panel and surrounding the rear cover; and a front cover including an opening through which the effective face of the panel is exposed to the outside of the display apparatus, a front part contacting with and being supported by the supporting face of the panel, and a skirt part extending from each side of the front part toward the rear cover and being combined to the rear cover. With this configuration, such display apparatus provides a panel that is conspicuous for flatness in appearance.

Abstract: A plastic film screen protector that prevents interference patterns from arising when the film touches the screen is described. The advantages are accomplished by the film having a slightly roughened surface so that the majority of the film facing an electronic device screen does not substantially touch the screen. These physical aberrations prevent Newton ring interference patterns and spots caused by refractive index differences between air and the film material.

Abstract: A display device is provided for making images of a movie, a TV or the like invisible to a driver while the vehicle is traveling, but at the same time visible to a passenger riding in a front passenger seat. A viewing angle control shutter 20 using a liquid crystal is disposed facing a front surface of a liquid crystal display panel 19. When the vehicle is in a stopping state, the viewing angle control shutter 20 is set to off, thereby making the image that is displayed on the display panel 19 visible from the driver's seat side and the front passenger seat side. While the vehicle is traveling, the viewing angle control shutter 20 is driven such that the driver can watch an image produced by the navigation device 13, but cannot watch an image reproduced by a DVD reproduction device 14.

Abstract: An optically transparent adhesive article for fastening the rear face of a display overlay to the front face of a display. The article includes first and second adhesive layers and an optional intervening backing layer. The first adhesive layer has sufficiently low tack so that the article is repositionable on the display of the display. The second adhesive layer has sufficient tack and the article has sufficient cohesive strength so that the article is stretch-releasable from the display overlay.

Abstract: A system includes a shutter which selectively allows access to an infrared detector, when accessed directly by a processor-based system, such as a set-top computer system. In this way, infrared commands may be blasted from a set-top computer system to an appliance, e.g., a television receiver, without interference from other remote control units. When the controlling device is not sending signals to the television receiver, the shutter may allow other remote control units to control the appliance. The shutter may be a voltage controlled liquid crystal shutter, whose transmissivity is a function of the applied voltage.

Abstract: A protection panel is provided that enhances the color quality and/or contrast of a rear projection television set. The protection panel has a spectral transmittance that peaks at dominant wavelengths of red, green, and blue light, and that is reduced at wavelengths between red and green light and between green and blue light. The spectral transmittance at the dominant wavelengths is between sixty and eighty percent. Preferably, the spectral transmittance at the wavelengths between red and green light and between green and blue light are at least five percent less than at the dominant wavelengths. In addition, the spectral transmittance at a dominant wavelength of red light is about five percent less than at a dominant wavelength of blue light to reduce blue color saturation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device, method, and system for secure viewing and use of banking and other electronic access devices. The present invention comprises a computer/video display system that includes a computer with a conventional screen that displays a polarized screen image and a polarized partition that allows viewing of the screen by the user positioned in front of the display, while preventing viewing by secondary observers. The present invention operates in conjunction with a standard liquid crystal display (LCD), using the intact polarizer of the LCD. The present invention is intended to be used in conjunction with an automatic teller machine/customer access terminal (ATM/CAT) or personal computer (PC) to allow privacy of information displayed to the ATM/CAT or PC user, without preventing observation of the ATM/CAT or PC user.

Abstract: The present invention uses concentrated pixels to enable pixels from three video streams to side by side concurrently occupy the space that would normally be taken by one video pixel. In operation, visible light from each of the three concentrated pixels is then directed by an optic into a respective segment of the user space. A monitor comprised of arrays of said concentrated pixels each emitting visible light which is directed by optics into three distinctive users spaces. Users within each respective user space see unique video steams across the entire surface of the video monitor which are not visible to those in other respective user spaces. Using the techniques described, two or more video streams can be displayed concurrently on one video monitor concurrently. Examples of CRT, projection, and LCD embodiments are described.

Abstract: An optical filter comprises a transparent support and at least one filter layer. The optical filter has an absorption maximum in the wavelength region of 560 to 620 nm. The optical filter also has another absorption maximum in the wavelength region of 700 to 1,200 nm. A plasma display panel having a display surface covered with an optical filter is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method in accordance with the invention comprises the step of providing a) pixel array and a computer model of a geometric surface, and b) providing a second array (a Z array) containing information concerning the 3D characteristics of the structure depicted in the pixel array. The Z array is used to modify the location of the geometric surface. The pixel array and modified geometric surface are then used to render an image that can be displayed on a CRT or other output device. By modifying the geometric surface model in this way, it is possible to create more realistic images.

Abstract: An East-West switching transistor is coupled between a flyback transformer primary winding and a horizontal deflection output transistor circuit to control retrace energy to obtain an East-West modulation of the deflection current amplitude as required for East-West pincushion raster correction. A pair of series coupled first and second capacitors forming a capacitive voltage divider are coupled to a retrace resonant circuit that includes the deflection winding via a sampling switch, during a first half of a retrace interval, to produce a first ramping capacitor voltage in the first capacitor from a portion of a retrace pulse voltage. The first capacitor is coupled to an East-West pincushion raster correction current for producing a second ramping capacitor voltage in the first capacitor that ramps in an opposite direction. A comparator is responsive to the capacitor voltage for controlling a conduction interval of the East-West switching transistor.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an optical device and method for adjustably magnifying the visual displays on the screen of a computer monitor or the like, the invention comprising an adjustable arm for supporting at least one magnifying lens in front of the monitor, which adjustable arm is attached to a stationary support independent of an operator's body. The adjustable arm for supporting the magnifying lens between the viewer of the screen and the screen of the computer monitor is movable in a substantially axial and vertical direction with respect to the computer screen, so that the magnifying lens can be adjustably positioning to a desired position relative to said screen. The invention is especially useful for helping presbyopic computer operators to more clearly see the visual displays on the screen. A second embodiment of the invention further comprises a second lens that can be used to view a document held next to the monitor.

Abstract: A CRT coupling apparatus of a projection television couples a CRT which forms a picture to a lens which magnifies the picture formed by the CRT and projects it onto a screen. The CRT coupling apparatus includes: a CRT bracket supporting the CRT; a lens bracket supporting the lens; a coupler placed between the CRT and the lens; and a spring wire fixing the CRT bracket and the lens bracket to the coupler by applying elastic force in mutually approaching directions. One side of the spring wire is connected to a side of the CRT bracket facing away from the coupler, and the other side of the spring wire is connected to a side of the lens bracket facing away from the coupler. The apparatus also includes an earth assembly installed in the CRT bracket and contacting a backplate of the CRT to draw static electricity generated in the CRT away from the CRT. Sealing elements are provided between the coupler and the CRT and lens, respectively.

Abstract: A material is disclosed which is suitable for reducing the reflection of information displays such as a CRT, LCD, plasma tube, etc., and is characterised by an improved pencil hardness and excellent optical properties (lower average reflection, higher bandwidth). The anti-reflection material of the invention comprises an anti-reflective coating 20 and an optional top coat 10 on a flexible glass substrate 30 that is capable of being wound around a cylindrical core having a radius of 1.5 m. In a preferred method of the present invention the glass substrate 30 is provided with anti-reflective coating 20 using a continuous web coating process while being laminated to a polymer support 50 by using adhesive layer 40. Upon delamination (arrows 60) the adhesive layer 40 may remain fixed to glass substrate 30 (right embodiment of FIG. 1) or to polymer support 50 (left embodiment of FIG. 1).

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for illuminating an image display with ambient light using holographic techniques. The apparatus includes a pair of holographic optical elements each having a first surface aligned on a common axis so that the first surfaces of each optical element face each other. Each of the first and second optical elements diffracts first bandwidth light. The second holographic optical element, however, diffracts first bandwidth light received on the first surface facing the first surface of the first holographic optical element. The second holographic optical element diffracts first bandwidth light received on its first surface, the diffracted light emerging from the first surface. The first and second holographic optical elements are switchable between inactive and active states. In the inactive state, each of the first and second holographic optical elements transmits substantially all light without substantial alteration.

Abstract: A screen is disclosed for viewing depth of field images. The screen includes a prismatic screen mounted between a flat image and a viewer. Additional optical elements may be provided to enlarge a viewed image. A light hood may be provided to reduce glare and other effects of ambient light. Coating the screen with an anti-reflective coating may provide further protection from ambient light. Restructuring the image into smaller image elements provides image quality for a video image or the like. An aspherical lens may be used to minimize or remove distortion of the image perceived by a viewer to the side, above or below the center viewing axis of the screen. The present invention may find particular application in computer monitor systems, medical and obstetric imaging such as sonograms, musculo-skeletal imaging, vascular imaging, angiograms, angioplasty, dental probes, catheter probes, ear probes, endoscopy, laparoscopy, pelviscopy and arthroscopy.

Abstract: A projection monitor and a method of displaying an output image on a viewing screen of the monitor utilize a number of reconfigurable holographic optical elements (HOEs), allowing the components of the monitor to be physically arranged in a compact configuration. The reconfigurable HOEs may be designed to perform simple optical functions that are commonly associated with traditional optical devices, such as those performed by lenses, prisms and mirrors. However, the reconfigurable HOEs are also designed to perform sophisticated optical manipulations, such as varying the light intensity with respect to a specific direction. Each reconfigurable HOE includes a hologram that is sandwiched between two electrode layers. The hologram is a holographic photopolymeric film that has been combined with liquid crystal. The hologram has an optical property that changes in response to an applied electrical field.

Abstract: A display panel includes a resin lens layer. The display panel consists of a front panel 10 and a back panel 12 which are hermetically sealed together. The display panel also includes a plurality of display cells and is filled with a gas. A visible-light transparent resin is coated over the front surface of the front panel 10. The resin layer is raise-molded with a molding tool 16 while being solidified. Through this molding process, a resin lens layer 14 with plural lenses is formed on the front surface of the front panel 10. The resin lens layer 14 formed on the front surface of the front panel 10 can improve the brightness of the display cells.

Abstract: A system which enables to observe an image without any trouble by suppressing an occurrence of the Moiré interference fringes, when implementing an enlarging observation of an image using a thin lens with respect to an image display screen having a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally with a periodicity, such as the CRT display or the liquid crystal display is provided. The system for enlargedly observing an image on an image screen having a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally with a periodicity, said system includes a thin transparent lens means configured to enlargedly and transparently observe an image, and arranged with a plurality of image enlarging optical elements in two-dimensions having a periodicity by a predetermined pitch. The lens means has an overall magnifying power in the range of 1.01˜1.20, and is placed on an observer side apart from the image screen with a predetermined gap.

Abstract: In a panel for a color cathode ray tube, an at least 10% portion in a width direction of a seal edge surface of the panel is a roughened surface which satisfies: 5 &mgr;m≦Rz≦30 &mgr;m, 150 &mgr;m≦Sm≦500 &mgr;m, and 0.015≦Rz/Sm≦0.2 where Rz represents an average depth of a concave/convex portion formed in the seal edge surface and Sm represents an average period of adjacent concave or convex portions, whereby the production of flaws and the deposition of stains in the seal edge surface is prevented.

Abstract: A monitor filter includes a rectangular frame including a first cover and a second cover engaged with the first cover, the first and second covers being of identical structure, each of the first and second covers having two upper corners formed with a semi-cylindrical recess having screw threads such that the rectangular frame will have two threaded holes at two upper corners thereof when the first and second covers are joined together, and a pair of arms each having a bottom provided with a slip-proof material and a downwardly extending screw threadedly engageable with each of the threaded holes, whereby the monitor filter can be adjusted to position right in front of a monitor.

Abstract: A screen is disclosed for viewing depth of field images. The screen includes a prismatic screen mounted between a flat image and a viewer. Additional optical elements may be provided to enlarge a viewed image. A light hood may be provided to reduce glare and other effects of ambient light. Coating the screen with an anti-reflective coating may provide further protection from ambient light. Restructuring the image into smaller image elements provides image quality for a video image or the like. An aspherical lens may be used to minimize or remove distortion of the image perceived by a viewer to the side, above or below the center viewing axis of the screen. The present invention may find particular application in computer monitor systems, medical and obstetric imaging such as sonograms, musculo-skeletal imaging, vascular imaging, angiograms, angioplasty, dental probes, catheter probes, ear probes, endoscopy, laparoscopy, pelviscopy and arthroscopy.

Abstract: A projection monitor and a method of displaying an output image on a viewing screen of the monitor utilize a number of reconfigurable holographic optical elements (HOEs), allowing the components of the monitor to be physically arranged in a compact configuration. The reconfigurable HOEs may be designed to perform simple optical functions that are commonly associated with traditional optical devices, such as those performed by lenses, prisms and mirrors. However, the reconfigurable HOEs are also designed to perform sophisticated optical manipulations, such as varying the light intensity with respect to a specific direction. Each reconfigurable HOE includes a hologram that is sandwiched between two electrode layers. The hologram is a holographic photopolymeric film that has been combined with liquid crystal. The hologram has an optical property that changes in response to an applied electrical field.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rear projection screen used in projection type television sets and the like. A rear projection screen according to the present invention is characterized in that a mask for prevention of penetration of light is formed on the main surface on one of the inner and outer sides of a bottomed box-shaped container and a screen which directs projected light in a predetermined direction is disposed on the inner side of this box-shaped container. The method of producing a rear projection screen according to the invention is capable of efficiently producing the box-shaped container having a mask formed thereon.

Abstract: An electrostatic probe device detects signals displayed on a cathode ray tube in a non-invasive manner. Specifically, the probe device includes a probe that is spaced from a fluorescent screen of a cathode ray tube by a dielectric material and a detection circuit coupled to probe. The detection circuit produces an output signal that corresponds to an input video signal supplied to the cathode ray tube. In a preferred embodiment, the probe is located directly on a face plate of the cathode ray tube, wherein the face plate acts as the dielectric material. Voltage fluctuations detected by the probe are equalized by the detection circuit. The detection circuit may also include amplification and inverter circuits, so that the output of the detection circuit can be supplied to a monitor for viewing. The image displayed on the monitor directly corresponds to the image displayed on the cathode ray tube.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A molded frame for fixing optical elements in a liquid crystal shutter including a registration portion configured similar to a 35 mm slide frame for precisely registering the elements relative to one another and a mounting portion configured to mate with the outer surface of a CRT and couple the frame thereto.

Abstract: An optical assembly device (10) for use in front of a television screen having a diagonal dimension of S, which optical assembly comprises four panels (12 to 15) connected together to form a hollow body (11) having a substantially rectangular open front side (16) of width W and the height H and a substantially rectangular open rear side (17) of width W' and height H', the separation between the front and rear sides (16 and 17) being D and the inner sides of the panels being reflective. The optical assembly (10) further comprises front and rear lenses (18 and 19) provided extending across the open front and rear sides (16 and 17), respectively, of the body (11), the front side of the rear lens (19) being reflective, wherein the dimensions are related according to the following formulae:(1) W=[1+(W'/H'-B)].multidot.W'(2) H=[1+(W'/H'-B)].multidot.H'(3) D=K.multidot.SWhere:(i) B=(.sqroot.5-1)/2(ii) 0.1<K<0.2.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying a television image on a television monitor applicable to a vehicle passenger compartment. In the television image displaying apparatus, the television monitor is installed on a center console of a vehicle passenger compartment. A liquid crystal filter is arranged on a television monitor screen which has variable transmittance according to a voltage applied across a whole surface electrode thereof. The liquid crystal filter serves to limit an angle of visible field around a driver's seat position with a front passenger seat position being provided a high image transmittance. In addition, a louver type filter is arranged between the TV monitor screen and liquid crystal filter. The louver type filter generally has a plurality of fine louvers, each elongate direction of the louvers being aligned in the horizontal direction.

Abstract: A universal filter apparatus is described which provides, in a single unit, an anti-glare and/or anti-static screen and frame which is adaptable to monitors of varying sizes. The universal filter apparatus includes a filter screen mounted to a housing. The housing includes a front side, a top side, and at least two lateral sides, each of the at least two lateral sides extending perpendicularly from the front side. A elastically deformable nonresistant securing device is attached to each of the two lateral sides to allow the apparatus to be easily installed on monitors of varying sizes.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to display sets wherein the image produced by a cathode-ray tube is displayed on a display screen by means of an optical device. It relates more particularly to means for facilitating the relative positioning between the cathode-ray tube and the optical device. The cathode-ray tube comprises a bulb having one end closed by a transparent plate bearing an cathodoluminescent screen. In one characteristic, the transparent plate is greater than the bulb and comprises a peripheral part that extends beyond the bulb so as to constitute a reference marker of the position of the cathodoluminescent screen. FIG. 1.

Abstract: A viewing screen protective shield is set forth removably securable in association with a viewing screen, such as LCR screens, as found in fish finders and the like, which are typically exposed to adverse weather conditions. The protective shield is readily removable and replaceable and include convex peripheral edges to conform the shield to the convex screen with an outwardly extending tab formed outwardly of a single corner of the shield to enhance manual grasping thereof. To enhance securement of the shield to the associated screen, a plurality of transparent adhesive strips may be secured to an interior surface of the shield to enhance securement of the transparent shield to the associated screen.