Optical structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10792947-B2
Application number	US-201916688839-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2019
Priority date	Jun 6, 2017
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

In an optical structure for displaying a stereoscopic frame image on a structure formation surface, a frame motif that displays a frame image in which reflection moves is formed on a structure formation surface, the frame motif is made up of a plurality of perforated reflecting segments, each including one or more first reflecting mirrors having a reflective layer uniformly tilted relative to the structure formation surface, the tilt angle of the first reflecting mirror is different between adjacent perforated reflecting segments so as to gradually change over a plurality of adjacent perforated reflecting segments, and at least one of the plurality of perforated reflecting segments surrounds an opening provided with no first reflecting mirror.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical structure, comprising:
an optical structure for displaying a stereoscopic frame image on a structure formation surface;
a frame motif that displays a frame image in which a reflection moves, the frame motif being formed on the structure formation surface;
the frame motif is made up of a plurality of perforated reflecting segments;
each of the perforated reflecting segments employs one or more first reflecting mirrors having a reflective layer, wherein each of the one or more reflecting mirrors of a perforated reflecting segment of said plurality has a uniform tilt angle relative to the structure formation surface;
a difference in a tilt angle of the one or more first reflecting mirrors between adjacent perforated reflecting segments of said plurality is more than zero degrees and 10 degrees or less on average to gradually vary the tile angle over the adjacent plurality of perforated reflecting segments; and
at least one of the plurality of perforated reflecting segments surrounds an opening provided with no first reflecting mirror.

2. The optical structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the perforated reflecting segment is formed in a plurality of linear forms, by the first reflecting mirror.

3. The optical structure of claim 2 , wherein:
each of the linear forms of said plurality of linear forms is 100 μm wide or more.

4. The optical structure of claim 3 , wherein:
two linear forms of said plurality of linear forms are formed in parallel to each other, and the linear forms formed in parallel are each spaced apart from an adjacent linear form by 100 μm or more and 1000 μm or less.

5. The optical structure of claim 1 , wherein:
an area ratio of the opening to the perforated reflective segment that surrounds the opening is 10% or more and 80% or less.

6. The optical structure of claim 1 , wherein:
an area ratio of the opening is determined based on a tilt angle of the first reflective mirror of the perforated reflective segment that surrounds the opening.

7. The optical structure of claim 1 , wherein:
a size of the opening is determined based on a tilt angle of the first reflecting mirror of the perforated reflecting segment that surrounds the opening.

8. The optical structure of claim 1 , wherein:
a size of the plurality of openings is individually set.

9. The optical structure of claim 1 , wherein:
a plurality of polyhedral reflecting segments constituting a polyhedral motif that displays a stereoscopic image are arranged inside the opening.

10. The optical structure of claim 9 , wherein:
each of the polyhedral reflecting segments employs a second reflecting mirror having one or more reflective layers having a uniform tilt angle relative to the structure formation surface; and
a tilt angle of the second reflective mirror is different between the adjacent polyhedral reflective segments so as to gradually vary over the plurality of adjacent polyhedral reflective segments.

11. The optical structure of claim 10 , wherein:
an average difference in tilt angle between the adjacent polyhedral reflecting segments in the plurality of polyhedral reflecting segments is greater than an average difference in tilt angle between adjacent perforated reflecting segments in the plurality of perforated reflecting segments.

Assignees

• Toppan Printing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tashiro Tomoko
• Toda Toshiki
• Sugihara Keitaro

Classifications

• G09F19/125

  Stereoscopic displays; 3D displays · CPC title

• B42D25/21 Primary

  for multiple purposes · CPC title

• G02B30/29 Primary

  characterised by the geometry of the lenticular array, e.g. slanted arrays, irregular arrays or arrays of varying shape or size · CPC title

• B44F7/00

  Designs imitating three-dimensional [3D] effects · CPC title

• G02B5/09

  Multifaceted or polygonal mirrors {, e.g. polygonal scanning mirrors; Fresnel mirrors} · CPC title