Projection screen and projection display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11061314-B2
Application number	US-201816483157-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2018
Priority date	Feb 16, 2017
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

There is provided a projection screen and a projection display apparatus that make it possible to improve display quality. A projection screen according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display member (50) having transmittance or reflectance that varies in accordance with first light (UV) to be applied.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A projection screen, comprising:
a display member having one of transmittance or reflectance that varies based on first light, wherein
the display member includes a protective layer, a display layer, and a light-controlling layer, and
the light-controlling layer includes a leuco pigment.

2. The projection screen according to claim 1 , wherein a wavelength of the first light is different from a wavelength of second light for an image.

3. The projection screen according to claim 1 , wherein the first light comprises light of a wavelength that ranges from 350 nm to 420 nm.

4. The projection screen according to claim 1 , wherein the first light comprises light of a wavelength that ranges from 700 nm to 2.5 μm.

5. The projection screen according to claim 1 , wherein
the display layer is configured to display an image, and
the light-controlling layer has the one of the transmittance or the reflectance that varies based on the first light.

6. The projection screen according to claim 5 , wherein the display layer includes one of a hologram, a half mirror, a surface plasmon particle, a cholesteric liquid crystal, or a Fresnel lens.

7. The projection screen according to claim 5 , wherein the light-controlling layer has one of the transmittance or the reflectance that varies at multiple steps.

8. The projection screen according to claim 1 , wherein
the protective layer is between the display layer and the light-controlling layer, and
the protective layer is configured to one of absorb or reflect the first light.

9. The projection screen according to claim 1 , wherein the display member has light-transmissivity to a wavelength in a visible region, when directly viewed.

10. A projection display apparatus, comprising:
a light source device;
an image-generating optical system configured to generate an image light by modulation of light from the light source device based on an inputted image signal;
a projection optical system configured to project the image light generated by the image-generating optical system; and
a projection screen configured to display the image light projected from the projection optical system, wherein
the projection screen includes a display member having one of transmittance or reflectance that varies based on first light,
the display member includes a protective layer, a display layer, and a light-controlling layer, and
the light-controlling layer includes a leuco pigment.

11. The projection display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
the light source device includes a light source,
the light source device is configured to generate the image light, and
the light source is configured to generate the first light.

12. The projection display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first light is associated with an optical system common to the image light.

13. The projection display apparatus according to claim 10 , further comprising a temperature detector and a temperature elevation mechanism, wherein
the temperature detector is configured to detect a temperature of the projection screen, and
the temperature elevation mechanism is configured to raise the temperature of the projection screen.

14. The projection display apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the temperature of the projection screen.

15. The projection display apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein
the temperature elevation mechanism includes a heating element, and
the adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust a current applicable to the heating element.

16. The projection display apparatus according to claim 14 , further comprising a housing, wherein
the temperature elevation mechanism is configured to utilize heat generated in one of the light source device, the image-generating optical system, or the projection optical system,
the adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust an output of a fan in the housing, and
the housing contains the light source device, the image-generating optical system, and the projection optical system.

17. The projection display apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising an output control mechanism configured to adjust an output of the image light outputted from the light source device.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Nakahata Yuji
• Takanashi Hidehiko
• Ono Hideki

Classifications

• G03B21/60

  characterised by the nature of the surface · CPC title

• G03B21/10

  Projectors with built-in or built-on screen · CPC title

• G03B21/56 Primary

  Projection screens · CPC title

• H04N9/3141

  Constructional details thereof (details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14) · CPC title

• G03B21/62 Primary

  Translucent screens · CPC title