Projection optical system, projection-type image display device, imaging device, and method of manufacturing optical element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11073754-B2
Application number	US-202016804533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2020
Priority date	Mar 1, 2019
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

A projection optical system has a first optical system and a second optical system. The first and second optical systems are disposed in order from a demagnification side toward a magnification side. An intermediate image is formed between a demagnification-side imaging surface and a magnification-side imaging surface. The second optical system is an optical element having a first transmission surface, reflecting surface, and second transmission surface in order from the demagnification side toward the magnification side. The first transmission surface and reflecting surface are located at one side, and the second transmission surface is located at the other side with respect to the optical axis. The reflecting surface has a concavely curved surface shape. The second transmission surface has a convexly curved surface shape protruding toward the magnification side. The optical element has a first member and a second member different in refractive index.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A projection optical system comprising:
a first optical system; and
a second optical system, wherein
the first optical system and the second optical system are disposed in order from a demagnification side toward a magnification side,
an intermediate image is formed between a demagnification-side imaging surface and a magnification-side imaging surface,
the second optical system is an optical element having a first transmission surface, a reflecting surface, and a second transmission surface in order from the demagnification side toward the magnification side,
the first transmission surface and the reflecting surface are located at one side with respect to an optical axis,
the second transmission surface is located at the other side with respect to the optical axis,
the reflecting surface has a concavely curved surface shape,
the second transmission surface has a convexly curved surface shape protruding toward the magnification side,
the optical element has a first member and a second member different in refractive index, and
the first member is disposed so as to adhere to an outer peripheral surface of the second member.

2. The projection optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the intermediate image is formed between the first transmission surface and the reflecting surface in the optical element.

3. The projection optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the second member has a spherical shape.

4. The projection optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the reflecting surface is provided to the first member.

5. The projection optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the reflecting surface has an aspherical surface shape.

6. The projection optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first transmission surface is provided to the first member.

7. The projection optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the second transmission surface is provided to the first member.

8. The projection optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the intermediate image is located in the second member.

9. The projection optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the second member is higher in heat resistance than the first member, and
a diameter of a light flux entering the optical element becomes smallest in the second member.

10. The projection optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
when three axes perpendicular to each other are defined as an X axis, a Y axis, and a Z axis, a direction in which the optical axis extends is defined as a Z-axis direction, one side of the Y axis is defined as an upper side, the other side of the Y axis is defined as a lower side, and a plane perpendicular to the X axis and including the Y axis and the Z axis is defined as a Y-Z plane,
an imaginary line connecting an upper intersection point and a lower intersection point to each other is tilted with respect to an imaginary vertical line perpendicular to the optical axis in the Y-Z plane, the upper intersection point being an intersection where an upper peripheral ray of an upper end light beam passing through an upper end in the Y-axis direction in an effective range of the second transmission surface and an upper peripheral ray of a lower end light beam passing through a lower end in the Y-axis direction in the effective range on the Y-Z plane, and the lower intersection point being an intersection where a lower peripheral ray of the upper end light beam and a lower peripheral ray of the lower end light beam on the Y-Z plane.

11. The projection optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
a material of the first member is resin.

12. The projection optical system according to claim 11 , wherein
a material of the first member is ultraviolet curable resin.

13. The projection optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
a material of the second member is glass.

14. The projection optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the optical element has an aperture on the magnification side of the reflecting surface.

15. A projection-type image display device comprising:
the injection optical system according to claim 1 ; and
an image formation section configured to form a projection image on the demagnification-side imaging surface.

16. An imaging device comprising:
the injection optical system according to claim 1 ; and
an imaging element disposed on the demagnification-side imaging surface.

17. A projection-type image display device comprising:
the injection optical system according to claim 2 ; and
an image formation section configured to form a projection image on the demagnification-side imaging surface.

18. An imaging device comprising:
the injection optical system according to claim 2 ; and
an imaging element disposed on the demagnification-side imaging surface.

19. A method of forming an optical element, the optical element including a first member and a second member different in refractive index, and having a first transmission surface, a reflecting surface, and a second transmission surface in order from a demagnification side toward a magnification side, the first transmission surface and the reflecting surface being located atone side with respect to an optical axis, the second transmission surface being located at the other side with respect to the optical axis, the reflecting surface having a concave shape, and the second transmission surface having a convexly curved surface shape protruding toward the magnification side, the method comprising:
disposing a first transfer surface on which a surface shape of the reflecting surface is transferred as an internal surface of a metal mold;
arranging the second member inside the metal mold;
injecting the first member between the second member and the first transfer surface inside the metal mold to make the first member cure; and
applying a reflection coating to the first member to form the reflecting surface.

20. The method of forming the optical element according to claim 19 , further comprising:
disposing a second transfer surface on which a surface shape of one of the first transmission surface and the second transmission surface is transferred as an internal surface of the metal mold; and
injecting the first member between the second member and the second transfer surface inside the metal mold to make the first member cure.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Yanagisawa Hirotaka
• Morikuni Eiji

Classifications

• G03B21/28 Primary

  Reflectors in projection beam {(in illumination beam G03B21/2066)} · CPC title

• G03B21/145

  Housing details, e.g. position adjustments thereof · CPC title

• G02B1/041

  Lenses · CPC title

• G02B17/0856 Primary

  comprising a refractive element with a reflective surface, the reflection taking place inside the element, e.g. Mangin mirrors · CPC title

• B29D11/00538

  Feeding arrangements · CPC title