Projection screen control method and projectioin-type display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11609487-B2
Application number	US-201917040534-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2018
Publication date	Mar 21, 2023
Grant date	Mar 21, 2023

Abstract

A projection screen control method of one embodiment of the present disclosure includes irradiating a display member with first control light, and irradiating the display member with second control light, in which the irradiating the display member with the first control light and the irradiating the display member with the second control light are performed in sequence. The display member has a visible light transmittance or a visible light reflectance that varies depending on light, and contains a photochromic material, and the first control light and the second control light have different light intensities.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A projection screen control method, comprising:
irradiating a display member with first control light; and
irradiating the display member with second control light, wherein
the irradiating the display member with the first control light and the irradiating the display member with the second control light are performed in sequence,
the display member has a visible light transmittance or a visible light reflectance that varies depending on light, and contains a photochromic material,
the first control light and the second control light have different light intensities, and
the display member includes a display layer, a light modulation layer that contains the photochromic material, and includes a protection layer between the display layer and the light modulation layer.

2. The projection screen control method according to claim 1 , wherein the first control light and the second control light have a wavelength of 420 nm or less.

3. The projection screen control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
controlling, with a spatial light modulating device, a region of the display member to be irradiated with the first control light and the second control light.

4. The projection screen control method according to claim 1 , wherein the first control light has a light intensity higher than a light intensity of the second control light.

5. The projection screen control method according to claim 1 , wherein the display member is irradiated with the first control light, after which the display member is irradiated with the second control light.

6. The projection screen control method according to claim 1 , wherein the display member is irradiated with the first control light for a predetermined time, after which the display member is irradiated with the second control light continuously.

7. The projection screen control method according to claim 1 , wherein the display member is irradiated with the first control light for a predetermined time, after which the display member is irradiated with the second control light intermittently.

8. The projection screen control method according to claim 1 , wherein the display layer is configured to display an image, and the light modulation layer having a varying transmittance and a varying reflectance, and
the transmittance and the reflectance of the light modulation layer are varied by the first control light and the second control light.

9. A projection-type display apparatus, comprising:
a light source unit;
an image generation optical system that is configured to generate image light based on modulation of light from the light source unit on a basis of an input image signal;
a projection optical system that is configured to project the image light generated by the image generation optical system; and
a projection screen that is configured to display the image light projected from the projection optical system, wherein
the projection screen includes a display member, the display member having a visible light transmittance or a visible light reflectance that varies depending on light, and contains a photochromic material,
the light source unit includes a first light source section that is configured to output first control light and second control light that have different light intensities, and
the display member includes a display layer, a light modulation layer that contains the photochromic material, and includes a protection layer between the display layer and the light modulation layer.

10. The projection-type display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the display member is configured to exhibit light transmissivity to a wavelength in a visible range when viewed from front.

11. The projection-type display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:
the display layer is configured to display an image; and
the light modulation layer having a varying transmittance and a varying reflectance.

12. The projection-type display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the light modulation layer contains a polymer material as a matrix and contains the photochromic material in a percentage by weight of 0.01% or more and 10% or less in the polymer material.

13. The projection-type display apparatus according to claim 11 ,
wherein the protection layer is configured to absorb or reflect the first control light and the second control light.

14. The projection-type display apparatus according to claim 11 ,
wherein the display layer includes one of a hologram, a half mirror, a surface plasmon particle, a cholesteric liquid crystal, and a Fresnel lens.

15. The projection-type display apparatus according to claim 9 ,
wherein the light source unit includes, as a light source that is configured to generates the image light, a second light source section that is configured to output light of a wavelength different from wavelengths of the first control light and the second control light.

16. The projection-type display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first control light and the second control light share a same optical system with the image light.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Takanashi Hidehiko
• Ono Hideki
• Ishii Yui

Classifications

• H04N9/3182

  Colour adjustment, e.g. white balance, shading or gamut (white balance per se H04N9/73; control of amplitude of colour signals H04N9/68; colour control circuits for displays in general G09G5/02, G09G3/2003, G09G3/3607) · CPC title

• G03B21/62 Primary

  Translucent screens · CPC title

• G03B21/2013

  Plural light sources · CPC title

• G02B5/128

  transparent spheres being embedded in matrix · CPC title

• G02F1/13718

  based on a change of the texture state of a cholesteric liquid crystal · CPC title