Image display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12111476-B2
Application number	US-202318165982-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2023
Priority date	Feb 14, 2022
Publication date	Oct 8, 2024
Grant date	Oct 8, 2024

Abstract

An image display apparatus includes a display device configured to display an image to a user, an eyepiece optical system configured to guide the image displayed on the display device to the user, and a guide mechanism configured to move the display device in an optical axis direction of the eyepiece optical system. The guide mechanism guides a movement of the display device on both sides of the display device in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the eyepiece optical system, and overlaps the eyepiece optical system when viewed from the optical axis direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image display apparatus comprising:
a display device configured to display an image to a user;
an eyepiece optical system configured to guide the image displayed on the display device to the user; and
a guide mechanism configured to move the display device in an optical axis direction of the eyepiece optical system,
wherein the guide mechanism guides a movement of the display device on both sides of the display device in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the eyepiece optical system, and overlaps the eyepiece optical system when viewed from the optical axis direction.

2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display device includes a first display device configured to display an image for a left eye of the user and a second display device configured to display an image for a right eye of the user,
wherein the eyepiece optical system includes a first eyepiece optical system configured to guide the image displayed on the first display device to the left eye and a second eyepiece optical system configured to guide the image displayed on the second display device to the right eye,
wherein the guide mechanism includes a first guide mechanism configured to move the first display device in the optical axis direction and a second guide mechanism configured to move the second display device in the optical axis direction,
wherein the first guide mechanism guides a movement of the first display device on both sides of the first display device in an arrangement direction of the first display device and the second display device, and is disposed so as to overlap the first eyepiece optical system when viewed from the optical axis direction, and
wherein the second guide mechanism guides a movement of the second display device on both sides of the second display device in the arrangement direction, and is disposed so as to overlap the second eyepiece optical system when viewed from the optical axis direction.

3. The image display apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a first driving unit configured to drive the first guide mechanism and connected to the first guide mechanism outside a first optical axis of the first eyepiece optical system when viewed from a centerline between the first optical axis and a second optical axis of the second eyepiece optical system; and
a second driving unit configured to drive the second guide mechanism and connected to the second guide mechanism outside the second optical axis of the second eyepiece optical system when viewed from the centerline.

4. The image display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first guide mechanism and the second guide mechanism each include a first shaft member, a second shaft member, a first guide unit engaged with the first shaft member at a plurality of points, and a second guide unit engaged with the second shaft member at locations fewer than those for the first shaft member and the first guide unit,
wherein a positional relationship in the optical axis direction between the first guide unit and the first shaft member is changeable and a positional relationship in the optical axis direction between the second guide unit and the second shaft member is changeable,
wherein in the arrangement direction, the first guide unit is disposed outside the optical axis of the eyepiece optical system when viewed from a centerline between a first optical axis of the first eyepiece optical system and a second optical axis of the second eyepiece optical system, and
wherein in the arrangement direction, the second guide unit is disposed inside the optical axis when viewed from the centerline.

5. The image display apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising an imaging unit configured to acquire the image to be displayed on the display device, wherein the imaging unit has a changeable imaging direction,
wherein in a case where the imaging direction tilts to the optical axis direction toward a side of the second guide unit, the second guide unit does not block an angle of view of the imaging unit.

6. The image display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first guide mechanism and the second guide mechanism are disposed only on one side of the optical axis in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction and the arrangement direction.

7. The image display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the second guide unit provided to the first guide mechanism and the second guide unit provided to the second guide mechanism are located at different positions in the optical axis direction.

8. The image display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the second guide unit provided to the first guide mechanism and the second guide unit provided to the second guide mechanism are located at different positions in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction and the arrangement direction.

9. The image display apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising an adjusting unit configured to change a distance between the first display device and the second display device in the arrangement direction,
wherein in a case where the distance is changed to the shortest distance by the adjusting unit, a configuration including the second guide unit provided to the first guide mechanism and a configuration including the second guide unit provided to the second guide mechanism does not interfere with each other.

10. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an imaging unit configured to acquire the image to be displayed on the display device,
wherein the guide mechanism is disposed so as to overlap the imaging unit in the optical axis direction.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Yamamoto Yasufumi
• Sasaki Yusuke

Classifications

• G02B27/0179

  Display position adjusting means not related to the information to be displayed · CPC title

• G02B2027/0159

  with mechanical means other than scaning means for positioning the whole image · CPC title

• G02B2027/0178

  Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C) · CPC title

• G02B2027/0132

  comprising binocular systems · CPC title

• G02B2027/0134

  of stereoscopic type · CPC title