Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8979274-B2
Application number	US-201113231450-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2011
Priority date	Sep 21, 2010
Publication date	Mar 17, 2015
Grant date	Mar 17, 2015

Abstract

A display device includes: a light source section; an optical modulator modulating light from the light source section based on a picture signal, to emit modulated light as picture light; a direct-view display section performing direct-view display based on the picture light; a projection optical system performing projection display on a projection screen based on the picture light; an optical member allowing the picture light from the optical modulator to travel toward at least one of the direct-view display section and the projection optical system; and a switching section performing control of traveling direction of the picture light on the optical member, to switch between two or more display modes which are selected, to include a two-way display mode, from a group consisting of a direct-view display mode, a projection display mode, and the two-way display mode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a light source configured to emit light;
an optical modulator configured to (a) modulate light from the light source based on a picture signal, and (b) emit modulated light as a picture light;
a direct-view display section configured to display an image on a display screen based on the picture light;
a projection system configured to project an image on a projection screen based on the picture light;
an optical member co…

Assignees

• Kanazawa Takakiyo
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Kanazawa Takakiyo

Classifications

• H04N9/3147

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G03B21/006

  Physics · mapped topic

• G03B21/28 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic