Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9791708-B2
Application number	US-201514728566-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2015
Priority date	Jun 10, 2014
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a screen formed in an arcuate shape centering on a center axis and a projection device configured to project, along projecting directions orthogonal to the center axis and different from one another, images corresponding to the projecting directions on the inner circumferential surface or the outer circumferential surface of the screen. The screen includes a retroreflective layer having a reflection surface directed to the projection device and a diffusion layer arranged on the projection device side with respect to the retroreflective layer and configured to diffuse, when transmitting light made incident from the retroreflective layer, the light wider in a first direction along the center axis than in a second direction, which is a circumferential direction centering on the center axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a screen formed in an arcuate shape centering on a center axis; and
a projection device includes a plurality of projecting sections configured to project images corresponding to projecting directions on an inner circumferential surface of the screen along the projecting directions orthogonal to the center axis and different from one another, wherein
the screen includes:
a retroreflective layer having a reflection surface directed to the projection device; and
a diffusion layer arranged on the projection device side with respect to the retroreflective layer and configured to diffuse, when transmitting light made incident from the retroreflective layer, the light wider in a first direction along the center axis than in a second direction, which is a circumferential direction centering on the center axis.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the projection device includes the plurality of projecting sections respectively arranged on an imaginary circle centering on the center axis and configured to project images corresponding to the projecting directions on the inner circumferential surface along the projecting directions different from one another.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of projecting sections are arranged on one of one end side and the other end side in the first direction with respect to the screen.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a position detecting section configured to detect a position of an observer who observes the inner circumferential surface;
a turning section configured to relatively turn the screen and the projection device about the center axis in a state in which the projection device can project the image on the inner circumferential surface; and
a turning control section configured to control the turning section on the basis of a detection result by the position detecting section to enable the observer to observe the image projected on the inner circumferential surface, wherein
the projection device projects the image corresponding to the position of the observer.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the position detecting section includes:
a sensor configured to detect the position of the observer with respect to the screen;
a camera configured to take an image of the observer detected by the sensor; and
a specifying section configured to specify a position of a predetermined part of the observer on the basis of the picked-up image taken by the camera, and

the projection device projects the image corresponding to the predetermined part of the detected observer.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a reflection member configured to reflect image light projected from the projection device toward a projection position corresponding to the image light among a plurality of projection positions on the inner circumferential surface, wherein
the projection device and the reflection member are arranged in an imaginary circle centering on the center axis and having a diameter dimension same as a diameter dimension of the screen.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein an arrangement interval of projecting sections adjacent to each other among the plurality of projecting sections is set such that an image projected from one of the adjacent projecting sections is observed by a right eye of an observer who observes the screen and an image projected from the other is observed by a left eye of the observer.

8. A display apparatus comprising:
a screen formed in an arcuate shape centering on a center axis; and
a projection device includes a plurality of projecting sections respectively arranged along an imaginary circle centering on the center axis and configured to project, along projecting directions orthogonal to the center axis and different from one another, images corresponding to the projecting directions on an outer circumferential surface of the screen, wherein
the screen includes:
a retroreflective layer having a reflection surface directed to the projection device; and
a diffusion layer arranged on the projection device side with respect to the retroreflective layer and configured to diffuse, when transmitting light made incident from the retroreflective layer, the light wider in a first direction along the center axis than in a second direction, which is a circumferential direction centering on the center axis.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising a holding section that holds the plurality of projecting sections in a position higher than positions of the screen and an observer who observes the screen.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising:
an observer detecting section configured to detect an observer who observes the outer circumferential surface;
a determining section configured to determine whether the observer is detected by the observer detecting section; and
a control section configured to cause, when the determining section determines that the observer is detected, the plurality of projecting sections to respectively project images corresponding to the projecting directions on the outer circumferential surface and cause, when the determining section determines that the observer is not detected, the plurality of projecting sections to project images different from the images corresponding to the projecting directions on the outer circumferential surface.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising:
an observer detecting section configured to detect an observer who observes the outer circumferential surface;
a determining section configured to determine whether the observer is detected by the observer detecting section; and
a control section configured to turn off, when the determining section determines that the observer is not detected, a power supply of at least any one projecting section among the plurality of projecting sections.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein an arrangement interval of projecting sections adjacent to each other among the plurality of projecting sections is set such that an image projected from one of the adjacent projecting sections is observed by a right eye of an observer who observes the screen and an image projected from the other is observed by a left eye of the observer.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising an attachment member configured to detachably attach the screen formed in a sheet shape to a columnar body.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Yoneno Kunio
• Sonehara Tomio
• Endo Takashi

Classifications

• G02B5/13

  plural curved refracting elements forming part of a unitary body · CPC title

• G03B21/10

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

• G03B35/18

  by simultaneous viewing · CPC title

• G02B5/128

  transparent spheres being embedded in matrix · CPC title

• H04N2213/006

  Pseudo-stereoscopic systems, i.e. systems wherein a stereoscopic effect is obtained without sending different images to the viewer's eyes · CPC title