Image display apparatus and image capturing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9798124-B2
Application number	US-201615213678-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2016
Priority date	Jul 23, 2015
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

The image display apparatus includes an optical system causing a light flux entering from an original image by being transmitted through a fifth surface to reflect at a fourth surface, a third surface, a first surface and a second surface and then cause the light flux to be transmitted through the first surface and exit toward an exit pupil, causing the light flux to form an intermediate image and causing optical paths to intersect with each other. The optical system satisfies 0.62≦L 12/ f≦5.00 and 1.80≦L 45/ L 12 ≦5.00. When a distance between hit points of a central-view-angle principal ray on the surfaces is referred to as a hit point distance, L 45 represents a hit point distance between the fourth and fifth surfaces, L 12 represents a hit point distance between the first and second surfaces, and f represents a focal length of the optical system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image display apparatus comprising:
an image forming element configured to form an original image; and
a display optical system formed by an optical element whose inside surrounded by optical surfaces including a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface and a fifth surface is filled with an optical medium and configured to introduce a light flux from the original image to an exit pupil,
wherein the display optical system is configured to:
cause the light flux exiting from the original image to be refracted on the fifth surface, reflected on the fourth surface, reflected on the third surface, reflected on the first surface and reflected on the second surface in this order and then cause the light flux to be refracted on the first surface and exit toward the exit pupil;
cause the light flux to form an intermediate image inside the display optical system; and
cause at least part of an optical path of the light flux proceeding from the fifth surface to the fourth surface to intersect with at least part of an optical path of the light flux proceeding from the third surface to the first surface, and
wherein the display optical system satisfies the following conditions:
0.62≦ L 12/ f≦ 5.00

1.80≦ L 45/ L 12≦5.00

where, when a ray emitted from a center of an image forming area of the image forming element in which the original image is formed and passing through a center of the exit pupil is referred to as a central-view-angle principal ray, and a distance between hit points of the central-view-angle principal ray on the optical surfaces is referred to as a hit point distance, L 45 represents a hit point distance between a position at which the light flux is refracted on the fifth surface and a position at which the light flux is reflected on the fourth surface, L 12 represents a hit point distance between a position at which the light flux is reflected on the second surface and a position at which the light flux is refracted on the first surface, and f represents a focal length of the display optical system in a sectional view including optical paths of the central-view-angle principal ray between the optical surfaces of the optical element.

2. An image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display optical system satisfies the following condition:
0.48≦ L 45/ L 13≦5.00

where L 13 represents a hit point distance between a position at which the light flux is reflected on the third surface and a position at which the light flux is reflected on the first surface.

3. An image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second surface has a positive optical power.

4. An image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first to fifth surfaces is a rotationally asymmetric surface.

5. An image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first surface causes the light flux from the third surface to be internally totally reflected and causes the light flux from the second surface to be transmitted without causing the light flux to be internally totally reflected.

6. An image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an angle of view of the display optical system is 50° or larger.

7. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
an image sensor configured to capture an optical image of an object; and
an image capturing optical system formed by an optical element whose inside surrounded by optical surfaces including a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface and a fifth surface is filled with an optical medium and configured to image a light flux from the object to form the optical image on the image sensor,
wherein the image capturing optical system is configured to:
cause the light flux exiting from the object to be refracted on the first surface, reflected on the second surface, reflected on the first surface, reflected on the third surface and reflected on the fourth surface in this order and then cause the light flux to be refracted on the fifth surface and exit toward the image sensor;
cause the light flux to form an intermediate image inside the image capturing optical system; and
cause at least part of an optical path of the light flux proceeding from the first surface to the third surface to intersect with at least part of an optical path of the light flux proceeding from the fourth surface to the fifth surface, and
wherein the image capturing optical system satisfies the following conditions:
0.62≦ L 12/ f≦ 5.00

1.80≦ L 45/ L 12≦5.00

where, when a ray passing through a center of an entrance pupil and reaching a center of an image capturing area of the image sensor is referred to as a central-view-angle principal ray, and a distance between hit points of the central-view-angle principal ray on the optical surfaces is referred to as a hit point distance, L 45 represents a hit point distance between a position at which the light flux is refracted on the fifth surface and a position at which the light flux is reflected on the fourth surface, L 12 represents a hit point distance between a position at which the light flux is reflected on the second surface and a position at which the light flux is refracted on the first surface, and f represents a focal length of the image capturing optical system in a sectional view including optical paths of the central-view-angle principal ray between the optical surfaces of the optical element.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Kondo Ryoji

Classifications

• H04N25/76

  Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors · CPC title

• G02B17/086 Primary

  wherein the system is made of a single block of optical material, e.g. solid catadioptric systems · CPC title

• H04N5/374

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G02B27/0172 Primary

  characterised by optical features · CPC title

• G02B5/13

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