Video projecting structure, video projecting method, and video projecting window

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9921463-B2
Application number	US-201615361111-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2016
Priority date	Jun 2, 2014
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A video projecting structure includes a substrate having a visible light transmittance greater than or equal to 5% and less than or equal to 90%, a front haze greater than or equal to 4 and less than or equal to 40, and a rear haze greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 60. In a case where light is incident on a surface of the substrate at an angle of 45°, an intensity of a backward scattering light is lower than an intensity of a frontward scattering light.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image projecting structure comprising:
a substrate having a visible light transmittance greater than or equal to 5% and less than or equal to 90%, a front haze greater than or equal to 4 and less than or equal to 40, and a rear haze greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 60;
wherein in a case where light is incident on a surface of the substrate at an angle of 45°, an intensity of backward scattering light is lower than an intensity of frontward scattering light, and
wherein a product of a reflectivity of the substrate (%), the rear haze, and a ratio of the intensity of the backward scattering light in a direction normal to the image projecting structure to the intensity of the frontward scattering light in the direction normal to the image projecting structure in a case where light is incident on a surface of the substrate at an angle of 45°, is less than or equal to 500.

2. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein a product of a common logarithm of the visible light transmittance of the substrate (%), the front haze, and a ratio of the intensity of the backward scattering light in the direction normal to the image projecting structure to the intensity of the frontward scattering light in the direction normal to the image projecting structure in a case where light is incident on a surface of the substrate at an angle of 45°, is greater than or equal to 10.

3. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein a product of a square of the visible light transmittance (%), an optical loss, and a ratio of the intensity of the backward scattering light in the direction normal to the image projecting structure to the intensity of the frontward scattering light in the direction normal to the image projecting structure in a case where light is incident on a surface of the substrate at an angle of 45°, is greater than or equal to 100,000,
wherein the optical loss is defined to be:
100−transmittance (%)−reflectivity (%).

4. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 3 ,
wherein the product of a square of the visible light transmittance (%), the optical loss, and the ratio of the intensity of the backward scattering light in the direction normal to the image projecting structure to the intensity of the frontward scattering light in the direction normal to the image projecting structure in a case where light is incident on a surface of the substrate at an angle of 45°, is greater than or equal to 200,000.

5. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the substrate comprises a transparent layer; and a plurality of light scattering parts that are linearly formed inside the transparent layer, and
wherein the plurality of light scattering parts are arranged at predetermined intervals.

6. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 5 ,
wherein the plurality of light scattering parts comprises a light scattering material, and
wherein the light scattering material are fine particles.

7. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 6 ,
wherein the plurality of light scattering parts further comprises a light absorbing material.

8. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 5 ,
wherein a volume ratio of the light scattering part to the transparent layer ranges from 1:1 to 1:10.

9. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 5 ,
wherein a difference between a refractive index of the transparent layer and a refractive index of the light scattering part is less than or equal to 0.01.

10. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 5 ,
wherein a difference between a refractive index of the transparent layer and a refractive index of the light scattering part is less than or equal to 0.001.

11. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the substrate is provided inside an automobile.

12. An image projecting window comprising:
the image projecting structure as claimed in claim 1 .

13. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the image projecting structure comprises:
a transparent substrate; and
a light scattering material layer provided on the transparent substrate, the light scattering material layer having a flat shape and comprising a transparent layer and fine light scattering particles dispersed in the transparent layer.

14. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 13 ,
wherein at least one of the transparent layer and the light scattering material layer comprises a light absorbing material.

15. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the image projecting structure has a laminated glass structure.

16. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the substrate has the visible light transmittance in a range from 40 to 80%, the front haze in a range of from 8 to 20, and the rear haze in a range from 5 to 20.

17. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the product of the reflectivity of the substrate (%), the rear haze, and the ratio of the intensity of the backward scattering light in the direction normal to the image projecting structure to the intensity of the frontward scattering light in the direction normal to the image projecting structure in a case where light is incident on a surface of the substrate at an angle of 45°, is less than or equal to 250.

18. The image projecting structure as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the product of the reflectivity of the substrate (%), the rear haze, and the ratio of the intensity of the backward scattering light in the direction normal to the image projecting structure to the intensity of the frontward scattering light in the direction normal to the image projecting structure in a case where light is incident on a surface of the substrate at an angle of 45°, is less than or equal to 100.

19. A method for projecting an image, the method comprising:
projecting an image from a projector to the image projecting structure of claim 1 ,
wherein the image transmitted through the image projecting structure is visible.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19 , wherein an area on a side of viewing the image transmitted through the image projecting structure is brighter than an area on a side on which the projector is positioned.

Assignees

• Asahi Glass Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tao Yukihiro
• Sekikawa Kenta
• Tsujimura Hitoshi
• Ebata Kenichi
• Kaida Yuriko

Classifications

• G02B5/02

  Diffusing elements; Afocal elements · CPC title

• G02B5/0278

  used in transmission · CPC title

• G02B2027/0196

  having transparent supporting structure for display mounting, e.g. to a window or a windshield · CPC title

• G03B21/60

  characterised by the nature of the surface · CPC title

• G03B21/62 Primary

  Translucent screens · CPC title