Abstract:
An optical scanning device includes a first optical element that converts a cross-section shape of a light beam from a semiconductor laser to a desired shape; a second optical element that guides the light beam output from the first optical element to an optical deflector that deflects the light beam; and a third optical element that gathers the light beam deflected by the optical deflector onto a surface to be scanned to form a light spot thereby optically scanning the surface. At least one of the first optical element, the second optical element, and the third optical element includes a resin-made lens, at least one of the resin-made lenses has a power diffracting surface, and a surface shape of at least one of power diffracting surfaces is formed so that a power of a diffracting portion and a power of a refractive portion are cancelled out.
Abstract:
A coupling optical system that includes a coupling lens, a linear-image forming lens, and an aperture couples light beams emitted from a light source to form a light flux. A deflector scans the light flux in a main scanning direction to form an image as a scanning line on a surface to be scanned through first and second scanning lenses. While an image is being formed on an image plane, the image plane is moved in a direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction. The linear-image forming lens has a diffractive optical surface capable of collecting light in a sub-scanning direction. The temperature dependence dλ/dT of wavelength of the light source satisfies dλ/dT
Abstract:
A light-amount detecting device includes: a light source which emits a light beam; a branching optical element which divides the light beam emitted from the light source into a first light beam traveling in a predetermined direction and a second light beam traveling in a direction different to the predetermined direction; a light-condensing element which condenses the second light beam; a light-receiving element having a light-receiving surface which receives the second light beam condensed by the light-condensing element; and a detector which detects a light-amount of the second light beam received by the light-receiving element, and at least one of a direction of reflected light of the second light beam reflected from the light-receiving surface of the light-receiving element and spread of the reflected light of the second light beam reflected from the light-receiving surface of the light-receiving element is adjusted to control a light-amount of the reflected light of the second light beam returning to the light source.
Abstract:
A two-dimensional array include N light-emitting arrays each formed of M light-emitting units arranged equally spaced along a direction T tilting from a main scanning direction at an angle α toward a sub-scanning direction. The light-emitting arrays are equally spaced in the sub-scanning direction. A space ds2 between light-emitting arrays with respect to the sub-scanning direction satisfies ds2=ds1×M where ds1 is a positional difference in the sub-scanning direction between light-emitting units which are adjacent each other in the main scanning direction and orthographically-projected on a virtual line extending in the sub-scanning direction. The angle α satisfies α=sin−1((ds2/d1)/M) where d1 is a space between light-emitting units in the light-emitting array with respect to the direction T. The space ds2 is equal to the space d1.
Abstract:
A light source which is a surface emitting laser including a plurality of apertures that correspond to light emitting regions arranged in a two-dimensional array and limit the regions, and a scanning optical system satisfies conditions of Dm·|βm|
Abstract:
A light source which is a surface emitting laser including a plurality of apertures that correspond to light emitting regions arranged in a two-dimensional array and limit the regions, and a scanning optical system satisfies conditions of Dm·|βm|
Abstract:
An image display apparatus includes: a light source to emit light; a lens array including a plurality of lenses arranged therein; and an image forming device to form an image with the emitted light on the lens array. The light corresponding to the formed image is transmitted from the lens array to be reflected by a reflective surface to visualize the formed image into a virtual image. At least two of the plurality of lenses of the lens array have curvatures different from each other.
Abstract:
An image display apparatus (1000) mounted on an object or attached to a human body, includes: an image forming unit (200) to form an image with light; an optical system including a curved mirror (9) that reflects the light forming the image toward a bent transmission and reflection member; and a rotator (310) to rotate the curved mirror (9) about a prescribed axis. A first projection image, which is a projection image on an XY plane of the image, forms an angle θ1 with respect to an X direction. A second projection image, which is a projection image on an XY plane of the prescribed axis, forms an angle θ2 with respect to the X direction. The X denotes a lateral direction of the object or the human body and the Y direction denotes a vertical direction of the object or the human body.
Abstract:
An image display apparatus and a vehicle provided with the image display apparatus. The image display apparatus includes a light source unit to emit a laser beam, an optical deflector to deflect the laser beam two-dimensionally, and an intermediate image generator to perform two-dimensional scanning twice in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction with the laser beam deflected by the optical deflector to generate an intermediate image of one frame, where the laser beam deflected by the optical deflector draws, two scanning lines. In the image display apparatus, the two scanning lines have two different phases for the two-dimensional scanning for a first time and the two-dimensional scanning for a second time, respectively. in the image display apparatus, the two scanning lines have two different starting points for the two-dimensional scanning for a first time and the two-dimensional scanning for a second time, respectively.
Abstract:
An image display apparatus (1000) mounted on an object or attached to a human body, includes: an image forming unit (200) to form an image with light; an optical system including a curved mirror (9) that reflects the light forming the image toward a bent transmission and reflection member; and a rotator (310) to rotate the curved mirror (9) about a prescribed axis. A first projection image, which is a projection image on an XY plane of the image, forms an angle θ1 with respect to an X direction. A second projection image, which is a projection image on an XY plane of the prescribed axis, forms an angle θ2 with respect to the X direction. The X denotes a lateral direction of the object or the human body and the Y direction denotes a vertical direction of the object or the human body.