摘要:
A liquid crystal device comprising a liquid crystal cell including a plurality of pixels aligned on a plurality of lines and rows, each of the pixels composed of a pair of electrodes and liquid crystals provided between the pair of electrodes; and an optical unit including high-refractive portions positioned corresponding to the pixels, and low-refractive portions positioned next to the high-refractive portions on a plane, the high-refractive portions and the low-refractive portions having the refractive indexes the ratio between which satisfies the condition for total reflection of incident light. Another embodiment is a liquid crystal device comprising two liquid crystal cells wherein each of the cells exhibit monostable orientation.
摘要:
A liquid crystal device comprises: a) a liquid crystal cell including a plurality of pixels aligned on a plurality of lines and rows, each of the pixels composed of a pair of electrodes and liquid crystals provided between the pair of electrodes; and b) an optical unit including high-refractive portions positioned corresponding to the pixels, and low-refractive portions positioned next to the high-refractive portions on a plane, the high-refractive portions and low-refractive portions having the refractive indexes the ratio between which satisfies the condition for total reflection of incident light.
摘要:
This specification discloses a polarization converting apparatus having means emitting non-polarized light, and polarizing means having a light incidence surface and a light emergence surface, the polarizing means receiving the non-polarized light by the light incidence surface and causing polarized light to emerge from the light emergence surface, the size and shape of the light incidence surface being similar to the size and cross-sectional shape of the non-polarized light. The specification also discloses an optical instrument having such apparatus.
摘要:
A liquid crystal device is constituted by disposing a display layer between a pair of electrode plates. The display layer comprises a mesomorphic polymer and a low-molecular weight mesomorphic compound. The mesomorphic polymer may preferably be a main chain-type ferroelectric mesomorphic polymer having an ester linkage or a mesomorphic polymer derived from a polymerizable mesomorphic compound. The display layer may preferably comprise a ferroelectric mesomorphic polymer having a dielectric anisotropy .DELTA..epsilon. of -3.0 or below and a low-molecular weight mesomorphic compound incompatible with the mesomorphic polymer and having a positive dielectric anisotropy.
摘要:
A display apparatus comprises a projecting device for projecting an image, with the projecting device having a projection optical system having a limited pupil diameter and screen device arranged at a position where an image is substantially projected by the projecting device. The screen device has at least two sheets in each of which a number of prisms extending like a straight line or a curve are formed on the surface on the side opposite to the projecting device. Each of the prisms has an effective portion for allowing a light flux from the projecting device to be emitted in a predetermined direction and a non-effective portion which does not contribute to the emission of the light flux in the predetermined direction, and wherein the non-effective portions of another one or a plurality of the other sheets among the plurality of sheets excluding the sheet arranged at the nearest position on the projecting device side are formed so as to have an almost intermediate angle between the angle of a principal ray when a light flux from the projecting device progresses in the sheets and the emission angle of the principal ray when it is emitted from effective surfaces of the prisms of the sheets.
摘要:
A liquid crystal type video projector is disclosed which has a reflection type optical modulator for effective use of beams from a radiation source such as a lamp or the like. The projector further comprises means for modulating the plane of polarization of a polarized beam entering the radiation source and for reflecting the polarized beam, thereby causing a reflection beam and an optical arrangement. The optical arrangement includes a first polarizing beam splitter for separating the beam from the radiation source into P and S polarized components and for directing the S polarized component to the modulator and a converter for rotating the plane of polarization of the P polarized component and converting into another S polarized component for enhanced efficiency of beam utilization. It further includes a second polarizing beam splitter for reflecting the other S polarized component and directing the other S polarized component and directing to the modulator. The polarizing beam splitters are caused to act as an analyzer for colored reflected beams via a dichroic mirror system.
摘要:
A back projection type screen having a screen portion to be disposed at a position whereat an image projected from image projector means is formed, the screen portion being formed by at least one transparent sheet, the screen portion having a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in parallel to the surface of the transparent sheet, and a light diffusing portion formed on the light beam incidence side surface of the transparent sheet which is next to the light beam incidence side of the screen portion, the light diffusing portion transmitting an incident light therethrough and also diffusing reflected light in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. The specification also discloses an image display apparatus using such screen.
摘要:
A liquid crystal device for controlling scattering of light beams incident upon a liquid crystal layer so as to modulate the light beams includes: a first lens array having lenses corresponding to the liquid crystal layer, the lenses causing the light beams transmitted from the liquid crystal layer, the lenses causing the light beams transmitted from the liquid crystal layer to travel toward a focal plane; a mask for shielding scattered light transmitted from the first lens array as well as allowing non-scattered light to pass through, the mask having a plurality of aperture portions which are formed along the focal plane to correspond to the lenses of the first lens array so as to allow non-scattered light transmitted from corresponding lenses to pass through; and a second lens array having lenses arranged to correspond to the aperture portions of the mask, the lenses substantially collimating the non-scattered light transmitted from corresponding aperture portions of the mask.
摘要:
An image display apparatus has a radiation source, generator for generating an image by modulating a polarized light beam and directing device for directing a light beam from the radiation source toward the generator. The directing device has a conversion optical system for converting the beam from the radiation source into the polarized light beam. The conversion optical system has a polarizing beam splitter for splitting the beam from the radiation source into a first and second beams. In the conversion optical system, a 1/4 wavelength plate and a mirror are arranged so that the plane of polarization of the first beam is rotated to generate a third beam with the plane of polarization same as that of the second beam. The third beam is directed toward the generator through the polarizing beam splitter while the second beam is also directed toward the generator.
摘要:
A display apparatus using liquid crystal devices especially having a scattering mode and a projector in the display apparatus using the liquid crystal devices. The projector includes: an illuminating means for supplying illumination light; first and second modulating means for forming rays of image light by modulating the illumination light from the illuminating means; and a projecting means for projecting the rays of image light formed by the first and second modulating means. In this projector, a member for absorbing or reflecting the light traveling towards the second modulating means through the first modulating means is provides on at least any one of the light incident side and the light outgoing side of the second modulating means.