Abstract:
A photovoltaic cell includes a translucent substrate; a photoelectric conversion element disposed on a light emission surface of the substrate; and a light guide member disposed on a light incidence surface of the substrate, at a position opposite the photoelectric conversion element across the substrate. A photovoltaic cell is manufactured by forming a first hydrophilic region on a light incidence surface of a translucent substrate, disposing a light guide member within the first hydrophilic region, forming a second hydrophilic region on a light emission surface of the substrate, and disposing a photoelectric conversion element in the second hydrophilic region.
Abstract:
A lighting device includes a light emitting element; a first lens that captures and emits light generated by the light emitting element; and a second lens that captures light emitted from the first lens and emits the light in a predetermined direction. The first lens includes a first-lens-entrance through which the light generated by the light emitting element enters, a first lens exit that emits the light entered from the first-lens-entrance and transmitted through an inside of the first lens, and a plurality of first-lens-side-portion-wall-surfaces that are provided between the first-lens-entrance and the first lens exit. The plurality of first-lens-side-portion-wall-surfaces include a reflection-side-surface-portion that reflects the light entered the inside of the first lens from the first-lens-entrance, and a side surface portion that is configured to allow light having a luminous intensity smaller than a luminous intensity of light entering the reflection-side-surface-portion to enter.
Abstract:
A mounting pedestal on which a heat generating component is disposed is provided. The mounting pedestal includes a substrate which includes a plurality of bending portions at which the substrate is bent in a staircase shape. An insulating layer is disposed on a surface of the substrate. An interconnecting line is disposed on the insulating layer. In the mounting pedestal, the interconnecting line extends across the plurality of bending portions. In each of the plurality of bending portions, a corner radius (R) of a mountain portion is greater than a corner R of a valley portion.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a virtual image display apparatus, head-up display system, and vehicle that distribute a spatially divided parallax image between a left eye and right eye of a user appropriately. The virtual image display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a display device configured to spatially divide with a first pitch and to output right-eye images and left-eye images, first optical members periodically disposed with a second pitch, distributing light based on the output from the display device between a right-eye direction and a left-eye direction, and a second optical member configured to reflect or refract, by positive power, the light distributed between the right-eye direction and the left-eye direction by the first optical members. The first pitch is narrower than the second pitch.
Abstract:
A backlight device and an image display apparatus which are capable of controlling the degree of diffusion of emitted light are provided. The backlight device according to the present disclosure includes: a light source; a light guide plate that causes surface emission of light emitted from the light source; a directivity control film that is provided on a light-emitting side of the light guide plate, and causes the light emitted from the light guide plate to have directivity; and a liquid crystal diffusion element that is switchable between a first state in which the light emitted from the directivity control film is transmitted as it is, and a second state in which the light emitted from the directivity control film is diffused.
Abstract:
A light deflection element is capable of deflecting incident light so as to follow a position of an observer and suppressing reduction in intensity of light that reaches eyes of the observer regardless of their position. The light deflection element includes: a first optical element configured to deflect incident light; a second optical element configured to change a deflection direction of emitted light by changing a refractive index thereof according to a voltage applied thereto; a third optical element; and a control section configured to control the voltage applied to the second optical element. At least one of interfaces between the first and second optical elements and the second and third optical elements is an aspheric surface. The aspheric surface has an optical power that compensates enlargement of the emitted light which is caused by refractive index distribution caused when a voltage is applied to the second optical element.
Abstract:
A mounting pedestal is disposed on a wheeled vehicle and a light emitter is mounted on the mounting pedestal. The mounting pedestal includes a metal layer and an insulating layer stacked on the metal layer. The insulating layer has a major surface facing in a direction of travel of the wheeled vehicle and a heat escape port in which solder that joins the light emitter and the metal layer is disposed. The mounting pedestal has a step which arranges the major surface into a plurality of major surfaces.
Abstract:
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a virtual image display device, a head-up display system and a vehicle which further improve convenience. The virtual image display device according to the present disclosure includes: a display device which outputs a parallax image forming a left eye virtual image and a right eye virtual image, the parallax image having a plurality of regions whose parallax amounts of the left eye virtual image and the right eye virtual image are different; an optical system which displays a virtual image based on the parallax image; and a controller which changes a partition of the plurality of regions of the parallax image according to a situation.
Abstract:
An image display apparatus includes a display panel, and a liquid crystal lens disposed in front of the display panel. The liquid crystal lens includes: a first substrate and a second substrate; a first electrode layer; a second electrode layer having a plurality of electrodes formed in a stripe pattern; and a liquid crystal layer in which the direction of orientation of liquid crystal molecules is changed in accordance with an applied voltage. In the second electrode layer, the plurality of electrodes extend in a direction inclined with respect to black lines extending in a predetermined direction in a black matrix. The direction of initial orientation of the liquid crystal molecules is substantially parallel to a transmission axis of a front-surface-side polarizing plate.
Abstract:
An image display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a display panel having at least, first pixels that display a first parallax image and second pixels that display a second parallax image; and an image conversion element. The image conversion element includes: a plurality of first electrodes arranged at a predetermined pitch; a second electrode; and a liquid crystal layer. The image display apparatus according to the present disclosure simultaneously satisfies the following conditions, wherein f is a distance from the liquid crystal layer to the first pixels or the second pixels, r is a length equal to ½ of an arrangement pitch of the first electrodes, Δn is a birefringence of the liquid crystal molecules, P is an arrangement pitch of the first pixels and the second pixels, and d is a thickness of the liquid crystal layer: f ≥ 5 P ( 1 ) Δ n