WO2006054671A1 - 画像投影用光学系及び画像投影装置 - Google Patents
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- Image projection optical system and image projection apparatus are Image projection optical system and image projection apparatus
- the present invention relates to an optical system for image projection and an image projection apparatus using the optical system.
- TVs for BS digital broadcasts in homes, home theaters, etc. are used for reflective display elements such as digital micromirror devices (DMD) (trademark of Texas Instruments Inc.), reflective liquid crystal light valves, and transmissive liquid crystal displays.
- DMD digital micromirror devices
- transmissive liquid crystal displays A high-performance and low-cost image projection apparatus using a transmissive display element such as a bubble, in particular, a rear projection type image projection apparatus that projects an image from the back side of a screen is becoming widespread.
- the optical system for image projection has also been greatly reduced in size and performance, and image quality and other performance are catching up with the expensive panel-type TV.
- An image projection apparatus using a reflective display element is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2 03-3-1 1 4 4 79 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2 0 3-1 7 7 3 2 0.
- the latter publication also discloses an image projection apparatus using a transmissive display element.
- these image projection devices project an illumination optical system that guides light from a light source for illumination of a reflective display element or a transmissive display element, and reflected projection light from a reflective display element that contains image information. It is equipped with a projection optical system.
- the illumination optical system and the projection optical system are In the case of the image projection device arranged at the bottom, the screen projection when the image projection device is viewed from the front side.
- a device that does not have a part called the submandibular part or the heel part hereinafter sometimes referred to as “the lower part of the screen”
- the height of the lower part of the screen For example, there is an increasing demand for a device that has as little a screen length as possible from the screen in the downward direction of the screen (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “the length of the lower part of the screen”).
- screen continued part the length of the part following the screen (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “screen continued part”) corresponding to the area where the illumination optical system and the projection optical system are arranged is small. Equipment is now being sought.
- the illumination optical system or the like is arranged at the lower part of the image projection apparatus as viewed from the front side, all or most of the illumination optical system comes from the display element and enters the projection optical system. It is arranged at approximately the same height as the optical axis of the projection light, or below the projection optical axis, and the length of the lower part of the screen is increased accordingly.
- a light source provided for an illumination optical system usually has a reflector having a large paraboloid shape (light reflecting member) for guiding light to the illumination optical system. The length of the lower part of the screen has been increased along with the arrangement.
- Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2 0 3 -1 1 4 4 7 9 discloses a so-called L-type projection optical system in which incident light is bent and emitted in order to reduce the screen lower part length.
- an image projection apparatus is also disclosed in which the light source is lifted and disposed, and the light source optical axis is inclined more than the horizontal.
- the present invention provides illumination light that guides light from a light source for illumination of a display element.
- An optical system for image projection including a projection optical system for projecting projection light from the display element including an academic system and image information, and when used in an image projection apparatus, the optical system of the image projection apparatus.
- the screen corresponding to the area in which the system is placed
- the length of the continuous part from the screen can be kept small, or the continuous part of the screen can be eliminated, and the image projection device can be made compact accordingly. It is an object to provide an optical system.
- the present invention also provides a display element that generates projection light including image information when illuminated by illumination light, an illumination optical system that guides light from a light source for illumination of the display element, and projection from the display element
- An image projection apparatus including a projection optical system for projecting light, wherein a length of a screen continuous portion corresponding to a region where the illumination optical system and the projection optical system of the image projection apparatus are disposed is determined from the screen. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image projection apparatus that can be reduced to a small size, or that can eliminate the screen continuation portion, and that can reduce the size of the apparatus.
- the present invention provides the following image projection optical system and image projection apparatus.
- An image projection optical system including an illumination optical system for guiding light from a light source for illumination of a display element and a projection optical system for projecting projection light from the display element including image information, the illumination system comprising: In the optical system, the illumination optical system is arranged so that the optical axis from the light source is located closer to the region where the projection light emitted from the projection optical system is present than the light beam of the projection light incident on the projection optical system.
- An optical system for image projection including an illumination optical system for guiding light from a light source for illumination of a display element and a projection optical system for projecting projection light from the display element including image information, the illumination system comprising: In the optical system, the illumination optical system is arranged so that the optical axis from the light source is located closer to the region where the projection light emitted from the projection optical system is present than the light beam of the projection light incident on the projection optical system.
- a display element that generates projection light including image information by being illuminated with illumination light, an illumination optical system that guides light from the light source for illumination of the display element, and a method for projecting projection light from the display element
- An image projection apparatus including a projection optical system, wherein an optical axis from the light source in the illumination optical system is the projection optical system.
- the illumination optical system has the optical axis from the light source in the optical system based on the luminous flux of the projection light incident on the projection optical system. It is arranged so as to be located on the side where the projection light emitted from the projection optical system exists.
- the illumination optical system is arranged so that the optical axis from the light source in the illumination optical system is located in a region that does not interfere with the projection light emitted from the projection optical system so as not to hinder the image projection. do it.
- the illumination optical system may include a folding mirror that folds the illumination light at the final stage, but in any case, the portion of the illumination optical system where the optical axis from the light source is present occupies most of the illumination optical system. Yes.
- the optical axis from the light source is arranged so as to be positioned closer to the existence region side of the projection light emitted from the projection optical system than the luminous flux of the projection light incident on the projection optical system. Therefore, most of the illumination optical system occupying a large space is located on the side where the projection light emitted from the projection optical system exists.
- this image projection optical system when this image projection optical system is employed in an image projection apparatus, the projection of the illumination optical system on the opposite side of the existing area of the projection light emitted from the projection optical system is eliminated or suppressed to a small level.
- the screen continuation corresponding to the area where the optical system of the projection apparatus is disposed can be eliminated, or the length of the screen continuation from the screen can be kept small, and the image projection apparatus can be made compact accordingly.
- the optical axis of the light source can be arranged horizontally or substantially horizontally, so that the light source light It can also extend the life of the light source compared to tilting the axis relative to the horizontal.
- the light source normally employed in the image projection apparatus has a short life if its optical axis is tilted too much from the horizontal.
- the image projection apparatus of the present invention that employs the optical system according to the present invention as an image projection optical system, as will be apparent from the above, it is possible to eliminate the continuous portion of the green corresponding to the arrangement area of the optical system of the apparatus.
- the length of the screen continuous portion corresponding to the optical system arrangement area of the apparatus can be kept small, and the whole can be made compact, and the light source optical axis is arranged horizontally or substantially horizontally. As a result, it is possible to extend the life of the light source compared to the case where the light source optical axis is inclined with respect to the horizontal.
- the direction of the linear optical axis from the light source in the illumination optical system can be a direction parallel to the direction orthogonal to the light beam of the projection light incident on the projection optical system.
- the direction of the linear optical axis from the light source in the illumination optical system may be horizontal (including a case where it is practically horizontal that may be regarded as horizontal).
- the long side of the display area of the display element may be arranged horizontally, and the projected image may be a horizontally long rectangle.
- the projection optical system may be an L-type projection optical system that folds and emits the incident projection light on the projection optical system.
- L-type projection optical system By adopting the L-type projection optical system, the image projection optical system and thus the image projection apparatus can be made compact.
- the direction of the linear optical axis from the light source in the illumination optical system is set to the optical axis of the incident projection light and the outgoing projection
- the image projection optical system and thus the image projection apparatus can be compacted accordingly.
- the display element may be a reflective display element or a transmissive display element.
- a typical example of the case where a reflective display element is used is a reflective display element that displays an image by angle modulation of pixels.
- a reflective display element that displays an image by angle modulation of a pixel is typically a DMD reflective display element.
- the DMD type reflective display element allows illumination light to enter the light reflecting member that constitutes the pixels arranged in the display area of the element, and controls the rotation of the light reflecting member about its deflection axis (rotating axis). By doing so, the direction of the light reflecting surface of the member is controlled, whereby light including image information is reflected from the display area, and this can be used as projection light.
- a reflective display element that displays an image by angle modulation of a pixel is parallel to the short side even if the pixel angle modulation deflection axis is a display element parallel to the long side of the rectangular image display area of the display element. Such a display element may be used.
- TIR prism unit a total reflection prism unit that guides the illumination light emitted from the illumination optical system to the display element and guides the projection light including the image information from the display element to the projection optical system.
- the TIR prism unit is a combination of a first prism that makes illumination light incident and a second prism that emits reflected projection light containing image information from a reflective display element, and the adjacent surfaces of both are made critical surfaces. It is.
- the light incident on the first prism is totally reflected by the critical plane and emitted from the first prism toward the display element, and the reflected projection light from the display element is incident on the first prism.
- the so-called normal type (N- TIR prism unit) that passes through the surface and exits from the second prism, and the light incident on the first prism passes through the critical surface and exits from the second prism.
- the so-called reverse type (R—TIR prism unit) that illuminates the display element, the reflected projection light from the display element enters the second prism, is totally reflected by the critical plane, and exits from the second prism. Broadly divided.
- the image projection includes the illumination optical system for guiding the light from the light source for the illumination of the display element and the projection optical system for projecting the projection light from the display element including the image information. If this is an optical system for an image projection apparatus, can the length of the screen continued from the screen corresponding to the area where the optical system of the image projection apparatus is disposed be suppressed to a small value? Alternatively, it is possible to provide an image projection optical system that can eliminate the screen continuation part and can make the image projection apparatus more compact.
- a display element that generates projection light including image information when illuminated by illumination light
- an illumination optical system that guides light from a light source for illumination of the display element
- the display element An image projection apparatus including a projection optical system for projecting a projection light of the screen, and a screen continuation portion corresponding to a region where the illumination optical system and the projection optical system of the image projection apparatus are disposed. It is possible to provide an image projection apparatus that can suppress the length from the screen to be small, or can eliminate the screen continuation part, and can make the apparatus compact.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an example of an image projection apparatus according to the present invention as seen from the side of the apparatus.
- Fig. 2 shows the layout of the main parts of the image projector shown in Fig. It is a figure seen from the surface side.
- FIG. 3 (A) is a side view of the main part of the image projection apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 (B) is a view showing the main part of the apparatus viewed from the back side of the apparatus.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a reflective display element employed in the image projection apparatus of FIG.
- FIGS. 5 (A) and 5 (B) show another example of the image projection apparatus according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5 (A) is a side view of the main part of the apparatus.
- (B) The figure shows the main part of the device as seen from the back side of the device.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a reflective display element employed in the image projection apparatus shown in FIGS. 5 (A) and 5 (B).
- FIGS. 7 (A) and 7 (B) show still another example of the image projection apparatus according to the present invention
- FIG. 7 (A) is a side view of the main part of the apparatus
- FIG. 7 (B) is a diagram showing the main part of the apparatus as viewed from the back side.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of a D M D type reflective display element. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of the configuration of an image projection apparatus example A according to the present invention as seen from the side of the apparatus
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the arrangement of the main parts of the apparatus as seen from the rear side of the apparatus. is there.
- Fig. 3 (A) is a side view of the optical system 10 for image projection, reflective display element 4, and image reflector 5 in the same device.
- Fig. 3 (B) is the rear side of the device.
- Illumination optical system 1 is shown in a simplified manner.
- the image projection apparatus A shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 (A) and 3 (B) includes a light source 11 provided in a housing Bx, an optical system 10 for image projection, and a reflective table.
- a display element 4 and an image reflecting mirror 5 are provided, and a screen 6 provided on the front side of the housing BX is provided.
- the light source 1 1 includes a lamp 1 1 1 that emits white light, a reflector 1 (reflecting member) 1 1 2, and a U V—IR cut filter (ultraviolet ray-infrared cut filter) 1 2.
- the image projection optical system 10 includes an illumination optical system 1, a total reflection prism unit (TIR prism unit) 2, and a projection optical system 3.
- TIR prism unit total reflection prism unit
- the illumination optical system 1 includes a color wheel 13, an integrator rod 14, a relay optical system 15, and a folding mirror 16.
- the reflector 1 1 2 in the light source 1 1 has a reflecting surface composed of a spheroidal surface, reflects the light from the lamp 1 1 1, and reflects the UV-IR cut filter 1 2 and the color wheel 1 3. Then, the light is condensed on the incident surface of Integrate evening rod 14. The light incident on the Integre overnight rod 14 is reflected several times inside the integrator rod 14, and becomes uniform illumination light on the exit surface of the rod.
- the UV-IR cut fill 1 2 reflects and strengthens the light so that ultraviolet rays and infrared rays emitted from the lamp 1 1 1 do not go to the illumination optical system 1.
- the color wheel 13 just before the integrota rod 14 has a color filter that transmits R (red), G (green), and B (blue). By rotating the wheel, The color light to be projected changes sequentially in time, and the projected image can be colored.
- the light emitted from the integrator rod 14 passes through the relay optical system 15, is reflected back by the folding mirror 16, and illuminates the reflective display element 4 through the T 1 R prism unit 2.
- the reflective display element 4 will be described later.
- ON light reflected projection light reflected from the pixel for image projection
- the relay optical system 15 projects the image of the exit surface of the inte- grate opening 14 together with the lens 20 attached to the TIR prism unit 2 onto the reflective display element 4 and then projects the element. Illuminate uniformly.
- the exit surface of the integrator rod 14 is conjugate with the display surface of the display element 4, and the shape of the integral rod exit surface is substantially similar to the display area 4 1 of the display element 4 (see FIG. 4). By doing so, the element 4 can be illuminated efficiently.
- a folding mirror 16 is used to compact the layout of the light path of the illumination light.
- the TIR prism unit 2 is the reverse prism unit (R-TIR prism unit) described above, which is composed of the first prism 11 and the second prism 2 2 in this example.
- Illumination light incident on the first prism 2 1 passes through the critical plane of the second prism 2, exits from the second prism 22, illuminates and illuminates the display element 4, and is reflected by the display element 4
- Projection light including image information enters the second prism 22, is totally reflected by the critical surface, and exits from the prism 22 toward the projection optical system 3.
- the projection optical system 3 is a so-called L-type projection optical system that folds and emits the incident projection light on the projection optical system 3.
- the reflective display element 4 is a DMD type display element in this example, and the display area 41 has a rectangular shape as shown in FIG.
- the angle modulation polarization axis (rotation axis) 43 of each pixel 42 is parallel to the long side of the rectangular display area 41.
- the reflective display element 4 is used to illuminate the second prism 22 of the TIR prism 2. It is arranged in parallel with the exit surface and projection light incident surface.
- FIG. 3 (B) the direction of the pixel deflection axis 43 is shown in a dotted line for reference.
- the direction of the pixel deflection axis 43 may be parallel to the short side of the display area /! 1. However, by making the direction of the deflection axis 4 3 parallel to the long side of the display area 41, the image projected on the screen 6 can be made horizontally long.
- the linear optical axis ⁇ from the light source 11 is expressed as follows: (1) Lumen of projection light incident on the projection optical system 3 from the R prism unit 2) S The existence region of the projection light emitted from the projection optical system 3 It is arranged so that it is located on the side (in the example shown above the light flux), but is located in a region that is not drought to the projection light (in the example shown below the projection light).
- the protrusions of the light source 11 and the illumination optical system 1 to the region opposite to the region where the projection light emitted from the projection optical system 3 is opposite are projected. Accordingly, the length of the lower screen portion 7 of the image projector ⁇ (the height of the lower screen portion 7 in the figure) h (see Fig. 1) is suppressed to a small size, and the image projector A is more compact. It is
- the region where the projection light emitted from the projection optical system 3 exists is a relatively large spatial region, it is easy to arrange the components constituting the illumination optical system 1, and further, from the light source 11 It is also possible to arrange the linear optical axis ⁇ of the light source 11 horizontally (including a case where it can be regarded as horizontal in practice), in other words, to arrange the optical axis of the light source 11 horizontally.
- the illumination optical system 1 has the linear optical axis ct from the light source 11 1 arranged horizontally, and the optical axis of the incident projection light to the projection optical system 3 and the outgoing projection from the projection optical system 3 It is installed so that it is perpendicular to the plane formed by the optical axis of the light.
- the image projection device A is compact and the light source 11 has its light source optical axis placed horizontally.
- the lifetime of the light source can be extended compared to the case where the light source optical axis is inclined with respect to the horizontal.
- FIG. 5 (A) and FIG. 5 (B) show another example B of the image projection apparatus according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5 (A) is a side view of the main part of the image projection apparatus B
- FIG. 5 (B) is a view showing the main part of the apparatus B as seen from the back side of the apparatus.
- FIG. 5 (A) the illumination optical system 1 of the optical system 10 for projecting an image is shown in a simplified manner.
- the image projector B shown in FIGS. 5 (A) and 5 (B) is the same as the image projector A shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 (A) and 3 (B).
- adopting TIR prism unit 2 'in place of 2 adopt reflective display element 4' in place of display element 4, and further, the arrangement posture of folding mirror 1 6 in illumination optical system 1 is This is a slight modification so that the illumination light can be guided to the prism unit 2 '.
- the configuration is substantially the same as that of the device A, and parts and portions that are substantially the same as parts and portions in the device A are denoted by the same reference numerals as the device A.
- TIR prism unit 2 is the normal prism unit (N — TIR prism unit) described above, which is a combination of the first prism 2 and the second prism 2 2 ′.
- the first prism 2 is provided with an lent lens 20 '.
- Illumination light incident on the first prism 2 1 ' is reflected by the critical surface of the first prism 2 1', exits from the prism 2 1 'and illuminates the display element 4'
- Projection light including image information reflected by the element 4 ′ enters the first prism 2 1 ′, passes through the critical plane, and exits from the second prism 2 2 ′ toward the projection optical system 3.
- the reflective display element 4 ′ is a DMD display element. As shown in FIG. 6, the display area 40 has a rectangular shape, and the angle modulation deflection axis (rotation axis) 4 3 * of each pixel 4 1 is It is tilted 45 degrees with respect to the long side of the rectangular display area 40.
- the element 4 ′ is arranged in parallel to the illumination light exit surface and the reflection projection light entrance surface of the first prism 2 1 ′ of the TIR prism unit 2 ′.
- the direction of the pixel deflection axis 4 3 ′ is viewed from the plane and is indicated by a chain line for reference.
- This image projection apparatus B also illuminates the display element 4 ′ via the prism unit 2 ′ by the light source 1 1 and the illumination optical system 1, and the projection light including the image information from the element 4 ′ via the prism unit 2 ′. Then, the light can enter the projection optical system 3, and then exit from the projection optical system 3, and can be turned back by the image reflecting mirror 5 to be projected onto the screen.
- FIGS. 7 (A) and 7 (B) show another example C of the image projection apparatus according to the present invention.
- FIG. 7 (A) is a side view of the main part of the image projection apparatus C
- FIG. 7 (B) is a view showing the main part of the apparatus C as viewed from the back side of the apparatus.
- FIG. 7 (A) the illumination optical system 1 of the optical system 10 for image projection is shown in a simplified manner.
- the image projector C shown in FIGS. 7 (A) and 7 (B) is similar to the image projector A shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 (A) and 3 (B).
- Unit 2 the same type of TIR prism unit 2 "(consisting of the first and second prisms 2 'and 2 2") used in the device B is used, and the illumination optical system 1 Folding mirror in 1 1 6 The orientation is slightly changed so that illumination light can be guided to the prism unit 2 ".
- the first prism 2 1" of the prism unit 2 is provided with an lance lens 20".
- the configuration is substantially the same as that of the device A, and parts and portions that are substantially the same as parts and portions in the device A are denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the device A.
- the display element 4 is of the type shown in FIG. 4.
- the display element 4 is arranged in parallel with the illumination light exit surface and the reflected projection light entrance surface of the first prism 2 1 ′′ of the TIR prism unit 2 ′′. ing.
- FIG. 7 (B) the direction of the pixel deflection axis 4 3 is shown in a dotted line for reference.
- the display area 40 has a rectangular shape, and the angle modulation deflection axis (rotation axis) 4 3 ′ of each pixel 41 has a rectangular display area 40. It is also possible to adopt a display element 4 ′ inclined at 45 ° with respect to the long side.
- This image projection apparatus C also illuminates the display element 4 via the prism unit 2 "by the light source 1 1 and the illumination optical system 1, and projects the projection light including the image information from the element 4 via the prism unit 2".
- the light can enter the optical system 3, and then exit from the optical system 3 and be folded back by the image reflecting mirror 5 to be projected onto the screen.
- the portion where the linear optical axis ⁇ from the light source 11 1 is present occupies most of the illumination optical system 1.
- the linear optical axis ⁇ from the light source 11 is derived from the projection light beam emitted from the projection optical system 3 by the luminous flux / S of the projection light incident on the projection optical system 3 from the TIR prism unit 2 ′ (or 2 ′′). It is arranged so that it is located in the region where it is present (in the example shown above the region above the light beam i3), but in a region that does not interfere with the projection light (in the example shown below the projection light) .
- the light source 11 and the illumination optical system 1 are located on the side where the projection light emitted from the projection optical system 3 exists.
- the protrusions of the light source 11 and the illumination optical system 1 to the region opposite to the region where the projection light emitted from the projection optical system 3 is opposite are projected.
- the length of the lower part of the screen of the image projection apparatus is suppressed to be small, and the image projection apparatuses B and C are made compact accordingly.
- the components that make up the illumination optical system 1 can be easily arranged, and the linear optical axis ⁇ from the light source .1 1 is placed horizontally (including the case where it is considered to be horizontal in practice). In other words, it becomes possible to arrange the optical axis of the light source 11 horizontally.
- the illumination optical system 1 includes the linear optical axis ⁇ from the light source 11 1 disposed horizontally, and the optical axis of the projection light incident on the projection optical system 3 and the projection optical system 3
- the image projection apparatuses B and C are compact and the light source 11 is the light source light.
- both sides of the rectangular pixel 4 2 ′′ are connected to both sides of the rectangular display region 4 1 ′′.
- Elements 4 "etc. that are parallel to each other and whose pixel deflection axis 4 3" is parallel to the long side of the display region 4 1 "(or may be parallel to the short side) can also be used.
- the illumination light from the illumination optical system is transmitted through a transmissive display element that can display an image by controlling the light transmittance of each pixel.
- a transmissive display element that can display an image by controlling the light transmittance of each pixel.
- the present invention provides not only a refractive optical system but also a reflected optical system including a curved reflector, and a catadioptric optical system having a refractive lens and a curved reflector. It can also be applied to.
- the optical axis from the light source is a linear optical axis, but the optical axis from the light source need not be a linear optical axis.
- the linear optical axis has the advantages that it is easy to simplify the arrangement of the optical system components, and that it is easy to reduce the depth and thickness of the image projection apparatus.
- the image projection optical system is arranged at the lower part of the image projection apparatus, and the projection light is projected from the bottom to the top. It may be arranged at the top to project the projection light from top to bottom. In this case, the length of the portion that continues on the screen can be reduced.
- the present invention can be used to provide an image projection device that does not have a screen continuous portion corresponding to the optical system arrangement region of the image projection device, or that the length of the screen continuous portion is suppressed to be small and that is compact as a whole.
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