WO2010116726A1 - ビーム走査型表示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a beam scanning display device such as an HMD (head mounted display) or HUD (head up display).
- a beam scanning display device such as an HMD (head mounted display) or HUD (head up display).
- a beam scanning method in which laser light (beam) is two-dimensionally scanned and directly drawn on the retina of the eye (for example, a patent).
- the beam scanning display device includes a retinal scanning display, a retinal irradiation display, a retinal direct display, a beam scanning display, a direct view display device, an RSD (Retina Scanning Display), and a VRD (Virtual Retina Display). ), Etc.
- FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B show a configuration example of a glasses-type HMD.
- a spectacle-type HMD includes laser light sources 101 and 110 that emit laser light mounted on a spectacle frame, wavefront shape changing units 102 and 109 that control the wavefront of the laser light, and a laser. Scanning units 103 and 108 that scan light in a two-dimensional direction are included.
- the laser light emitted from the laser light sources 101 and 110 is projected toward the spectacle lens by the scanning units 103 and 108. Then, the laser light is reflected by the deflecting units 104 and 107 provided on the surface of the spectacle lens, enters the user's eyes, and forms an image on the retina.
- deflecting units 104 and 107 a half mirror, a hologram optical element (HOE) or the like is used.
- HOE hologram optical element
- the user can simultaneously view both the outside scenery and the image drawn by the laser beam by the deflecting units 104 and 107.
- a mirror device or the like that scans laser light in a two-dimensional direction by vibrating one single-plate mirror in a uniaxial or biaxial direction is used.
- the beam waist position of the scanning laser is expressed by the distance between the beam waist of the scanning laser and the scanning unit.
- FIG. 2 shows an example of the optimum beam waist position for making the laser light toward the user's eyes parallel light in a glasses-type display device.
- the laser light L is incident on the deflection unit 104 obliquely by the scanning unit 103.
- a hologram mirror designed to collect light at the pupil position 133 of the user is used.
- the appropriate beam waist position of the laser beam L varies depending on the position where the laser beam L is incident on the deflecting unit 104.
- a locus indicated by a dotted line 201 indicates an example of an appropriate beam waist position of the laser light L. That is, even if the direction of the laser beam L changes due to the movement of the scanning unit 103, the beam that enters the human eye by performing control so that the beam waist position of the laser beam L is located on the locus indicated by the dotted line 201. Can be made parallel light.
- the scanning unit 103 When displaying a high-quality image, it is necessary to operate the scanning unit 103 at a high speed (for example, 100 Hz or more). In this case, the beam waist position of the scanning laser needs to be changed at high speed in accordance with the operation of the scanning unit 103. Therefore, for example, a method of changing the beam waist position of the laser light at high speed by driving the optical component with a single vibration is used.
- a high speed for example, 100 Hz or more.
- FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of a main part of a conventional beam scanning HMD.
- the wavefront shape changing unit 102 includes a lens. These lenses 102 a and 102 b are driven by a single vibration in synchronization with the movement of the scanning unit 103. As a result, the horizontal beam waist position and the vertical beam waist position of the scanning laser are changed.
- Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 do not consider the problem of the size of the optical system for controlling the beam waist position as described above.
- the present invention solves the above-described problems.
- the means for adjusting the position of the beam waist is disposed between the scanning unit and the deflecting unit, thereby improving the image quality of the scanning image display device.
- the objective is to simultaneously reduce the size of the optical system.
- a scanning image display device includes a light source unit that emits a light beam, a scanning unit that scans the light beam emitted from the light source unit, and the scanning.
- a deflection unit that deflects the scanning beam scanned by the unit in a direction toward the user's eye, and a correction unit that corrects a beam waist position of the scanning beam, the correction unit including the scanning unit and the deflection unit And a fixed lens with fixed optical performance.
- the beam waist position of the scanning beam can be changed to the optimum position with the fixed lens, and the display image quality can be improved. Since the correction of the beam waist position is realized with a fixed lens, there is no need to drive lenses or mirrors as in the prior art, so the optical system can be miniaturized and high quality for the user. Video can be displayed.
- FIG. 1A is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional glasses-type HMD.
- FIG. 1B is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of a conventional glasses-type HMD. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the optimal beam waist position for making the laser beam which faces a user's eyes into parallel light in a spectacles type display apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows one structural example of the principal part of the conventional beam scanning type HMD.
- FIG. 4A is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of a glasses-type HMD according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4B is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the eyeglass-type HMD according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7A is an explanatory diagram showing changes in the beam waist position of the laser light due to the passage of the lens.
- FIG. 7B is an explanatory diagram showing changes in the beam waist position of the laser light due to the passage of the lens.
- FIG. 7C is an explanatory diagram showing changes in the beam waist position of the laser light due to the passage of the lens. It is explanatory drawing which shows the shape of the fixed lens which concerns on this Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the shape of the fixed lens which concerns on this Embodiment.
- FIG. 4A is a plan view showing a configuration example of the eyeglass-type HMD according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4B is a side view of the glasses-type HMD shown in FIG. 4A.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the eyeglass-type HMD shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B.
- the eyeglass-type HMD includes laser light sources 1 and 10 (light source unit) that emit laser light (light beam) mounted on the eyeglass frame, and a laser. It includes wavefront shape changing units 2 and 9 for controlling the wavefront of light, and scanning units 3 and 8 for scanning laser light in a two-dimensional direction.
- laser light sources 1 and 10 light source unit
- laser light beam mounted on the eyeglass frame
- wavefront shape changing units 2 and 9 for controlling the wavefront of light
- scanning units 3 and 8 for scanning laser light in a two-dimensional direction.
- the laser light source 1 includes a red laser light source 1R, a blue laser light source 1B, and a green laser light source 1G.
- the laser beams of the respective colors output from these laser light sources 1R, 1B, and 1G are combined and emitted.
- laser light of any color can be output by appropriately modulating the output from each color laser light source 1R, 1B, and 1G.
- each color laser light source 1R, 1B and 1G can be modulated in conjunction with the movement of the scanning unit 3 described later, thereby displaying an image on the retina of the user's eye.
- a red semiconductor laser light source as the red laser light source 1R
- a blue semiconductor laser light source 12 as the blue laser light source 1B
- an infrared semiconductor laser light source as the green laser light source 1G
- SHG Second-Harmonic Generation: (Second harmonic generation)
- the laser light source of the present embodiment is not limited to this, and for example, a green semiconductor laser light source may be used as the green laser light source 1G.
- a solid laser, a liquid laser, a gas laser, and a light emitting diode may be used instead of the semiconductor laser.
- the output intensity of laser light is modulated in each laser light source.
- means for modulating light output from each laser light source is a laser light source.
- the laser beam may be modulated by using in combination.
- the laser light sources 1 and 10 may include a light detection unit 14 (FIG. 5) that detects the direction of the user's line of sight by detecting the intensity of reflected light from the cornea of the user's eyes.
- a light detection unit 14 FIG. 5
- the deflecting units 4 and 7 are incident on the corneal surface obliquely, but the beam from the front of the eyeball is incident on the corneal surface perpendicularly. Therefore, the reflectivity of the beam is relatively high. For this reason, the line-of-sight direction can be detected by detecting the intensity of the reflected light from the cornea of the user's eye by the light detection unit 14.
- the wavefront shape changing units 2 and 9 change the wavefront shapes of the beams from the laser light sources 1 and 10 so that the spot sizes of the beams deflected by the deflecting units 4 and 7 described later are within a predetermined range.
- the waveform of the laser beam is adjusted.
- the beam spot size is defined as the spot size on the retina of the user's eye.
- the spot size of the beam may be a spot size at the pupil, a spot size at the cornea, or a spot size at the deflection unit, for example.
- the spot size on the retina is the same as the pixel size to be displayed.
- the “wavefront shape” in the present embodiment is a three-dimensional shape of a beam wavefront, and includes flat, spherical, and aspherical shapes.
- the lens 2 a is used as the wavefront shape changing unit 2 that determines the wavefront shape of the laser light emitted from the laser light source 1.
- the arrangement position and shape of the lens 2a are set so that the beam waist position of the laser light is optimal when the laser light is directed to the central portion (4C in FIG. 6) of the deflection unit 4. . That is, the lens 2a (wavefront shape changing portion), the line of optimum beam waist position shown in W O 6, is provided so that the beam waist positions of the laser beam is present.
- the shape of the lens 2a according to the present embodiment is not particularly limited, and for example, a concave lens, a convex lens, a cylindrical lens, or the like can be used. Moreover, you may use combining these lenses. Further, a diffractive optical element may be used instead of the lens. In this case, the optical element can be reduced in thickness and weight.
- the scanning units 3 and 8 two-dimensionally scan the laser beams that have passed through the wavefront shape changing units 2 and 9, respectively.
- These scanning units 3 and 8 are single-plate small mirrors capable of two-dimensionally changing the angle of the laser beam, and MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System) micromirrors can be used.
- the scanning units 3 and 8 may be realized by a combination of two or more types of scanning units, such as for horizontal scanning and vertical scanning. In this case, since horizontal scanning and vertical scanning can be operated independently, control becomes easy.
- the method of scanning the laser beam by the main scanning units 3 and 8 is not limited to the method of physically tilting the mirror.
- a method of moving the lens or rotating the diffraction element may be used, or a liquid crystal lens may be used.
- a method using a deflecting element such as a deformable lens, an AO element (acousto-optic element), or an EO element (electro-optical conversion element) may be used.
- the deflecting units 4 and 7 change the directions of the beams scanned by the scanning units 3 and 8 to the direction toward the user's eyes.
- the deflecting units 4 and 7 are formed so that the beam scanned by the scanning units 3 and 8 is diffracted and condensed on the pupil of the user's eye.
- the deflection units 4 and 7 may include a photopolymer layer formed on the inner side (eye side) of a spectacle lens, and a Lippmann volume hologram may be formed on the photopolymer layer.
- the hologram formed on the photopolymer layer three holograms that reflect the laser light emitted from the laser light sources of red, green, and blue colors may be formed in multiple. Moreover, it is good also as a structure by which the hologram of the 3 layers corresponding to the laser beam of each color was laminated
- the deflecting units 4 and 7 are not limited to the configuration of deflecting using a diffraction element such as a hologram, and may be a mirror such as a concave mirror or a lens such as a convex lens. In this case, the deflection units 4 and 7 can be easily manufactured as compared with the case of using a hologram.
- the control units 5 and 11 include an integrated circuit that controls each unit of the HMD, and controls the outputs of the respective lasers and the operations of the wavefront shape changing units 2 and 9 and the scanning units 3 and 8.
- the control units 5 and 11 include means for determining contents to be displayed to the user.
- the control units 5 and 11 may include a communication unit that wirelessly connects to a peripheral device such as a mobile phone and receives a video / audio signal.
- the control units 5 and 11 may include a memory that stores an image to be presented to the user, or may acquire an image to be presented to the user from an external device wirelessly.
- control part 5 * 11 on each of right and left of spectacles was demonstrated, this Embodiment is not limited to this, You may provide a control part only in either one of right and left. That is, one of the control unit 5 and the control unit 11 controls the operations of the laser light sources 1 and 10 corresponding to both eyes, the wavefront shape changing units 2 and 9, the scanning units 3 and 8, and the headphones 6 and 12. It is good also as composition to do. In this case, the manufacturing cost can be reduced and the weight of the entire display device can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which the control units 5 and 11 are provided on both the left and right sides of the glasses.
- the headphone units 6 and 12 are provided with speakers (not shown) and output sound.
- the headphone units 6 and 12 may include a battery that supplies power to each unit of the HMD.
- the HMD since the HMD does not need to be provided with a cable for supplying power from the outside, it can be cordless, and the HMD can be mounted more easily.
- a fixed lens 40 having a fixed optical performance is used as a correction unit that corrects the beam waist position of the scanning beam.
- the fixed lens 40 according to the present embodiment includes a fixed lens 40L for the left eye and a fixed lens 40R for the right eye.
- the fixed lenses 40L and 40R are respectively disposed between the scanning units 3 and 8 and the deflecting units 4 and 7, and the laser light is fixed lens at the beam waist position of the laser light scanned by the scanning units 3 and 8. It changes according to the position which injects into 40L * 40R. Details of the functions and shapes of the fixed lenses 40L and 40R will be described later.
- each member which comprises this HMD may be incorporated in one HMD, this Embodiment is not limited to this. For example, it is good also as a structure which is not provided with the headphone part among the members which comprise HMD of FIG. Moreover, each member which comprises each component of HMD may be distributed and arrange
- the laser light source 4A and 4B is shared among a plurality of devices, such as sharing a laser light source between two HMDs, may be employed.
- the laser light source can be provided only in one of the HMDs, and the laser light source can be connected to the other HMDs with an optical fiber.
- it can be set as the structure which accommodates a laser light source in the housing
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing how the beam waist position of the laser light L changes in accordance with the movement of the scanning unit 3 in a configuration without the fixed lens 40L.
- the wavefront shape changing unit 2 is set so that the beam waist position is optimized when the laser light L travels toward the center 4C of the deflecting unit 4.
- the beam waist position of the laser beam is changed from the scanning unit 3 to the beam waist position in accordance with the operation of the scanning unit 3.
- Draw an arc W N that is the length up to.
- the position indicated by the arc-shaped locus W N is referred to as an uncorrected beam waist position.
- the uncorrected beam waist position W N that is not corrected by the fixed lens 40 is greatly deviated from the optimum beam waist position W O.
- the laser light other than the laser light directed toward the center 4C of the deflecting unit 4 does not become parallel light when passing through the pupil 33 of the user, and spreads greatly on the retina. Therefore, it is impossible to present a high-resolution video to the user as it is.
- the ear-side portion of the deflection unit 4 (the portion closer to the scanning unit 3 than the center 4C of the deflection unit 4).
- the non-corrected beam waist position W N of the laser beam L toward () is shifted to the back side (the direction away from the light source) from the ideal beam waist position W O.
- the uncorrected beam waist position W N of the laser beam toward the nose side portion of the deflection unit 4 (the portion farther from the scanning unit 3 than the center 4C of the deflection unit 4) is closer to the front side than the ideal beam waist position W O ( The direction is closer to the light source.
- the beam waist position of the laser beam toward the ear side Moves to the near side, and the beam waist position can be corrected so that the beam waist position of the laser beam toward the nose side is moved to the back side.
- the error between the beam waist position of the laser beam L scanned by the scanning unit 3 and the ideal beam waist position W O can be reduced, so that the image quality of the image displayed on the user's eyes is improved. Can do.
- a free-form surface lens is used as the fixed lens 40.
- the shape of the fixed lens 40 is shown in FIGS.
- FIG. 8 is a side view showing the shape of the fixed lens 40 as viewed from the side.
- FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the shape of the fixed lens 40 as viewed obliquely from above.
- the fixed lens 40 has an incident surface 41 formed in a flat shape and an output surface 42 formed in a free-form surface.
- the fixed lens 40 is disposed such that the incident surface 41 faces the scanning unit 3 and the emission surface 42 faces the deflecting unit 4 side.
- the fixed lens 40 is arranged so that the laser light L directed toward the center 4 ⁇ / b> C of the deflecting unit 4 is perpendicularly incident on the central portion of the incident surface 41.
- the exit surface 42 which is a free-form surface of the fixed lens 40, passes the ear-side region 43 closer to the scanning unit 3 than the central part thereof (laser light toward the ear-side part of the deflecting unit 4). Is designed to have a convex shape, and a nose side region 44 far from the scanning unit 3 than the central portion of the emission surface 42 (a portion through which laser light directed to the nose side portion of the deflecting unit 4 passes) is designed to have a concave shape.
- the curvature is set to be 0 at the center of the emission surface 42.
- the laser light toward the ear-side portion of the deflection unit 4 passes through the ear-side region 43 that is the convex surface portion of the free-form surface lens. Will do.
- the beam waist position of the laser light toward the ear portion of the deflecting unit 4 moves in a direction approaching the light source by the action of the convex lens.
- the laser beam toward the nose side portion of the deflecting unit 4 passes through the nose side region 44 that is the concave surface portion of the free-form surface lens.
- the beam waist position of the laser light toward the nose side portion of the deflecting unit 4 moves in a direction away from the light source 1 by the action of the concave lens.
- the beam waist positions of the laser beam with the scanning of the scanning unit 3, as shown in FIG. 11, in the figure, from the uncorrected beam waist position shown by the locus W N, and the correction waist position shown by the locus W C correction can do.
- the beam waist positions of the laser beam can be brought close to the ideal beam waist position shown in the drawing trajectory W O, it is possible to improve the image quality of the image to be displayed to the eyes of the user.
- the change in the curvature of the exit surface 42 which is a free-form surface need not be constant.
- the difference between the uncorrected beam waist position W N and the ideal beam waist position W O increases as the distance from the laser beam toward the center 4C of the deflecting unit 4 increases toward the ear or nose.
- a concave lens or a convex lens changes the beam waist position of laser light passing through the lens more greatly as the absolute value of the curvature thereof is larger. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the curvature of the central portion of the free-form surface is set to 0, the absolute value of the curvature is increased every time a certain distance from the center in the ear-side region that becomes a convex lens.
- the absolute value of the curvature is increased as the distance from the center increases.
- symbol of curvature is reverse. That is, the absolute value of the curvature of the free-form surface is increased as the distance from the center of the lens increases. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, even when the difference between the uncorrected beam waist position and the ideal beam waist position increases with distance from the center, the beam waist position can be corrected appropriately.
- the degree of change in the absolute value of the curvature need not be the same between the ear side and the nose side.
- the degree of change in the absolute value of the curvature of the free-form surface lens is made larger in the ear side region 43 than in the nose side region 44, so that the uncorrected beam waist position W N is more appropriately set. It is closer to the ideal beam waist position W O.
- the correction of the beam waist position with respect to the scanning of the laser beam in the horizontal direction (first direction) has been described, but the same applies to the correction of the beam waist position with respect to the scanning of the laser beam in the vertical direction (second direction). That is, when the laser beam is scanned in the vertical direction, as shown in FIG. 21, the beam waist position W NV of the laser beam when the correction by the fixed lens 40 is not performed becomes the optimum beam waist position W OV .
- the optical performance of the fixed lens of the fixed lens 40 is determined so as to approach (match as much as possible).
- the fixed lens of the fixed lens 40 is preferably configured such that the absolute value of the vertical curvature decreases linearly in proportion to the increase in the vertical distance from the center of curvature.
- the fixed lens of the fixed lens 40 has a predetermined vertical curvature change width (amount of change in curvature per unit distance in the vertical direction), and each time a certain distance is made in the vertical direction from the center of curvature, a free curved surface is formed.
- the absolute value of the curvature in the vertical direction is configured to decrease by the value of the curvature change width.
- the curvature in the horizontal direction and the curvature in the vertical direction on the free-form surface may be set independently.
- the horizontal curvature is changed so that the absolute value of the curvature increases as the distance from the center of the lens increases as described above, while the vertical curvature remains constant. It can be set accordingly.
- the absolute value of the curvature in the vertical direction may be designed to decrease as the distance from the center (curvature center) of the lens increases. In this case, not only the horizontal scanning of the scanning unit 3 but also the vertical scanning can be made closer to the optimum position as shown in FIG.
- the fixed lens 40 of the present embodiment is not limited to the plane of incidence of the incident surface 41 but may be concave or convex, or may be a free curved surface. In this case, there is an effect of optimizing the beam waist even for points other than passing through the center of the lens and reducing aberrations.
- the fixed lens 40 may have a light-incident surface 41 and a light-emitting surface 42 having a flat surface.
- the free-form curved incident surface 41 side is not exposed to the outside of the HMD. For this reason, it is possible to protect the lens surface of the free curved surface having a complicated structure.
- the wavefront shape changing unit 2 is adjusted so that the beam waist position is optimized with respect to the laser light toward the center 4C of the deflecting unit 4. However, you may optimize with respect to the beam which passes another point.
- adjusting the wavefront shape changing unit 2 so as to optimize the beam waist position with respect to the laser light toward the right end of the screen has an effect of optimizing the resolution on the right side of the screen from the center of the screen.
- FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement relationship of the fixed lens 40, the scanning unit 3, and the folding mirror, and is a view of these members as viewed from above.
- FIG. 13 is explanatory drawing which shows the arrangement
- the present embodiment is not limited to the above configuration.
- the folding mirror 60A is disposed between the fixed lens 40 and the scanning unit 3
- the folding mirror 60B is disposed between the scanning unit 3 and the wavefront shape changing unit 2.
- the distance between the scanning unit 3 and the fixed lens 40 can be increased.
- the distance between the fixed lens 40 and the scanning unit 3 can be increased while keeping the size of the optical system small.
- the laser beam traveling toward the center 4C of the deflecting unit 4 does not necessarily pass through the center of the fixed lens 40.
- laser light directed to a specific point in a region closer to the ear than the center 4C of the deflecting unit 4 may pass through the center of the fixed lens 40.
- there is an effect of reducing the size of the fixed lens 40 for example, when the display screen is enlarged only on the ear side.
- a message such as “mail received” is displayed in the display area on the ear side that does not disturb the field of view. The case where it displays is mentioned.
- the curvature of the free curved surface of the fixed lens 40 does not have to be zero with respect to the laser light toward the center 4C of the deflecting unit 4.
- the wavefront shape changing unit 2 optimizes the beam waist position with respect to a laser beam directed to a specific point in a region closer to the ear than the center 4C of the deflecting unit 4
- the laser beam is emitted from the fixed lens 40.
- Processing such as setting the curvature of the free-form surface of the portion passing through the specific point to 0 may be performed. In this case, there is an effect such as optimizing the image quality on the ear side.
- the correction unit according to the present embodiment is not limited to the above-described configuration using one lens, and two or more lenses may be used.
- a correction lens 40H is provided as a lens for correcting the beam waist position in the horizontal direction
- a correction lens 40V is provided as a lens for correcting the beam waist position in the vertical direction. can do.
- the fixed lens 40 is configured by the correction lens 40V that corrects the vertical beam waist position of the laser light and the correction lens 40H that corrects the horizontal beam waist position of the laser light. ing.
- a free-form surface lens having a curvature only in the vertical direction can be used as the correction lens 40V
- a free-form surface lens having a curvature only in the horizontal direction can be used as the correction lens 40H. This makes it easy to design and manufacture the correction lens 40V and the correction lens 40H.
- the fixed lens 40 according to the present embodiment is not limited to the above configuration, and may be configured by combining a plurality of lenses other than the free-form surface lens. In this case, since it is not necessary to manufacture a special free-form surface lens when manufacturing the fixed lens 40, it is possible to simplify the manufacturing of the image display device.
- the eyeglass-type HMD according to the present embodiment may further include an aberration correction lens 90 provided between the scanning unit 3 and the laser light source 1 as shown in FIG.
- This aberration correction lens 90 has a free curved surface whose curvature is opposite to the free curved surface of the fixed lens 40.
- FIG. 15 shows a configuration diagram of a glasses-type HMD (head mounted display) according to the present embodiment.
- the wavefront shape changing unit 22 includes two movable lenses 22 a and 22 b that are driven in accordance with the operation of the scanning unit 3.
- the wavefront shape changing unit 22 can drive the movable lenses 22a and 22b by MEMS, a mechanical actuator, or the like. That is, in the present embodiment, the correction unit that corrects the beam waist position of the scanning beam includes the fixed lens 40 and the movable lenses 22a and 22b.
- the fixed lens 40 and the movable lenses 22a and 22b adjust the beam waist position of the laser light in accordance with the operation of the scanning unit 3.
- the length of the beam waist position to be adjusted by the fixed lens 40 can be shortened. For this reason, the curvature of the whole fixed lens 40 can be made small, and the influence of the aberration given to a laser beam can be made small.
- the beam waist position of the laser beam is adjusted in accordance with the operation of the scanning unit 3.
- the beam waist position of the laser light scanned by the scanning unit 3 can be adjusted to be a more optimal position.
- the fixed lens 40 and the movable lenses 22a and 22b in combination it is possible to realize a highly accurate adjustment of the beam waist position even when the movable lenses 22a and 22b that are smaller than the conventional lenses are applied.
- FIG. 16 shows the beam waist position in single focus drive.
- 16 ⁇ / b> A shows an example of a change in the beam waist position when the movable lenses 22 a and 22 b are driven with a single vibration in accordance with the operation of the scanning unit 3 without using the correction lens.
- FIG. 16 is a relationship table between the viewing angle in the horizontal direction of the pixel drawn by the scanning unit 3 and the beam waist position of the laser beam that draws the pixel.
- the beam waist position is indicated by the distance from the scanning unit 3.
- 16A shows an ideal beam waist when the resolution is optimum. When a pixel with a certain viewing angle is drawn, the resolution is optimized when the beam waist position of the laser beam for drawing the pixel is on the line indicated by 16A.
- 16C indicates the beam waist position of the laser beam when the wavefront shape changing unit is configured by a single lens as in the first embodiment.
- the beam waist position is fixed. Therefore, in the configuration of the first embodiment, it is necessary to adjust (decrease) the difference between the beam waist position of 16A and the beam waist position of 16C using only the fixed lens 40.
- 16B indicates the beam waist position of the laser light when the movable lenses 22a and 22b constituting the fixed lens 40 are driven by a single vibration in accordance with the scanning of the scanning unit 3.
- the difference between the beam waist position 16B by the movable lenses 22a and 22b and the optimum beam waist position 16A is only a single lens.
- the difference between the beam waist position 16C and the optimum beam waist position 16A is smaller. Therefore, the optical power necessary for the correction lens for bringing the beam waist position 16B by the movable lens closer to the optimum beam waist position 16A is higher than the optical power for bringing the beam waist position 16C by the single lens closer to the optimum beam waist position 15A. Only small power is required. Therefore, the curvature of the fixed lens 40 can be reduced by using a free-form surface lens as the fixed lens 40. As a result, the influence of the aberration that the fixed lens 40 has on the laser light L can be reduced.
- the movable lenses 22a and 22b are moved by optimizing the beam waist position according to the operation of the scanning unit 3 by using the fixed lens 40 (correction lens).
- the distance can be kept small. As a result, it is possible to reduce power consumption required for driving the wavefront shape changing unit 22.
- movable lenses 22a and 22b cylindrical lenses having curvatures only in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction may be used, respectively.
- the horizontal beam waist and the vertical beam waist can be controlled by only one movable lens. As a result, the design of the optical system becomes easy.
- the movable lenses 22a and 22b may not be lenses that actually move, but may be configured by elements whose optical characteristics change by electrical control, such as liquid crystal lenses and liquid lenses. In this case, since there is no need to actually move the movable lenses 22a and 22b, there is an effect of preventing unnecessary vibration. Further, since a space for allowing the movement of the movable lenses 22a and 22b is not required, the image display device can be further reduced in size.
- FIG. 17 shows a configuration of a main part of the eyeglass-type HMD (head mounted display) according to the third embodiment. Components similar to those in the above-described embodiments are given the same member numbers, and description thereof is omitted as appropriate.
- the position of the ideal beam waist of the laser light L for optimizing the resolution can be changed by making the shape of the deflecting portion 34 attached to the spectacle lens portion a curved surface.
- the locus W OF indicates the ideal beam waist position when the deflection unit 34 has a planar shape.
- the trajectory W OC shows an example of the ideal beam waist position when the deflection unit 34 has a curved surface shape.
- the locus W N indicates the beam waist position of the laser light scanned by the scanning unit 3 when the beam waist position is optimized only for the laser light toward the center of the screen.
- the difference between the ideal beam waist position W OC and the beam waist position W N of the scanning laser light when the deflecting portion 34 is curved is smaller. For this reason, it is possible to improve the display resolution by making the deflecting section 34 a curved surface.
- the optical power required for the fixed lens 40 can be reduced.
- the influence of the aberration that the fixed lens 40 gives to the laser light can be reduced, and the resolution can be improved.
- FIG. 18 is a side view of a beam scanning type HUD (head-up display) according to the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 19 is a bird's-eye view thereof.
- a beam scanning unit 72 is embedded in the car 71.
- the beam scanning unit 72 is attached below the windshield 73 of the car.
- the beam scanning unit 72 is disposed inside the instrument panel, and space saving of the display device is achieved.
- the beam scanning unit 72 may be arranged outside the instrument panel, not inside the instrument panel (not shown) which is an instrument part in the vehicle. In this case, it is easy to replace the beam scanning unit 72 and change the position.
- the light scanned by the beam scanning unit 72 is reflected by the deflecting unit 4 attached to the windshield 73, passes through the half mirror 74, and reaches the eyeball 36 of the driver 35 so that an image is visually recognized.
- the map information and warning information displayed by the beam scanning unit 72 can be viewed while confirming the outside scene through the windshield 73. For this reason, it becomes possible to improve the safety and convenience of the driver.
- the reflected light of the laser projected on the user's retina is reflected by the half mirror 74 installed in front of the user's eyes and detected by the light detection unit 14.
- the beam scanning unit 72 includes the laser light source 1, the wavefront shape changing unit 2, the scanning unit 3, and the control unit 5. As shown in FIG. 19, the beam scanning unit 72 is installed not on the user's front but on the side mirror side, and projects laser light obliquely onto the windshield 73. With this configuration, it is possible to increase the degree of freedom of the arrangement location of the beam scanning unit 72, and to improve the design of the vehicle.
- the transparency of the windshield 73 can be maintained and the safety of the driver can be improved.
- the deflecting unit 4 may reflect the light from the scanning unit 3 toward both eyes of the user instead of reflecting the light toward the left or right eye of the user. In this case, a single deflection unit 4 can display an image on both eyes of the user.
- the half mirror 74 is installed in front of the user's eyes so that the reflected light from the user's retina is reflected to the light detection unit 14.
- the half mirror 74 is attached to the ceiling 77 of the car by a support bar 78, and this structure detects the spot size of the laser beam on the user's retina without forcing the device to be mounted on the user's head. It can be performed.
- the half mirror 74 and the light detection unit 14 may be installed on the glasses or hats of the driver 35 instead of installing on the car ceiling. In this case, even if the head of the driver 35 moves back and forth, the possibility that the head contacts the half mirror is reduced, so that the safety of the driver 35 can be improved.
- the control unit 5 includes an integrated circuit that controls each unit of the HUD.
- the control unit 5 performs the output of each laser and the operations of the wavefront shape changing unit 2, the scanning unit 3, and the light detection unit 14.
- the wavefront shape changing unit may be the wavefront shape changing unit 22 including the movable lenses 22a and 22b as shown in FIG.
- the control unit 5 also includes a function of controlling the operation of the wavefront shape changing unit 22.
- the wavefront shape changing unit 22 is composed of the movable lenses 22a and 22b, the movable lenses 22a and 22b do not always operate stably in an environment with a lot of vibration such as in a car, and the camera shakes during operation. Sometimes it happens. Therefore, the spot size of the laser beam on the user's retina is detected by the light detection unit 14, and the control unit 5 controls the operation of the movable lenses 22a and 22b of the wavefront shape changing unit 22 based on the detection result, Make fine adjustments to avoid blurring. Thereby, the display quality can be stabilized.
- the control unit 5 also includes a function for controlling the operation of the wavefront shape changing unit 2.
- the light detection unit 14 is provided on the ceiling, and the control unit 5 is provided inside the instrument panel.
- the communication between the light detection unit 14 and the control unit 5 can be realized by wired communication by laying a wired cable connecting the two inside the vehicle, or for information communication between the two.
- the communication unit may be provided and realized by wireless communication.
- the beam scanning display device of FIG. 18 uses the fixed lens 40 provided between the scanning unit 3 and the deflecting unit 4 to set the beam waist position of the laser light, as in the first embodiment. It is close to the optimal position.
- the beam waist position is corrected by the fixed lens 40 using the fixed lens without operating the optical system (without driving the lens of the wavefront shape changing unit 2 with a single vibration). Can do. For this reason, a high quality image can be provided to the user even in an environment with a lot of vibration such as a car.
- FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 only one of the user's eyes is shown. However, it goes without saying that another set of the beam scanning unit 72, the deflecting unit 4, and the light detecting unit 14 may be prepared to control the radius of curvature of the beam for both eyes.
- FIG. 20 shows a configuration diagram of the beam scanning display device in this embodiment. Note that the description of the same components as those in Embodiment 1 is omitted.
- the scanning unit 3 scans the laser light from the light source 1 and displays an image on the screen 80a. At this time, when the beam waist of the laser beam scanned by the scanning unit 3 is on the screen 80a, the display resolution can be maximized.
- a dotted line in FIG. 20A indicates the locus of the beam waist position W N when correction by the fixed lens 40 is not performed.
- the optical performance of the fixed lens 40 is determined so that the beam waist position W N of the laser light scanned by the scanning unit 3 coincides with the screen 80a whose display surface is curved.
- negative optical power is applied to the laser light for drawing the image on the upper portion of the screen 80a so as to keep the beam waist position away from the scanning unit 3.
- the shape of the fixed lens 40 is determined so as to give a positive optical power so that the beam waist position is brought close to the scanning unit 3 with respect to the laser light for drawing the image below the screen 80a.
- a simple curved screen 80a is used as the screen.
- the screen is not limited to this.
- a screen composed of a plurality of curved surfaces may be used. In this case, it is possible to design with a high degree of freedom using a plurality of curved surfaces, and it is possible to improve the design of the dashboard of the car. Moreover, you may use the screen which combines a plane and a curved surface.
- a screen having a curved surface need not be limited to a dashboard of a car, and may be a display form using an indoor wall surface as a screen.
- the control processing in each embodiment described above is performed by the CPU interpreting and executing predetermined program data stored in a storage device (ROM, RAM, hard disk, etc.) that can execute the processing procedure described above.
- the program data may be introduced into the storage device via the recording medium, or may be directly executed from the recording medium.
- the recording medium refers to a recording medium such as a semiconductor memory such as a ROM, a RAM, a flash memory, a magnetic disk memory such as a flexible disk or a hard disk, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM, DVD or BD, or a memory card such as an SD card.
- the recording medium is a concept including a communication medium such as a telephone line or a conveyance path.
- the beam scanning display device is scanned by the light source unit that emits the light beam, the scanning unit that scans the light beam emitted from the light source unit, and the scanning unit.
- a deflection unit that deflects the scanned beam in a direction toward the user's eye, and a correction unit that corrects a beam waist position of the scanning beam, and the correction unit is disposed between the scanning unit and the deflection unit.
- a fixed lens provided and having fixed optical performance.
- the light beam emitted from the light source unit is scanned by the scanning unit and then deflected in the direction toward the user's eyes by the deflecting unit.
- a fixed lens with fixed optical performance is provided between the scanning unit and the deflecting unit, and this fixed lens corrects the beam waist position of the scanning beam scanned by the scanning unit. It functions as a part.
- the fixed lens has a free curved surface, and the curvature of the free curved surface depends on the incident position of the scanning beam on the free curved surface so that the scanning beam toward the user's eyes becomes parallel light. Preferably they are different.
- the beam waist position is corrected so that the scanning beam toward the user's eye becomes parallel light. It is possible to achieve both improvement in image quality and downsizing of the optical system without driving a lens or the like.
- the deflection unit includes at least two regions, a first region relatively closer to the scanning unit and a second region farther from the scanning unit than the first region,
- the curvature of the position where the scanning beam incident on the area enters the free curved surface of the fixed lens and the curvature of the position where the scanning beam incident on the second area enters the free curved surface of the fixed lens are positive or negative. Preferably they are different.
- deviation part in the relative positional relationship between the scanning part in a deflection
- the beam waist position is corrected so that the scanning beam toward the user's eyes becomes parallel light.
- the curvature of the position where the scanning beam incident on the first region is incident on the free curved surface of the fixed lens is set so as to exert an action of a convex lens on the scanning beam.
- the beam waist position of the scanning beam incident on the first region near the scanning unit in the deflecting unit can be moved to a position near the scanning unit by the action of the convex lens.
- the beam waist position of the scanning beam can be corrected to the optimum beam waist position.
- the fixed lens has a center of curvature at which the value of the curvature of the free-form surface is 0, and the curvature in the first direction of the free-form surface of the fixed lens is in the first direction of the center of curvature. It is preferable that the absolute value of the curvature increases as the distance increases.
- the optimum beam waist position is optimal even when the optimum beam waist position varies greatly depending on the incident position of the scanning beam in the first direction (for example, the horizontal direction in the spectacles type HMD). It becomes possible to approach the correct position.
- the fixed lens may be configured such that the absolute value of the curvature in the first direction increases linearly in proportion to an increase in the distance in the first direction from the center of curvature. preferable.
- the fixed lens of the correction unit has a predetermined curvature change width (amount of change in curvature per unit distance in the first direction) in the first direction, and is constant in the first direction from the center of curvature. Every time the distance is changed, the absolute value of the curvature in the first direction on the free-form surface is linearly increased by the value of the curvature change width.
- the fixed lens can have a shape in which the curvature of the free-form curved surface in the first direction changes at a constant ratio, and the design and manufacture becomes easy.
- the absolute value variation width of the curvature in the first direction in the region where the scanning beam incident on the first region is incident on the free curved surface of the fixed lens is the scanning beam incident on the second region. It is preferable that the absolute value change width of the curvature in the first direction in the region incident on the free curved surface of the fixed lens is larger.
- the change in the optimal beam waist position is more in the first region (for example, spectacles) of the deflecting unit than the scanning beam toward the second region (for example, the nose side region in the spectacle-type HMD) of the deflecting unit.
- the type HMD it is possible to cope with a case where the scanning beam toward the ear side region is larger.
- the fixed lens is configured such that the absolute value of the curvature in the second direction intersecting the first direction linearly decreases in proportion to the increase in the distance in the second direction from the curvature center. It is preferable to be configured.
- the fixed lens of the correction unit has a predetermined curvature change width (amount of change in curvature per unit distance in the second direction) in the second direction (for example, the vertical direction in the eyeglass-type HMD).
- the absolute value of the curvature in the second direction on the free-form surface is linearly reduced by the value of the curvature change width every time a certain distance is made in the second direction from the center of curvature.
- the fixed lens can have a shape in which the curvature of the free-form surface in the second direction changes at a constant ratio, and the design and manufacture becomes easy.
- the fixed lens includes an incident surface on which the scanning beam is incident and an exit surface from which the scanning beam is emitted, and a free curved surface of the fixed lens is formed only on the exit surface. Preferably it is.
- the free-form surface of the fixed lens is formed on the exit surface instead of the entrance surface, the area where the scanning beam is incident on the free-form surface can be enlarged. This makes it easy to set an appropriate curvature according to the scanning angle of the scanning beam on the free-form surface of the fixed lens.
- the apparatus further includes at least one folding mirror provided on an optical path from the light source unit to the fixed lens, and from when the scanning beam is scanned by the scanning unit to when entering the correction unit.
- the folding mirror is preferably arranged so that an optical path distance is longer than a separation distance between the scanning unit and the correction unit.
- the optical path distance from when the scanning beam is scanned by the scanning unit to the incident on the correction unit is extended by the folding mirror, the area where the scanning beam is incident on the free-form surface is enlarged. be able to. This makes it easy to set an appropriate curvature according to the scanning angle of the scanning beam on the free-form surface of the fixed lens.
- the lens further includes an aberration correction lens provided between the scanning unit and the light source unit, and the aberration correction lens has a free curved surface whose curvature is opposite to that of the free curved surface of the fixed lens. It is preferable to have.
- the aberration correction lens provided between the scanning unit and the light source unit suppresses the influence of the aberration caused by the fixed lens, and the coma aberration can be easily corrected. Thereby, it is possible to further improve the image quality of the video displayed to the user.
- the fixed lens includes a first fixed lens having a first free curved surface in a first direction and a second fixed lens having a second free curved surface in a second direction intersecting the first direction. It is preferable that each curvature of the second free-form surface varies depending on the incident position of the scanning beam so that the scanning beam toward the user's eyes becomes parallel light.
- the correction unit further includes at least one movable lens that is provided between the scanning unit and the light source unit and has variable optical performance.
- the correction unit correction unit that corrects the beam waist position of the scanning beam includes the fixed lens and the movable lens. This makes it possible to change the beam waist position of the scanning beam more precisely by using not only a fixed lens but also a movable lens. Therefore, the adjustment accuracy of the beam waist position of the scanning beam is improved, and the display image quality can be further improved. Further, the combined use of the fixed lens and the movable lens can reduce the adjustment amount of the beam waist position in the fixed lens. For this reason, the curvature of the entire fixed lens can be reduced, and the influence of aberration on the light beam can be reduced. In addition, by using the fixed lens and the movable lens in combination, it is possible to achieve a highly accurate adjustment of the beam waist position even when a movable lens that is smaller than the conventional one is applied.
- the movable lens is arranged in accordance with the operation of the scanning unit so that the beam waist position of the scanning beam approaches the ideal beam waist position for the scanning beam toward the user's eyes to become parallel light. It is preferable to change the position of the movable lens.
- the position variable type movable lens that changes the position of the movable lens is used, and the beam waist position can be easily changed according to the operation of the scanning unit.
- the movable lens is electrically connected with the operation of the scanning unit so as to bring the beam waist position of the scanning beam closer to the ideal beam waist position for the scanning beam toward the user's eyes to become parallel light.
- a liquid crystal element that changes optical performance is preferable.
- a liquid crystal element that electrically changes optical performance is used as the movable lens. This eliminates the need for a mechanism for actually changing the position of the movable lens, so that it is possible to reduce the size of the display device and to suppress the occurrence of extra vibration.
- the fixed lens corrects a difference between the beam waist position of the scanning beam changed by the movable lens and the ideal beam waist position so that the scanning beam toward the user's eyes becomes parallel light. It is preferable to have a curved surface shape.
- the beam waist position of the scanning beam is corrected by the movable lens, and the beam waist position is corrected by the fixed lens for the amount that cannot be corrected by the movable lens.
- the beam waist position of the scanning beam can be brought closer to the ideal beam waist position more accurately.
- the deflection section has a curved surface shape.
- the deflecting portion has a curved surface, so that the ideal beam waist position for making the scanning beam toward the user's eyes parallel light can be brought closer to the beam waist position of the actual scanning beam. As a result, higher quality video can be provided to the user.
- a beam scanning display device is a beam scanning display device that scans a light beam to display information on a screen, and emits the light beam from the light source unit.
- a scanning unit that scans the screened light beam toward the screen, and a correction unit that corrects a beam waist position of the scanning beam scanned by the scanning unit so as to approach the display surface of the screen, and
- the correction unit includes a fixed lens that is provided at a position through which the scanning beam scanned by the scanning unit passes and whose optical performance is fixed.
- the light beam emitted from the light source unit is scanned by the scanning unit, and then passes through the fixed lens and is irradiated onto the screen.
- the fixed lens functions as a correction unit that corrects the beam waist position of the scanning beam scanned by the scanning unit.
- the beam scanning display device has beam waist position correction means and the like, and can be applied to uses such as a display device, a display system, a display method, and a display program.
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以下、本発明の実施の形態について、図面を参照しながら説明する。本実施の形態では、本発明に係るビーム走査型表示装置として、眼鏡型HMD(ヘッドマウントディスプレイ)を例示して説明する。
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本実施の形態では、車のダッシュボードなど曲面形状をもつスクリーンに対して情報表示を行う際に、ビーム走査型表示装置を用いる場合を例示する。本実施の形態におけるビーム走査型表示装置の構成図を図20に示す。なお実施の形態1と同様の構成要素に対しては、その説明を省略する。
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- 光ビームを出射する光源部と、
前記光源部から出射された光ビームを走査する走査部と、
前記走査部で走査された走査ビームをユーザの眼に向かう方向へ偏向する偏向部と、
前記走査ビームのビームウェスト位置を補正する補正部と、を含み、
前記補正部は、前記走査部と前記偏向部との間に設けられ、光学性能が固定されている固定レンズを含むことを特徴とするビーム走査型表示装置。 - 前記固定レンズは自由曲面を有し、当該自由曲面の曲率は、ユーザの眼に向かう走査ビームが平行光になるように、走査ビームの前記自由曲面への入射位置に応じて異なっていることを特徴とする請求項1に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。
- 前記偏向部は、相対的に前記走査部に近い第1領域と、当該第1領域よりも前記走査部から遠い第2領域との少なくとも2つの領域を有し、
前記第1領域に入射する走査ビームが前記固定レンズの自由曲面に入射する位置の曲率と、前記第2領域に入射する走査ビームが前記固定レンズの自由曲面に入射する位置の曲率とでは、曲率の正負が異なることを特徴とする請求項2に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。 - 前記第1領域に入射する走査ビームが前記固定レンズの自由曲面に入射する位置の曲率は、前記走査ビームに対して凸レンズの作用を及ぼすように設定されていることを特徴とする請求項3に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。
- 前記固定レンズは、自由曲面の曲率の値が0になる曲率中心部を有し、
前記固定レンズの自由曲面における第1方向の曲率は、前記曲率中心部の第1方向の距離が大きくなるほど曲率の絶対値が大きくなることを特徴とする請求項4に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。 - 前記固定レンズは、前記第1方向の曲率の絶対値が前記曲率中心部からの第1方向の距離の増加に比例して線形的に増加するように構成されていることを特徴とする請求項5に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。
- 前記第1領域に入射する走査ビームが前記固定レンズの自由曲面に入射する領域における前記第1方向の曲率の絶対値変化幅は、
前記第2領域に入射する走査ビームが前記固定レンズの自由曲面に入射する領域における前記第1方向の曲率の絶対値変化幅よりも大きいことを特徴とする請求項6に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。 - 前記固定レンズは、前記第1方向と交差する第2方向の曲率の絶対値が前記曲率中心部からの第2方向の距離の増加に比例して線形的に減少するように構成されていることを特徴とする請求項7に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。
- 前記固定レンズは、前記走査ビームが入射される入射面と、当該走査ビームが出射される出射面とを含み、
前記固定レンズの自由曲面が、前記出射面にのみ形成されていることを特徴とする請求項1ないし8の何れか1項に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。 - 前記光源部から前記固定レンズまでの光路上に設けられた少なくとも一枚の折り返しミラーをさらに備え、
前記走査ビームが前記走査部で走査されてから前記補正部に入射するまでの光路距離が、前記走査部と前記補正部との間の離間距離よりも長くなるように、前記折り返しミラーが配置されていることを特徴とする請求項1ないし9の何れか1項に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。 - 前記走査部と前記光源部との間に設けられた収差補正レンズをさらに含み、
前記収差補正レンズは、前記固定レンズの自由曲面とは曲率の正負が逆方向の自由曲面を有することを特徴とする請求項8に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。 - 前記固定レンズは、第1方向に第1自由曲面を有する第1固定レンズと、第1方向と交差する第2方向に第2自由曲面を有する第2固定レンズとを含み、
前記第1自由曲面及び第2自由曲面の各曲率は、前記ユーザの眼に向かう走査ビームが平行光になるように、前記走査ビームの入射位置に応じて異なることを特徴とする請求項2に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。 - 前記補正部は、前記走査部と前記光源部との間に設けられ、光学性能が可変である少なくとも1つの可動レンズをさらに含むことを特徴とする請求項1ないし12の何れか1項に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。
- 前記可動レンズは、ユーザの眼に向かう走査ビームが平行光になるための理想ビームウェスト位置に、走査ビームのビームウェスト位置を近づけるように、前記走査部の動作にあわせて当該可動レンズの位置を変更することを特徴とする請求項13に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。
- 前記可動レンズは、ユーザの眼に向かう走査ビームが平行光になるための理想ビームウェスト位置に、走査ビームのビームウェスト位置を近づけるように、前記走査部の動作にあわせて電気的に光学性能を変更する液晶素子であることを特徴とする請求項13に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。
- 前記固定レンズは、ユーザの眼に向かう走査ビームが平行光になるように、前記可動レンズによって変更される走査ビームのビームウェスト位置と、前記理想ビームウェスト位置との差を補正するための曲面形状を有することを特徴とする請求項14または15に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。
- 前記偏向部は、曲面形状を有することを特徴とする請求項1ないし16の何れか1項に記載のビーム走査型表示装置。
- 光ビームを走査してスクリーンに情報を表示するビーム走査型表示装置であって、
光ビームを出射する光源部と、
前記光源部から出射された光ビームを前記スクリーンに向けて走査する走査部と、
前記走査部で走査された走査ビームのビームウェスト位置を、前記スクリーンの表示面に近づけるように補正する補正部と、を含み、
前記補正部は、前記走査部で走査された走査ビームが通過する位置に設けられ、光学性能が固定されている固定レンズを含むことを特徴とするビーム走査型表示装置。
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