WO2011136065A1 - 画像表示装置および発光タイミング制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an image display device that displays an image by scanning a fluorescent screen in which a phosphor is formed in each region partitioned in a stripe shape or a matrix shape with excitation light.
- Patent Documents 1 and 2 detect a fluorescent screen, an optical module that scans the fluorescent screen with a laser beam (excitation light), and excitation light (feedback light) reflected by the reflecting means on the fluorescent screen, An optical sensor that generates a monitor signal for detecting the position of the laser beam on the fluorescent screen, and feedback that controls the on / off timing (light emission timing) of the laser beam in the optical module based on the monitor signal from the optical sensor.
- An image display device having a control unit is described.
- the fluorescent screen has a plurality of fluorescent stripes and reflecting means provided between the fluorescent stripes.
- the excitation light beam (light pulse) modulated based on the modulation signal is scanned on the fluorescent screen in a direction perpendicular to the fluorescent stripes to excite the phosphors in the respective fluorescent stripes.
- delay processing is performed on the modulation signal so that the position of each light pulse in the scanning direction on the fluorescent screen moves back and forth.
- the output value of the optical sensor changes according to the position of the beam with respect to each fluorescent stripe. Based on the output change of the optical sensor, the optimum light emission timing is acquired.
- the maximum luminance that can be realized by this feedback control is lower than the maximum luminance at the ideal irradiation timing.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an image display device and a light emission timing control method capable of solving the above-described problems and maintaining an appropriate beam irradiation timing without reducing image quality and luminance.
- an image display device of the present invention provides: An excitation light source; A plurality of phosphor regions periodically arranged in the in-plane direction, and a phosphor screen in which a region between the phosphor regions is a reflection region that folds incident light in a direction opposite to the incident direction; Scanning means for scanning the surface of the phosphor screen on which each phosphor region is formed with a light beam from the excitation light source; First and second light detection means for detecting reflected light reflected by the reflection region; Scanning by the scanning unit is performed, and a boundary between each phosphor region on the phosphor screen and the reflection region is detected on the basis of outputs of the first and second light detection units, and the detection is performed.
- Control means for controlling the light emission timing of the excitation light source based on the boundary,
- the first and second light detection means are arranged in a first direction, which is a direction intersecting the boundary, determined by a relative positional relationship with the fluorescent screen along a plane intersecting the reflected light. Has been placed.
- the light emission timing control method of the present invention includes: A phosphor screen comprising a plurality of phosphor regions periodically arranged in an in-plane direction, and a region between each phosphor region being a reflection region that folds incident light in a direction opposite to the incident direction, The surface on which each phosphor region is formed is scanned with a light beam from an excitation light source, Along the plane intersecting with the reflected light, they are arranged side by side in a first direction which is a direction intersecting with a boundary between each phosphor region and the reflecting region, which is determined by a relative positional relationship with the phosphor screen.
- first and second light detection means Using the first and second light detection means to detect reflected light from the reflection region during the scanning, Based on outputs of the first and second light detection means, a boundary between each phosphor region on the phosphor screen and the reflection region is detected, and light emission of the excitation light source is performed based on the detected boundary. Including controlling timing.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows a part of fluorescent screen of the image display apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the retroreflection area
- FIG. 5 It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the optical system of the image display apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows a mode that the fluorescent screen 6 is scanned with the light beam from the laser scanning part in the image display apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows a state when the light beam from the laser scanning part in the image display apparatus shown in FIG. 5 is irradiated to the boundary part of a fluorescent substance area
- region. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for creating stripe boundary position information performed during calibration of the image display apparatus illustrated in FIG. 5.
- 11 is a timing chart for explaining a relationship among an irradiation light amount, a received light waveform, a differential waveform, and a boundary position in the stripe boundary position information creation process at the time of calibration shown in FIG. 10.
- 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of light emission timing control performed in the image display mode of the image display device shown in FIG. 5. It is a timing chart for demonstrating the relationship between the irradiation light quantity in the light emission timing control process shown in FIG. 12, a received light waveform, a difference waveform, and a boundary position. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the photodiode of the image display apparatus which is the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image display apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the image display device includes a control unit 1, light detection units 2 and 3, a scanning unit 4, an excitation light source 5, and a fluorescent screen 6.
- the excitation light source 5 outputs excitation light that excites a phosphor formed on the fluorescent screen 6, and is a laser light source represented by, for example, a laser diode (LD).
- the scanning unit 4 scans the fluorescent screen 6 with a light beam (excitation light) from the excitation light source 5, and is a polygon mirror, a galvanometer mirror, or the like.
- the phosphor screen 6 includes a plurality of phosphor regions periodically arranged in the in-plane direction, and a region between the phosphor regions is a reflection region in which incident light is folded back in a direction opposite to the incident direction. It is said that.
- FIG. 2 shows a specific configuration of part of the fluorescent screen 6.
- the fluorescent screen 6 has a plurality of phosphor regions 61 to 63 partitioned by black stripes, and a retroreflective region 64 is provided on the surface irradiated with the excitation light of the black stripes.
- the phosphor region 61 is a region where, for example, a phosphor that emits red fluorescence is formed.
- the phosphor region 62 is a region where, for example, a phosphor that emits green fluorescence is formed.
- the phosphor region 63 is a region where, for example, a phosphor that emits blue fluorescence is formed.
- the phosphor regions 61, 62, and 63 are periodically formed in a specific direction in this order.
- FIG. 3A shows an example of the retroreflection area 64.
- the retroreflective region 64 is composed of a plurality of glass beads 64 a provided on the black stripe 60.
- the glass beads 64 a are spherical and generally have a hemispherical portion embedded in the surface of the black stripe 60. The remaining hemispherical portion of the glass beads 64 a is exposed from the surface of the black stripe 60.
- the light beam (excitation light) from the excitation light source 5 passes on the black stripe 60, the light beam is incident on the exposed surface of the glass bead 64a. Incident light is refracted at the boundary surface on the surface side (the boundary between the surface of the glass beads 64a and air). The light that has entered the glass bead 64a is reflected at the interface between the glass bead 64a and the black stripe 60, and the reflected light is emitted from the interface on the surface side. The reflected light is refracted when it passes through the boundary surface on the surface side, and the outgoing light from the boundary surface travels as retroreflected light 7 in the direction opposite to the incident light.
- the black stripes 60 may include a reflective material.
- the entire spherical surface of the glass beads 64a may be covered with a semi-transmissive / semi-reflective film.
- the retroreflected light 7 can be surely advanced in the direction opposite to the incident light. it can.
- the retroreflective region 64 made of such glass beads 64a can be formed by screen printing.
- FIG. 3B shows another example of the retroreflection area 64.
- the retroreflective region 64 includes a microprism 64b provided in the black stripe 60.
- the microprism 64b includes a plurality of prisms having a triangular cross-sectional shape, and the apex angle of each prism is 90 °.
- the microprism 64b is formed so that the apex angle side of each prism is embedded in the black stripe 60, and a flat surface (incident / exit surface) is formed by the bottom of each prism.
- the light beam (excitation light) from the excitation light source 5 passes on the black stripe 60, the light beam enters the incident / exit surface of the microprism 64b.
- Reflective films are formed on the two surfaces constituting the apex angle of the microprism 64b.
- the light incident on the microprism 64b is reflected on one of the two surfaces constituting the apex angle and then reflected on the other surface.
- the reflected light from the other surface is emitted from the incident / exit surface.
- the outgoing light from the incoming / outgoing surface travels in a direction opposite to the incident light as retroreflected light 7.
- the retroreflective region by the microprism 64b shown in FIG. 3B can obtain a higher retroreflectance than the retroreflective region by the glass beads 64a shown in FIG. 3A.
- the light detection means 2 and 3 are constituted by photodiodes, and detect the retroreflected light 7 reflected by the retroreflective region 64.
- the light detection means 2, 3 is a boundary between the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 and the retroreflective region 64 determined by the relative positional relationship with the fluorescent screen 6 along a plane intersecting the retroreflected light 7 ( Alternatively, they are arranged side by side in a direction corresponding to a direction intersecting or orthogonal to a black stripe).
- the light detection means 2 and 3 are arranged to face the surface on which the retroreflective area 64 of the fluorescent screen 6 is formed, and directly detect a part of the retroreflected light 7 from the retroreflective area 64. Also good.
- the light detection means 2, 3 when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the plane intersecting the retroreflected light 7, the light detection means 2, 3 has a boundary (or black stripe) between the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 and the retroreflective region 64. They are arranged side by side in the intersecting or orthogonal direction.
- the light detection means 2 and 3 may detect the retroreflected light 7 from the retroreflective region 64 through an optical system.
- the light detection means 2 and 3 are arranged along the plane with the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 and the retroreflective region 64 are arranged side by side in a direction intersecting or orthogonal to the boundary (or black stripe).
- the control unit 1 acquires a waveform indicating the difference between the output waveforms of the light detection units 2 and 3, and based on the difference waveform, the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 on the phosphor screen 6 and the retroreflective region 64. A boundary (corresponding to the boundary between the phosphor region and the black stripe) is detected, and the light emission timing of the excitation light source 5 is controlled based on the detected boundary.
- the boundary between the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 and the retroreflective region 64 can be acquired based on, for example, the peak position of the differential waveform of the light detection means 2, 3.
- the peak position of the differential waveform of the light detection means 2 and 3 indicates the relative position of the spot of the light beam with respect to the boundary between the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 and the retroreflective region 64 on the fluorescent screen 6.
- the light detecting means 2 and 3 may be arranged at any position as long as the boundary between the phosphor regions 61 to 63 and the retroreflective region 64 can be detected from the difference waveform.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing one procedure of light emission timing control.
- Control means 1 determines whether or not the image display device is activated (step S10).
- the image display device includes a power-on button (not shown), and the control unit 1 determines in step S10 based on whether or not the button is pressed.
- step S11 This calibration is performed as follows.
- the control unit 1 causes the excitation light source 5 to continuously output a predetermined amount of excitation light for a certain period and causes the scanning unit 4 to scan the fluorescent screen 6 with the excitation light.
- the certain period is, for example, a period corresponding to one frame.
- the control unit 1 acquires a waveform indicating the difference between the output waveforms of the light detection units 2 and 3, and based on the difference waveform, all the phosphor regions 61, 62, For 63, the boundary between the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 and the retroreflective region 64 is detected. Then, the control means 1 creates boundary position data (initial value) based on the detection result and holds it.
- control unit 1 may create boundary position data by scanning one frame, or create a plurality of boundary position data for each frame by scanning over a plurality of frames. May be averaged.
- an image display mode for displaying an image based on the input video signal is set.
- the control unit 1 controls the emission timing of the excitation light source 5 and also controls the scanning by the scanning unit 4 to display an image based on the input video signal on the fluorescent screen 6.
- the control unit 1 controls the light emission timing of the excitation light source 5 based on the boundary position data acquired by the calibration. . Then, during the execution of the first image display process, the control means 1 performs the fluorescence for all the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 on the fluorescent screen 6 based on the differential waveform of the light detection means 2, 3. The boundary between the body regions 61, 62, 63 and the retroreflection region 64 is detected, and the boundary position data is updated based on the detection result.
- the control means 1 controls the emission timing of the excitation light source 5 based on the boundary position data updated in the previous image display. Then, during the execution of the current image display process, the control means 1 performs the fluorescence for all the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 on the fluorescent screen 6 based on the differential waveforms of the light detection means 2, 3. The boundary between the body regions 61, 62, 63 and the retroreflection region 64 is detected, and the boundary position data is updated based on the detection result. This updated boundary position data is used for the next image display.
- the above boundary position data is updated every frame, but is not limited to this.
- the boundary position data may be updated every several frames.
- calibration can be performed not only after startup but also in other modes in which image display is not performed, for example, when returning from the sleep mode.
- the boundary between the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 and the retroreflective region 64 is displayed while scanning the fluorescent screen 6 with the light beam from the excitation light source 5 and displaying the image. Based on the detected boundary, the emission timing of the excitation light source 5 at the next scanning (image display of the next input frame) can be controlled. According to this control, it is possible to always irradiate the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 with the light beam at the optimum timing.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image display apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the image display apparatus includes a fluorescent screen 6, a clock circuit 9, an irradiation timing control unit 10, an irradiation light amount control unit 11, a difference detection unit 12, a memory 13, a laser control unit 14, and a PD (photodiode) 20. And a laser scanning unit 40 and an LD (laser diode) 50.
- the fluorescent screen 6 is the same as that used in the image display device of the first embodiment.
- the phosphor screen 6 has a plurality of phosphor regions 61 to 63 partitioned by black stripes as shown in FIG. 2, and a retroreflective region 64 is provided in the black stripe region.
- the irradiation timing control unit 10, the irradiation light amount control unit 11, the difference detection unit 12, the memory 13, and the laser control unit 14 correspond to the control unit 1 of the image display device according to the first embodiment.
- the memory 13 may be provided separately from the control unit 1.
- Laser scanning unit 40 and LD 50 correspond to scanning unit 4 and excitation light source 5 of the image display device of the first embodiment, respectively.
- FIG. 6 shows an example of the PD 20.
- a spot of retroreflected light 7 (a circle indicated by a dotted line) is shown.
- the PD 20 is obtained by dividing a rectangular PD light receiving surface into two parts and has two light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b.
- the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b correspond to the light detection means 2 and 3 in the first embodiment.
- the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b intersect or are orthogonal to the boundaries (or black stripes) between the phosphor regions 61, 62 and 63 and the retroreflective region 64 along a plane intersecting the retroreflected light 7 from the retroreflective region 64. It is arranged side by side in the direction corresponding to the direction to perform.
- the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b are opposed to the fluorescent screen 6, the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b are phosphor regions when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface on which the retroreflective region 64 of the fluorescent screen 6 is formed. 61, 62, 63 and the retroreflective region 64 are arranged side by side in a direction intersecting or orthogonal to the boundary (or black stripe).
- the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b may detect the retroreflected light 7 from the retroreflective region 64 through an optical system.
- the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b are arranged along a plane that intersects the retroreflected light 7 from the optical system.
- the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b intersect the boundaries (or black stripes) between the phosphor regions 61, 62 and 63 and the retroreflective region 64. Or they are arranged side by side in the orthogonal direction.
- a first output corresponding to the amount of light received by the light receiving surface 20 a and a second output corresponding to the amount of light received by the light receiving surface 20 b are separately supplied to the difference detection unit 12.
- the difference detection unit 12 takes the difference between the waveforms of the first and second outputs from the PD 20, and based on the difference waveform, the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 on the phosphor screen 6 and the retroreflective region 64. Detect boundaries. At the time of calibration, the difference detection unit 12 creates stripe boundary position information for one screen based on the detected boundary information and stores it in the memory 13. In the image display mode, the difference detection unit 12 updates the stripe boundary position information stored in the memory 13 based on the detected boundary information.
- the difference detection unit 12 detects the peak of the differential waveform of the first and second outputs from the PD 20, and creates or updates the stripe boundary position information based on the appearance timing information of the peak.
- the peak detection is performed by a hold circuit and a reset signal.
- the peak detection interval is from the vicinity of the center of the stripe to the vicinity of the center of the next stripe, and the hold circuit holds the maximum value of the differential waveform in that interval.
- the value held by the hold circuit is output as a peak detection value, and the hold circuit is temporarily reset by a reset signal.
- the peak appearance timing information is, for example, a result (count value) obtained by counting the time from the drawing start point to the peak start point based on the clock signal from the clock circuit 9.
- the drawing start time is given based on a drawing start timing signal from the irradiation timing control unit 10.
- the irradiation timing control unit 10 outputs an irradiation timing instruction signal for controlling the driving timing (light emission timing) of the LD 50 based on the stripe boundary position information stored in the memory 13 to the laser control unit 14 and the drawing start timing.
- the signal is output to the difference detection unit 12.
- the irradiation light quantity control unit 11 outputs an irradiation light quantity instruction signal for controlling the magnitude (corresponding to the light quantity) of the driving power supplied to the LD 50 based on the video signal from the outside to the laser control unit 14.
- the laser control unit 14 drives the LD 50 according to the irradiation timing instruction signal from the irradiation timing control unit 10 and adjusts the driving power to the LD 50 according to the irradiation light amount instruction signal from the irradiation light amount control unit 11. Further, the laser control unit 14 controls the laser scanning unit 40 in accordance with the irradiation timing instruction signal from the irradiation timing control unit 10.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an optical system of the image display apparatus according to the present embodiment.
- a collimator lens 100, a polarizing beam splitter (PBS) 101, a quarter wavelength plate 102, and a laser scanning unit 40 are arranged in this order in the traveling direction of the light beam from the LD 50.
- the light beam from the LD 50 is collimated by the collimator lens 100.
- the parallel light flux from the collimator lens 100 is supplied to the PBS 101.
- the PBS 101 transmits the P-polarized component light of the light beam from the LD 50 and reflects the S-polarized component light.
- the PBS 101 may transmit S-polarized component light and reflect P-polarized component light.
- the P-polarized component light transmitted through the PBS 101 is supplied to the laser scanning unit 40 via the quarter-wave plate 102.
- the laser scanning unit 40 scans the fluorescent screen 6 with light (circularly polarized light) from the quarter wavelength plate 102.
- FIG. 8 shows how the fluorescent screen 6 is scanned with the light beam from the laser scanning unit 40.
- the drawing start position is the upper left of the fluorescent screen 6.
- the light beam from the laser scanning unit 40 moves in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the phosphor regions 61 to 63 on the phosphor screen 6.
- the spot of the light beam moves from the left end to the right end toward the drawing, and after passing through the right end, moves from the right end to the left end.
- Such scanning is continuously performed from the upper side to the lower side.
- each of the phosphor regions 61 to 63 when the light beam from the laser scanning unit 40 is irradiated, the phosphor is excited to generate fluorescence.
- the retroreflective region 64 formed on the black stripe 60 when the light beam from the laser scanning unit 40 is irradiated, the incident light is reflected in a direction opposite to the incident direction.
- FIG. 9 schematically shows a state when the light beam from the laser scanning unit 40 is applied to the boundary portion between the phosphor region 61 and the retroreflective region 64.
- the part of the light applied to the retroreflective region 64 is reflected by the retroreflective region 64.
- the range of the beam applied to the retroreflective region 64 increases, and accordingly, the amount of the retroreflected light 7 increases.
- the range of the beam applied to the retroreflective region 64 gradually decreases, and accordingly, the amount of the retroreflected light 7 also decreases.
- the retroreflected light 7 from the retroreflective region 64 is incident on the PBS 101 via the laser scanning unit 40 and the quarter wavelength plate 102 as shown in FIG.
- the retroreflected light 7 from the retroreflective region 64 is circularly polarized light, but is converted to S-polarized light by passing through the quarter-wave plate 102.
- the S-polarized component retroreflected light 7 that has passed through the quarter-wave plate 102 is reflected toward the PD 20 by the PBS 101.
- the retroreflected light 7 reflected by the PBS 101 is condensed on the light receiving surface of the PD 20 by the condenser lens 103.
- the PD 20 has light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b as shown in FIG.
- the light receiving surfaces 20 a and 20 b correspond to a direction intersecting or orthogonal to the boundary (or the black stripe 60) between the phosphor regions 61, 62 and 63 and the retroreflective region 64 along a plane intersecting the retroreflected light 7. They are arranged side by side.
- the PD 20 having such a configuration, for example, when a light beam having a constant light amount from the laser scanning unit 40 passes through the boundary between the phosphor regions 61 to 63 and the retroreflective region 64, one of the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b.
- the output waveform of the first waveform gradually rises and falls abruptly, and the other output waveform rises sharply and gradually falls.
- the peak position corresponds to the boundary between the phosphor regions 61 to 63 and the retroreflective region 64.
- the boundary between the phosphor regions 61 to 63 and the retroreflective region 64 is detected using the above principle, and the light emission timing of the LD 50 is controlled based on the detected boundary.
- the light emission timing is controlled in the image display mode.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating stripe boundary position information during calibration.
- the irradiation light amount control unit 11 outputs an irradiation light amount instruction signal indicating that the irradiation light amount is a constant value to the laser control unit 14. Then, the laser control unit 14 sets the drive power of the LD 50 to a constant value according to the irradiation light quantity instruction signal (step S20).
- the irradiation timing control unit 10 outputs a drawing start timing signal to the difference detection unit 12 and also outputs an irradiation timing instruction signal for controlling the drive timing of the LD 50 to the laser control unit 14 (step S21).
- the irradiation timing instruction signal in this case is a signal for causing the LD 50 to continuously emit light for a certain period.
- the certain period is, for example, a period corresponding to one frame.
- the PD 20 detects the retroreflected light 7 (step S22), and the difference detection unit 12 detects the peak of the difference waveform of the first and second outputs from the PD 20 (step S23). And the difference detection part 12 detects a stripe boundary position based on the peak appearance timing of a difference waveform (step S24).
- the stripe boundary position can be obtained, for example, from the result of counting the time from the drawing start point to the peak start point based on the clock signal from the clock circuit 9.
- the difference detection unit 12 creates stripe boundary position information based on the detection result of the stripe boundary position, and stores the stripe boundary position information in the memory 13 (step S25).
- FIG. 11 shows the relationship between the irradiation light quantity, the received light waveform, the differential waveform, and the boundary position during calibration.
- the first light receiving waveform is a waveform based on the first output corresponding to the amount of light received by the light receiving surface 20a of the PD 20.
- the second light receiving waveform is a waveform based on the second output corresponding to the amount of light received by the light receiving surface 20b of the PD 20.
- the difference waveform is a waveform indicating a difference between the first light receiving waveform and the second light receiving waveform.
- the peak positions of the difference waveform correspond to the boundaries between the phosphor regions 61 to 63 and the retroreflection region 64, respectively. Therefore, the boundary can be specified based on the peak position (peak appearance timing) of the differential waveform.
- FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a control procedure of the light emission timing performed in the image display mode.
- T is a clock count value.
- the irradiation timing control unit 10 outputs a drawing start timing signal to the difference detection unit 12 and reads the stripe boundary position (T n , T n + 1 ) from the memory 13 (steps S31 and S32).
- the irradiation timing control unit 10 determines whether or not the clock count value has reached a predetermined time ((T n + T n + 1 ) / 2) (step S34).
- the predetermined time is the time required for the light beam to pass through the black stripe 60 when the light beam moves in the direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the black stripe 60 in the optical system shown in FIG. It is half. That is, the predetermined time corresponds to an intermediate position from both ends (boundaries) of the black stripe 60 in the scanning direction.
- step S34 when the clock count value has not reached the predetermined time, the process of step S33 is executed again.
- the irradiation timing control unit 10 When the clock count value reaches a predetermined time in step S34, the irradiation timing control unit 10 outputs an irradiation timing instruction signal to the laser control unit 14, and the irradiation light amount control unit 11 is based on the video signal S1.
- the irradiation light amount instruction signal for changing the irradiation light amount is output to the laser control unit 14.
- the laser control unit 14 controls the light emission timing of the LD 50 according to the irradiation timing instruction signal, and controls the magnitude of the driving power to the LD 50 according to the irradiation light quantity instruction signal (step S35).
- step S34 the determination result in step S34 is supplied from the irradiation timing control unit 10 to the irradiation light amount control unit 11, and the irradiation light amount control unit 11 acquires the timing of changing the irradiation light amount based on the determination result.
- the PD 20 detects the retroreflected light 7 (step S36), and the difference detection unit 12 detects the peak of the difference waveform of the first and second outputs from the PD 20 (step S37). Then, the difference detection unit 12 detects the stripe boundary position based on the peak appearance timing of the difference waveform (step S38).
- the stripe boundary position can be obtained, for example, from the result of counting the time from the drawing start point to the peak start point based on the clock signal from the clock circuit 9.
- the difference detection unit 12 updates the corresponding boundary position information of the stripe boundary position information stored in the memory 13 based on the detection result of the stripe boundary position (step S39).
- the irradiation timing control unit 10 determines whether or not the clock count value has reached a time corresponding to one frame period (time T end indicating the frame end ) (step S40).
- step S40 If the clock count value does not reach the time T end in step S40, the process of step S32 by the irradiation timing control unit 10 is executed again.
- step S41 it is determined whether or not the image display mode has ended. If the image display mode has not ended, the process of step S30 by the irradiation timing control unit 10 is executed again.
- FIG. 13 shows the relationship between the irradiation light amount, the received light waveform, the differential waveform, and the boundary position in the image display mode.
- the first light receiving waveform is a waveform based on the first output corresponding to the amount of light received by the light receiving surface 20a of the PD 20.
- the second light receiving waveform is a waveform based on the second output corresponding to the amount of light received by the light receiving surface 20b of the PD 20.
- the difference waveform is a waveform indicating a difference between the first light receiving waveform and the second light receiving waveform. The peak positions of the difference waveform correspond to the boundaries between the phosphor regions 61 to 63 and the retroreflection region 64, respectively.
- the amount of irradiation light is changed at a timing corresponding to the intermediate position of the black stripe, and in each of the phosphor regions 61 to 63, fluorescence having a light amount corresponding to the amount of irradiation light is generated.
- the boundary can be specified based on the peak position (peak appearance timing) of the differential waveform while displaying an image.
- the image display apparatus of the present embodiment as in the first embodiment, it is possible to always irradiate the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 with the light beam at the optimum timing. In addition, since it is not necessary to periodically move the position of the light beam spot on the fluorescent screen 6 in the scanning direction by the modulation signal, it is possible to suppress a decrease in image quality and maximum luminance.
- the black stripe is a vertical stripe, but a horizontal stripe (horizontal black stripe) may be used instead.
- the horizontal black stripe intersects or is orthogonal to the vertical black stripe.
- scanning is performed on the fluorescent screen 6 such that the light beam obliquely crosses the horizontal black stripe.
- the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b correspond to the direction intersecting or orthogonal to the boundaries (or horizontal black stripes) between the phosphor regions 61, 62 and 63 and the retroreflective region 64 along the plane intersecting the retroreflected light 7. Arranged side by side.
- the basic configuration of the image display apparatus of the present embodiment is the same as that of the second embodiment, but the configuration of the PD 20 and the fluorescent screen 6 and part of the operation of the difference detection unit 12 are different.
- FIG. 14 shows an example of the PD 20 used in the image display device of the present embodiment.
- the PD 20 is obtained by dividing a rectangular PD light receiving surface into four parts and has four light receiving surfaces 20a to 20d.
- the light receiving surfaces 20a to 20d have a rectangular shape and are arranged along a plane that intersects the retroreflected light 7 from the retroreflective region 64.
- spots of retroreflected light 7 are shown.
- FIG. 15 shows a part of the fluorescent screen 6 used in the image display apparatus of the present embodiment.
- the fluorescent screen 6 has vertical black stripes 60a and horizontal black stripes 60b intersecting the vertical black stripes 60a, and regions partitioned by these black stripes 60a and 60b are phosphor regions 61 to 63. It is said that.
- retroreflective regions 64 having a structure as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B are formed in the black stripes 60a and 60b.
- the light receiving surfaces 20a to 20d are arranged so as to face the surface on which the retroreflective region 64 of the fluorescent screen 6 is formed.
- the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b are arranged side by side along the direction (scanning direction) intersecting the vertical black matrix 60a.
- the light receiving surfaces 20c and 20d are also arranged side by side along the direction intersecting the vertical black matrix 60a.
- the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20d are arranged side by side along the extending direction of the vertical black matrix 60a (the direction intersecting the horizontal black matrix 60b).
- the light receiving surfaces 20b and 20c are also arranged side by side along the extending direction of the vertical black matrix 60a.
- the laser scanning unit 40 scans the fluorescent screen 6 shown in FIG. 15 with the light beam from the LD 50.
- the light beam spot 65 from the laser scanning unit 40 moves in a direction (scanning direction) intersecting the longitudinal direction of the phosphor regions 61 to 63.
- the spot 65 is a boundary between the phosphor regions 61 to 63 and the retroreflective region 64 on the vertical black stripe 60a (hereinafter referred to as a first stripe boundary position), or the phosphor regions 61 to 63. It passes through a boundary with the retroreflective region 64 on the horizontal black stripe 60b (hereinafter referred to as a second stripe boundary position).
- the difference detection unit 12 adds the first waveform to the first output and the fourth output to the third output.
- a first differential waveform indicating a difference from the first waveform is acquired.
- the difference detection unit 12 detects the first stripe boundary position based on the first difference waveform. In this case, the peak position of the first differential waveform corresponds to the first stripe boundary position.
- the difference detection unit 12 outputs a third waveform to the second output and the third waveform obtained by adding the fourth output to the first output among the first to fourth outputs supplied from the PD 20.
- a second differential waveform indicating a difference from the added fourth waveform is acquired.
- the difference detection unit 12 detects the second stripe boundary position based on the second difference waveform. In this case, the peak position of the second differential waveform corresponds to the second stripe boundary position.
- the second stripe boundary position corresponds to the stripe boundary position described in the second embodiment.
- the calibration as described in the second embodiment and the control of the light emission timing in the image display mode are performed.
- the difference detection unit 12 detects the first and second stripe boundary positions, creates stripe boundary position information based on the first and second stripe boundary positions, and stores the information in the memory 13. .
- the irradiation timing control unit 10 In the image display mode, the irradiation timing control unit 10 outputs an irradiation timing instruction signal for controlling the light emission timing with reference to the stripe boundary position information stored in the memory 13. Other operations (such as update processing based on the first and second stripe boundary positions) are performed in the same procedure as in the second embodiment.
- the light receiving surfaces 20a to 20d of the PD 20 when viewed from the direction perpendicular to the surface on which the retroreflective region 64 of the fluorescent screen 6 is formed, among the light receiving surfaces 20a to 20d of the PD 20, the light receiving surfaces 20b and 20d are vertically black.
- the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20c may be arranged side by side in a direction orthogonal to that direction.
- the difference detection unit 12 acquires the first difference waveform indicating the difference between the first output and the third output among the first to fourth outputs supplied from the PD 20.
- the difference detection unit 12 detects the first stripe boundary position based on the first difference waveform. In this case, the peak position of the first differential waveform corresponds to the first stripe boundary position.
- the difference detection unit 12 acquires a second difference waveform indicating a difference between the fourth output and the second output among the first to fourth outputs supplied from the PD 20.
- the difference detection unit 12 detects the second stripe boundary position based on the second difference waveform. In this case, the peak position of the second differential waveform corresponds to the second stripe boundary position.
- the fluorescent screen 6 is not limited to the structure shown in FIG.
- the fluorescent screen 6 may have the structure shown in FIG. 15 without the horizontal black stripe 60b (same as the structure shown in FIG. 2).
- the difference detection unit 12 adds the third output to the second output and the waveform obtained by adding the fourth output to the first output among the first to fourth outputs supplied from the PD 20.
- the stripe boundary position is detected based on the difference waveform indicating the difference from the waveform.
- the detection of the stripe boundary position is basically the same as the detection of the stripe boundary position in the first embodiment.
- the image display apparatus of the present embodiment as in the first embodiment, it is possible to always irradiate the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 with the light beam at the optimum timing. In addition, since it is not necessary to periodically move the position of the light beam spot on the fluorescent screen 6 in the scanning direction by the modulation signal, it is possible to suppress a decrease in image quality and maximum luminance.
- FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram for explaining a configuration of an image display apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- the image display apparatus of this embodiment has an optical system different from the optical system as shown in FIG. 7, and has the two PDs 21 and 22 instead of the PD 20. Is the same.
- the PDs 21 and 22 correspond to the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20b of the PD 20, respectively (or the light detection means 2 and 3 of the image display device of the first embodiment).
- the PDs 21 and 22 have a direction corresponding to a direction intersecting or orthogonal to the boundary (or the vertical black stripe 60a) between the phosphor regions 61, 62 and 63 and the retroreflective region 64 along a plane intersecting the retroreflected light 7.
- the PDs 21 and 22 are disposed on both sides of the emission optical axis of the laser scanning unit 40.
- the condensing lens 23 is disposed at a position facing the light receiving surface of the PD 21, and condenses a part of the retroreflected light 7 on the light receiving surface of the PD 21.
- the condensing lens 24 is disposed at a position facing the light receiving surface of the PD 22 and condenses a part of the retroreflected light 7 on the light receiving surface of the PD 22.
- the selection filter 25 is disposed on the incident surface side of the condenser lens 23, and the selection filter 26 is disposed on the incident surface side of the condenser lens 24.
- Each of the selection filters 25 and 26 has a characteristic of transmitting the retroreflected light 7 and reflecting light having a wavelength different from that of the retroreflected light 7 (for example, fluorescence from the phosphor regions 61 to 63).
- the output waveforms of PDs 21 and 22 and their differential waveforms are the same as those shown in FIGS. Also in the image display apparatus of the present embodiment, the same operation as that of the second embodiment can be realized.
- the image display apparatus of the present embodiment as in the first embodiment, it is possible to always irradiate the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 with the light beam at the optimum timing. In addition, since it is not necessary to periodically move the position of the light beam spot on the fluorescent screen 6 in the scanning direction by the modulation signal, it is possible to suppress a decrease in image quality and maximum luminance.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram for explaining a configuration of an image display apparatus according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- the image display apparatus has an optical system different from the optical system as shown in FIG. 7 and includes the four PDs 31a to 31d in place of the PD 20, except for the third embodiment. Is the same.
- PDs 31a, 31b, 31c, and 31d correspond to the light receiving surfaces 20a, 20b, 20c, and 20d of the PD 20 of the image display device according to the third embodiment, respectively.
- the PDs 31 a to 31 d are arranged along a plane that intersects the retroreflected light 7.
- the PDs 31a to 31d are arranged so as to face the surface on which the retroreflective region 64 of the fluorescent screen 6 is formed.
- the PDs 31a and 31b are boundaries between the phosphor regions 61, 62 and 63 and the retroreflective region 64 (or vertical black stripes 60a).
- the PDs 31c and 31d are also arranged side by side in a direction crossing or orthogonal to the boundary.
- the PDs 31a and 31d are arranged side by side along the extending direction of the vertical black matrix 60a.
- the PDs 31b and 31c are also arranged side by side along the extending direction of the vertical black matrix 60a.
- the PDs 31 a and 31 b are disposed on both sides of the emission optical axis of the laser scanning unit 40.
- the PDs 31 c and 31 d are also arranged on both sides of the outgoing optical axis of the laser scanning unit 40.
- the condensing lens 32a is disposed at a position facing the light receiving surface of the PD 31a, and condenses a part of the retroreflected light 7 on the light receiving surface of the PD 31a.
- a selection filter 33a is disposed on the incident surface side of the condenser lens 32a.
- the condensing lens 32b is disposed at a position facing the light receiving surface of the PD 31b, and condenses a part of the retroreflected light 7 on the light receiving surface of the PD 31b.
- a selection filter 33b is disposed on the incident surface side of the condenser lens 32b.
- the condensing lens 32c is disposed at a position facing the light receiving surface of the PD 31c, and condenses a part of the retroreflected light 7 on the light receiving surface of the PD 31c.
- a selection filter 33c is disposed on the incident surface side of the condenser lens 32c.
- the condensing lens 32d is disposed at a position facing the light receiving surface of the PD 31d, and condenses a part of the retroreflected light 7 on the light receiving surface of the PD 31d.
- a selection filter 33d is disposed on the incident surface side of the condenser lens 32d.
- Each of the selection filters 33a to 33 has a characteristic of transmitting the retroreflected light 7 and reflecting light having a wavelength different from that of the retroreflected light 7 (for example, fluorescence from the phosphor regions 61 to 63).
- the PDs 31b and 31d when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the fluorescent screen 6 on which the retroreflective region 64 is formed, the PDs 31b and 31d are connected to the phosphor regions 61, 62, and 63 and the retroreflective region.
- 64 may be arranged side by side in a direction intersecting or orthogonal to the boundary with 64 (or the vertical black stripe 60a), and the PDs 31a and 31c may be arranged in a direction orthogonal to the direction.
- the light receiving surfaces 20b and 20d are arranged side by side in a direction intersecting or orthogonal to the boundary, and the light receiving surfaces 20a and 20c are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the direction. Is performed.
- the fluorescent screen 6 is not limited to the structure shown in FIG.
- the fluorescent screen 6 may have the structure shown in FIG. 15 without the horizontal black stripe 60b (same as the structure shown in FIG. 2).
- the stripe boundary position is detected based on a difference waveform indicating a difference between a waveform obtained by adding the output of PD 31d to the output of PD 31a and a waveform obtained by adding the output of PD 31c to the output of PD 31b.
- the detection of the stripe boundary position is basically the same as the detection of the stripe boundary position in the first embodiment.
- the image display apparatus of the present embodiment as in the first embodiment, it is possible to always irradiate the phosphor regions 61, 62, 63 with the light beam at the optimum timing. In addition, since it is not necessary to periodically move the position of the light beam spot on the fluorescent screen 6 in the scanning direction by the modulation signal, it is possible to suppress a decrease in image quality and maximum luminance.
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励起光源と、
面内方向に周期的に配置された複数の蛍光体領域を備え、各蛍光体領域の間の領域が、入射した光をその入射方向と反対の方向に折り返す反射領域とされた蛍光スクリーンと、
前記励起光源からの光ビームで前記蛍光スクリーンの前記各蛍光体領域が形成された面を走査する走査手段と、
前記反射領域で反射された反射光を検出する第1および第2の光検出手段と、
前記走査手段による走査を行わせて、前記第1および第2の光検出手段の出力に基づいて、前記蛍光スクリーン上の前記各蛍光体領域と前記反射領域との境界を検出し、該検出した境界に基づいて、前記励起光源の発光タイミングを制御する制御手段と、を有し、
前記第1および第2の光検出手段は、前記反射光と交差する平面に沿って、前記蛍光スクリーンとの相対的な位置関係によって決まる、前記境界と交差する方向である第1の方向に並べて配置されている。
面内方向に周期的に配置された複数の蛍光体領域を備え、各蛍光体領域の間の領域が、入射した光をその入射方向と反対の方向に折り返す反射領域とされた蛍光スクリーンの、前記各蛍光体領域が形成された面を、励起光源からの光ビームで走査し、
前記反射光と交差する平面に沿って、前記蛍光スクリーンとの相対的な位置関係によって決まる、前記各蛍光体領域と前記反射領域との境界と交差する方向である第1の方向に並べて配置された第1および第2の光検出手段を用いて、前記走査時における前記反射領域からの反射光を検出し、
前記第1および第2の光検出手段の出力に基づいて、前記蛍光スクリーン上の前記各蛍光体領域と前記反射領域との境界を検出し、該検出した境界に基づいて、前記励起光源の発光タイミングを制御することを含む。
2、3 光検出手段
4 走査手段
5 励起光源
6 蛍光スクリーン
7 再帰反射光
図1は、本発明の第1の実施形態である画像表示装置の構成を示すブロック図である。
図5は、本発明の第2の実施形態である画像表示装置の構成を示すブロック図である。
本実施形態の画像表示装置の基本的な構成は、第2の実施形態のものと同じであるが、PD20および蛍光スクリーン6の構成および差分検出部12の動作の一部が異なる。
図16は、本発明の第4の実施形態である画像表示装置の構成を説明するための模式図である。
図17は、本発明の第5の実施形態である画像表示装置の構成を説明するための模式図である。
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- 励起光源と、
面内方向に周期的に配置された複数の蛍光体領域を備え、各蛍光体領域の間の領域が、入射した光をその入射方向と反対の方向に折り返す反射領域とされた蛍光スクリーンと、
前記励起光源からの光ビームで前記蛍光スクリーンの前記各蛍光体領域が形成された面を走査する走査手段と、
前記反射領域で反射された反射光を検出する第1および第2の光検出手段と、
前記走査手段による走査を行わせて、前記第1および第2の光検出手段の出力に基づいて、前記蛍光スクリーン上の前記各蛍光体領域と前記反射領域との境界を検出し、該検出した境界に基づいて、前記励起光源の発光タイミングを制御する制御手段と、を有し、
前記第1および第2の光検出手段は、前記反射光と交差する平面に沿って、前記蛍光スクリーンとの相対的な位置関係によって決まる、前記境界と交差する方向である第1の方向に並べて配置されている、画像表示装置。 - 前記制御手段は、前記第1および第2の光検出手段の出力の差分を示す差分波形を取得し、該差分波形のピークの出現タイミングに基づいて前記境界を検出する、請求項1に記載の画像表示装置。
- 前記制御手段は、前記蛍光スクリーン全体に対する前記走査手段による走査を繰り返し行わせるとともに、現在の走査時に前記第1および第2の光検出手段の出力に基づいて検出した前記境界に基づいて、前記走査手段による次回の走査時における前記励起光源の発光タイミングを制御する、請求項1または2に記載の画像表示装置。
- メモリをさらに有し、
前記制御手段は、
前記励起光源から一定光量の励起光を出射させるとともに、前記走査手段による走査を行わせて、前記第1および第2の光検出手段の出力に基づいて前記境界を検出し、該検出した境界の位置情報を含む境界位置情報を前記メモリに格納し、
入力映像信号に応じて前記走査手段による走査を行わせるとともに、前記メモリに格納された境界位置情報に基づいて前記励起光源の発光タイミングを制御する、請求項1または2に記載の画像表示装置。 - 前記制御手段は、前記入力映像信号に応じた光量の励起光を前記励起光源から出射させて、前記走査手段による走査を行わせ、前記第1および第2の光検出手段の出力に基づいて前記境界を検出し、該検出した境界に基づいて、前記メモリに格納された前記境界位置情報を更新する、請求項4に記載の画像表示装置。
- 前記第1の光検出手段の受光面は、受光面が2分割されたフォトダイオードの一方の受光面であり、前記第2の光検出手段の受光面は、前記フォトダイオードの他方の受光面である、請求項1から5のいずれか1項に記載の画像表示装置。
- 前記反射領域で反射された反射光を検出する第3および第4の光検出手段をさらに有し、
前記第3および第4の光検出手段は、前記平面に沿って前記第1の方向に並べて配置されており、
前記制御手段は、
前記走査手段による走査を行わせて、前記第1の光検出手段の出力を前記第2の光検出手段の出力に加えた第1の加算出力と前記第3の光検出手段の出力を前記第4の光検出手段の出力に加えた第2の加算出力との差分を示す第1の差分波形と、前記第1の光検出手段の出力を前記第4の光検出手段の出力に加えた第3の加算出力と前記第2の光検出手段の出力を前記第3の光検出手段の出力に加えた第4の加算出力との差分を示す第2の差分波形とをそれぞれ取得し、
前記第1の差分波形に基づいて、前記走査の方向と直交する方向における前記各蛍光体領域と前記反射領域との第1の境界を取得し、
前記第2の差分波形に基づいて、前記走査の方向における前記各蛍光体領域と前記反射領域との第2の境界を取得し、
前記第1および第2の境界に基づいて前記励起光源の発光タイミングを制御する、請求項1乃至3のいずれか1項に記載の画像表示装置。 - 前記反射領域で反射された反射光を検出する第3および第4の光検出手段をさらに有し、
前記第3および第4の光検出手段は、前記平面に沿って前記第1の方向と直交する方向に並べて配置されており、
前記制御手段は、
前記走査手段による走査を行わせて、前記第1の光検出手段の出力と前記第2の光検出手段の出力との差分を示す第1の差分波形と、前記第3の光検出手段の出力と前記第4の光検出手段の出力との差分を示す第2の差分波形とをそれぞれ取得し、
前記第1の差分波形に基づいて、前記走査の方向における前記各蛍光体領域と前記反射領域との第1の境界を取得し、
前記第2の差分波形に基づいて、前記走査の方向と直交する方向における前記各蛍光体領域と前記反射領域との第2の境界を取得し、
前記第1および第2の境界に基づいて前記励起光源の発光タイミングを制御する、請求項1乃至3のいずれか1項に記載の画像表示装置。 - 前記制御手段は、前記第1の差分波形のピーク位置に基づいて前記第1の境界を検出し、前記第2の差分波形のピーク位置に基づいて前記第2の境界を検出する、請求項7または8に記載の画像表示装置。
- 前記制御手段は、前記蛍光スクリーン全体に対する前記走査手段による走査を繰り返し行わせるとともに、現在の走査時に、前記第1および第2の差分波形に基づいて検出した前記第1および第2の境界に基づいて、前記走査手段による次回の走査時における前記励起光源の発光タイミングを制御する、請求項7乃至9のいずれか1項に記載の画像表示装置。
- メモリをさらに有し、
前記制御手段は、
前記励起光源から一定光量の励起光を出射させるとともに、前記走査手段による走査を行わせて、前記第1および第2の差分波形から前記第1および第2の境界を取得し、該取得した第1および第2の境界の位置情報を含む境界位置情報を前記メモリに格納し、
入力映像信号に応じて前記走査手段による走査を行わせるとともに、前記メモリに格納された境界位置情報に基づいて前記励起光源の発光タイミングを制御する、請求項7乃至9のいずれか1項に記載の画像表示装置。 - 前記制御手段は、前記入力映像信号に応じた光量の励起光を前記励起光源から出射させて、前記走査手段による走査を行わせ、前記第1および第2の境界を検出し、該検出した第1および第2の境界に基づいて、前記メモリに格納された前記境界位置情報を更新する、請求項11に記載の画像表示装置。
- 前記第1乃至第4の光検出手段のそれぞれの受光面が、受光面が4分割されたフォトダイオードのそれぞれの受光面より構成されている、請求項7乃至12のいずれか1項に記載の画像表示装置。
- 面内方向に周期的に配置された複数の蛍光体領域を備え、各蛍光体領域の間の領域が、入射した光をその入射方向と反対の方向に折り返す反射領域とされた蛍光スクリーンの、前記各蛍光体領域が形成された面を、励起光源からの光ビームで走査し、
前記反射光と交差する平面に沿って、前記蛍光スクリーンとの相対的な位置関係によって決まる、前記各蛍光体領域と前記反射領域との境界と交差する方向である第1の方向に並べて配置された第1および第2の光検出手段を用いて、前記走査時における前記反射領域からの反射光を検出し、
前記第1および第2の光検出手段の出力に基づいて、前記蛍光スクリーン上の前記各蛍光体領域と前記反射領域との境界を検出し、該検出した境界に基づいて、前記励起光源の発光タイミングを制御する、発光タイミング制御方法。
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