US 12,169,284 B2
Image display apparatus and screen
Tomoharu Nakamura, Tokyo (JP); and Akira Tanaka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/604,578
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/016375
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/218080, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-085053 (JP), filed on Apr. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201261 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G02B 5/32 (2006.01); G03B 21/62 (2014.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0944 (2013.01) [G02B 5/32 (2013.01); G02B 27/0977 (2013.01); G03B 21/62 (2013.01); H04N 9/3152 (2013.01); G02B 27/0916 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image display apparatus, comprising:
an output section that is configured to output projection light along a specific axis;
a supporting member that has a light permeability;
an irradiated member to be irradiated with the projection light, wherein the irradiated member is on an inner side or an outer side of the supporting member; and
a first optical member that is on a downstream of the irradiated member on a light path of the projection light and is configured to reflect or diffuse a portion of the projection light that reaches the first optical member through the irradiated member,
wherein the irradiated member, the first optical member, and the supporting member are configured to form a screen with a layer structure, and
the screen is configured to display the diffused portion of the projection light as a picture on an outer side of the screen.