Abstract:
An image display apparatus that displays an image through scanning by a plurality of beam lights, includes: a light source section that supplies the beam lights; and a scanning section that subjects to scanning the beam lights coming from the light source section. In the image display apparatus, the light source section is driven for a tone representation using the beam lights each having a light amount that is assigned a weight depending on how many bits are allocated in a range from minimum to maximum, and allocates at least two of the beam lights to at least one higher-order bit in the range.
Abstract:
A light conducting unit is disposed between a light source and a region which is to be illuminated. In addition, a light conducting unit includes a polygonal prism made from a first medium with a first coefficient of refraction, a first light conducting unit which directs light to be incident upon a first surface of the polygonal prism, and a second light conducting unit upon which light emitted from a second surface of the polygonal prism is incident, wherein the polygonal prism includes a reflective device which reflects light which is incident into the polygonal prism from the first surface towards the second surface, and a second medium with a second coefficient of refraction which is less than the first coefficient of refraction is provided at the first surface and the second surface.
Abstract:
A light scanning device includes: at least four light sources that provide light beams having different wavelength spectra; and a scanner that scans the light beams from the light sources in a first direction and a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
Abstract:
The invention provides a compact, thin, and lightweight lighting system and projector. A lighting system included in a projector according to the present invention is provided with an LED array having LEDs and a reflective plate at the rear side of the LEDs in the light emitting direction, retardation films, a taper rod lens array, a rod lens array, and a reflective polarizing plate.
Abstract:
An image display device includes: a first face; a laser light source device emitting laser light; and a diffractive optical element on which the laser light emitted from the laser light source device is incident, generating diffracted light from the incident laser light, and illuminating the first face with the diffracted light, the first face is provided at a position on which zero-order light emitted from the diffractive optical element is not incident, and an image is displayed by light via the first face.
Abstract:
In an authentication section 22 of a license server 4, a user using a user terminal 1 is authenticated by using a user ID and a password provided by a user terminal 11 for the purpose of user identification. Then, the user terminal 1 is to be authenticated by using an equipment ID issued by the authentication section 22 for the user ID to specify the user terminal 1. In response when the user ID is authenticated, a content system is allowed for viewing contents in a content server 3, for example. The present invention can be applied to any content system which provides contents to the user terminal. With such a configuration, any unauthorized accesses can be prevented from a plurality of equipment units.
Abstract:
A phosphor having high luminescence when excited by vacuum ultraviolet ray and a vacuum ultraviolet radiation excited light-emitting device comprising the phosphor. The phosphor comprises a metal oxide comprises at least one metal element M1 selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr and Ba, at least one metal element M2 selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Gd and Lu, at least one metal element M3 selected from the group consisting of Si and Ge and oxygen, and at least one metal element Ln1 selected from the group consisting of Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Mn, as an activator.
Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a display panel, etc. which can be controlled by optical addressing, and which are simple in construction and can reduce costs. According to exemplary embodiments, a display device includes a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer which are optically transparent, a variable conductivity layer which is disposed on the first transparent electrode layer and whose electrical conductivity is changed in accordance with the light quantity of control light L transmitted through the first transparent electrode layer, and a functional layer having at least a light emission layer, which is stacked on the variable conductivity layer and which is interposed between the variable conductivity layer and the second transparent electrode layer. A predetermined voltage is applied between the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer, and the light emission layer emits light in accordance with the light quantity of the control light L.
Abstract:
A projector with high safety is provided by directly shutting down the laser beam production when normal scanning of the laser beam is not carried out, thereby reducing exposure to the laser beam. For this purpose, the projector is provided with a laser beam source (10) that outputs a laser beam and modulates the laser beam in a beam form based on an image signal, a scanning unit (30) that scans the laser beam output by the laser beam source (10) at least in one-dimensional direction, a scan driving unit (50) that drive controls the scanning unit by a first force, a retaining unit (40) that stops and retains the scanning unit at a predetermined position by a second force, and a light shielding unit (70) that shields the laser beam from the scanning unit (30) that is retained by the retaining unit (40). The scan driving unit (50) releases the scanning unit (30) retained by the retaining unit (40), and drives it when the first force is larger than the second force. The retaining unit (40) stops and retains the scanning unit (30) at the predetermined position when the second force is larger than the first force.
Abstract:
A micromachine and a manufacturing method are provided for a micromachine that has a dynamic first microstructured portion serving as a drive portion, and a static second microstructured portion adapted to perform a switching function and which functions as an optical element. The second microstructured portion can be manufactured at least without complex steps, such as a silicon process, by forming a static second microstructure on the dynamic first microstructured portion, or in such a way as to be overlaid thereon by mold transfer. Thus, the microstructured portion of a complex shape can be easily formed with good reproducibility. When a plurality of elements are arranged in an array, similarly as in the case of a spatial light modulator, the stable reproduction thereof is achieved by the mold transfer. Thus, as compared with the case of manufacturing all elements in a silicon process, the probability of an occurrence of a defect is very low.