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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Applicants:
Makoto Inamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Ichii, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Makoto Inamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Ichii, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/005 (2013.01); G02B 3/0043 (2013.01); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/48 (2013.01); G02B 2027/013 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image display apparatus includes: a light source to emit light; a lens array including a plurality of lenses arranged therein; and an image forming device to form an image with the emitted light on the lens array. The light corresponding to the formed image is transmitted from the lens array to be reflected by a reflective surface to visualize the formed image into a virtual image. At least two of the plurality of lenses of the lens array have curvatures different from each other.