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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Tomoharu Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/28 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01); G03B 21/62 (2014.01); G03B 37/04 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/286 (2013.01); G03B 21/28 (2013.01); G03B 21/62 (2013.01); G03B 37/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an emitter, an irradiation target object, an optical unit, and a polarization control unit. The emitter emits image light along a predetermined axis. The irradiation target object is disposed in at least a part of an area around the predetermined axis. The optical unit is disposed to be opposite to the emitter by using the predetermined axis as a reference and causes the emitted image light to enter the irradiation target object. The polarization control unit controls a polarization state of the image light that enters the irradiation target object in accordance with a shape of the irradiation target object.


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