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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
May. 26, 1993
Toshiro Okamura, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichiro Tabata, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Kuba, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Yasugaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Iba, Tokyo, JP;
Akiyoshi Tochigi, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A head-mounted see-through display which enables an outside image and an electronic image to be selectively observed by making a liquid crystal shutter transparent or opaque. To eliminate the problem that during the observation of the electronic image the outside image is undesirably seen through the peripheral region of the electronic image, display light from a two-dimensional display device (11) is first transmitted by a half-mirror (12), and the transmitted light is reflected by a concave mirror (13). Then, the reflected light is reflected by the half-mirror (12) so as to be led to the observer's eye as an enlarged image. To prevent the outside light from entering the eye through the half-mirror (12) during the observation of the electronic image, a negative or positive type TN or STN liquid crystal shutter (10) is disposed in front of the half-mirror (12). When the electronic image is to be viewed, the shutter (10) is made opaque, whereas, when the outside image is to be viewed, the shutter (10) is made transparent.