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Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002

Filed:

Sep. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Akira Arimoto, Fuchu, JP;

Tetsuya Ooshima, Kokubunji, JP;

Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Hachioji, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/156 ; G03B 2/160 ; G03B 2/722 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/156 ; G03B 2/160 ; G03B 2/722 ;
Abstract

High-grade three-dimensional images can be observed without a bright image of an exit end of an image projector superposed on the three-dimensional images. In a method of reproducing three-dimensional images by a three-dimensional image-reproducing device provided with an image projector and a directional reflective screen for collecting light from the image projector toward a specific position in a horizontal direction and for diffusing the light in a vertical direction, the directional reflective screen and the image projector are positioned with respect to the observer observing the three-dimensional images such that the observer is outside a region traversed by a portion of light rays which enter the directional reflective screen from the image projector, then are reflected by a surface of the directional reflective screen incapable of contributing to the reproduction of the three-dimensional images, and form a mirror image or a conjugate image of the image projector.


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