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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
John A. Clarke, Carshalton, GB;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A display system comprises a substantially flat matrix display panel ( ), for example an LCD, a viewing screen ( ) spaced from the panel and curved in one or more directions, for example to conform with the contour of a support structure ( ), and an image transfer arrangement ( ) comprising at least one microlens array curved in a similar sense to the screen and disposed between the panel and the screen whose individual lens elements transmit respective portions of the image on the panel onto corresponding positions on the screen. The arrangement may comprise imaging, field and re-imaging arrays ( ) in series with corresponding lens elements in the arrays having a common optical axis.