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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2001
Yoshiki Takahashi, Shinjuku-Ku, JP;
Masahiro Goto, Shinjuku-Ku, JP;
Hitomu Watanabe, Shinjuku-Ku, JP;
Makoto Honda, Shinjuku-Ku, JP;
Kumpei Oda, Shinjuku-Ku, JP;
Katsunori Takahashi, Shinjuku-Ku, JP;
Abstract
A rear projection screen including a Fresnel lens sheet arranged on the projection side, and a lenticular lens sheet arranged on the observation side. The Fresnel lens sheet has a lenticular lens for vertical diffusion on its light-entering side. The lenticular lens for vertical diffusion contains a plurality of convex lenses that extend horizontally, and these plural convex lenses are arranged with a constant pitch. Further, the diffusion angle of the lenticular lens for vertical diffusion continuously increases, and, at the same time, the direction of diffusion is gradually inclined to the central part side as the distance from the central part toward each of the edges on the screen surface increases. The diffusion properties (the angle and direction of diffusion) of the lenticular lens thus continuously vary between the central part and edges of the screen surface.