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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2009
Hiroshi Hasegawa, Chino, JP;
Akihiko Yamamoto, Yamagata-mura, JP;
Hiroshi Hasegawa, Chino, JP;
Akihiko Yamamoto, Yamagata-mura, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image display apparatus for displaying an image of an object on a screen by using a projector includes a three-dimensional image display unit having a plurality of screens overlaid but spaced apart from one another, each of the screens diffusing and reflecting part of the light incident thereon and transmitting the remainder of the light, and an image projection unit having a plurality of projectors, each of the projectors is assigned to the corresponding one of the screens and projects an image of the object on the screen. The image projection unit displays a three-dimensional image of the object in the three-dimensional image display unit by projecting on the screens the shapes of the object in sectioning positions corresponding to the positions of the screens.