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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2016
Yasuyuki Shibayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hibiki Tatsuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Takano, Iwate, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image display apparatus and an image display unit. The image display apparatus and the image display unit includes a light source configured to emit light, an illumination optical system including a luminous body forming device configured to form a secondary luminous body, the illumination optical system guiding the light emitted from the light source, an optical modulation element including a plurality of reflection planes to modulate the light guided by the illumination optical system, and a projection optical system including a projection lens system and a barrel storing the projection lens system, the projection optical system projecting the light modulated by the optical modulation element onto a projection plane. The barrel satisfies an equation φ<0.71H+8.5, where φ denotes an outside diameter of a front end of the barrel on a light entering side and H denotes distance between the reflection planes and the front end of the barrel.