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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshiaki Horikawa, Hachioji, JP;

Toshiaki Suzuki, Hino, JP;

Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/02 (2006.01); G02F 1/13 (2006.01); G02B 27/22 (2018.01); G09F 9/00 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/027 (2013.01); G02B 3/0056 (2013.01); G02B 27/22 (2013.01); G02F 1/13 (2013.01); G02F 1/31 (2013.01); G09F 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a practically useful display method that allows viewers to see in-focus images easily. The method includes the steps of providing a lens array including a plurality of lenses, providing display areas at least one of which corresponds to each of the plurality of lenses, displaying partial images of an original image in the display areas respectively, the partial images being different from one another but partially including a same image portion, forming a bundle of beams by beams respectively emergent from the plurality of lenses equivalently, forming virtual images of the respective partial images displayed in the respective display areas by the respective lenses, and forming a single virtual image by superposing the virtual images of the partial images displayed in the respective corresponding display areas formed by the plurality of lenses.


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