An electronic watchmaker magnifier, intended to observe a watchmaking product, in particular a watch mechanism, is provided with: a magnifying objective lens, to observe the watchmaking product, communication means, to receive data, a display screen, to display the data, a beam splitter, provided to simultaneously direct towards a user's eye at least one image of the watchmaking product coming from the magnifying objective lens and at least one image from the display screen.

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are taught that convey information in a mirror to a user. A glass layer has a front side and a back side. The glass layer further includes a first region. The first region has a first optical property. A second region has a second optical property. The first optical property is different than the second optical property. A first boundary exists where the first region meets the second region and the first boundary is shaped to convey information when the second region is illuminated from the back side and the glass layer is viewed from the front side by the user. When the second region is not illuminated from the back side the first region and the second region provide substantially the same reflection when the glass layer is viewed from the front side by the user, and the first boundary does not convey information.

The object of the present invention is to provide an optical device capable of easily making a sum of grating vectors of optical elements disposed on a light guide plate zero and realizing further improvement of optical characteristics, and a method for manufacturing the optical device.

An optical device (100) of the present invention includes: a light guide plate (1) that totally reflects and guides incident light; a first optical element (5) that is disposed on the light guide plate (1); an input optical element (2) that is disposed on the light guide plate (1) and introduces the incident light into the light guide plate; a second optical element (3) that is disposed on the light guide plate (1) and bends light propagated by total reflection in the light guide plate, in a direction different from a direction of the light; and

an output optical element (4) that is disposed on the light guide plate (1) and emits light propagated by total reflection in the light guide plate, to an outside of the light guide plate. The first optical element (5) has substantially the same grating vector as a grating vector of the input optical element (2), and the first optical element (5) and the input optical element (2) are disposed to face each other with the second optical element (3) interposed therebetween.

To provide an optical member that enables a light guiding plate to be firmly fixed with certainty to a rim portion using an adhesive.

An optical member of the present disclosure that guides light that enters from an image forming apparatus such that the light exits the optical member to be headed for an observer, includes a light guiding plate 41 that is formed of a resin plate 41′, a first deflection mechanism 42, and a second deflection mechanism 43. Light that enters the light guiding plate 41 from the image forming apparatus is deflected by the first deflection mechanism 42, is totally reflected within the light guiding plate 41 to propagate through the light guiding plate 41, is then deflected by the second deflection mechanism 43, and exits the light guiding plate 41 to be headed for the observer. The light guiding plate 41 includes a protrusion 51 that extends from a portion of a lateral surface of the light guiding plate 41. Further, the light guiding plate 41 is fixed to an interior lateral face 11A of a rim portion 11 using an adhesive 52 in a state in which a tip of the protrusion 51 is in contact with the interior lateral face 11A of the rim portion 11.

In a head-mounted display, a display device includes: a device body on which a rotational moment acts in a direction toward a user's face around a hinge; and a cushion material provided at a peripheral edge of an opposing part facing the user's face in the device body and brought into contact with the user's face. The cushion material includes: an upper cushion part positioned at an upper part of a peripheral edge of the opposing part; and a lower cushion part positioned below the upper cushion part. The lower cushion part has a thickness greater than that of the upper cushion part.

Provided are an image display unit and a head-mounted display where the size is small, the light utilization efficiency is high, and a decrease in image quality is small. The image display unit includes: an image display apparatus; a polarization diffraction element that diffracts light emitted from the image display apparatus; and a polarizing plate that allows transmission of the polarized light diffracted by the polarization diffraction element and absorbs light not diffracted by the polarization diffraction element, in which the polarization diffraction element is a polarization diffraction lens having a lens function, and in a case where a focal length of the polarization diffraction lens is represented by f and a distance between the image display apparatus and the polarization diffraction lens is represented by d, d≤f is satisfied.

A head-mounted display (HMD) includes an electronic viewfinder. An angle selection type transmission element is provided on an optical path of the electronic viewfinder. The angle selection type transmission element is provided at a location facing an eyepoint and includes a plurality of opening portions as a limiter that limits a passage direction of light to a predetermined range. In the angle selection type transmission element, limitation angle range in the passage direction of the light is different in at least two regions and light in a direction other than the eyepoint can be limited or blocked.

A desktop electronic magnifier in a first embodiment includes a monitor and a control panel mounted to the monitor so that access to the control panel cannot be blocked by any position of the monitor. In a second embodiment, a monitor is positioned atop a flat platform that surmounts the camera so that access to the control panel cannot be blocked by any position of the monitor. In a third embodiment, the control panel is mounted to the camera and the monitor is supported by a support surface independent of the magnifier. Access to the control panel is blocked only if the user positions the monitor in blocking relation to the control panel.

An image projection device incudes a scanning unit that two-dimensionally scans a light beam emitted from a light source, a light guide member that is formed of a glass material through which light beams emitted from the scanning unit at different times pass, has reflection surfaces reflecting the light beams, converges the light beams reflected by the reflection surfaces at a first convergence point in the eye of the user, and then irradiates a retina of the user with the converged light beams, a first optical member that converges the light beams emitted from the scanning unit at a second convergence point before the light guide member and then causes the light beams to enter the light guide member, and a second optical member that is disposed at the second convergence point and causes the light beams to enter a last reflection surface as diffusion lights.

A method of manufacturing a display unit including: preparing an optical film; forming a first alignment mark on the optical film; forming a cut-out line, corresponding to a predetermined closed curve layout, on the optical film based on a position of the first alignment mark; preparing a panel having a second alignment mark; aligning the optical film and the panel based on the positions of the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark; and laminating the optical film, after the processing of forming the cut-out line, on the panel.