An illumination apparatus for reducing speckle effect in light reflected off an illumination target (120) includes a laser (150); a linear diffuser (157) positioned in an optical path between an illumination target and the laser to diffuse collimated laser light (154) in a planar fan of diffused light (158, 159) that spreads in one dimension across at least a portion of the illumination target; and a beam deflector (153) to direct the collimated laser light incident on the beam deflector to sweep across different locations on the linear diffuser within an exposure time for illumination of the illumination target by the diffused light. The different locations span a distance across the linear diffuser that provides sufficient uncorrelated speckle patterns, at an image sensor (164), in light reflected from an intersection of the planar fan of light with the illumination target to add incoherently when imaged by the image sensor within the exposure time.

A sports ball having a cover with an outer substrate surface is provided. The cover includes a plurality of raised lenticular features each having a terminus and a plurality of land areas. The raised lenticular features are formed from dimensional ink and disposed upon and extend from the outer substrate surface, such that each terminus is spaced apart from the outer substrate surface by a height greater than about 0.05 millimeters. The cover, including raised lenticular features and the land areas, defines a plurality of directionally-based designs within the physical surface geometry thereof, such that a first design is visible when the sports ball is viewed from a first viewing angle, a second design is visible when the sports ball is viewed from a second viewing angle, and a third design is visible when the sports ball is viewed from a third viewing angle.

A display device and an apparatus. The display device includes light emitter to emit light, an image generator to generate image light using the light emitted from the light emitter, a diffusion plate configured to diffuse the image light, and a light condensing element to receive and condense the image light diffused by the diffusion plate. A component in an optical path between the light emitter and the diffusion plate is disposed at a position different from a position of a light condensing portion of external light having transmitted through the diffusion plate via the light condensing element. The apparatus includes a light emitter to emit light, an image generator to generate image light using the light emitted from the light emitter, a diffusion plate to diffuse the image light, and a concave mirror to reflect the image light diffused by the diffusion plate to a transmission reflection member.

In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a screen privacy device is described. The screen privacy device includes first bands of a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) compound. These first bands have first light-scattering properties. The screen privacy device also includes second bands of the PDLC compound, the second bands having second light-scattering properties. In this example, the second light-scattering properties are different than the first light-scattering properties and the first bands and the second bands alternate along a dimension of the screen privacy device.

Provided is a headup display device that suppresses luminance variance of diffusion light with respect to an obliquely disposed screen. A screen is tilted with respect to an orthogonal plane that is orthogonal to an optical axis of projection light. In the cases where the screen and the optical axis of the projection light are orthogonal to each other, a center line of a distribution angle () of diffusion light is set such that the center line tilts in a direction with respect to an output surface of the screen, said direction being identical to a tilt direction of the screen.

A light control film includes a plurality of spaced apart substantially parallel first light absorbing regions arranged along a first direction, each first light absorbing region having a width and a height, the plurality of first light absorbing regions including nonoverlapping first and second sub-pluralities of the plurality of first light absorbing regions, the first sub-plurality of the plurality of first light absorbing regions having a first viewing angle, the second sub-plurality of the plurality of first light absorbing regions having a different second viewing angle.

A diffuser plate capable of achieving excellent appearance quality when an image is projected. A transmissive diffuser plate including a microlens angle modulation distribution group provided on at least one of a light incident surface and a light emitting surface is provided. A microlens angle modulation distribution group includes a plurality of microlenses and an angle modulation part having an angle modulation distribution for angle-modulating a direction of main light emitted from each of the plurality of microlenses. When a ratio /P of a wavelength [m] of the main light to an average arrangement period P [m] of the microlens is denoted by [rad], and when the direction of the main light emitted from each of the plurality of microlenses is modulated by a modulation angle [rad], a ratio / of the modulation angle to satisfies 0.1</<10.0.

A display module includes a backlight module, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the backlight module, and a first light-expanding layer disposed on the liquid crystal layer. The backlight module provides a surface light source. The surface light source forms an image light through the liquid crystal layer, and the first light-expanding layer increases the viewing angle range of the image light along a first direction. The first light-expanding layer substantially extends along a virtual plane, the first direction is perpendicular to the normal of the virtual plane, and a second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the normal of the virtual plane. The light intensity at the 60-degree viewing angle of the surface light source along the first direction is lower than the light intensity at the 60-degree viewing angle of the surface light source along the second direction.

According to an aspect, a display device includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixels; a first anisotropic diffusion layer and a second anisotropic diffusion layer that are layered; and a plurality of light emitting elements interposed between the first anisotropic diffusion layer and the substrate. The first anisotropic diffusion layer and the second anisotropic diffusion layer each include a high refractive index region and a low refractive index region in a mixed manner. An absolute value of a first angle formed by a boundary between the high refractive index region and the low refractive index region of the first anisotropic diffusion layer and a direction perpendicular to the substrate is different from an absolute value of a second angle formed by a boundary between the high refractive index region and the low refractive index region of the second anisotropic diffusion layer and the direction perpendicular to the substrate.

A variofocal display device includes an image source and a display. The image source is configured to project image light. The display includes a first optical diffuser and a second optical diffuser. The display is configured to receive the image light. The first diffuser is configured to diffuse the image light at the first optical diffuser when the image light has a first polarization, and to diffuse the image light at the second optical diffuser when the image light is configured has a second polarization different from the first polarization. A method of displaying images using a varifocal display device is also disclosed.