JP2016212297A - Factory visit supporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a factory visit supporting device that can enhance understanding of factory visitors by reproducing video information and character information on a factory with virtual images, and perform useful support of factory visit.SOLUTION: A factory visit supporting device 100 of the present invention is a factory visit supporting device 100 that causes a viewer to visually recognize a display as a virtual image from the viewer's visual area assumed in advance, comprises a projector part 83 that projects an image and an intermediate screen 40 that forms the image projected by the projector part 83 into an image, and performs display by reflecting the image formed by the intermediate screen 40 on a window part 90.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a factory tour support device that is provided in a factory and provides a factory tour support by allowing a viewer who is a factory visitor to visually recognize the display of information related to the factory as a virtual image.

  Projectors that can project images in a space without a screen have been proposed.

For example, in cited document 1 (Japanese Patent No. 3707944), a projector, a primary screen that projects an image from the projector on a surface opposite to the projector, and an image projected on the primary screen are described. An apparatus with a transparent secondary screen that can reflect is disclosed.
Japanese Patent No. 3707944

  By displaying information related to the factory using the above-described conventional device, when providing information to the factory visitor and using it for supporting the factory tour, the display screen is displayed from the primary screen to the secondary screen. No mention is made of the control of the diffusion angle of the light projected on the screen, and there is a problem that the visibility of the display may be impaired.

  The present invention is for solving the above-described problems, and the factory tour support apparatus according to the present invention is a factory that allows a viewer to visually recognize a display as a virtual image from a visual region of a viewer assumed in advance. A tour support device, comprising: a projector unit that projects an image; and an intermediate screen that forms an image projected by the projector unit, and reflects the image formed on the intermediate screen to a window unit Display.

  In addition, the factory tour support apparatus according to the present invention includes a sensor that detects brightness, and a control unit that controls the amount of light of an image displayed on the transparent body according to the brightness detected by the sensor. It is characterized by.

  In the factory tour support apparatus according to the present invention, the intermediate screen has two main surfaces, one main surface is provided with a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses, and the other main surface is a smooth surface. It is the microlens array base material which is.

  In the factory tour support apparatus according to the present invention, the intermediate screen has two main surfaces, a micro lens array including a plurality of micro lenses is provided on one main surface, and the other main surface has a light diffusion. The surface is a microlens array / light diffusion substrate.

  In the factory tour support apparatus according to the present invention, the intermediate screen has two main surfaces, one main surface is provided with a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses, and the other main surface is a smooth surface. A microlens array substrate having two main surfaces, a light diffusing surface provided on one main surface, and a light diffusing substrate having a smooth surface on the other main surface, the microlens The main surface of the array base material on which the microlens array is provided and the main surface of the light diffusion base material on which the light diffusion surface is provided are arranged to face each other.

  The factory tour support apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the projector unit includes a laser light source that generates laser light and a scanning unit that scans the intermediate screen with the laser light.

  In the factory tour support device according to the present invention, the projector unit includes a light source that generates light and an LCOS element that reflects the light to the intermediate screen.

  In the factory tour support device according to the present invention, the projector unit includes a light source that generates light and a DMD element that reflects the light to the intermediate screen.

  The factory tour support apparatus according to the present invention can display a high-intensity virtual image on a window portion with a simple configuration such as a projector unit or an intermediate screen, and the video information, character information, and the like related to the factory can be displayed by the virtual image. By regenerating, it is possible to enhance the understanding of factory visitors and to support useful factory tours.

  Furthermore, according to the factory tour support device, the virtual image and the state of the worker behind the virtual image can be viewed simultaneously, so that the visitor can recognize more information without shifting his line of sight. It becomes possible to do.

  In addition, the factory tour support apparatus according to the present invention allows a visitor in one space (visitor passage space) to view the state in the other space (factory work space) and information and video displayed in a virtual image at the same time. In addition, when there is a person in the other space (factory work space), an image is not visually recognized by the person.

  Furthermore, the factory tour support apparatus according to the present invention has the effect of making it unnecessary to bring a projector or the like into the other space (factory work space). In particular, when the other space (factory work space) is a clean room, such an effect is very effective.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the factory tour assistance apparatus 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. 2 is a perspective view of a microlens array substrate 50 used as an intermediate screen 40. FIG. It is the figure which looked at the micro lens array 54 extended in a 1st direction and a 2nd direction from the z-axis direction. It is a figure explaining the definition of a diffusion angle. It is a figure which shows the structure of the factory tour assistance apparatus 100 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the factory tour assistance apparatus 100 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the intermediate | middle screen 40 used for the factory tour assistance apparatus 100 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the intermediate | middle screen 40 used for the factory tour assistance apparatus 100 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the intermediate | middle screen 40 used for the factory tour assistance apparatus 100 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a factory tour support apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Note that the drawings described below are schematic views and may differ from actual shapes, dimensions, and arrangements.

  The factory tour support apparatus 100 is provided in a factory, and assists a factory tour by visualizing a display of information relating to the factory as a virtual image to a viewer who is a factory tourer. According to the factory tour support apparatus 100 as described above, since the virtual image and the state of the worker behind the virtual image can be simultaneously viewed, the tourer can move more information without shifting his / her line of sight. Can be recognized.

  In FIG. 1, there is a wall portion between the visitor passage space and the factory work space, and a transparent window portion 90 is provided on this wall portion. The visitor passage space is a passage through which the visitor passes, and the factory work space is a space where the worker performs work. E is a visual region (viewpoint) of a factory visitor (viewer).

  The factory tour support apparatus 100 includes a projection unit 85 that projects an image, and the projection unit 85 includes an intermediate screen 40 and a projector unit 83. The window 90 displays the virtual image superimposed on the front field of view by making the display by the projection unit 85 visible as a virtual image.

  Next, the detail of the projection unit 85 which comprises the factory tour assistance apparatus 100 is demonstrated. FIG. 1 shows an example of the structure of the projection unit 85 of the factory tour support apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The coordinates in the projection unit 85 are defined by the xyz three-dimensional orthogonal coordinates shown in FIG. For example, the light emitted from the first light source 11 is light emitted in a direction parallel to the y direction. Further, it is assumed that the optical axis of the collimator lens 35 is in a direction parallel to the z direction.

  From the projection unit 10 in the projection unit 85, light of a projection image displayed by the factory tour support apparatus 100 is emitted. The projection unit 10 includes a first light source 11, a second light source 12, a third light source 13, a first dichroic prism 21, a second dichroic prism 22, a condenser lens 26, and the like.

  The first light source 11, the second light source 12, and the third light source 13 emit light having different wavelengths. The first light source 11 emits light of the first wavelength, and the second light source 12 emits the second light. The third wavelength light is emitted from the third light source 13. In the present embodiment, for example, the first wavelength light emitted from the first light source 11 is blue light, the second wavelength light emitted from the second light source 12 is green light, and the third light source. The light of the third wavelength emitted from 13 can be red light.

  As the first light source 11, the second light source 12, and the third light source 13, various laser devices such as a semiconductor laser device (laser light source) that emits laser light as coherent light can be used.

  In the present embodiment, the first wavelength light emitted from the first light source 11 and the second wavelength light emitted from the second light source 12 are incident on different surfaces of the first dichroic prism 21, respectively. The light of the third wavelength emitted from the third light source 13 is disposed so as to enter the second dichroic prism 22.

In the first dichroic prism 21, the first wavelength light emitted from the first light source 11 is transmitted, and the second wavelength light emitted from the second light source 12 is reflected. This
The light of the first wavelength and the light of the second wavelength are combined.

  The light having the first wavelength and the light having the second wavelength combined in this manner enter the second dichroic prism 22.

  In the second dichroic prism 22, the first wavelength light emitted from the first light source 11 and the second wavelength light emitted from the second light source 12 are transmitted, and the first light emitted from the third light source 13 is transmitted. Light of wavelength 3 is reflected. Thereby, the light of the first wavelength, the light of the second wavelength, and the light of the third wavelength are combined.

  In this way, the first wavelength light, the second wavelength light, and the third wavelength laser light combined by the second dichroic prism 22 are reflected by the projection mirror 30 via the condenser lens 26. , And enters the collimator lens 35. The projection mirror 30 has a function capable of changing the angle two-dimensionally, whereby the incident light can be scanned two-dimensionally, and a projection image by a desired laser beam is formed. The

  The projection mirror 30 further moves along a first axis (not shown) parallel to the x-axis so that the projection mirror 30 can move in the (a) direction, and a second axis (not shown) orthogonal to the first axis. ) About the direction of (b).

  The projection mirror 30 can be appropriately replaced with another optical member as long as it can scan incident light in a two-dimensional manner. As such an optical member, a galvanometer can be used. A mirror, a galvanometer scanner, a polygon mirror, a prism, an acoustooptic device, an optical device using a MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) technology, or the like can be used as appropriate.

The laser light reflected by the projection mirror 30 scans the collimator lens 35 to form a projection image by the desired laser light. In the present embodiment, the point (r ₀ ) where the laser light is incident on the projection mirror 30 and reflected is set so as to exist on the optical axis of the collimator lens 35. The collimator lens 35 collimates the laser light incident from the projection mirror 30 and emits it toward the intermediate screen 40.

  A projected image by the incident laser beam is formed on the intermediate screen 40. The window 90 displays the image I formed on the intermediate screen 40 by reflecting it. Thereby, from the visual region (E) of the presumed visitor (viewer), the display can be made visible to the viewer as the virtual image I ′. The intermediate screen 40 is an optical member made of a transparent base material having a predetermined transparency or higher. The intermediate screen 40 can be configured by molding using an organic resin material, or can be configured by using an inorganic material such as glass.

  In this embodiment, the microlens array substrate 50 is used as the intermediate screen 40, but other substrates may be used.

  In the present embodiment, an optical system including a collimator lens 35 is disposed between the projection mirror 30 and the intermediate screen 40, but these are not necessarily essential constituent elements. Further, a projection optical system can be appropriately used between the intermediate screen 40 and the window 90.

Here, the intermediate screen 40 used in the factory tour support apparatus 100 according to the present invention will be described in more detail. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a microlens array substrate 50 used as the intermediate screen 40.

  The microlens array substrate 50 has a first main surface 51 and a second main surface 52, and a microlens array 54 in which a plurality of microlenses 53 are periodically arranged on the first main surface 51. And the second main surface 52 is a smooth surface 55. The microlens array substrate 50 is made of a transparent substrate.

  The direction of the axis parallel to the x-axis is defined as the first direction, and the direction of the axis parallel to the y-axis is defined as the second direction (orthogonal relationship with the first direction).

  Here, when the viewer visually views the window 90, the first direction of the intermediate screen 40 (microlens array substrate 50) is a direction in which an image viewed as a horizontal image by the viewer is formed. In addition, the second direction of the intermediate screen 40 (microlens array substrate 50) is a direction in which an image viewed as a vertical image by a viewer is formed.

  Under the definitions as described above, the microlens array substrate 50 that is the intermediate screen 40 has a main surface that extends in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

  FIG. 3 is a view of the microlens array 54 spreading in the first direction and the second direction as seen from the z-axis direction. As shown in the figure, in the intermediate screen 40 (microlens array substrate 50) according to the present embodiment, the microlens 53 is a square having a side length d when viewed from the z-axis direction. Something is used. Note that the microlens 53 may not be square, and may be, for example, a regular hexagon. However, it is preferable that the adjacent microlenses 53 are in close contact with each other, and a smooth surface that does not form a lens does not remain in the gap between the adjacent microlenses 53. This is to reduce the linearly transmitted light.

Each microlens 53 is a spherical lens or an aspherical lens, and has a curvature with a radius of curvature R _{1 in} the first direction and a radius of curvature R _{2 in} the second direction at the apex on the first main surface 51 side. Has a curvature of. The apex means a point where each micro lens 53 protrudes most in the z-axis direction.

Then, the cross-sectional shape of the surface of each microlens 53 that is parallel to the first direction and includes the optical axis of the microlens 53 is a surface that is parallel to the second direction and includes the optical axis of the microlens 53. It is preferable to make it different from the cross-sectional shape in FIG. More specifically, the radius of curvature R ₁ of the first direction in the first principal surface 51 side apex of each microlens 53, it is also possible to equalize the radius of curvature R ₂ of the second direction, varying Is preferred.

In general, the aspect ratio of the image information displayed by the factory tour support apparatus 100 is different, and the reduction in luminance at the periphery of the image is suppressed between the periphery of the upper and lower ends of the image and the periphery of the left and right ends of the image. to the same extent, because each curvature of the first direction in the first principal surface 51 side apex of the microlens 53 and the radius R _1, it is better to the curvature radius R ₂ of the second direction are different .

Furthermore, in general, taking into account that the image information displayed by the factory tour support apparatus 100 is horizontally long, the radius of curvature R ₁ in the first direction at the apex of each microlens 53 on the first main surface 51 side. Is preferably smaller than the radius of curvature R ₂ in the second direction.

  The factory tour support apparatus using a laser light source as the light source of the factory tour support apparatus 100 has an advantage that speckle noise due to laser light is suppressed by using the microlens array 54.

  Next, optical characteristics preferable for the intermediate screen 40 when the intermediate screen 40 (microlens array substrate 50) is used in the factory tour support apparatus 100 will be described. First, since the diffusion angle is frequently used below, this is defined.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the definition of the diffusion angle. In this specification, the maximum scattering of light emitted when light substantially parallel to the principal surface normal direction is incident from the microlens array base material 50 and the light diffusion base material 60 constituting the intermediate screen 40. The full width at half maximum (FWHM), which is the difference between the two angles that are half the light intensity I _max , is defined as the diffusion angle θ. The scattered light intensity depends on the Y value of the XYZ color system (CIE 1931 color system) and is measured by a three-dimensional variable angle spectrophotometric system (GCMS-13 type, manufactured by Murakami Color Research Laboratory Co., Ltd.). ing.

Under the above definition, the microlens array substrate 50 includes a diffusion angle θ ₁ corresponding to the horizontal direction (first direction) of display by the factory tour support apparatus 100 and the factory tour support apparatus 10.
It is preferable that there is a relationship of θ ₁ > θ ₂ between the diffusion angle θ ₂ corresponding to the vertical direction (second direction) of display by 0. This is because the image information displayed on the factory tour support apparatus 100 is horizontally long.

Further, the horizontal diffusion angle θ ₁ is preferably 20 ° or more and 60 ° or less, and the vertical diffusion angle θ ₂ is preferably 5 ° or more and 35 ° or less. More preferably, the horizontal diffusion angle θ ₁ is 20 ° or more and 50 °.
If the vertical diffusion angle θ ₂ is 10 ° or more and 30 ° or less, the factory tour support apparatus 1
The intermediate screen 40 used for 00 is optimal. This is to realize a high-brightness virtual image display efficiently while suppressing the output of the light source while keeping the brightness of the peripheral portion of the image uniform for a viewer who faces the virtual image. The above range is optimal when the processing accuracy of the array and the design freedom of the virtual image size are allowed.

  Next, the material of the base material that becomes the base of the intermediate screen 40 will be described. The base material used as the base of the intermediate screen 40 may be any transparent material, such as thermoplastic resin, thermosetting resin, UV curable resin, electron beam curable resin, or glass. Can be used.

  If a thermoplastic resin is used as the base material of the intermediate screen 40, for example, polycarbonate resin, acrylic resin, fluorine acrylic resin, silicone acrylic resin, epoxy acrylate resin, polystyrene resin, cycloolefin Examples thereof include polymers, methylstyrene resins, fluorene resins, PET, and polypropylene.

  Further, the intermediate screen 40 is not necessarily formed from one base base material. For example, in the case of the microlens array substrate 50, the microlens array 54 and the like and the substrate-like member may be configured as separate members, and these may be bonded together with an adhesive or the like. However, in this case, it is preferable that all members have the same refractive index.

  The factory tour support apparatus 100 according to the present invention as described above can display a high-intensity virtual image on the window 90 with a simple configuration such as the projector 83 and the intermediate screen 40, and the virtual image can be displayed on the factory. By reproducing such video information, character information, and the like, it is possible to enhance the understanding of the factory visitor and to support useful factory tour.

  Furthermore, according to the factory tour support apparatus 100, the virtual image and the state of the worker behind the virtual image can be simultaneously viewed, so that the tourer can obtain more information without shifting his line of sight. It becomes possible to recognize.

  In addition, the factory tour support apparatus 100 according to the present invention allows a visitor in one space (visitor passage space) to simultaneously view the state in the other space (factory work space) and information and video displayed in a virtual image. In addition, when there is a person in the other space (factory work space), an image is not visually recognized by the person.

  Furthermore, the factory tour support apparatus 100 according to the present invention has an effect of making it unnecessary to bring a projector or the like into the other space (factory work space). In particular, when the other space (factory work space) is a clean room, such an effect is very effective.

  In the above embodiment, the laser scanning method including the projection unit 10 and the projection mirror 30 is described as the drawing method of the factory tour support apparatus 100 based on an example in which the display unit 100 is applied. The display unit 100 according to the above employs an LCOS method using a light source and an LCOS (Liquid crystal on silicon) element as a drawing method, or a DLP using a light source and a DMD (Digital Mirror Device) element. The present invention can also be applied to those adopting the (Digital Light Processing) method. Examples of the light source include a halogen lamp, a metal halide lamp, an ultrahigh pressure mercury lamp, an LED, and a semiconductor laser.

  In the case of the LCOS method, the light from the light source is selectively reflected by the LCOS element, which is a reflective liquid crystal element, with respect to the intermediate screen 40, and in the case of the DLP method. Realizes the factory tour support apparatus 100 by selectively reflecting the light from the light source with respect to the intermediate screen 40 by the DMD element which is a reflective element in which a plurality of micromirrors are arranged. can do.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a factory tour support apparatus 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

  In order to avoid leaks of manufacturing know-how, there may be spaces in factories that you do not want to disclose. Such a space is referred to as a secret space.

  In the previous embodiment, by reproducing video information, character information, and the like relating to a factory using a virtual image, the factory visitor's understanding can be enhanced, and useful factory tour support is provided. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the secret space is not shown to a factory visitor.

  The factory tour support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment makes it possible for a viewer performing a factory tour to visually recognize a virtual image with a high amount of light and make it impossible to visually recognize a secret space in the depth direction of the virtual image. In other words, the factory tour support apparatus 100 is designed to blind a factory visitor with a high-light virtual image.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a factory tour support apparatus 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, differences from the previous embodiment will be described.

The factory tour support apparatus 100 has an illuminance sensor 110 as a sensor for detecting the brightness of the visitor passage space. In addition, the factory tour support apparatus 100 includes a light amount control unit 120, which controls the light amount of the projection unit 85. The light amount control unit 120 controls the light amount output from the projection unit 85 based on the illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor 110, thereby matching the illuminance of the visitor passage space with the optimum light amount for blindfolding. The image is displayed on the window 90.

  In this embodiment, the illuminance sensor 110 is used as a sensor for detecting the brightness of the visitor passage space, but other sensors such as a luminance sensor and a digital camera may be used.

  According to the embodiment as described above, it is possible to prevent the visitor from seeing the secret space in the factory, and it is possible to smoothly support the factory tour.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a factory tour support apparatus 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is also configured not to show the secret space in the factory to the visitor.

  Hereinafter, differences from the previous embodiment will be described. The factory tour support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment includes an illuminance sensor 110 as a sensor that detects the brightness of the secret space. Further, the factory tour support apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is provided with an optical filter 150 between the intermediate screen 40 and the window 90 so that the light can be reduced as necessary. It has become. The filter control unit 140 controls the amount of light projected to the window 90 by controlling the filter 150. The filter control unit 140 controls the amount of light reduced by the filter control unit 140 based on the luminance detected by the illuminance sensor 110, so that the window unit has an optimum light amount for blindfolding according to the luminance of the secret space. An image is displayed at 90.

  In the present embodiment, the filter 150 is used as the dimming means, but a shutter or the like can also be used.

  Further, a sensor that detects the brightness of the virtual image I ′ and the brightness of the intermediate screen 40 may be provided, and the filter 150 may be controlled based on detection information detected by these sensors.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the filter 150 is controlled based on the detection information of the luminance sensor 130 to adjust the amount of light, but the filter 150 is controlled based on the detection information of the illuminance sensor 110 of the previous embodiment. You may do it.

  Further, the light amount control unit 120 of the previous embodiment may control the light amount of the projection unit 85 based on the detection information of the luminance sensor 130.

  According to the embodiment as described above, it is possible to prevent the visitor from seeing the secret space in the factory, and it is possible to smoothly support the factory tour.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the factory tour support apparatus 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention is different from the factory tour support apparatus 100 according to the previous embodiment, the difference between the intermediate screens 40 will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a view showing an intermediate screen 40 used in a factory tour support apparatus 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a microlens array / light diffusion base material 70 is used as the intermediate screen 40. In addition, the arrow in a figure has shown the light into which the light from the collimator lens 35 injects.

The microlens array / light diffusing substrate 70 has a first main surface 71 and a second main surface 72, and a plurality of microlenses 73 are periodically arranged on the first main surface 71. A lens array 74 is provided, and the second main surface 72 is a light diffusion surface 75. The microlens array substrate 70 is made of a transparent substrate.

  The light diffusing surface 75 is composed of fine irregularities having a random cycle. Such a light diffusion surface 75 is configured by providing fine scratches on a smooth surface, for example, like ground glass. In order to configure the light diffusion surface 75, blasting such as sand blasting or bead blasting is suitable.

  Even when the microlens array / light diffusion base material 70 as described above is used, the same effects as those of the previous embodiment can be obtained.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. The factory tour support apparatus 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention is also different from the factory tour support apparatus 100 according to the previous embodiment because the intermediate screen 40 used is different from the factory tour support apparatus 100 according to the previous embodiment.

  8 and 9 are views showing an intermediate screen 40 used in the factory tour support apparatus 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, two sheets of the microlens array substrate 50 and the light diffusion substrate 60 described so far are used as the intermediate screen 40. In addition, the arrow in a figure has shown the direction in which the light from the collimator lens 35 injects.

  The light diffusing substrate 60 has a first main surface 61 and a second main surface 62, a light diffusing surface 64 is provided on the first main surface 61, and the second main surface 62 is a smooth surface 65.

  The light diffusing surface 64 is composed of fine irregularities having a random period. Such a light diffusing surface 64 is configured by providing fine scratches on a smooth surface like ground glass, for example. In order to configure the light diffusion surface 64, blasting such as sand blasting or bead blasting is suitable.

  In the intermediate screen 40 according to the present invention, the first main surface 51 provided with the microlens array 54 of the microlens array substrate 50 and the first main surface provided with the light diffusion surface 64 of the light diffusion substrate 60. 61 are arranged opposite to each other. Further, the facing distance between the microlens array substrate 50 and the light diffusion substrate 60 is preferably 0 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

  The surface on which the light from the collimator lens 35 is incident may be on the smooth surface 55 side of the microlens array substrate 50 as shown in FIG. 8, or as the smooth surface 65 of the light diffusion substrate 60 as shown in FIG. Also good. However, the former layout can make the brightness of the virtual image more uniform.

  Note that the above-described distance between the opposing surface is the top where the microlens array 54 protrudes most from the main surface of the microlens array substrate 50 and the top where the light diffusion surface 64 protrudes most from the main surface of the light diffusion substrate 60. The interval between.

  In the present embodiment, since an image is formed by the microlens array base material 50 and the light diffusion base material 60 as the intermediate screen 40, light is more effectively used than when a simple screen is used to form an image. Can be transmitted, and the luminance can be increased. In addition, since sufficient luminance can be obtained with a small amount of light, it is possible to save power by suppressing the output of each laser light source and the like.

In addition, as the light-diffusion base material 60, it is preferable that diffusion angle (theta) _D is 5 degrees or more and 6 degrees or less.
When the microlens array substrate 50 and the light diffusion substrate 60 are used in combination like the intermediate screen 40 according to the present embodiment, the anisotropic diffusion property (horizontal direction and vertical direction) of the microlens array substrate 50 is used. It is desirable to combine with a light diffusing substrate 60 having a small diffusion angle (in combination with a light diffusing substrate having a large diffusion angle), in order to maintain a property that the diffusion profile is different). Because the nature of becomes dominant and approaches the isotropic diffusion as a whole). However, since the rainbow pattern caused by diffracted light does not disappear when the diffusion angle of the light diffusion base material 60 is 5 ° or less, in the present invention, the diffusion base material 60 has a diffusion angle θ _D of 5 ° or more and 6 ° or less. The thing is adopted.

  Even when the intermediate screen 40 including the microlens array substrate 50 and the light diffusion substrate 60 as described above is used, the same effects as those of the previous embodiment can be obtained.

  Note that an invention in which the configurations of the embodiments described so far are arbitrarily combined is also included in the category of the privacy protection device 100 according to the present invention.

  As described above, the factory tour support apparatus according to the present invention can display a high-intensity virtual image on the window portion with a simple configuration such as a projector unit or an intermediate screen. By regenerating, etc., it is possible to enhance the understanding of factory visitors and to support useful factory tours.

  Furthermore, according to the factory tour support device, the virtual image and the state of the worker behind the virtual image can be viewed simultaneously, so that the visitor can recognize more information without shifting his line of sight. It becomes possible to do.

  In addition, the factory tour support apparatus according to the present invention allows a visitor in one space (visitor passage space) to view the state in the other space (factory work space) and information and video displayed in a virtual image at the same time. In addition, when there is a person in the other space (factory work space), an image is not visually recognized by the person.

  Furthermore, the factory tour support apparatus according to the present invention has the effect of making it unnecessary to bring a projector or the like into the other space (factory work space). In particular, when the other space (factory work space) is a clean room, such an effect is very effective.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Projection part 11 ... 1st light source 12 ... 2nd light source 13 ... 3rd light source 21 ... 1st dichroic prism 22 ... 2nd dichroic prism 26 ... condensing lens 30 ... Projection mirror (scanning section)
35 ... Collimator lens 40 ... Intermediate screen 50 ... Micro lens array substrate 51 ... First main surface 52 ... Second main surface 53 ... Micro lens 54 ... Micro lens array 55 ... smooth surface 60 ... light diffusion base material 61 ... first main surface 62 ... second main surface 64 ... light diffusion surface 65 ... smooth surface 70 ... micro lens array / Light diffusing substrate 71 ... first main surface 72 ... second main surface 73 ... micro lens 74 ... micro lens array 75 ... light diffusing surface 83 ... projector portion 85 ... Projection unit 90 ... Window (transparent body)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Factory tour support apparatus 110 ... Illuminance sensor 120 ... Light quantity control part 130 ... Luminance sensor 140 ... Filter control part 150 ... Filter

Claims (8)

A factory tour support device for visualizing a display as a virtual image from a visual region of a visual viewer assumed in advance.
A projector unit for projecting an image;
A factory tour support apparatus, comprising: an intermediate screen that forms an image projected by the projector unit, wherein the image formed by the intermediate screen is reflected by a window unit. A sensor to detect brightness,
5. The factory according to claim 1, further comprising: a control unit that controls a light amount of an image displayed on the transparent body according to brightness detected by the sensor. Tour support device. The intermediate screen is
2. A microlens array substrate having two main surfaces, wherein a microlens array comprising a plurality of microlenses is provided on one main surface, and the other main surface is a smooth surface. Or the factory tour support apparatus of Claim 2. The intermediate screen is
A microlens array / light diffusing substrate having two main surfaces, a microlens array comprising a plurality of microlenses on one main surface and the other main surface being a light diffusion surface The factory tour support apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. The intermediate screen is
A microlens array substrate having two main surfaces, a microlens array comprising a plurality of microlenses on one main surface, and the other main surface being a smooth surface;
A light diffusing substrate having two main surfaces, wherein one main surface is provided with a light diffusion surface, and the other main surface is a smooth surface;
Consists of
The main surface of the microlens array substrate on which the microlens array is provided and the main surface of the light diffusion substrate on which the light diffusion surface is provided are arranged to face each other. Or the factory tour support apparatus of Claim 2. The projector unit is
A laser light source for generating laser light;
The factory tour support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a scanning unit that scans the intermediate screen with the laser light. The projector unit is
A light source that generates light;
The factory tour support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an LCOS element that reflects the light to the intermediate screen. The projector unit is
A light source that generates light;
The factory tour support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a DMD element that reflects the light to the intermediate screen.

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