Patent ID: 6128054
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: G02F,H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus for displaying an image, including a display area (1), the apparatus comprising a plurality of display units (2, 3) each displaying a given part of the display area in a side by side arrangement facing in substantially the same direction with a gap (4) between adjacent parts, and magnifying means (6, 8) being arranged to expand and/or laterally shift the given parts of the display area to form a viewable image (12) of the whole display area in which the gaps between neighbouring parts of the image are less visible than the gaps between corresponding neighbouring parts of the display area, characterised in that the magnifying means includes or consists of two or more arrays of converging lenses (6, 8) in the path (9) of light from the display area to the image, each respective array comprising lenses having the same respective focal length, the arrays lying in substantially parallel planes and having different pitches.