The invention presents an omnidirectional system capable of collecting horizontal disparities in multiple angles. The user of the display system will be able to move its head, changing yaw and tilt. Another incarnation to the invention also allows for roll. The system is composed of a series of prisms and/or mirrors arranged in a circular pattern. The prisms or mirrors provide a 90 degree shift of the imagery collected, enabling a single camera to perform the image acquisition.

An optical system includes a first optical element including a first reflecting region having a convex shape toward an enlargement side, a second optical element having a reduction-side surface having a convex shape toward the enlargement side, and a third optical element having an enlargement-side surface having a convex shape toward the enlargement side, wherein the reduction-side surface of the second optical element or the enlargement-side surface of the third optical element includes a second reflecting region, wherein the third optical element includes a refracting region having positive power, and wherein light from the enlargement side proceeds to a reduction side sequentially through a refracting region of the first optical element, the second reflecting region, the first reflecting region, a refracting region of the second optical element, and the refracting region of the third optical element.

An optical system includes a first optical element including a refractive surface convex to an enlargement side, a second optical element including a catadioptric surface convex to the enlargement side, a third optical element including a reflective surface of a concave shape with respect to light incident thereon, and a fourth optical element that is a refractive element having positive power, wherein light from the enlargement side travels to a reduction side via the refractive surface, a reflective region of the catadioptric surface, the refractive surface, the reflective surface, the refractive surface, a refractive region of the catadioptric surface, and the fourth optical element in succession, and wherein a medium between the refractive surface and the reflective surface has a refractive index lower than that of the first optical element.

The invention presents an omnidirectional system capable of collecting horizontal disparities in multiple angles. The user of the display system will be able to move its head, changing yaw and tilt. Another incarnation to the invention also allows for roll. The system is composed of a series of prisms and/or mirrors arranged in a circular pattern. The prisms or mirrors provide a 90 degree shift of the imagery collected, enabling a single camera to perform the image acquisition.

A head-up display system is adapted to transmit an image beam to a transmissive-reflective element and includes a picture generating module. The picture generating module includes a picture generating unit, at least one curved mirror, and a diffuser. The picture generating unit is configured to generate the image beam. The diffuser has a light incident surface. The curved mirror is disposed in a transmission path of the image beam between the picture generating unit and the diffuser to control at least one of a light angle and an angle distribution of the image beam incident on the diffuser, so that the image beam is incident on the light incident surface in a first direction, and is transmitted to the transmissive-reflective element after being uniformed by the diffuser. A normal direction of the light incident surface has a first included angle relative to the first direction.