G02B2027/011

Heads-up display and coating therefor

A laminate including: a first ply having a first surface and a second surface, where the first surface is an outer surface of the laminate; a second ply having a third surface facing the second surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface, where the fourth surface is an inner surface of the laminate; an interlayer between the plies; and an enhanced p-polarized reflective coating positioned over at least a portion of a surface of the plies. When the laminate is contacted with radiation having p-polarized radiation at an angle of 60° relative to normal of the laminate, the laminate exhibits a LTA of at least 70% and a reflectivity of the p-polarized radiation of at least 10%. A display system and method of projecting an image in a heads-up display is also disclosed.

Image display device
11662578 · 2023-05-30 · ·

Provided is an image display device including an optical scanner configured to scan light emitted from a light source, a parallel light generator configured to generate the scanned light as parallel light, a prism configured to refract the parallel light, and a light direction changer including a plurality of points whereon the parallel light refracted by the prism is incident and configured to reflect or diffract the parallel light and change a traveling direction of the parallel light, wherein the prism is provided on a path of each light traveling from the optical scanner to the light direction changer to adjust an optical path difference of parallel light incident on each of the plurality of points of the light direction changer.

Angularly selective attenuation of light transmission artifacts in wearable displays

A wearable display system includes an eyepiece stack having a world side and a user side opposite the world side. During use, a user positioned on the user side views displayed images delivered by the wearable display system via the eyepiece stack which augment the user's field of view of the user's environment. The system also includes an optical attenuator arranged on the world side of the of the eyepiece stack, the optical attenuator having a layer of a birefringent material having a plurality of domains each having a principal optic axis oriented in a corresponding direction different from the direction of other domains. Each domain of the optical attenuator reduces transmission of visible light incident on the optical attenuator for a corresponding different range of angles of incidence.

Display systems and imaging systems with dynamically controllable optical path lengths

An optical subsystem for use in a display system or an imaging system comprises a plurality of reflective surfaces collectively arranged to provide variable control of device-internal path lengths of light coming to an imaging sensor or traveling a path to an eye of a viewer. The optical subsystem can be used to provide multiple images concurrently at different apparent depths as perceived by the user.

WAVEGUIDE OPTICAL DEVICE AND NEAR-EYE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

Provided are a waveguide optical device and a near-eye display apparatus including the same. The waveguide optical device includes a waveguide that propagates light, an input coupler that inputs the light into the waveguide, and an output coupler that outputs the light propagating in the waveguide to the outside, wherein the output coupler includes a plurality of grating regions, which are arranged to be spaced apart from each other.

HEAD-UP DISPLAY

A head-up display comprising an image generator with a light source, a tilted display, an aspheric mirror, an optical system, a transmissive screen, and an aspheric lens, wherein the aspheric lens is arranged between the tilted display and the aspheric mirror is disclosed.

HEAD-UP DISPLAY

A head-up display comprising an image generator with a light source, a tilted display, a display glass wherein the display glass has a wedged shape, a light trap, an optical system, and a transmissive screen is disclosed.

Circuit Device And Head-Up Display Device
20230111544 · 2023-04-13 ·

A circuit device is used in a head-up display device including a display panel and a backlight device having a plurality of light emitting elements. The circuit device includes a distortion correction circuit and an image analysis circuit. The distortion correction circuit performs distortion correction on input image data and outputs output image data after the distortion correction. The image analysis circuit analyzes image data to be analyzed, which is the input image data or the output image data, and, based on an analysis result, and performs backlight control processing of turning off a light emitting element corresponding to a display area that becomes transparent when projected by the head-up display device among a plurality of display areas corresponding to the plurality of light emitting elements in the display panel.

Spectacle lens for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generates an image, and display device with such a spectacle lens
11624918 · 2023-04-11 · ·

A spectacle lens for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generate an image. A coupling-in section in an edge area of the spectacle lens and a coupling-out section in a central area of the spectacle lens. The spectacle lens is suitable for coupling light bundles of pixels of the generated image into the spectacle lens via the coupling-in section, guiding them in the spectacle lens to the coupling-out section and coupling them out of the spectacle lens via the coupling-out section. The coupling-in section can divide at least one of the light bundles into several first sub-bundles and couple them into the spectacle lens offset from each other in a first direction such that the first sub-bundles are guided in the spectacle lens to the coupling-out section along a second direction running transverse with respect to the first direction.