The invention relates to electronic engineering, more specifically to displays on a car windshield, even more specifically to projection IA qui d crystal displays with biologically adequate backlighting based on semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for displaying augmented reality images on a car windshield. The display on the windshield of a car includes LED backlighting arranged in series along the optical axis, Consisting of at least one LED with a peak blue radiation wavelength of 475-490 nm, an optical film system including diffusely scattering and raster prismatic films designed to ensure uniformity illumination radiation, and a composite (zoned) composite photoluminescent film containing photoluminescent substances in a transparent base for converting blue LED radiation into green-blue radiation for the augmented reality display area and red radiation for the warning information display area, monochrome liquid crystal display, a Fresnel lens that magnifies the image formed on the liquid crystal display into the space in front of the windshield of the vehicle. The technical result consists in reducing the harmful effects of display radiation on the body of the driver and passengers of the car, simplifying the design, increasing the reliability and efficiency of the display on the windshield of the car.

An object is to provide an optical system capable of improving the brightness of a main image while eliminating a ghost image. In an optical system including: an image display device that emits an image; a linear polarizer through which light associated with the image passes; a first quarter wavelength plate which receives the light from the linear polarizer; a half mirror; a reflective polarizer; and a second quarter wavelength plate provided between the reflective polarizer and the half mirror, retardance of the first quarter wavelength plate and retardance of the second quarter wavelength plate are equal, and thus the object is achieved.

A light-guiding device includes a pair of light-guiding portions, a pair of light-incident portions that causes image light to be incident on the respective pair of light-guiding portions, and a pair of light-emitting portion that causes image light guided by the respective pair of light-guiding portions to exit outside, in which a pair of optical members including the pair of light-guiding portions are coupled by a central member having light transmissivity, and in which the central member includes a light-guide blocking structure that suppresses light from being incident from one end to another end of the central member by absorbing the light.

The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for improving the performance and efficiency of optical systems, such as optical systems for using head-mounted display system. The optical systems of the present disclosure may include polarized catadioptric optics, or “pancake optics,” which utilize a wire grid polarizer as a reflective polarizer. Wire grid polarizers may not perform uniformly over wavelength or over varying angles of incidence. To improve performance, a spatially varying polarizer is provided in the optical system that operates to provide polarization compensation for the wire grid polarizer so that the wire grid polarizer performs more uniformly over wavelength and/or over incidence angles (e.g., on-axis and off-axis). The spatially varying polarizer may be formed of a liquid crystal material, such as a multi-twist retarder.

The present disclosure relates to an optical functional film for a head-up display, having two or more slow axis zones different in slow axis angles in the same plane, wherein a maximum difference between slow axis angles is more than 5° and less than 30°.

There is provided a head mounted display including: an optical system comprising: right-eye and left-eye optical systems that guide a real image light and right-eye and left-eye virtual image lights; and an optical element comprising: first polarization plates disposed at emission sides of the right-eye and left-eye optical systems; wherein the right-eye virtual image light from the right-eye optical system and the left-eye virtual image light from the left-eye optical system are blocked by the first polarization plate at the emission side of the left-eye optical system and by that of the right-eye optical system respectively; and at least one of: first wave plates disposed at the emission sides of the right-eye and left-eye optical systems so that the real image light from the right-eye and left-eye optical systems passes therethrough; and second wave plates disposed at incident sides of the right-eye and left-eye optical systems.

A display system aligns the location of its exit pupil with the location of a viewer's pupil by changing the location of the portion of a light source that outputs light. The light source may include an array of pixels that output light, thereby allowing an image to be displayed on the light source. The display system includes a camera that captures images of the eye and negatives of the images are displayed by the light source. In the negative image, the dark pupil of the eye is a bright spot which, when displayed by the light source, defines the exit pupil of the display system. The location of the pupil of the eye may be tracked by capturing the images of the eye, and the location of the exit pupil of the display system may be adjusted by displaying negatives of the captured images using the light source.

Disclosed herein is a compact optical device for augmented reality having a ghost image blocking function and a wide field of view. The compact optical device includes: an optical means configured to transmit at least part of real object image light therethrough toward the pupil of an eye of a user; a first reflective means disposed inside the optical means and configured to transfer the augmented reality image light output from an image output unit to a second reflective means; and a second reflective means disposed inside the optical means and to reflect the augmented reality image light, transferred from the first reflective means, and transfer the augmented reality image light to the pupil of the eye of the user, thereby providing an image for augmented reality to the user.

A method of moderating chromaticity of ambient light in an environment reflected back into the environment by a component comprised in a lens of glasses through which a user of views the environment, the method comprising: determining a first set of tristimulus values that characterizes ambient light reflected by the component surface as a function of angle of reflection Θ in a bounded span of angles of reflection; determining a second set of tristimulus values for angles in the bounded span of angles so that light characterized by the second set of tristimulus values combined with light reflected by the component would be perceived substantially as white light; and providing an optical coating that reflects ambient light from the environment so that the reflected light is substantially characterized by the second set of tristimulus values.

A louver includes a light blocking portion having a first surface and a second surface and a base portion made of a transparent material. The light blocking portion is formed in the base portion, being made of a light blocking material. The second surface is a surface that is in contact with the transparent material and that is located on an outer-edge side of the base portion. The first surface is a surface that is in contact with the transparent material and that is opposite to the second surface. A surface roughness of the first surface is larger than a surface roughness of the second surface.