Prism assemblies for projector display systems disclosed receive inputs from discrete color channels (e.g., red, green and blue channels. In one embodiment, off state light from the red, green, and blue DLP modulation may be reflected away from on-state light paths within the prism, tending to avoid uncontrolled scatter. In other embodiments, by keeping the colors separate for much of the prism path length, power levels may be significantly reduced at typical failure points. Light efficiency may be increased significantly when using discrete light sources like LEDs and lasers by removal of the additional red, green, and blue separation and re-combination losses.

Designs of a laser-based display engine for wearable display devices are described. A laser source is provided to produce a laser dot in one of three primary colors. The laser dot is projected upon a lens before it hits an optical unit, wherein the optical unit then produces a laser plane from the laser dot. An optical cube, formed by two triangular prisms, includes a transmissive reflector disposed between two sloping rectangular sides of the triangular prisms. A collimation lens is provided to collimate the laser plane and project the collimated laser plane into the optical cube, where the collimated laser plane is reflected by the transmissive reflector to a microdisplay. The reflected laser beams from the microdisplay transmit through the transmissive reflector and eventually are projected in a waveguide. Depending on the implementation, the optical unit may include a collimation lens or a micro lens array (MLA).

Designs of integrated frames for wearable display devices are described. An exemplary wearable device includes a pair of integrated lenses, a lens frame accommodate the integrated lenses and two temples coupled respectively to two opposite ends of the lens frame. The integrated lens includes a transparent optical waveguide. Each of the temples includes a conduit to accommodate a cable received at one end thereof and an enclosure on an inner side thereof, wherein the enclosure includes electronic parts powered by wires in the cable and optical parts receiving optical signals from at least two optical fibers in the cable. Depending on the implementation, the temples and/or the lens frame glows when one of the optical fibers is coupled to a light source being turned on.

A wearable display apparatus includes a reflective light modulator having a front, a light guide plate placed at the front of the light modulator, a plurality of monochromatic light sources of different colors, and an optical assembly. The light guide plate has a first and a second major surface opposite to each other, and a light incidence surface connected with the first and second major surfaces, the light guide plate directing light received at the light incidence surface through the first major surface toward the light modulator. The monochromatic light sources are operable to emit light of different colors in a sequential manner. The optical assembly is arranged adjacent to the light incidence surface of the light guide plate, and is configured to homogenize and distribute the light emitted by each of the monochromatic light sources across the light incidence surface.

Prism assemblies for projector display systems disclosed receive inputs from discrete color channels (e.g., red, green and blue channels. In one embodiment, off state light from the red, green, and blue DLP modulation may be reflected away from on-state light paths within the prism, tending to avoid uncontrolled scatter. In other embodiments, by keeping the colors separate for much of the prism path length, power levels may be significantly reduced at typical failure points. Light efficiency may be increased significantly when using discrete light sources like LEDs and lasers by removal of the additional red, green, and blue separation and re-combination losses.

Head-worn computers may include a rigid optical chassis mechanically configured to provide a stable optical mounting reference plane with an image source reference plane, a first image source mounted on the image source reference plane and configured to project a first image light from the stable optical mounting reference plane to a combiner positioned in front of a user's eye when the head-worn computer is worn by the user, an outer frame configured to hold the optical chassis such that, when worn by the user, the first image light is aligned with the eye of the user, and an arm rotatably mounted on the outer frame and adapted to be positioned on a user's ear, wherein the arm comprises a battery compartment and a wire connected to at least the first image source.

A projection display system includes a visible light source coupled to project a visible image onto a screen. An infrared (IR) light source is coupled to project a non-visible IR image onto the screen. The non-visible IR image on the screen is independent of the visible image on the screen. The visible image and the non-visible IR image are overlapped and are displayed simultaneously on the screen.

Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the see-through computer display systems with a wide field of view.

The light source apparatus includes a solid state light source, a phosphor plate, a dichroic mirror, a phase differential panel and an optical filter. The solid state light source emits excitation light of first linearly polarized light. The phosphor plate includes phosphor emitting fluorescence through light excitation. The dichroic mirror is disposed between the solid state light source and the phosphor plate, transmitting the excitation light of the first linearly polarized light, and reflecting the fluorescence as well as excitation light of second linearly polarized light. The phase differential panel is disposed between the dichroic mirror and the phosphor plate, and converting the excitation light of the first linearly polarized light to the excitation light of the second linearly polarized light. The optical filter transmits the fluorescence as well as reflects to guide the excitation light of the second linearly polarized light to the phosphor via the dichroic mirror.

The present invention relates to a laser-diode, liquid-crystal projector. In the present invention, a light source comprises a G laser diode emitting green light, a B laser diode emitting blue light, and an R laser diode emitting red light and provided such that a power application pin is positioned vertical to the power application pin of the G laser diode or B laser diode, and an optical structure appropriate therefor is proposed. According to the present invention, the directions of polarized lights of the R, G, and G light sources incident from an optical modulator formed from a liquid crystal can be consistent with each other by efficiently changing the arrangement of the pins of the laser diodes without using a separate complex optical element.