A head up display system, a control method thereof and a vehicle are provided. The head up display system includes an imaging device group, a concave reflective element, a directional imaging device and a processor, the imaging device group includes at least one single-layer imaging device; the directional imaging device includes a light source device, a direction control element, a diffusing element and a light modulating layer; the processor is respectively connected with the directional imaging device and the at least one single-layer imaging device in the imaging device group.

A Head Mounted Display (HMD) includes a pixel array having multiple pixels configured in a two-dimensional surface, each pixel providing multiple light beams forming an image provided to a user. The HMD also includes a first optical element configured to provide a central portion of a field of view for the image through an eyebox that limits a volume including a pupil of the user, and a second optical element configured to provide a peripheral portion of the field of view for the image through the eyebox, wherein the peripheral portion of the field of view comprises at least one steradian of a user's field of view at a resolution of at least fifteen arcminutes.

The present invention relates to a reflective eyepiece optical system and a head-mounted near-to-eye display device. The system includes: a first lens group, a first optical element and a second lens group for transmitting and reflecting light from a miniature image displayer; the second lens group includes an optical reflection surface, and the optical reflection surface is the optical surface farthest from a human eye viewing side in the second lens group; the optical reflection surface is concave to human eyes; the first optical element reflects the light refracted by the first lens group to the second lens group, and then transmits the light refracted, reflected and again refracted by the second lens group to the human eyes.

The present invention relates to a reflective eyepiece optical system and a head-mounted near-to-eye display device. The system includes: a first optical element and a second optical element arranged successively in an incident direction of an optical axis of human eyes, and a first lens group located on an optical axis of a miniature image displayer. The first optical element is used for transmitting and reflecting an image light from the miniature image displayer. The second optical element includes an optical reflection surface. The first optical element reflects the image light refracted by the first lens group to the second optical element, and then transmits the image light reflected by the second optical element to the human eyes.

The present invention relates to a reflective eyepiece optical system and a head-mounted near-to-eye display apparatus. The system includes: a first lens group, and a first optical element and a second lens group for transmitting and reflecting a light from a miniature image displayer. The second lens group includes an optical reflection surface, and the optical reflection surface is an optical surface farthest from a human eye viewing side in the second lens group. The optical reflection surface is concave to a human eye viewing direction. The first optical element reflects the light refracted by the first lens group to the second lens group, and then transmits the light refracted, reflected, and refracted by the second lens group to the human eye.

A mixed, virtual and augmented reality headset having a front casing (2) with a housing receiving a smartphone (19) facing the holographic display (5); a curved holographic display (5) in the front portion of the headset reflecting a projected image (11) via the display of a smartphone (19) and simultaneously allowing the user to see through same; a motorised mirror (14) positioned in a withdrawn position or in an extended position in front of the holographic display (5) reflecting the projected image (11) via the smartphone (19); two motorised lenses (15) positioned in a withdrawn position or in an extended position in front of the pupils (13) of the user; a mirror system (16) reflecting a real external image (10) with respect to the headset (1) towards a camera of the smartphone (19); and a control unit (50) controlling the position of the motorised lenses (15) and mirror (14).

A picture generation unit (PGU) used in a head-up display (HUD) includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of light sources, a display unit disposed in front of the plurality of light sources and configured to form an image to be provided to the HUD, and a housing disposed between the PCB and the display unit and including an internal reflective structure configured to guide optical beams from the plurality of light sources to the display unit and to homogenize a light intensity of the optical beams incident on the display unit, wherein the internal reflective structure includes a plurality of first funnels respectively disposed of corresponding to the plurality of light sources, and a second funnel disposed of as a singular funnel in front of the first funnels in a form encompassing the plurality of first funnels.

The invention relates to a head-up display (1) with a side image generator (2), particularly for motor vehicle. Said head-up display comprises:—an image generator (2) configured to display an image along a display axis (7);—a semi-reflective optical element (3) arranged space apart from the image generator (2) and configured o display a virtual image along a projection axis (9); and—at least one mirror (4) arranged on the display axis (7) so as to reflect the image from the image generator (2) towards the optical element (3) along a reflection axis (8). The display axis (7) of the image generator (2) is perpendicular to the projection axis (9) of the optical element.

A waveguide display having an input image generator providing image light projected over a field of view; a waveguide having first and second external surfaces; and at least one grating optically coupled to the waveguide for extracting light towards a viewer. The waveguide has a lateral refractive index variation between said external surfaces that prevents any ray propagated within the waveguide from optically interacting with at least one of the external surfaces.

A display system for realizing concentric light field with monocular-to-binocular hybridization, and methods thereof. At least some embodiments include a display arranged to emit or transmit light rays based on image content from a content engine, and an optical subsystem arranged to configure the light rays into a concentric light field. The concentric light field provides a virtual image in a large, contiguous spatial region, such that each eye of the human viewer can detect monocular depth from the light field, to provide a large field of view.