Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems, devices, and methods for eyebox expansion in wearable heads-up displays
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Application No.: US15046254Application Date: 2016-02-17
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Publication No.: US09989764B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Stefan Alexander , Matthew Bailey , Vance R. Morrison , Lloyd Frederick Holland , Joshua Moore
- Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Kitchener
- Assignee: THALMIC LABS INC.
- Current Assignee: THALMIC LABS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Kitchener
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: G08G5/00
- IPC: G08G5/00 ; G02B27/01 ; G06F3/01 ; G02B26/10 ; G02B27/00 ; G03H1/26 ; G09G3/00

Abstract:
Systems, devices, and methods for eyebox expansion by exit pupil replication in wearable heads-up displays (“WHUDs”) are described. A WHUD includes a scanning laser projector (“SLP”), a holographic combiner, and an optical splitter positioned in the optical path therebetween. The optical splitter receives light signals generated by the SLP and separates the light signals into N sub-ranges based on the point of incidence of each light signal at the optical splitter. The optical splitter redirects the light signals corresponding to respective ones of the N sub-ranges towards the holographic combiner effectively from respective ones of N spatially-separated virtual positions for the SLP. The holographic combiner converges the light signals to respective ones of N spatially-separated exit pupils at the eye of the user. In this way, multiple instances of the exit pupil are distributed over the area of the eye and the eyebox of the WHUD is expanded.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160377866A1 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR EYEBOX EXPANSION IN WEARABLE HEADS-UP DISPLAYS Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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