公开(公告)号：US11256095B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16735306

申请日：2020-01-06

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： David Tinch ,  William K. Jones

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B6/35 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B26/08

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selectively incoupling light having different wavelengths into one of a plurality of waveguides. The systems and methods provided for selectively incoupling light having different wavelengths into one of a plurality of waveguides comprise a switching device comprising switchable reflective elements that can be configured to redirect incoming light towards an incoupling element associated with one of a plurality of waveguides.

公开(公告)号：US11107288B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-31

申请号：US16903279

申请日：2020-06-16

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Brian T. Schowengerdt ,  Mathew D. Watson ,  David Tinch ,  Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh ,  John Graham Macnamara ,  Lionel Ernest Edwin ,  Michael Anthony Klug ,  William Hudson Welch

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  G02B27/09 ,  G02B27/10 ,  G02B27/30 ,  G02B5/18 ,  G02B27/42 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B26/08 ,  G02B6/12

Abstract: A virtual image generation system comprises a planar optical waveguide having opposing first and second faces, an in-coupling (IC) element configured for optically coupling a collimated light beam from an image projection assembly into the planar optical waveguide as an in-coupled light beam, a first orthogonal pupil expansion (OPE) element associated with the first face of the planar optical waveguide for splitting the in-coupled light beam into a first set of orthogonal light beamlets, a second orthogonal pupil expansion (OPE) element associated with the second face of the planar optical waveguide for splitting the in-coupled light beam into a second set of orthogonal light beamlets, and an exit pupil expansion (EPE) element associated with the planar optical waveguide for splitting the first and second sets of orthogonal light beamlets into an array of out-coupled light beamlets that exit the planar optical waveguide.

公开(公告)号：US10591658B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-17

申请号：US15442564

申请日：2017-02-24

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Curtis ,  Heidi Leising Hall ,  Pierre St. Hilaire ,  David Tinch

IPC: G02B26/00 ,  G02F1/03 ,  G02F1/07 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B19/00 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B6/34 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/14

Abstract: In some embodiments, a display system is provided. The display system comprises a plurality of light pipes and a plurality of light sources configured to emit light into the light pipes. The display system also comprises a spatial light modulator configured to modulate light received from the light pipes to form images. The display system may also comprise one or more waveguides configured to receive modulated light from the spatial light modulator and to relay that light to a viewer.

公开(公告)号：US20210157146A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17143432

申请日：2021-01-07

Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.

Inventor： Ivan Yeoh ,  Hui-Chuan Cheng ,  Lionel Ernest Edwin ,  David Tinch ,  William Hudson Welch

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B6/00 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B26/10 ,  G06T15/00 ,  G06T19/00

Abstract: A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system comprises a planar waveguide apparatus, an optical fiber, at least one light source configured for emitting light from a distal end of the optical fiber, and a mechanical drive assembly to which the optical fiber is mounted as a fixed-free flexible cantilever. The drive assembly is configured for displacing a distal end of the optical fiber about a fulcrum in accordance with a scan pattern, such that the emitted light diverges from a longitudinal axis coincident with the fulcrum. The display subsystem further comprises an optical modulation apparatus configured for converging the light from the optical fiber towards the longitudinal axis, and an optical waveguide input apparatus configured for directing the light from the optical modulation apparatus down the planar waveguide apparatus, such that the planar waveguide apparatus displays one or more image frames to an end user.

公开(公告)号：US10775545B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-15

申请号：US15442564

申请日：2017-02-24

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Kevin Curtis ,  Heidi Leising Hall ,  Pierre St. Hilaire ,  David Tinch

IPC: G02B26/00 ,  G02F1/03 ,  G02F1/07 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B6/34 ,  G02B19/00 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/14

Abstract: In some embodiments, a display system is provided. The display system comprises a plurality of light pipes and a plurality of light sources configured to emit light into the light pipes. The display system also comprises a spatial light modulator configured to modulate light received from the light pipes to form images. The display system may also comprise one or more waveguides configured to receive modulated light from the spatial light modulator and to relay that light to a viewer.

公开(公告)号：US20200249482A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-06

申请号：US16735306

申请日：2020-01-06

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： David Tinch ,  William K. Jones

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B6/35

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selectively incoupling light having different wavelengths into one of a plurality of waveguides. The systems and methods provided for selectively incoupling light having different wavelengths into one of a plurality of waveguides comprise a switching device comprising switchable reflective elements that can be configured to redirect incoming light towards an incoupling element associated with one of a plurality of waveguides.

公开(公告)号：US10571693B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-25

申请号：US15445827

申请日：2017-02-28

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： David Tinch ,  William K. Jones

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B26/08 ,  G02B6/35

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selectively incoupling light having different wavelengths into one of a plurality of waveguides. The systems and methods provided for selectively incoupling light having different wavelengths into one of a plurality of waveguides comprise a switching device comprising switchable reflective elements that can be configured to redirect incoming light towards an incoupling element associated with one of a plurality of waveguides.

公开(公告)号：US20180374266A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US15980947

申请日：2018-05-16

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Brian T. Schowengerdt ,  Mathew D. Watson ,  David Tinch ,  Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh ,  John Graham Macnamara ,  Lionel Ernest Edwin ,  Michael Anthony Klug ,  William Hudson Welch

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  G02B27/09 ,  G02B27/30 ,  G02B27/10

Abstract: A virtual image generation system comprises a planar optical waveguide having opposing first and second faces, an in-coupling (IC) element configured for optically coupling a collimated light beam from an image projection assembly into the planar optical waveguide as an in-coupled light beam, a first orthogonal pupil expansion (OPE) element associated with the first face of the planar optical waveguide for splitting the in-coupled light beam into a first set of orthogonal light beamlets, a second orthogonal pupil expansion (OPE) element associated with the second face of the planar optical waveguide for splitting the in-coupled light beam into a second set of orthogonal light beamlets, and an exit pupil expansion (EPE) element associated with the planar optical waveguide for splitting the first and second sets of orthogonal light beamlets into an array of out-coupled light beamlets that exit the planar optical waveguide.

公开(公告)号：US20170255016A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-07

申请号：US15445827

申请日：2017-02-28

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： David Tinch ,  William K. Jones

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B6/35 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B26/08

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selectively incoupling light having different wavelengths into one of a plurality of waveguides. The systems and methods provided for selectively incoupling light having different wavelengths into one of a plurality of waveguides comprise a switching device comprising switchable reflective elements that can be configured to redirect incoming light towards an incoupling element associated with one of a plurality of waveguides.

公开(公告)号：US12277658B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-15

申请号：US18431758

申请日：2024-02-02

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Brian T. Schowengerdt ,  Mathew D. Watson ,  David Tinch ,  Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh ,  John Graham Macnamara ,  Lionel Ernest Edwin ,  Michael Anthony Klug ,  William Hudson Welch

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  G02B5/18 ,  G02B26/08 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/09 ,  G02B27/10 ,  G02B27/30 ,  G02B27/42 ,  G02B6/12

Abstract: A virtual image generation system comprises a planar optical waveguide having opposing first and second faces, an in-coupling (IC) element configured for optically coupling a collimated light beam from an image projection assembly into the planar optical waveguide as an in-coupled light beam, a first orthogonal pupil expansion (OPE) element associated with the first face of the planar optical waveguide for splitting the in-coupled light beam into a first set of orthogonal light beamlets, a second orthogonal pupil expansion (OPE) element associated with the second face of the planar optical waveguide for splitting the in-coupled light beam into a second set of orthogonal light beamlets, and an exit pupil expansion (EPE) element associated with the planar optical waveguide for splitting the first and second sets of orthogonal light beamlets into an array of out-coupled light beamlets that exit the planar optical waveguide.