Augmented reality displays with active alignment and corresponding methods

    公开(公告)号:US11223820B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-11

    申请号:US17121803

    申请日:2020-12-15

    申请人: LUMUS LTD.

    发明人: Yochay Danziger

    IPC分类号: H04N13/327 H04N13/344

    摘要: Binocular augmented reality display devices and corresponding methods allow alignment calibration to be performed by an end user. According to one approach, a camera is positioned to have a field of view which includes simultaneously part of a projected image from the left-eye display and part of a projected image from the right-eye display. By projecting via each display at least part of a calibration image and identifying within the camera-sampled image right-field and left-field alignment features, an alignment correction can be derived. Alternative approaches employ correlation of images sampled by forward-looking cameras rigidly associated with the respective right-eye and left-eye display units, or require a user to input a manual adjustment for aligning transversely-swapped camera images with the real world view.

    Light guide optical assembly
    32.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11194084B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16885301

    申请日:2020-05-28

    申请人: LUMUS LTD.

    发明人: Yochay Danziger

    摘要: An optical assembly for optical aperture expansion combines facet reflective technology with diffractive technology. At least two diffractive components having opposite optical power (matching) are used, so that chromatic dispersion introduced by the first diffractive component will then be cancelled by the second diffractive component. The two diffractive components are used in combination with a reflective optical component to achieve more efficient aperture expansion (for near eye display), reducing distortions and noise, while also reducing design constraints on the system and individual components, as compared to conventional techniques. The assembly eliminates and/or reduces the need for polarization management, while enabling wider field of view. In addition, embodiments can have reduced nonuniformity, as compared to conventional single technology implementations, since the distortion patterns of the two technologies do not correlate.

    Overlapping facets
    33.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11125927B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-21

    申请号:US16686231

    申请日:2019-11-18

    申请人: LUMUS LTD.

    IPC分类号: G02B27/01 F21V8/00 G02B27/00

    摘要: Specific management of configuration of overlap of facets reduces non-uniformity in an image outcoupled toward a nominal point of observation. A waveguide including at least two parallel surfaces, first, middle, and last partially reflecting facets are configured such that in a geometrical projection of the facets onto one of the surfaces the facets overlap, preferably with adjacent facets overlapping and non-adjacent facets starts and ends coinciding along at least a portion of the waveguide.

    Optical Systems including Light-Guide Optical Elements with Two-Dimensional Expansion

    公开(公告)号:US20210239898A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:US17234885

    申请日:2021-04-20

    申请人: Lumus Ltd.

    IPC分类号: F21V8/00 G02B27/01 G02B27/14

    摘要: An optical system including a light-guide optical element (LOE) with first and second sets (204, 206) of mutually-parallel, partially-reflecting surfaces at different orientations. Both sets of partially-reflecting surfaces are located between parallel major external surfaces. A third set of at least partially-reflecting surfaces (202), deployed at the coupling-in region, receive image illumination injected from a projector (2) with an optical aperture having a first in-plane width and direct the image illumination via reflection of at least part of the image illumination at the third set of at least partially-reflective facets towards the first set of partially-reflective facets with an effective optical aperture having a second width larger than the first width.

    Optical systems including light-guide optical elements with two-dimensional expansion

    公开(公告)号:US10983264B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-20

    申请号:US16638495

    申请日:2020-01-26

    申请人: Lumus Ltd.

    IPC分类号: F21V8/00 G02B27/14 G02B27/01

    摘要: An optical system including a light-guide optical element (LOE) with first and second sets (204, 206) of mutually-parallel, partially-reflecting surfaces at different orientations. Both sets of partially-reflecting surfaces are located between parallel major external surfaces. A third set of at least partially-reflecting surfaces (202), deployed at the coupling-in region, receive image illumination injected from a projector (2) with an optical aperture having a first in-plane width and direct the image illumination via reflection of at least part of the image illumination at the third set of at least partially-reflective facets towards the first set of partially-reflective facets with an effective optical aperture having a second width larger than the first width.

    Near eye display with intermediate window

    公开(公告)号:US10884173B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-05

    申请号:US16679346

    申请日:2019-11-11

    申请人: Lumus LTD.

    IPC分类号: G02B6/34 F21V8/00

    摘要: A near eye display including: a first optical waveguide having a direction of elongation, at least one pair of parallel faces, and a first coupling-out mechanism; a second optical waveguide having an input aperture, a pair of parallel faces, and a second coupling out-mechanism; an optical coupling between the first optical waveguide and the second waveguide, the optical coupling including at least an air gap configured to enable total internal reflection within the first waveguide, and an interface window, the interface window comprising a transparent optical element with a refractive index substantially the same as a refractive index of the second optical waveguide; and wherein at least a portion of the interface window projects beyond the input aperture of the second optical waveguide such that undesired light exiting the first waveguide is prevented from entering the second waveguide.

    Light guide optical assembly
    37.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10684403B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-16

    申请号:US16600512

    申请日:2019-10-13

    申请人: LUMUS LTD.

    发明人: Yochay Danziger

    摘要: An optical assembly for optical aperture expansion combines facet reflective technology with diffractive technology. At least two diffractive components having opposite optical power (matching) are used, so that chromatic dispersion introduced by the first diffractive component will then be cancelled by the second diffractive component. The two diffractive components are used in combination with a reflective optical component to achieve more efficient aperture expansion (for near eye display), reducing distortions and noise, while also reducing design constraints on the system and individual components, as compared to conventional techniques. The assembly eliminates and/or reduces the need for polarization management, while enabling wider field of view. In addition, embodiments can have reduced nonuniformity, as compared to conventional single technology implementations, since the distortion patterns of the two technologies do not correlate.

    NEAR EYE DISPLAY WITH INTERMEDIATE WINDOW
    38.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200150330A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-14

    申请号:US16679346

    申请日:2019-11-11

    申请人: Lumus LTD

    IPC分类号: F21V8/00

    摘要: A near eye display including: a first optical waveguide having a direction of elongation, at least one pair of parallel faces, and a first coupling-out mechanism; a second optical waveguide having an input aperture, a pair of parallel faces, and a second coupling out-mechanism; an optical coupling between the first optical waveguide and the second waveguide, the optical coupling including at least an air gap configured to enable total internal reflection within the first waveguide, and an interface window, the interface window comprising a transparent optical element with a refractive index substantially the same as a refractive index of the second optical waveguide; and wherein at least a portion of the interface window projects beyond the input aperture of the second optical waveguide such that undesired light exiting the first waveguide is prevented from entering the second waveguide.

    Light guide optical assembly
    39.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10473841B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-12

    申请号:US16423176

    申请日:2019-05-28

    申请人: LUMUS LTD.

    发明人: Yochay Danziger

    摘要: An optical assembly for optical aperture expansion combines facet reflective technology with diffractive technology. At least two diffractive components having opposite optical power (matching) are used, so that chromatic dispersion introduced by the first diffractive component will then be cancelled by the second diffractive component. The two diffractive components are used in combination with a reflective optical component to achieve more efficient aperture expansion (for near eye display), reducing distortions and noise, while also reducing design constraints on the system and individual components, as compared to conventional techniques. The assembly eliminates and/or reduces the need for polarization management, while enabling wider field of view. In addition, embodiments can have reduced nonuniformity, as compared to conventional single technology implementations, since the distortion patterns of the two technologies do not correlate.

    Light guide optical assembly
    40.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10302835B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US16004390

    申请日:2018-06-10

    申请人: LUMUS LTD.

    发明人: Yochay Danziger

    摘要: An optical assembly for optical aperture expansion combines facet reflective technology with diffractive technology. At least two diffractive components having opposite optical power (matching) are used, so that chromatic dispersion introduced by the first diffractive component will then be cancelled by the second diffractive component. The two diffractive components are used in combination with a reflective optical component to achieve more efficient aperture expansion (for near eye display), reducing distortions and noise, while also reducing design constraints on the system and individual components, as compared to conventional techniques. The assembly eliminates and/or reduces the need for polarization management, while enabling wider field of view. In addition, embodiments can have reduced nonuniformity, as compared to conventional single technology implementations, since the distortion patterns of the two technologies do not correlate.