OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING SELECTIVELY ACTIVATABLE FACETS

    公开(公告)号:US20230351930A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-02

    申请号:US18349362

    申请日:2023-07-10

    Applicant: LUMUS LTD.

    Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed that includes at least one processor configured to determine a target portion of an eye motion box and to identify a facet of a light-guide optical element that is configured to direct a light beam comprising at least a portion of an image field of view toward the target portion of the eye motion box. The at least one processor is configured to identify a display region of an image generator that is configured to inject the light beam into the light-guide optical element at an angle that, in conjunction with the identified facet, is configured to direct the light beam toward the target portion of the eye motion box. The at least one processor is configured to selectively activate the identified facet and the identified display region to direct the light beam toward the target portion of the eye motion box.

    LIGHT-GUIDE OPTICAL ELEMENT EMPLOYING COMPLEMENTARY COATED PARTIAL REFLECTORS, AND LIGHT-GUIDE OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING REDUCED LIGHT SCATTERING

    公开(公告)号:US20220357499A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17768983

    申请日:2020-12-03

    Applicant: Lumus Ltd.

    Abstract: A transparent substrate has two parallel faces and guides collimated image light by internal reflection. A first set of internal surfaces is deployed within the substrate oblique to the parallel faces. A second set of internal surfaces is deployed within the substrate parallel to, interleaved and in overlapping relation with the first set of internal surfaces. Each of the internal surfaces of the first set includes a first coating having a first reflection characteristic to be at least partially reflective to at least a first subset of components of incident light. Each of the internal surfaces of the second set includes a second coating having a second reflection characteristic complementary to the first reflection characteristic to be at least partially reflective to at least a second subset of components of incident light. The sets of internal surfaces cooperate to reflect all components of light from the first and second subsets.

    LIGHT-GUIDE OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH MULTIPLE-AXIS INTERNAL APERTURE EXPANSION

    公开(公告)号:US20220308278A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17840802

    申请日:2022-06-15

    Applicant: Lumus Ltd.

    Abstract: An optical device includes a lightguide having a first pair of external surfaces parallel to each other, and at least two sets of facets. Each of the sets including a plurality of partially reflecting facets parallel to each other, and between the first pair of external surfaces. In each of the sets of facets, the respective facets are at an oblique angle relative to the first pair of external surfaces, and at a non-parallel angle relative to another of the sets of facets. The optical device is particularly suited for optical aperture expansion.

    Method of fabricating a light-guide optical element

    公开(公告)号:US20220137274A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17429977

    申请日:2020-04-14

    Applicant: Lumus Ltd.

    Abstract: A method of fabricating a light-guide optical element having a plurality of partially reflecting surfaces is disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of transparent plates, each plate polished on two opposite surfaces such that the surfaces are parallel to each other, coating a first of the surfaces of a subset of plates with a first coating, coating a second of the surfaces of the subset of plates with a second coating; bonding together the plurality of transparent plates to form a stack, and cutting the stack along parallel planes obliquely angled to the faces of the transparent plates so as to form the optical element, wherein the first coating is a partially reflective coating have a first set of mechanical properties, and the second coating is selected from the group consisting of: a coating similar to the first coating and a non-reflective coating having a second set of mechanical properties substantially similar to the first set of mechanical properties.

    LIGHT-GUIDE OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH MULTIPLE-AXIS INTERNAL APERTURE EXPANSION

    公开(公告)号:US20210033773A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:US16963535

    申请日:2018-06-26

    Applicant: Lumus Ltd.

    Abstract: An optical device includes a lightguide having a first pair of external surfaces parallel to each other, and at least two sets of facets. Each of the sets including a plurality of partially reflecting facets parallel to each other, and between the first pair of external surfaces. In each of the sets of facets, the respective facets are at an oblique angle relative to the first pair of external surfaces, and at a non-parallel angle relative to another of the sets of facets. The optical device is particularly suited for optical aperture expansion.

    LCOS ILLUMINATION VIA LOE
    36.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200209667A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-02

    申请号:US16632410

    申请日:2018-07-19

    Applicant: LUMUS LTD.

    Abstract: A system for uniform optical illumination of an image light provider in a smaller (compact) configuration than conventional implementations includes a lightguide having: a first external surface and a second external surface mutually parallel, and a first sequence of facets, at least a portion of which are: a plurality of parallel, partially reflecting, and polarization selective surfaces, at an oblique angle relative to the first and second external surfaces, and between the first and second external surfaces, and a front-lit reflective polarization rotating image modulator: deployed to spatially modulate light coupled-out from the first external surface, outputting reflected light corresponding to an image, and deployed such that the reflected light traverses the lightguide from the first external surface via the first sequence of facets to the second external surface.

    Optical Sample Characterization
    38.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250085229A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-13

    申请号:US18957774

    申请日:2024-11-24

    Applicant: Lumus Ltd.

    Abstract: Optical sample characterization facilitates measurement and testing at any angle in a full range of angles of light propagation through an optical sample, such as a coated glass plate, having a higher than air index of refraction. A rotatable assembly includes a cylinder having a hollow, and a receptacle including the hollow. The receptacle also contains a fluid with a known refractive index. An optical light beam is input normal to the surface of the cylinder, travels through the cylinder, then via the fluid, to the optical sample, where light beam is transmitted and/or reflected, then exits the cylinder and is collected for analysis. Due at least in part to the fluid surrounding the optical sample, the optical sample can be rotated through a full range of angles (±90°, etc.) for full range testing of the optical sample.

    ACTIVE OPTICAL ENGINE
    39.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250053012A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18905694

    申请日:2024-10-03

    Applicant: LUMUS LTD.

    Abstract: In an embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed that includes at least one processor configured to determine a target coupling-out facet, identify an optical path to the target coupling-out facet, identify an active wave plate corresponding to the optical path, determine a target state of the active wave plate that corresponds to the optical path, set the active wave plate to the identified target state and cause a projection device to project a light beam comprising an image field of view component along the identified optical path.

    Method of fabricating a light-guide optical element

    公开(公告)号:US20240337780A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18748372

    申请日:2024-06-20

    Applicant: Lumus Ltd.

    CPC classification number: G02B5/285 B29D11/00663 B29D11/00865 G02B27/0172

    Abstract: A method of fabricating a light-guide optical element having a plurality of partially reflecting surfaces is disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of transparent plates, each plate polished on two opposite surfaces such that the surfaces are parallel to each other, coating a first of the surfaces of a subset of plates with a first coating, coating a second of the surfaces of the subset of plates with a second coating; bonding together the plurality of transparent plates to form a stack, and cutting the stack along parallel planes obliquely angled to the faces of the transparent plates so as to form the optical element, wherein the first coating is a partially reflective coating have a first set of mechanical properties, and the second coating is selected from the group consisting of: a coating similar to the first coating and a non-reflective coating having a second set of mechanical properties substantially similar to the first set of mechanical properties.

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