Optical system with ghost image mitigation

    公开(公告)号:US11885959B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-30

    申请号:US16550108

    申请日:2019-08-23

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: An electronic device may include a display system with a pixel array and a catadioptric lens. The display system may include a linear polarizer through which image light from the pixel array passes and a first quarter wave plate through which the light passes after passing through the polarizer. The lens may include a partial mirror, a second quarter wave plate, and a reflective polarizer. A third quarter wave plate may be formed between the linear polarizer and the pixel array to mitigate ghost images. Control circuitry may predict potential ghost images based on the geometry of the lens and data from an image frame. Tone mapping circuitry may adjust contrast of the image frame within a region overlapping the predicted ghost image. The control circuitry may adjust luminance of the image frame outside of the region overlapping the predicted ghost image.

    Electronic devices with covering structures

    公开(公告)号:US11860444B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-02

    申请号:US17185743

    申请日:2021-02-25

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G02B7/12 G02B25/00 G02B7/02

    CPC分类号: G02B7/12 G02B7/02 G02B25/001

    摘要: Electronic devices such as head-mounted electronic devices may include displays for presenting images to users. To accommodate variations in the interpupillary distances associated with different users, a head-mounted device may have left-eye and right-eye optical modules that move with respect to each other. To hide internal structures from view, the rear of a head-mounted device may be provided with a cover. The cover may have a stretchable layer that is coupled to a frame. Openings in the stretchable layer may be aligned with the optical modules.

    Optical systems with resolution-enhancing spectral shifting

    公开(公告)号:US11852816B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-26

    申请号:US17373210

    申请日:2021-07-12

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G02B27/01 G02B6/34 F21V8/00

    摘要: The display may include a display module and a waveguide. The module may produce first light of first wavelengths during first time periods and may produce second light of second wavelengths during second time periods interleaved with the first time periods. Diffractive gratings or a dichroic wedge may redirect the first light into the waveguide at a first angle and may redirect the second light into the waveguide at a second angle separated from the first angle by a separation angle. The separation angle may be equal to half the angle subtended by the projection of a pixel in the module. The first and second time periods may alternate faster than the response of the human eye. This may configure the first and second image light to collectively provide images at an eye box with an increased effective resolution without increasing the space or power consumed by the display module.