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公开(公告)号:US11964561B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-23
申请号:US17368508
申请日:2021-07-06
申请人: Envisics Ltd
发明人: Jamieson Christmas
CPC分类号: B60K35/00 , G02B27/0172 , G03H1/2205 , G03H1/2294 , B60K35/23 , B60K35/60 , B60K2360/23 , B60K2360/334 , B60K2360/785 , G02B2027/0178 , G03H2222/12 , G03H2223/14
摘要: There is provided a head-up display for a vehicle having a window. The head-up display comprises a picture generating unit (410) and an optical system (420). The picture generating unit is arranged to output pictures. The optical system is arranged to receive the pictures output by the picture generating unit and project the pictures onto the window (430) of the vehicle to form a virtual image (450, 707) of each picture within a virtual image area (605). The picture generating unit is arranged to output pictures within a cropped picture area such that the virtual image area (605) has a corresponding cropped shape. FIG. 7 illustrates a perspective view of a three lanes road (501,502,503) onto which a virtual image (707) within a cropped virtual image area (605) is overlaid.
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公开(公告)号:US11964560B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-23
申请号:US17056120
申请日:2019-05-14
申请人: Envisics Ltd
发明人: Jamieson Christmas
CPC分类号: B60K35/00 , G03H1/08 , G03H1/16 , G03H1/2205 , G03H1/2294 , B60K35/23 , B60K35/60 , B60K2360/23 , B60K2360/29 , B60K2360/333 , B60K2360/334 , B60K2360/785
摘要: There is provided ahead-up display in a vehicle arranged to display a picture, the head-up display comprises a first optical sub-system disposed in an upper region of the windscreen and a second optical sub-system disposed underneath the dashboard of the vehicle proximate a lower region of the windscreen. The first optical sub-system is arranged to output a light field. The first optical sub-system comprises a light source and a spatial light modulator. The light source is arranged to emit light. The spatial light modulator is arranged to receive the light from the light source and spatially-modulated the light in accordance with a computer-generated hologram displayed on the spatial light modulator. The second optical sub-system is arranged to receive the light field from the first optical sub-system and project the light field onto a windscreen of the vehicle to form a virtual image on the windscreen.
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公开(公告)号:US20230418060A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-28
申请号:US18316309
申请日:2023-05-12
申请人: Envisics Ltd
IPC分类号: G02B27/01 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1334 , G02F1/13357 , G02F1/13363 , G02F1/13
CPC分类号: G02B27/0103 , G02F1/133354 , G02F1/13342 , G02F1/133606 , G02F1/13363 , G02F1/1326 , G02F2203/26
摘要: A light turning element and a method fabricating such a light turning element are described. The light turning element comprises a layer of liquid crystal material. The layer of liquid crystal material defining a plane. The layer of liquid crystal material is configured such that an angle (θ) between a director (n) of the liquid crystal material and a first dimension (x) is an oscillating function of position in the first dimension x. The first dimension x is a dimension within the plane.
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公开(公告)号:US11853006B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-26
申请号:US18072275
申请日:2022-11-30
申请人: ENVISICS LTD
CPC分类号: G03H1/2294 , G02B27/0081 , G02B2027/0121 , G03H2001/2239
摘要: A light engine arranged to form an image visible from a viewing window. The light engine comprises: a display device arranged to display a hologram of the image and spatially modulate light in accordance with the hologram; a hologram replicator arranged to receive the spatially modulated light and provide a plurality of different light propagation paths for the spatially modulated light from the display device to the viewing window; and a control device disposed in an optical path between the first replicator and the second replicator. The control device is angled such that light from the first replicator is incident at an acute angle on the control device, and each cell of the array is switchable between a first state and a second state.
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公开(公告)号:US20230324705A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-12
申请号:US18042759
申请日:2022-02-02
申请人: Envisics Ltd
发明人: Jamieson Christmas , Máté Karner , Ruisheng Lin , Timothy Smeeton
CPC分类号: G02B27/4205 , G02B27/0093 , G02B27/0103 , G02B27/0081 , G02B27/0068 , G02B27/0955
摘要: A diffractive structure arranged to spatially modulate light transformable by a viewing system into a target image. The diffractive structure is configured to generate a plurality of discrete light patterns. Each light pattern corresponds to a different part of the target image. The shape of each discrete light pattern substantially corresponds to the shape of an entrance aperture of the viewing system.
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公开(公告)号:US11762196B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-19
申请号:US17582732
申请日:2022-01-24
申请人: ENVISICS LTD
发明人: Jamieson Christmas , Alexander Cole , Mate Karner
CPC分类号: G02B27/0103 , G02B5/26 , G02B27/01 , G02B27/102 , G02B27/145 , G03H1/2294 , G02B2027/015 , G02B2027/0107 , G02B2027/0118 , G03H2223/17 , G03H2223/24
摘要: A head-up display for a vehicle, the head-up display including a picture generating unit arranged to generate a picture on a light receiving surface; and an optical system arranged to image the picture, where the optical system includes an input arranged to receive light of the picture; an output arranged to output light forming an image of the picture; a first mirror and second mirror arranged to guide light from the input to the output along an optical path, where the optical path includes a first optical path from the input to the second mirror including a transmission through the first mirror; and second optical path from the second mirror to the output including a reflection off the first mirror.
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公开(公告)号:US20230204953A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-29
申请号:US18062288
申请日:2022-12-06
申请人: Envisics Ltd
IPC分类号: G02B27/01
CPC分类号: G02B27/0101 , G02B2027/014 , G02B2027/0107 , G02B2027/0109
摘要: An optical system and a method of calculating a hologram of a virtual image for the optical system is described. The optical system comprises a display device arranged to display the hologram and a waveguide arranged to replicate the hologram. The method comprises determining a sub-hologram of a virtual image point within an area defined by straight line paths from the virtual image point to the perimeter of an entrance pupil of a viewer. The area comprises at least part of a virtual replica of the display device formed by the waveguide.
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公开(公告)号:US20230168496A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-01
申请号:US18160243
申请日:2023-01-26
申请人: Envisics Ltd
发明人: Jamieson Christmas
CPC分类号: G02B27/0081 , G02B27/0093 , G02B27/0101 , G02B27/0172 , G02B2027/0112 , G02B2027/0174
摘要: There is disclosed herein a display device comprising a picture generating unit, a waveguide pupil expander and a viewer-tracking system. The picture generating unit comprises a first display channel, a second display channel and a controller. The first display channel is arranged to output first spatially-modulated light of a first colour. The first spatially-modulated light corresponds to a first picture. The second display channel is arranged to output second spatially-modulated light of a second colour. The second spatially-modulated light corresponding to a second picture. The controller is arranged to drive the first display channel and second display channel. The waveguide pupil expander comprises a pair of parallel reflective surfaces. The waveguide pupil expander defines an input port and a viewing window. The input port is arranged to receive the first spatially-modulated light and the second spatially-modulated light. The viewing window is an area or volume within which a viewer may view the first picture and the second picture. The pair of parallel reflective surfaces is arranged to guide the first spatially-modulated light and the second spatially-modulated light from the input port to the viewing window by a series of internal reflections. The reflectivity of a first reflective surface of the pair of parallel reflective surfaces is provided by a graded coating. The graded coating is partially transmissive to light of the first colour and light of the second colour. The transmissivity of the graded coating is non-achromatic. The viewer-tracking system is arranged to determine a viewing position within the viewing window. The controller is arranged to maintain as substantially constant the colour balance of the first and second picture as seen from the viewing position based on the viewing position determined by the viewer-tracking system.
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公开(公告)号:US20230152580A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-18
申请号:US18156966
申请日:2023-01-19
申请人: Envisics Ltd
发明人: Jamieson Christmas
CPC分类号: G02B27/0101 , G02B6/002 , G02B6/003 , G02B27/0081 , G02B2027/0125
摘要: There is disclosed herein a waveguide comprising an optical slab and an optical wedge. The optical slab has a first refractive index, n1>1. The optical slab comprises: a pair of opposing surfaces and an input port. The pair of opposing surfaces are arranged in a parallel configuration. The input port is arranged to receive light into the optical slab at an angle such that the light is guided between the first and second opposing surfaces by a series of internal reflections. The optical wedge has a second refractive index, n2, wherein 1
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公开(公告)号:US20230088953A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-23
申请号:US17931597
申请日:2022-09-13
申请人: Envisics Ltd
发明人: Timothy Smeeton , Jamieson Christmas , Rakesh Maharjan , Celedonia Krawczyk , Daniel Burnham , Ruisheng Lin
摘要: Disclosed embodiments include a display system comprising a first waveguide pupil expander comprising an input port, output port, a first pair of parallel surfaces, and a second pair of parallel surfaces. The first pair of parallel surfaces is orthogonal to the second pair of parallel surfaces and arranged to light guide a diffracted or diverging (e.g. holographic) light field from the input port to the output port by internal reflection therebetween. A first surface of the first pair of parallel surfaces is partially transmissive-reflective such that the light field is divided at each internal reflection and a plurality of replicas of the light field is transmitted through a region of the first surface that forms the output port. The second pair of parallel surfaces is also arranged to light guide the light field from the input port to the output port by at least one internal reflection.
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