LIGHTGUIDE ASSEMBLY WITH SWITCHABLE INPUTS
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230367124A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18124424

    申请日:2023-03-21

    IPC分类号: G02B27/01

    CPC分类号: G02B27/0172

    摘要: A lightguide assembly includes a stack of optically separated lightguide plates for conveying image light to an eyebox. At least one lightguide plate of the stack includes an in-coupler configured for switchably in-coupling the image light into the lightguide plate. The switchable in-coupler(s) may be used to time-sequence through different lightguides of the stack, each lightguide carrying a portion of the image such as a field of view portion or a color channel of the image. The time-sequencing through the lightguides allows one to compensate for image offsets due to the lightguide being non-parallel to one another, by providing corresponding offsets in the image portions being carried by different lightguides.

    WAVEGUIDE WITH TUNABLE BULK REFLECTORS
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230367073A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18076236

    申请日:2022-12-06

    IPC分类号: G02B6/293 F21V8/00

    CPC分类号: G02B6/29395 G02B6/0016

    摘要: A waveguide for conveying image light in a display device is disclosed. The waveguide comprises a waveguide body, an input coupler configured to couple the image light into the waveguide body for propagating the image light within the waveguide body along a zigzag light path, and a plurality of slanted bulk mirrors disposed along the zigzag light path within the waveguide body and having a tunable reflectivity parameter for controlling a spatial distribution of image light portions out-coupled from the waveguide body by the plurality of slanted bulk mirrors. The waveguide may include a plurality of slanted polarization-selective bulk mirrors, and a liquid crystal layer configured to alter the polarization of the image light, the liquid crystal layer being disposed between a backplane electrode and a pixelated electrode configured to control the liquid crystal layer by application of a spatially-varying voltage profile.

    OPTICAL MODULATOR AND IMAGE PROJECTOR BASED ON LEAKY-MODE WAVEGUIDE WITH SPATIAL MULTIPLEXING

    公开(公告)号:US20240094568A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18135020

    申请日:2023-04-14

    IPC分类号: G02F1/035 G02F1/00 G02F1/03

    摘要: A leaky-mode acousto-optical modulator may be used to generate visual images suitable for direct viewing, without image-forming optics. To extend a field of view of the modulator to limits suitable for visual displays, an array of acoustic transducers is coupled to a waveguide along its length. Each acoustic transducer generates an acoustic wave causing a corresponding leaky mode to appear. A reflector is disposed proximate each transducer for directing the out-coupled light portion at a unique angle, providing a corresponding field of view portion for that direction. The field of view portions coalesce into a continuous synthetic field of view suitable for wide-angle visual display applications.