Waveguide Display with Staircase Grating Input Coupler

    公开(公告)号:US20240310566A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18597862

    申请日:2024-03-06

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: F21V8/00 G02B27/01

    摘要: An electronic device may have a waveguide, an input coupler that couples light into the waveguide, and an optical coupler that couples the light out of the waveguide. A medium may be layered onto the waveguide. The input coupler may include a first surface relief grating (SRG) and the optical coupler may include a second SRG in the medium. The first SRG may be a non-binary staircase SRG having ridges with multiple steps. The second SRG may be a binary SRG having troughs that extend to the height of the lowest steps of the first SRG. A reflective layer may fill the first SRG. Forming the input coupler using a staircase SRG may serve to maximize the in-coupling efficiency of the input coupler, thereby maximizing the efficiency with which the light is provided to an eye box.

    BACKLIGHT MODULE AND KEYBOARD DEVICE WITH SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240112869A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-04

    申请号:US18080410

    申请日:2022-12-13

    摘要: A keyboard device includes a key module and a backlight module. The key module includes a supporting plate and plural key structures. The key structures are installed on the supporting plate. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light-sheltering layer, a reflecting layer, a light-emitting unit, a base plate and an opaque structure. The light guide plate includes a second opening. The second opening includes a lateral wall. The light-sheltering layer is located over the light guide plate. The light-sheltering layer includes a third opening. The reflecting layer is located under the light guide plate. The reflecting layer includes a fourth opening. The light-emitting unit emits a light beam into the light guide plate. The opaque structure is arranged between the light-sheltering layer and the reflecting layer. The opaque structure is located beside the lateral wall of the light guide plate.

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

    公开(公告)号:US11885966B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-30

    申请号:US17422491

    申请日:2020-12-30

    申请人: Lumus Ltd.

    IPC分类号: G02B27/01 F21V8/00

    摘要: An optical system provides two-stage expansion of an input optical aperture for a display based on a light-guide optical element. A first expansion is achieved using two distinct sets of mutually-parallel partially-reflecting surfaces, each set handing a different part of an overall field-of-view presented to the eye. In some cases, a single image projector provides image illumination to two sets of facets that are integrated into the LOE. In other cases, two separate projectors deliver image illumination corresponding to two different parts of the field-of-view to their respective sets of facets.

    Light emitting device with film-based lightguide and added reflecting surfaces

    公开(公告)号:US11703626B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-18

    申请号:US17931369

    申请日:2022-09-12

    申请人: Azumo, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F21V8/00

    摘要: A light emitting device comprises a lightguide formed from a film having an array of coupling lightguides in the form of strips extending from a lightguide region of the film, the coupling lightguides are folded and stacked, and a light source is positioned to emit light into edges of the stacked coupling lightguides to propagate into a light mixing region and then into a light emitting region. The light mixing region comprises a plurality of reflecting surfaces that reflect a portion of the light from the coupling lightguides toward one or more of the lateral edges of the film prior to exiting the film in the light emitting region. The plurality of reflecting surfaces may a light transmitting material printed in the form of lines on the surface of the film and may improve the uniformity of light emitted from the light emitting region.

    LIGHTING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190196083A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-27

    申请号:US16230136

    申请日:2018-12-21

    IPC分类号: F21V8/00

    CPC分类号: G02B6/0018 G02B6/0068

    摘要: A lighting device includes light sources and a light guide having an obverse face, a reverse face, and an endface. The reverse face has a first light incident portion located near the endface. The obverse face has a second light incident portion located near the endface and a light emitting portion for emitting light incident from the first light incident portion and the second light incident portion. The endface has a concave portion formed along the longitudinal direction of the endface. The light sources are disposed in each of the first light incident portion and the second light incident portion so as to sandwich the concave portion. An image display apparatus includes this lighting device.