Near-eye display system
AssigneePanamorph, Inc.
InventorShawn L. Kelly
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Abstract
An optical subsystem of a near-eye display system provides for projecting light of a virtual image of image content to an eye location, and provides for collecting light of the virtual image onto an exit pupil on a surface proximate to an outer surface of an eye when at the eye location. A subpupil modulator within an aperture in cooperation with the optical subsystem provides for forming a plurality of subpupils within the exit pupil, at least two of which overlap by at least 20 percent, and provides for less than all of the light of the virtual image associated with one or more less than all of the plurality of subpupils to be projected to the eye location.
Claims17
A near-eye display system, comprising:
- a. an optical subsystem comprising a magnifier, wherein said optical subsystem provides for projecting light of a virtual image of image content to an eye location, and said optical subsystem provides for collecting said light of said virtual image propagating from an aperture of said optical subsystem onto an exit pupil on a surface proximate to an outer surface of an eye when said eye is at said eye location;
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- b. a subpupil modulator within said aperture, wherein said subpupil modulator in cooperation with said optical subsystem provides for forming a plurality of subpupils within said exit pupil, at least two of said plurality of subpupils overlap one another by at least 20 percent within said exit pupil, and said subpupil modulator in cooperation with said optical subsystem provides for projecting to said eye location a portion less than all of said light of said virtual image associated with one or more less than all of said plurality of subpupils.
A method of projecting an image with a near-eye display system, comprising:
- a. projecting light of a virtual image of image content to an eye location;
- b. collecting said light of said virtual image propagating from an aperture of an optical subsystem onto an exit pupil on a surface proximate to an outer surface of an eye when said eye is at said eye location;
- c. providing for forming a plurality of subpupils within said exit pupil, wherein at least two of said plurality of subpupils overlap one another by at least 20 percent within said exit pupil;
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- d. projecting to said eye location a portion less than all of said light of said virtual image associated with one or more less than all of said plurality of subpupils.
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