Near-eye display system

A near-eye display system, comprising:

• a. an optical subsystem comprising a magnifier;
• b. a subpupil modulator within an aperture of said optical subsystem, wherein said subpupil modulator in cooperation with said optical subsystem provides for forming a subpupil at a corresponding at least one controllable subpupil location of a continuum of subpupil locations within an exit pupil of said optical subsystem, and said subpupil modulator incorporates a controllable light source comprising:
• i. a light source, wherein said light source provides for generating a beam of light, and said light source provides for controlling an intensity thereof responsive to an intensity modulation signal;
• ii. a light-beam-directing element;
• iii. a concave-curved light-redirecting surface, wherein said light-beam-directing element provides for directing said beam of light onto said concave-curved light-redirecting surface at a corresponding at least one location thereon, and said corresponding at least one location corresponds to said subpupil;
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• iv. a light-beam director, wherein said light-beam director provides for controlling said light-beam-directing element so as to provide for controlling said corresponding at least one location on said concave-curved light-redirecting surface upon which said beam of light is impinged and from which light of said beam of light is redirected and redistributed, and said light-beam director and said light source are controlled over time responsive to a signal from a subpupil modulation controller so as to provide for generating a modulated scanned beam of light, and so as to provide for scanning said modulated scanned beam of light over a region of said concave-curved light-redirecting surface so as to form said subpupil;
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• c. an image-display modulator comprising a flat-panel two-dimensional image-display modulation array of light-modulating image-display pixels, wherein said image-display modulator is positioned to receive light of said beam of light that is redirected and redistributed from said region of said concave-curved light-redirecting surface, said image-display modulator modulates said light that is redirected and redistributed from said region of said concave-curved light-redirecting surface so as to form light of a virtual image that is then collected and projected by said optical subsystem to an eye location, and said subpupil is associated with a corresponding portion of said light of said virtual image that is less than all possible said light of said virtual image.

A near-eye display system, comprising:

• a. a means for forming a subpupil at a corresponding at least one controllable subpupil location of a continuum of subpupil locations within an exit pupil, and said means for forming said subpupil comprises:
• i. a means for generating a beam of light, and for controlling an intensity thereof responsive to an intensity modulation signal;
• ii. a means for directing said beam of light, wherein said means for directing said beam of light provides for directing said beam of light onto a concave-curved light-redirecting surface at a corresponding at least one location thereon, and said corresponding at least one location corresponds to said subpupil;
• iii. a means for redirecting and redistributing said beam of light, wherein said means for redirecting and redistributing said beam of light comprises said concave-curved light-redirecting surface;
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• iv. a means for controlling said corresponding at least one location on said concave-curved light-redirecting surface upon which said beam of light is impinged and from which light of said beam of light is redirected and redistributed so as to provide for scanning said beam of light over a region of said concave-curved light-redirecting surface over time so as to form said subpupil;
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• b. a means for receiving light of said beam of light that is redirected and redistributed from said region of said concave-curved light-redirecting surface, and for modulating said light that is redirected and redistributed from said region of said concave-curved light-redirecting surface so as to form light of a virtual image that is then collected and projected to an eye location, and said subpupil is associated with a corresponding portion of said light of said virtual image that is less than all possible said light of said virtual image.