Optical configurations for head-worn see-through displays
AssigneeMentor Acquisition One, LLC
InventorsJohn N. BORDER, Joseph BIETRY, John D. HADDICK
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Abstract
An optical system for a head-worn computer includes an upper optical module adapted to convert illumination into image light by illuminating a reflective display through a field lens, wherein the image light is transmitted back through the field lens, then through a partially reflective partially transmissive surface and into a lower optic module adapted to present the image light to an eye of a user wearing the head-worn computer and the upper optical module being positioned within a housing for the head-worn computer and having a height of less than 24 mm, as measured from the reflective display to the bottom edge of the rotationally curved partial mirror.
Claims20
A wearable device comprising a light source configured to transmit source light to a reflective polarizer, wherein:
- the reflective polarizer is configured to reflect the source light to a reflective display of a wearable device via a quarter-wave plate;
- the wearable device comprises a beam splitter and a field lens;
- the quarter-wave plate is configured to, in response to receiving the source light, transmit image light to the field lens and further to the reflective polarizer;
- the beam splitter is configured to receive the image light via the field lens, and is further configured to present an image comprising the image light to a user of the wearable device.
A method comprising:
- presenting source light to a reflective polarizer, wherein:
- the reflective polarizer is configured to reflect the source light to a reflective display of a wearable device via a quarter-wave plate;
- the wearable device comprises a beam splitter and a field lens;
- the quarter-wave plate is configured to, in response to receiving the source light, transmit image light to the field lens and further to the reflective polarizer;
- the beam splitter is configured to receive the image light via the field lens, and is further configured to present an image comprising the image light to a user of the wearable device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.