Portable electronic device with transceiver and visual image display

A portable electronic device comprising:

• a portable housing;
• a virtual image display positioned to provide an image for viewing at a viewing aperture, the virtual image display including a data input terminal designed to receive image data thereon, the virtual image display further including a two dimensional array of light emitting devices connected to provide a complete image, the two dimensional array being coupled to the data input terminal of the virtual image display for receiving the image data and generating the image in response thereto, the virtual image display further including a plurality of optical elements including at least one of a diffractive optical element positioned in a light path so as to provide aberration correction, the plurality of optical elements constructed to angularly magnify an image source at a light inlet of a first optical element;
• a sensor structure mounted in the portable housing and constructed to have a smart card having data stored thereon positioned adjacent thereto in data sensing juxtaposition, the sensor structure including an input terminal for receiving transmitted data thereon and an output terminal having sensed data thereon;
• a two-way voice cellular communications transceiver mounted in the portable housing and including an input terminal for receiving data from the sensor structure and an output terminal having data transmitted from a host database thereon;
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• electronics mounted in the portable housing and connected to the input terminal of the sensor structure for receiving the transmitted data from the host database and the output terminal of the sensor structure for receiving the sensed data from the smart card and further connected to the input terminal of the virtual image display for supplying image data thereto.

A portable electronic device comprising:

• a smart card interface including a sensor structure mounted in a portable housing and constructed to have a smart card having data stored thereon positioned adjacent thereto in data sensing juxtaposition, the sensor structure including an input terminal for receiving transmitted data thereon and an output terminal having sensed data thereon;
• a virtual image display mounted in a remote unit positioned to provide an image for viewing at a viewing aperture, the virtual image display including a data input terminal designed to receive image data thereon, the virtual image display further including a two dimensional array of light emitting devices connected to provide a complete image, the two dimensional array being coupled to the data input terminal of the virtual image display for receiving the image data and generating the image in response thereto;
• a two-way voice cellular communications transceiver mounted in the portable housing and including an input terminal for receiving data from the sensor structure and an output terminal having data transmitted from a host database thereon;
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• electronics mounted in the portable housing and connected to the input terminal of the sensor structure for receiving the transmitted data from the host database and the output terminal of the sensor structure for receiving the sensed data from the smart card and further connected to the input terminal of the virtual image display for supplying image data thereto.

A portable electronic device comprising:

• a portable housing;
• a virtual image display positioned to provide an image for viewing at a viewing aperture, the virtual image display including a data input terminal designed to receive image data thereon, the virtual image display further including a plurality of optical elements having a light inlet and a light outlet directed at an angle to the light inlet, with a reflecting surface optically positioned between the light inlet and the light outlet so as to direct light from the light inlet to the light outlet, the plurality of optical elements include at least one aspheric surface for aberration correction, the plurality of optical elements defining a light path from the light inlet to the light outlet with a total average optical length in a range of approximately 20 to 35 millimeters, and at least one diffractive optical element positioned in the light path so as to provide further aberration correction, and the plurality of optical elements being constructed to angularly magnify an image source at the light inlet of a first optical element by greater than ten;
• a sensor structure mounted in the portable housing and constructed to have a smart card having data stored thereon positioned adjacent thereto in data sensing juxtaposition, the sensor structure including an output terminal having sensed data thereon and an input terminal having transmitted data thereon;
• electronics mounted in the portable housing and connected to the input terminal and output terminal of the sensor structure for receiving, processing and transmitting data between a host database and the smart card and further connected to the input terminal of the virtual image display for supplying image data thereto;
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• a cellular transceiver mounted in the portable housing and connected to the electronics for receiving and transmitting data between the electronics of the portable electronic device and the host database.