Virtual image display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10194860-B2
Application number	US-201615173571-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2016
Priority date	Sep 11, 2013
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A virtual image display system adapted for venipuncture applications is provided. The virtual image display system includes at least one infrared light source, at least one image sensing module, and at least one virtual image display module. The at least one infrared light source is configured to emit at least one infrared light to a tissue having a vein. The at least one image sensing module is configured to receive the infrared light from the tissue so as to sense an image of the vein. The at least one virtual image display module is disposed in front of at least one eye of a user. The at least one virtual image display module includes an image display unit configured to show an image of the vein to the at least one eye of the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A virtual image display system adapted for venipuncture applications, the virtual image display system comprising:
at least one infrared light source configured to emit at least one infrared light to a tissue having a vein;
at least one image sensing module configured to receive the infrared light from the tissue so as to sense an image of the vein;
a microstructure optical element disposed in front of the infrared light source and configured to control a light divergence angle of the infrared light;
a divergence angle adjustment mechanism connected to the microstructure optical element and configured to adjust a distance between the infrared light source and the microstructure optical element; and
at least one virtual image display module disposed in front of at least one eye of a user, the at least one virtual image display module comprising:
an image display unit configured to show an image of the vein to the at least one eye of the user.

2. The virtual image display system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one infrared light source is a plurality of infrared light sources surrounding the image sensing module.

3. The virtual image display system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one infrared light source is a plurality of infrared light sources configured to emit infrared lights having at least two wavelengths.

4. The virtual image display system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one image sensing module comprises two image sensing modules configured to sense a three-dimensional image of the tissue, and the at least one virtual image display module are two virtual image display modules configured to display the three-dimensional image of the tissue.

5. The virtual image display system of claim 1 , wherein the image sensing module comprises a fixed focus lens or a zoom lens.

6. The virtual image display system of claim 1 further comprising a spectacle frame, wherein the virtual image display module, the infrared light source, and the image sensing module are disposed on the spectacle frame.

7. The virtual image display system of claim 1 further comprising a headband connected to the virtual image display module, the infrared light source, and the image sensing module.

8. The virtual image display system of claim 1 further comprising:
a first polarizer disposed in front of the infrared light source and configured to allow at least a part of the infrared light having a first polarization direction from the infrared light source to pass through; and
a second polarizer disposed in front of the image sensing module and configured to allow a part of the infrared light having a second polarization direction from the tissue to pass through and be transmitted to the image sensing module.

9. The virtual image display system of claim 8 further comprising at least one transmission axis adjustment mechanism connected to at least one of the first polarizer and the second polarizer, and configured to adjust at least one transmission axes of the first polarizer and the second polarizer.

10. The virtual image display system of claim 1 further comprising a flexible tube, wherein the infrared light source is connected to a first end of the flexible tube, and a second end of the flexible tube is connected to the virtual image display module or to a base.

11. The virtual image display system of claim 10 , wherein the image sensing module is connected to the first end of the flexible tube.

12. The virtual image display system of claim 1 , wherein the image display unit is configured to provide an image beam, and the at least one virtual image display module further comprises a beam splitting unit disposed on transmission paths of the image beam and an object beam from an environment object, the beam splitting unit causing at least a part of the object beam to be transmitted to the eye, and the beam splitting unit causing at least a part of the image beam to be transmitted to the eye to display a virtual image.

13. The virtual image display system of claim 12 being adapted for medical surgical applications, with which a surgical device is operated, wherein the image beam comprises at least one type of surgical information.

14. The virtual image display system of claim 12 , further comprising an ambient light adjustment unit located on the transmission path of the object beam for adjusting a ratio of a brightness of the at least a part of the object beam to a brightness of the at least a part of the image beam.

15. The virtual image display system of claim 14 , wherein the ambient light adjustment unit comprises at least one of at least one filter, a polarizer, a shutter, and a photochromic lens for adjusting the brightness of the at least a part of the object beam reflected to the eye and forming a blocking area of the object beam.

16. The virtual image display system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one filter is a plurality of filters, a part of the filters have different sizes, and the user selects one of the filters to switch a size of the blocking area of the object beam.

17. The virtual image display system of claim 14 , further comprising a control storage module electrically connected to the virtual image display module, the control storage module comprising:
a storage unit for storing the at least one type of surgical information; and
a control unit controlling the ambient light adjustment unit to adjust an ambient light, controlling the storage unit to adjust an output of the surgical information, and controlling a switching of an imaging position and a size of an image frame of the virtual image.

18. The virtual image display system of claim 17 , wherein the ambient light adjustment unit comprises a liquid crystal unit for adjusting the brightness or a polarization state of the at least a part of the object beam passing through a partial area of the liquid crystal unit and forming a blocking area of the object beam in the eye.

19. The virtual image display system of claim 18 , wherein the control unit adjusts a range of the partial area of the liquid crystal unit to switch the size of the blocking area of the object beam.

Assignees

• Ind Tech Res Inst

Inventors

• Wang Chy-Lin
• Tiao Kuo-Tung
• Chen Tian-Yuan
• Chung Lung-Pin
• Lin Chun-Chuan
• Chen Jyh-Chern
• Chang Chi-Shen
• Yang Ching-Chieh

Classifications

• H04N23/57

  Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices · CPC title

• H04N23/56

  provided with illuminating means · CPC title

• A61B5/7445

  Display arrangements, e.g. multiple display units · CPC title

• G02B23/2461

  Illumination · CPC title

• A61B5/489 Primary

  Blood vessels · CPC title