Spectacle lens for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generates an image, and display device with such a spectacle lens

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10401629-B2
Application number	US-201815960533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 23, 2018
Priority date	Sep 27, 2013
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

A spectacle lens for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generate an image guides light bundles of pixels of the generated image, which are coupled into the spectacle lens via the coupling-in section of the spectacle lens, in the spectacle lens by reflections on the rear side and a reflecting surface lying opposite this to the coupling-out section and coupling them out of the spectacle lens via the coupling-out section. A splitter layer reflects a portion of light bundles reflected by the rear side towards the rear side and transmits a portion, wherein after reflection on the rear side the reflected portion strikes the splitter layer again and there, once again, is partially reflected towards the rear side and partially transmitted. The transmitted portions strike the facets are coupled out of the spectacle lens through the splitter layer and the rear side.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A spectacle lens for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generate an image, the spectacle lens comprising:
a spectacle lens body comprising a front side and a rear side, wherein at least one of the front side and the rear side are curved, and the spectacle lens body further comprising a first partial body and a second partial body, each including mutually facing boundary surfaces which are connected to each other, with, as seen in top view onto the spectacle lens, a coupling-in section in an edge area of the spectacle lens and a reflective coupling-out section, which comprises reflective facets, in a central area of the spectacle lens; and
a splitter layer arranged between the two boundary surfaces in the area of the coupling-out section,
wherein the spectacle lens is configured to guide light bundles of pixels of the generated image, which are coupled into the spectacle lens via the coupling-in section of the spectacle lens, in the spectacle lens by reflections on the rear side and a reflecting surface lying opposite this to the coupling-out section and coupling them out of the spectacle lens via the coupling-out section, and
wherein the splitter layer reflects a portion of light bundles reflected by the rear side towards the rear side and transmits a portion, wherein after reflection on the rear side the reflected portion strikes the splitter layer again and there, once again, is partially reflected towards the rear side and partially transmitted, wherein the transmitted portions strike the facets, which bring about a reflection in the direction of the rear side such that the portions reflected by the facets are coupled out of the spectacle lens through the splitter layer and the rear side,
wherein the splitter layer is formed curved.

2. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein a reflectivity property of the splitter layer decreases in the direction from the coupling-in to the coupling-out section.

3. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the facets are formed as partially reflective facets.

4. The spectacle lens according to claim 3 , wherein a reflectivity property of the facets increases in the direction from the coupling-in to the coupling-out section.

5. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the reflecting surface is the front side.

6. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the reflecting surface is formed between the two boundary surfaces of the first and the second partial bodies.

7. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein a depression defined by the facets is filled in with material of the partial body, in which the facets are formed, such that a smooth front side is formed.

8. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the reflecting surface is formed flat.

9. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the coupling-in section and the coupling-out section have an imaging effect.

10. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling-in section has a collimation effect.

11. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling-in section is at least one of refractive and reflective.

12. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the reflecting surface and the splitter layer are each implemented by a common layer.

13. A display device, comprising:
a holder configured to be fitted on the head of a user;
an image-generating module secured to the holder, which generates an image; and
an imaging optical system secured to the holder, which comprises a spectacle lens according to claim 1 and which, when the holder is fitted on the head, images the generated image such that the user can perceive it as a virtual image.

Assignees

• tooz technologies GmbH

Inventors

• Dobschal Hans-Juergen
• Lindig Karsten

Classifications

• G02B27/0172 Primary

  characterised by optical features · CPC title

• G02B2027/0125

  Field-of-view increase by wavefront division · CPC title

• G02B27/0081

  with means for altering, e.g. enlarging, the entrance or exit pupil · CPC title

• G02B2027/0178

  Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C) · CPC title

• G02C11/10

  Electronic devices other than hearing aids · CPC title