Eyepiece and head-mounted display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10928634-B2
Application number	US-201716065586-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2017
Priority date	Oct 24, 2017
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

Provided are an eyepiece and a head-mounted display device, where the eyepiece includes: a positive lens and a negative lens arranged sequentially and coaxially; where a light incident surface of the positive lens is a planar Fresnel surface, and a light emergent surface of the positive lens is a convex surface; a light incident surface of the negative lens is a concave surface, and a light emergent surface of the negative lens is a convex surface; and the light to be observed is incident on the light incident surface of the negative lens and refracted by the negative lens to the light incident surface of the positive lens, and enters human eyes after being refracted by the positive lens. The eyepiece and head-mounted display device provided by the present disclosure realize an ultrathin eyepiece optical system and facilitate a miniaturized and lighter head-mounted display device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An eyepiece, comprising:
a positive lens and a negative lens arranged sequentially and coaxially, wherein:
a light incident surface of the positive lens is a planar Fresnel surface, and a light emergent surface of the positive lens is a convex surface;
a light incident surface of the negative lens is a concave surface, and a light emergent surface of the negative lens is a convex surface; and
light to be observed is incident on the light incident surface of the negative lens, and is refracted by the negative lens to the light incident surface of the positive lens, and emitted by the positive lens.

2. The eyepiece of claim 1 , wherein the light emergent surface of the positive lens is a convex aspheric surface.

3. The eyepiece of claim 1 , wherein:
a refractive index n 1 and a dispersion v 1 of the positive lens satisfy a condition of 1.5<n 1 <1.55, and 55<v 1 <60; and
a refractive index n 2 and a dispersion v 2 of the negative lens satisfy a condition of 1.5<n 2 <1.55, and 55<v 2 <60.

4. A head-mounted display device, comprising:
an eyepiece; and
a display device coaxial with the eyepiece, wherein:
the eyepiece comprises a positive lens and a negative lens arranged sequentially and coaxially;
a light incident surface of the positive lens is a planar Fresnel surface, and a light emergent surface of the positive lens is a convex surface, a light incident surface of the negative lens is a concave surface, and a light emergent surface of the negative lens is a convex surface;
light to be observed is incident on the light incident surface of the negative lens, and is refracted by the negative lens to the light incident surface of the positive lens, and emitted by the positive lens; and
screen light emitted by the display device enters human eyes after being refracted by the eyepiece.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein a distance TTL from a center point of the light emergent surface of the positive lens to a center point of a display screen of the display device is less than 32 mm.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein:
a distance TO from a center point of the positive lens to human eyes satisfies a condition of 0.35 TTL<T 0 <0.45 TTL; and
a center thickness T 1 of the positive lens satisfies a condition of 0.09 TTL<T 1 <0.1 TTL.

7. The device of claim 5 , wherein a center thickness T 2 of the negative lens satisfies a condition of 0.09 TTL<T 2 <0.1 TTL.

8. The device of claim 5 , wherein a focal length F of the device satisfies a condition of 0.9 TTL<F<0.95 TTL.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein a Fresnel curvature radius R of the light incident surface of the positive lens satisfies a condition of −0.6 F<R<−0.65 F.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein a focal length of the negative lens satisfies a condition of −700<F 2 <0; and the focal length F 1 of the positive lens is less than F.

11. The eyepiece of claim 2 , wherein:
a refractive index n 1 and a dispersion v 1 of the positive lens satisfy a condition of 1.5<n 1 <1.55, and 55<v 1 <60; and
a refractive index n 2 and a dispersion v 2 of the negative lens satisfy a condition of 1.5<n 2 <1.55, and 55<v 2 <60.

12. A head-mounted display device, comprising:
an eyepiece;
and a display device coaxial with the eyepiece, wherein:
the eyepiece comprises a positive lens and a negative lens arranged sequentially and coaxially;
a light incident surface of the positive lens is a planar Fresnel surface, and a light emergent surface of the positive lens is a convex surface; a light incident surface of the negative lens is a concave surface, and a light emergent surface of the negative lens is a convex surface;
light to be observed is incident on the light incident surface of the negative lens, and is refracted by the negative lens to the light incident surface of the positive lens, and emitted by the positive lens;
screen light emitted by the display device enters human eyes after being refracted by the eyepiece; and
the light emergent surface of the positive lens is a convex aspheric surface.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein a distance TTL from a center point of the light emergent surface of the positive lens to a center point of a display screen of the display device is less than 32 mm.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein:
a distance TO from a center point of the positive lens to human eyes satisfies a condition of 0.35 TTL<T 0 <0.45 TTL; and
a center thickness T 1 of the positive lens satisfies a condition of 0.09 TTL<T 1 <0.1 TTL.

15. The device of claim 13 , wherein a center thickness T 2 of the negative lens satisfies a condition of 0.09 TTL<T 2 <0.1 TTL.

16. The device of claim 13 , wherein a focal length F of the device satisfies a condition of 0.9 TTL<F<0.95 TTL.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein a Fresnel curvature radius R of the light incident surface of the positive lens satisfies a condition of −0.6 F<R<−0.65 F.

18. The device of claim 16 , wherein a focal length of the negative lens satisfies a condition of −700<F 2 <0; and the focal length F 1 of the positive lens is less than F.

Assignees

• Goertek Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Chun

Classifications

• G02B27/0172 Primary

  characterised by optical features · CPC title

• G02B13/16

  for use in conjunction with image converters or intensifiers {, or for use with projectors, e.g. objectives for projection TV} · CPC title

• G02B3/08

  with discontinuous faces, e.g. Fresnel lens {(diffractive Fresnel lenses G02B5/1876)} · CPC title

• G02B30/00 Primary

  Optical systems or apparatus for producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images (in microscopes G02B21/22) · CPC title

• G02B2027/0152

  involving arrangement aiming to get lighter or better balanced devices · CPC title