Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11614624-B2
Application number	US-201916981458-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2019
Priority date	Mar 23, 2018
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

A display apparatus that can surely make an image reach an observer's pupil without imposing a burden on the observer. The apparatus includes: an eyepiece optical system; and an image display apparatus including an image forming apparatus and a transfer optical system. The eyepiece optical system and the image display apparatus are spatially separated from each other, the eyepiece optical system forms an image from the transfer optical system on a retina of an observer, the image display apparatus further includes a first position detection apparatus that detects a position of the eyepiece optical system, a second position detection apparatus that detects a position of a pupil of the observer. On the basis of detected positional information of the eyepiece optical system and the pupil, the transfer optical system is controlled such that the image incident from the image forming apparatus reaches the eyepiece optical system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus, comprising:
an eyepiece optical system arranged at a location distant from an observer; and
an image display apparatus including an image forming apparatus and a transfer optical system that emits an image incident from the image forming apparatus to the eyepiece optical system, wherein
the eyepiece optical system and the image display apparatus are arranged to be spatially separated from each other,
the eyepiece optical system forms an image from the transfer optical system on a retina of the observer,
the image display apparatus further includes
a first position detection apparatus that detects a position of the eyepiece optical system,
a second position detection apparatus that detects a position of a pupil of the observer, and
a transfer optical system controlling apparatus, and
on a basis of positional information of the eyepiece optical system detected by the first position detection apparatus and positional information of the pupil of the observer detected by the second position detection apparatus, the transfer optical system controlling apparatus controls the transfer optical system such that the image incident from the image forming apparatus reaches the eyepiece optical system.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the eyepiece optical system and the image display apparatus are relatively movable.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the eyepiece optical system is mounted on the observer.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transfer optical system includes a movable mirror.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when an angle formed by a straight line connecting a center of the eyepiece optical system and a center of the pupil of the observer and a normal line passing through the center of the eyepiece optical system is θ 1 , an angle formed by a light beam emitted from a center of the image forming apparatus passing through the transfer optical system, and reaching the eyepiece optical system and a normal line passing through the center of the eyepiece optical system is θ 2 , and a focal length of the eyepiece optical system is f 0 (unit: mm), the transfer optical system controlling apparatus controls the transfer optical system so as to satisfy
f 0 ·|tan(θ 2 )−tan(θ 1 )|≤3.5.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the second position detection apparatus includes a light emitting unit that emits infrared light and a light receiving unit that receives the infrared light reflected by the pupil of the observer, and
the eyepiece optical system has a wavelength-dependent light-collecting characteristic.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a retroreflective marker is attached to the eyepiece optical system.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the eyepiece optical system includes a hologram lens.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second position detection apparatus includes a light receiving unit that receives visible light reflected by the pupil of the observer.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the eyepiece optical system has a wavelength-dependent light-collecting characteristic.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the second position detection apparatus includes a light emitting unit that emits infrared light and a light receiving unit that receives the infrared light reflected by the pupil of the observer, and
the eyepiece optical system has a wavelength-dependent diffraction characteristic.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the infrared light emitted from the light emitting unit is affected by the diffraction characteristic of the eyepiece optical system.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the eyepiece optical system includes a diffractive optical member.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the diffractive optical member includes a diffractive member having a diffractive function and a light collecting member having a light collecting function.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the eyepiece optical system includes a light collecting member on which an image from the transfer optical system is incident, and a deflection member that guides light emitted from the light collecting member to the pupil of the observer.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first position detection apparatus emits infrared light.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein on a basis of positional information of the eyepiece optical system detected by the first position detection apparatus and positional information of the pupil of the observer detected by the second position detection apparatus, a position of an image formed in the image forming apparatus is corrected.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the eyepiece optical system includes a diffraction grating.

19. A display apparatus, comprising:
an eyepiece optical arranged at a location distant from an observer; and
an image display apparatus including an image forming apparatus and a transfer optical system that emits an image incident from the image forming apparatus to the eyepiece optical system, wherein
the eyepiece optical system and the image display apparatus are arranged to be spatially separated from each other,
the eyepiece optical system forms an image from the transfer optical system on a retina of the observer,
the image display apparatus further includes
a first position detection apparatus that detects a position of the eyepiece optical system,
a second position detection apparatus that detects a position of a pupil of the observer, and
a transfer optical system controlling apparatus, and
the second position detection apparatus is arranged at a position where the pupil of the observer can be seen.

Assignees

• Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp

Inventors

• Hayashi Kengo

Classifications

• G02B27/0172 Primary

  characterised by optical features · CPC title

• G02B25/001

  Eyepieces · CPC title

• G02B27/02

  Viewing or reading apparatus (stereoscopic systems G02B30/00) · CPC title

• A61B3/113

  for determining or recording eye movement · CPC title

• G02B5/32

  Holograms used as optical elements · CPC title