Display device for head-mounting and display method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11874459-B2
Application number	US-202017031472-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2020
Priority date	Apr 3, 2018
Publication date	Jan 16, 2024
Grant date	Jan 16, 2024

Abstract

The disclosure provides a display device for head mounting, in particular a Maxwellian display device, with an enlarged eye-box. The display device includes a light source emitting light beams for forming an image, an optical system for guiding the light beams to a beam forming element. The beam forming element is configured to converge each of multiple sets of the light beams into a different point of convergence, for example on an exit pupil of the display device. Each point of convergence is a convergent viewing point for a user. The eye-box is thus enlarged.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device suitable for head-mounting, comprising
a light source configured to emit light beams for forming an image;
an optical system configured to guide the light beams to a beam forming element, wherein the beam forming element is configured to converge each set of multiple sets of the light beams into a different point of convergence;
an optical displacer arranged between the light source and the optical system and configured to produce multiple sets of the light beams by spatially separating the light beams received from the light source into two differently polarized sets of light beams;
a polarization modulator arranged between the light source and the optical displacer and configured to polarize, when activated, the light beams provided to the optical displacer, wherein the display device is configured to activate the polarization modulator based on a brightness of the light beams when the brightness of the light beams is above a determined threshold value.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the beam forming element includes a plurality of beam splitters and is configured to produce multiple sets of the light beams by spatially separating the light beams received from the optical system into one set per beam splitter.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
a first set of the beam splitters is arranged one after the other in a first direction, and
a second set of the beam splitters is arranged one after the other in a second direction, particularly in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

4. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the optical system includes a first lens configured to collimate the light beams and a second lens to receive the collimated light beams and output converging light beams to the beam forming element.

5. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein
a distance between adjacent points of convergence is between 2 mm and 6 mm.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the beam forming element includes a flat combiner with one or more layers and is configured to produce multiple sets of the light beams by spatially separating each of the differently polarized sets of light beams received form the optical system into one set per layer.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein
the flat combiner includes diffractive gratings or holographic gratings.

8. The device according to claim 6 , wherein
the optical system includes a lens configured to collimate the light beams received from the optical displacer and output the collimated light beams to the flat combiner.

9. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein
a distance between adjacent points of convergence is between 2 mm and 6 mm when the polarization modulator is deactivated, and is between 1 mm and 3 mm when the polarization modulator is activated.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein
the light source is a laser scanning projector and each of the emitted light beams relates to one pixel of an image to be formed.

11. A display method, comprising
emitting light beams for forming an image;
converging each of multiple sets of the light beams into a different point of convergence;
producing, by an optical displacer arranged between the light source and the optical system, multiple sets of the light beams by spatially separating the light beams received from the light source into two differently polarized sets of light beams;
polarizing, by a polarization modulator arranged between the light source and the optical displacer, when activated, the light beams provided to the optical displacer, wherein polarization is activated based on a brightness of the light beams.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd
• The Chancellor Masters And Scholars Of The Univ Of Cambridge

Inventors

• Lin Tao
• Zhang Qing
• Jia Jia
• Shrestha Pawan
• Pryn Matt
• Chu Daping

Classifications

• G02B27/0081 Primary

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

• G02B27/106

  for splitting or combining a plurality of identical beams or images, e.g. image replication · CPC title

• G02B27/283

  used for beam splitting or combining · CPC title

• G02B27/30

  Collimators · CPC title

• G02F1/0136

  for the control of polarisation, e.g. state of polarisation [SOP] control, polarisation scrambling, TE-TM mode conversion or separation (G02F1/0353 takes precedence) · CPC title