Electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9250373-B2
Application number	US-201213591623-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2012
Priority date	Sep 8, 2011
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

In an optical system, first green light reflected by a first diffractive optical element propagates in a left direction by repeating total reflection within a first light guide unit, is reflected by a third diffractive optical element, and is guided to a left eye. First red light reflected by a fifth diffractive optical element propagates in a left direction by repeating total reflection within a second light guide unit, is reflected by a seventh diffractive optical element, and is guided to a left eye. First blue light reflected by a ninth diffractive optical element is reflected by an eleventh diffractive optical element, and is guided to a left eye.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a display device that:
emits a first red light, a second red light having a longer peak wavelength than the first red light, a first green light, a second green light having a longer peak wavelength than the first green light, a first blue light, and a second blue light having a longer peak wavelength than the first blue light, and
displays an image for one of a left eye or a right eye by the first red light, the first green light, and the first blue light, and an image for another of the left eye or the right eye by the second red light, the second green light, and the second blue light;

an optical system that converts the light emitted from the display device into parallel light;
a first light guide unit that includes a first surface and a second surface, and enables the parallel light emitted from the optical system to be made incident on the first surface from a reference direction that is a direction perpendicular to the first surface;
a first diffractive optical element that is provided on the second surface of the first light guide unit through which the parallel light emitted from the optical system is transmitted, reflects the first green light having been transmitted through the first light guide unit at an angle of +θ1 with respect to the reference direction, and transmits the second green light, the first and second red light, and the first and second blue light each having been transmitted through the first light guide unit;
a second diffractive optical element that is provided on a surface of the first diffractive optical element that is opposite a surface of the first diffractive optical element in contact with the first light guide unit, reflects the second green light at a reflection angle of −θ2 with respect to the reference direction, and transmits the first and second red light and the first and second blue light;
a third diffractive optical element that is provided on the second surface of the first light guide unit separated from the first diffractive optical element by a predetermined distance in a first direction, and reflects, at a reflection angle of −θ1, the first green light propagated by repeating reflection within the first light guide unit;
a fourth diffractive optical element that is provided on the second surface of the first light guide unit separated from the second diffractive optical element by a predetermined distance in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and reflects, at a reflection angle of +θ2, the second green light propagated by repeating reflection within the first light guide unit;
a second light guide unit that includes a fourth surface and a third surface in contact with the second diffractive optical element, and enables the first and second red light and the first and second blue light each having been transmitted through the second diffractive optical element to be made incident on the third surface;
a fifth diffractive optical element that is provided on the fourth surface of the second light guide unit, reflects the first red light at an angle of +θ3 with respect to the reference direction, and transmits the second red light and the first and second blue light each having been transmitted through the second light guide unit;
a sixth diffractive optical element that is provided on a surface of the fifth diffractive optical element that is opposite a surface of the fifth diffractive optical element in contact with the second light guide unit, reflects the second red light at a reflection angle of −θ4 with respect to the reference direction, and transmits the first and second blue light;
a seventh diffractive optical element that is provided on the fourth surface of the second light guide unit separated from the fifth diffractive optical element by a predetermined distance in the first direction, and reflects, at a reflection angle of −θ3, the first red light propagated by repeating reflection within the second light guide unit;
an eighth diffractive optical element that is provided on the fourth surface of the second light guide unit separated from the sixth diffractive optical element by a predetermined distance in the second direction, and reflects, at a reflection angle of +θ4, the second red light propagated by repeating reflection within the second light guide unit;
a ninth diffractive optical element that is provided so as to be in contact with a surface of the sixth diffractive optical element that is opposite a surface of the sixth diffractive optical element in contact with the fifth diffractive optical element, reflects the first blue light at an angle of +θ5 with respect to the reference direction, and transmits the second blue light having been transmitted through the sixth diffractive optical element;
a tenth diffractive optical element that is provided so as to be in contact with a surface of the ninth diffractive optical element that is opposite a surface of the ninth diffractive optical element in contact with the sixth diffractive optical element, and reflects the second blue light at an angle of −θ6 with respect to the reference direction;
an eleventh diffractive optical element that is provided so as to be in contact with the seventh diffractive optical element while separated from the ninth diffractive optical element in the first direction by a predetermined distance, and reflects, at a reflection angle of −θ5, the first blue light propagated by repeating reflection within the second light guide unit; and
a twelfth diffractive optical element that is provided so as to be in contact with the eighth diffractive optical element while separated from the tenth diffractive optical element by a predetermined distance in the second direction, and reflects, at a reflection angle of +θ6, the second blue light propagated by repeating reflection within the second light guide unit.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display device includes a plurality of pixels, and each of the plurality of pixels includes a light emitting element which emits light by any one of the first and second red light, the first and second green light, and the first and second blue light.

3. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a display device that:
emits a first red light, a second red light having a longer peak wavelength than the first red light, a first green light, a second green light having a longer peak wavelength than the first green light, a first blue light, and a second blue light having a longer peak wavelength than the first blue light, and
displays an image for one of a left eye or a right eye by the first red light, the first green light, and the first blue light, and an image for another of the left eye or right eye by the second red light, the second green light, and the second blue light;

an optical system that converts the light emitted from the display device into parallel light;
a first light guide unit that includes a first surface and a second surface, and enables the parallel light emitted from the optical system to be made incident on the first surface from a reference direction that is a direction perpendicular to the first surface;
a first diffractive optical element that is provided on the second surface of the first light guide unit through which the parallel light emitted from the optical system is transmitted, reflects the first green light having been transmitted through the first light guide unit at an angle of +θ1 with respect to the reference direction, and transmits the second green light, the first and second red light, and the first and second blue light each having been transmitted through the first light guide unit;
a second diffractive optical element that is provided on a surface of the first diffractive optical element that is opposite a surface of the first diffr

Assignees

• Kubota Takehiko
• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Kubota Takehiko

Classifications

• G02B27/1086

  operating by diffraction only · CPC title

• G02B2027/0178

  Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C) · CPC title

• G02B27/4272

  having plural diffractive elements positioned sequentially along the optical path · CPC title

• G02B6/29328

  Diffractive elements operating in reflection · CPC title

• G03H2001/2615

  in physical contact, i.e. layered holograms · CPC title