Display with an adjustable focus mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9322213-B2
Application number	US-201514657843-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2015
Priority date	Aug 21, 2012
Publication date	Apr 26, 2016
Grant date	Apr 26, 2016

Abstract

An aspect of the invention provides a display with an adjustable focus mechanism. The display with an adjustable focus mechanism includes a display panel for emitting a plurality of rays to form an image; a light modulation device for receiving the rays from the display panel and adjusting an emergent angle of each ray; and a controller for providing a control signal to drive the light modulation device by estimating the emergent angle of the each of the rays according to an eyesight data of a user and a distance between the user and the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display with an adjustable focus mechanism, comprising:
a display panel for emitting a plurality of rays to form an image;
a light modulation device for receiving the rays from the display panel and adjusting an emergent angle of each ray; and
a controller for providing a control signal to drive the light modulation device by estimating the emergent angle of the each of the rays according to an eyesight data of a user and a distance between the user and the display.

2. The display as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
an eyesight status device for obtaining the eyesight data of the user wherein the emergent angle of each of the plurality of rays is determined further according to the eyesight data of the user.

3. The display as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
an eye tracking device for tracking a position of the user and estimating the distance between the user and the display.

4. The display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the eye tracking device comprises an auto refractometer capable of automatically tracing eyes of the user and detecting the eyesight data of the user.

5. The display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the eyesight data comprises an astigmatism degree, a degree of myopia or a degree of hyperopia of the user.

6. The display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the eyesight data is directly input to the eyesight status device by the user or acquired from an electronic patient record database.

7. The display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light modulation device comprises a plurality of electro-wetting units arranged in a matrix form.

8. The display as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the plurality of electro-wetting units are driven by a dielectric force.

9. The display as claimed in claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of electro-wetting units comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, a compartment, and a first and second light modulating media filled in the compartment, wherein the first light and second light modulating media are substantially immiscible and are of different refractive indices, and a boundary between the first light and second light modulating media is adjusted by applying a voltage to the first and second electrodes according to the control signal from the controller.

10. The display as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a calculator capable of receiving the distance between the user and the display and the eyesight data of the user to generate a control parameter, wherein the controller is capable of estimating the emergent angle according to the control parameter from the calculator.

11. The display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the each of the plurality of rays form an in-focus image on a retina of the user after the plurality of rays are refracted by the light modulation device.

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Wang Yeong-Feng
• Tsai Ming-Wei
• Chang Keh-Su
• Liang Rong-Chang

Classifications

• G02C7/085

  Fluid-filled lenses, e.g. electro-wetting lenses · CPC title

• E06B9/68 Primary

  Operating devices or mechanisms, e.g. with electric drive · CPC title

• A61B3/113 Primary

  for determining or recording eye movement · CPC title

• G02C7/08

  Auxiliary lenses; Arrangements for varying focal length · CPC title

• E06B2009/6827

  sensing light · CPC title