Optical device and virtual image display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9383722-B2
Application number	US-201414306595-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2014
Priority date	Jun 10, 2008
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

An optical device includes: a light guide plate receiving, for each of N types of wavelength bands, a plurality of parallel light beams with different incident angles each corresponding to view angles, and guiding the received parallel light beams; a first and a second volume hologram gratings of reflection type having a diffraction configuration which includes N types of interference fringes each corresponding to the N types of wavelength bands, and diffracting/reflecting the parallel light beams. The optical device satisfies for each wavelength band, a relationship of ‘P>L’, where ‘L’ represents a central diffraction wavelength in the first and second volume hologram gratings, defined for a parallel light beam corresponding to a central view angle, and ‘P’ represents a peak wavelength of the parallel light beams.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An optical device comprising:
a light source;
a light guide plate configured to receive light, and to guide the received light;
a first deflecting element configured to deflect light entering the light guide plate; and
a second deflecting element configured to deflect light which has been propagated through the light guide plate,
wherein an intensity of a first deflected light by the first deflecting element which corresponds to a first view angle +θ is higher than an intensity of a second deflected light by the first deflecting element which corresponds to a second view angle −θ,
wherein a number of times of the first deflected light deflected in the second deflecting element is higher than a number of times of the second deflected light deflected in the second deflecting element, and
wherein a peak wavelength of the light source is closer to a central diffraction wavelength of the light with the first view angle +θ than to the a central diffraction wavelength of the light with the second view angle −θ, θ being an angle relative to a normal to a surface of the light guide plate.

2. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the second deflecting element is thinner than the first deflecting element.

3. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the light source is a LED device.

4. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the light source is configured to emit red light.

5. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the light source is configured to emit light including 635 nm.

6. An optical device comprising:
a light source;
a first deflecting element configured to deflect light emitted from the light source; and
a second deflecting element configured to deflect light deflected by the first deflecting element,
wherein a peak wavelength of the light source is closer to a central diffraction wavelength of the light with a first view angle +θ than with a second view angle −θ such that a balance between an intensity of a third deflected light by the second deflecting element which corresponds to a first view angle and an intensity of a fourth deflected light by the second deflecting element which corresponds to a second view angle can be maintained, θ being an angle relative to a normal to a surface of the light guide plate.

7. The optical device of claim 6 , wherein an intensity of a first deflected light by the first deflecting element which corresponds to a first view angle is higher than an intensity of a second deflected light by the first deflecting element which corresponds to a second view angle.

8. The optical device of claim 6 , wherein the second deflecting element is thinner than the first deflecting element.

9. The optical device of claim 6 , wherein the light source is a LED device.

10. The optical device of claim 6 , wherein the light source is configured to emit red light.

11. The optical device of claim 6 , wherein the light source is configured to emit light including 635 nm.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Akutsu Katsuyuki
• Nakano Satoshi
• Mukawa Hiroshi

Classifications

• G02B2027/0116

  comprising devices for correcting chromatic aberration · CPC title

• G02B2027/011

  comprising device for correcting geometrical aberrations, distortion · CPC title

• G02B27/0172 Primary

  characterised by optical features · CPC title

• G02B6/124

  Geodesic lenses or integrated gratings · CPC title

• G03H1/04 Primary

  Processes or apparatus for producing holograms (G03H1/26 takes precedence) · CPC title