Head-mounted display optical system and head-mounted display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9581818-B2
Application number	US-201314420365-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 23, 2013
Priority date	Aug 8, 2012
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a head-mounted display optical system (LS) having: an optical deflection element (M 1 ); a first lens group (G 1 ); a second lens group (G 2 ); and an optical reflection element (M 2 ). The head-mounted display optical system is configured such that light from a light source, which is reflected on a reflection surface (M 2 r ) of the optical reflection element (M 2 ) and reaches a drawing surface (I) assumed to be located on a retina when a user wears the head-mounted display, moves on the drawing surface (I) according to the change of a travelling direction of the light caused by the optical deflection element (M 1 ), and an image is drawn on the drawing surface (I). The first lens group (G 1 ) includes a free-shaped surface lens having a free-shaped surface which is rotationally asymmetrical with respect to a reference axis, and the reflection surface (M 2 r ) of the optical reflection element (M 2 ) is formed to be rotationally asymmetrical with respect to a reference axis.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A head-mounted display optical system, comprising:
an optical deflection element that changes a travelling direction of light from a light source;
a first lens group that has positive refractive power and collects light entered via the optical deflection element;
a second lens group that is disposed near a position of intermediate image forming by the first lens group; and
an optical reflection element that has a reflection surface to reflect light transmitted through the second lens group, and allows light, entered from an opposite surface to the reflection surface, to transmit therethrough,
the head-mounted display optical system being configured such that light from the light source, which is reflected on the reflection surface and reaches a drawing surface assumed to be located on a retina when a user wears the head-mounted display, moves on the drawing surface in accordance with the change of a travelling direction of the light caused by the optical deflection element, and an image is drawn on the drawing surface,
the first lens group including a free-shaped surface lens having a free-shaped surface which is rotationally asymmetrical with respect to a reference axis,
the reflection surface of the optical reflection element being formed to be rotationally asymmetrical with respect to a reference axis, and
the following conditional expressions being satisfied:
0.20< m< 3.00
20<| f 2/ f 1|<3000

where m denotes an afocal magnification of the head-mounted display optical system, f 1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group, and f 2 denotes a focal length of the second lens group.

2. The head-mounted display optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.000015[mm −1 ]<|1/ f 2 |<0.005[mm −1 ].

3. The head-mounted display optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the following conditional expression is satisfied:
15<Δν d< 45

where Δνd denotes a maximum value of a difference of Abbe numbers between a lens having positive refractive power and a lens having negative refractive power in a the first lens group.

4. The head-mounted display optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first lens group is constituted by resin lenses,
the second lens group further includes a lens having a diffuse transmission surface, and
a deflection angle of light that is reflected on the reflection surface of the optical reflection element is 45° or more.

5. The head-mounted display optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first lens group includes the free-shaped surface lens having positive refractive power and a negative lens, and
the second lens group includes a free-shaped surface lens having a free-shaped surface which is rotationally asymmetrical with respect to a reference axis.

6. The head-mounted display optical system according to claim 5 , wherein the second lens group has negative refractive power near the reference axis.

7. The head-mounted display optical system according to claim 5 , wherein
the free-shaped surface lens of the first lens group has the free-shaped lens surface and a lens surface located on the opposite side of this lens surface and rotationally symmetrical with respect to a reference axis, and is formed in a meniscus shape,
the negative lens has a lens surface rotationally asymmetrical with respect to a reference axis, and is formed in a meniscus shape, and
the free-shaped surface lens of the second lens group has positive refractive power and is formed in a meniscus shape.

8. The head-mounted display optical system according to claim 7 , wherein
when (x, y) are the coordinates that pass through an intersection point of the free-shaped lens surface and a reference axis and are on a plane perpendicular to the reference axis, and a sag of the free-shaped lens surface is expressed by a polynomial of x and y in the free-shaped surface lens of the first lens group, the polynomial of x and y includes a term, of which degree is at least 8, and
when h is a distance from the reference axis and a sag of the aspherical lens surface is expressed by a polynomial of h in the free-shaped surface lens of the first lens group, the polynomial of h includes a term, of which degree is at least 8.

9. The head-mounted display optical system according to claim 7 , wherein
the second lens group further includes a lens having a diffuse transmission surface, and
when (x, y) are coordinates that pass through an intersection point of the free-shaped lens surface and a reference axis and are on a plane perpendicular to the reference axis, and a sag of the free-shaped lens surface is expressed by a polynomial of x and y in the free-shaped surface lens of the second lens group, the polynomial of x and y includes a term, of which degree is at least 8.

10. The head-mounted display optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first lens group includes a lens having a diffraction optical surface, and
the following conditional expression is satisfied:
0.01< fd/f 1<10.00

where fd denotes a focal length of the lens having the diffraction optical surface, and f 1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group.

11. The head-mounted display optical system according to claim 1 , wherein
the image that is drawn is superposed on an image formed by the light that has transmitted through the optical reflection element and reached the drawing surface.

12. A head-mounted display including the head-mounted display optical system according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Nikon Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Kenzaburo

Classifications

• G02B2027/011

  comprising device for correcting geometrical aberrations, distortion · CPC title

• G02B27/0149

  characterised by mechanical features (G02B27/0176 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B2027/0152

  involving arrangement aiming to get lighter or better balanced devices · CPC title

• G02B26/105

  with one or more pivoting mirrors or galvano-mirrors (G02B26/101 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B17/08

  Catadioptric systems {(used in non-imaging applications G02B19/00)} · CPC title