Head-mounted display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9798146-B2
Application number	US-201514612647-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2015
Priority date	Sep 4, 2014
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

A head-mounted display apparatus includes a display unit including a plurality of emissive areas which displays images and a plurality of transmissive areas disposed between the emissive areas and which transmits light from external light sources, a first optical element which receives and converges light emitted from the display unit onto a predetermined area, and a second optical element disposed opposite to the first optical element with respect to the display unit and which receives and diverges light incident toward the display unit from an outside.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A head-mounted display apparatus comprising:
a display unit comprising:
a plurality of emissive areas which displays images; and
a plurality of transmissive areas disposed between the emissive areas and which transmits external light;

a first optical element attached to the display unit, wherein the first optical element receives and converges light emitted from the display unit onto a predetermined area; and
a second optical element disposed opposite to the first optical element with respect to the display unit, wherein the second optical element receives and diverges light incident toward the display unit from an outside.

2. The head-mounted display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an absolute value of the focal length of the first optical element is substantially equal to an absolute value of a focal length of the second optical element.

3. The head-mounted display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the first optical element comprises a positive lens, and
the second optical element comprises a negative lens.

4. The head-mounted display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the first optical element and the second optical element comprises a Fresnel lens or a holographic optical element lens.

5. The head-mounted display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the display unit comprises a plurality of pixels, and
each of the plurality of pixels comprises:
a first emission portion, a second emission portion and a third emission portion, which are disposed in the emissive areas; and
a transmissive window disposed in the transmissive areas and adjacent to the first emission portion, the second emission portion and the third emission portion.

6. The head-mounted display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a frame which accommodates the display unit, the first optical element and the second optical element, and configured to be mounted on a user's head.

7. A head-mounted display apparatus comprising:
a display unit comprising:
a plurality of emissive areas which displays images; and
a plurality of transmissive areas disposed between the emissive areas and which transmits external light;

a first optical element attached to the display unit, wherein the first optical element receives and converges light emitted from the display unit onto a predetermined area; and
a second optical element disposed opposite to the first optical element with respect to the display unit, wherein the second optical element receives and diverges light incident toward the display unit from an outside,
wherein the first optical element receives and converges light emitted from the plurality of emissive areas separated by the plurality of transmissive areas,
an absolute value of a focal length of the first optical element is substantially equal to an absolute value of a focal length of the second optical element, and
the focal lengths of the first optical element and the second optical element are fixed.

8. The head-mounted display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
a focal length of the first optical element is about 20 centimeters or more.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Sumin

Classifications

• G02B5/30

  Polarising elements (light-modulating devices with active elements G02F1/00) · CPC title

• G02B2027/0174

  holographic · CPC title

• G02B3/08

  with discontinuous faces, e.g. Fresnel lens {(diffractive Fresnel lenses G02B5/1876)} · CPC title

• G02F1/133526

  Lenses, e.g. microlenses or Fresnel lenses · CPC title

• G02F1/133528

  Polarisers · CPC title