Spectacle lens for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generates an image, and display device with such a spectacle lens

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9995935-B2
Application number	US-201415025190-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2014
Priority date	Sep 27, 2013
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

A spectacle lens for a display device can be fitted on the head of a user and generate an image. The spectacle lens body can include a front side, a rear side, a coupling-in section in an edge area of the spectacle lens and a coupling-out section in a central area of the spectacle lens, two opposing reflecting surfaces in the area of the coupling-in section, and facets embedded in the area of the coupling-in section in the spectacle lens body between the two reflecting surfaces and arranged next to each other in the direction from the coupling-in to the coupling-out section in a first and an adjoining second area. The facets in the first area can be partially reflective or reflective. The facets in the second area can be partially reflective. Directly neighboring facets in the second area can be connected by a partially transparent or wholly transparent face.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A spectacle lens for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generate an image, the spectacle lens comprising:
a spectacle lens body comprising a front side, a rear side, and as seen in top view onto the spectacle lens, a coupling-in section in an edge area of the spectacle lens and a coupling-out section in a central area of the spectacle lens, and two opposing reflecting surfaces in an area of the coupling-in section, and a plurality of facets embedded in the area of the coupling-in section in the spectacle lens body between the two opposing reflecting surfaces and arranged next to each other in a direction from the coupling-in to the coupling-out section in a first and an adjoining second area,
wherein the facets in a first area are either partially reflective or reflective,
wherein the facets in a second area are partially reflective,
wherein the facets directly neighbouring one another in the second area are connected by a face which is partially transparent or transparent,
wherein the spectacle lens is capable of guiding light bundles of pixels of the generated image that are coupled into the spectacle lens via the coupling-in section of the spectacle lens, in the spectacle lens by reflections to the coupling-out section and coupling them out of the spectacle lens via the coupling-out section,
wherein the facets in the first area reflect the light bundles for the coupling-in at least partially to the second reflecting surface,
wherein a reflection in the direction to the first reflecting surface takes place for the guiding of the light bundles, and
wherein light bundles striking the faces in the second area thereby run through the faces to the first reflecting surface and are reflected on the first reflecting surface for the guiding of the light bundles, and after the reflection, are transmitted through the partially reflective facets in the second area.

2. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflecting surface is formed by the front side.

3. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the second reflecting surface is formed by the rear side.

4. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and the second reflecting surfaces are formed between the front and the rear side.

5. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and the second reflecting surfaces are formed flat.

6. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the reflectivity of the first reflecting surface increases in the direction from the coupling-in to the coupling-out section.

7. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the reflectivity of the facets increases in the direction from the coupling-in to the coupling-out section.

8. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the coupling-in section and the coupling-out section have an imaging effect.

9. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling-in section has a collimation effect.

10. A display device, comprising:
a holder that can be fitted on the head of a user;
an image-generating module secured to the holder, which generates an image; and
an imaging optical system secured to the holder, which comprises a spectacle lens according to claim 1 and which, when the holder is fitted on the head, images the generated image such that the user can perceive it as a virtual image.

11. A spectacle lens for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generate an image, the spectacle lens comprising:
a spectacle lens body comprising a curved front side, a rear side, and as seen in top view onto the spectacle lens, a coupling-in section in an edge area of the spectacle lens and a coupling-out section in a central area of the spectacle lens;
two opposing reflecting surfaces in the area of the coupling-out section; and
a plurality of facets, which are embedded in the area of the coupling-out section in the spectacle lens body between the two reflecting surfaces and arranged next to each other in the direction from the coupling-in to the coupling-out section in a first and an adjoining second area;
wherein the facets in the first area are partially reflective, the facets in the second area are completely reflective and the facets directly neighbouring one another in the first area are connected by a face which is partially transparent or transparent,
wherein the spectacle lens is capable of guiding light bundles of pixels of the generated image, which are coupled into the spectacle lens via the coupling-in section of the spectacle lens, in the spectacle lens by reflection to the coupling-out section and coupling them out of the spectacle lens via the coupling-out section,
wherein, for the coupling-out, the facets in the first area partially reflect the light bundles striking them for the coupling-out towards the second reflecting surface and partially transmit them to the first reflecting surface, where a reflection in the direction to the second reflecting surface takes place, and
wherein light bundles striking the faces in the first area thereby run through the faces to the second reflecting surface and are reflected on the second reflecting surface to facets in the second area and reflected by these towards the second reflecting surface for the coupling-out.

Assignees

• Carl Zeiss Smart Optics Gmbh
• tooz technologies GmbH

Inventors

• Dobschal Hans-Juergen
• Lindig Karsten

Classifications

• G02B27/30

  Collimators · CPC title

• G02B2027/0123

  comprising devices increasing the field of view · CPC title

• G02B2027/0178

  Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C) · CPC title

• G02B2027/012

  comprising devices for attenuating parasitic image effects · CPC title

• G02B2027/013

  comprising a combiner of particular shape, e.g. curvature · CPC title