Abstract: An electronic device for displaying augmented reality (AR) includes: an optical engine configured to output light of virtual image; a waveguide from which the light of the virtual image is output and through which light of a real scene is transmitted; an optical shutter configured to transmit or block the light of the real scene; a focus tunable lens configured to adjust a focal length for the light of the virtual image output from the waveguide; and one or more processors configured to, during a first period, control the optical shutter to block at least part of a first light of the real scene, and control the focus tunable lens to have a first focal length, and during a second period, control the optical shutter to transmit a second light of the real scene, and control the focus tunable lens to have a second focal length different from the first focal length.

Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) device including a variable focus lens of which a focal length may be changed by adjusting refractive power and adjusting the position of a focus adjustment region of the variable focus lens according to a direction of the user's view. The AR device may obtain an eye vector indicating a direction of the user's view using an eye tracker, adjust a refractive power of a first focus adjustment region of a first variable focus lens to change a focal length for displaying a virtual image, and complementarily adjust a refractive power of a second focus adjustment lens with respect to the adjusted refractive power of the first focus adjustment region.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a first waveguide, a second waveguide positioned at one side of the first waveguide, a first diffraction grating positioned at an other side of the first waveguide, a second diffraction grating positioned between the first waveguide and the second waveguide and a display engine configured to control a shape of the second diffraction grating according to a quantity of light diffracted from the first diffraction grating, wherein at least a portion of light incident on the first waveguide is diffracted from the first diffraction grating, and at least a portion of light incident on the second waveguide, is diffracted from the second diffraction grating.

Abstract: An electronic device including an eye tracking sensor configured to detect viewing direction of eye of a user; a camera; a tilting unit configured to adjust a direction of the camera; a memory; and a processor configured to obtain information about a gaze point of the user; determine a region of interest (ROI) based on the information about the gaze point; obtain two or more images including the ROI at different tilt angles; and determine depth information of the ROI by using the obtained two or more images.

Abstract: An electronic device for displaying AR includes: an optical engine; a first polarizer; a polarization converter configured to maintain or convert a polarization direction of light of a real scene; a waveguide from which light of a virtual image is output and through which the light of the real scene is transmitted; a focus tunable lens; a second polarizer; and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to, during a first period, control the polarization converter to convert a polarization direction of a first light of the real scene such that at least part of the first light of the real scene is blocked by the second polarizer, and during a second period, control the polarization converter to maintain a polarization direction of a second light of the real scene such that the second light of the real scene is transmitted through the second polarizer.

Abstract: A display device includes a first light source configured to emit first pixel light in each of which lights of a plurality of different wavelengths are mixed with one another, a second light source configured to emit a plurality of second pixel lights in each of which lights of a plurality of different wavelengths are mixed with one another, and an optical scanner configured to output an image including the plurality of first pixel lights and the plurality of second pixel lights to an external space by sequentially changing travelling paths of the plurality of first pixel lights and the plurality of second pixel lights.

Abstract: Provided is an augmented reality device including a display element configured to generate a first image, an optical coupler including a first surface through which the first image is input and a second surface opposite the first surface and configured to output light that is input through the first surface to the second surface and output light that is input through the second surface to the first surface, a reflective polarizer provided on the side of the second surface of the optical coupler and configured to reflect light with a first polarization and transmit light with a second polarization different from the first polarization, and a polarization selective variable focus lens provided in a traveling path of the light with the first polarization reflected by the reflective polarizer and having variable refractive power with respect to the light with the first polarization.

Abstract: An electronic device for displaying AR includes: an optical engine; a first polarizer; a polarization converter configured to maintain or convert a polarization direction of light of a real scene; a waveguide from which light of a virtual image is output and through which the light of the real scene is transmitted; a focus tunable lens; a second polarizer; and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to, during a first period, control the polarization converter to convert a polarization direction of a first light of the real scene such that at least part of the first light of the real scene is blocked by the second polarizer, and during a second period, control the polarization converter to maintain a polarization direction of a second light of the real scene such that the second light of the real scene is transmitted through the second polarizer.

Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) device including a variable focus lens of which a focal length may be changed by adjusting refractive power and adjusting the position of a focus adjustment region of the variable focus lens according to a direction of the user's view. The AR device may obtain an eye vector indicating a direction of the user's view using an eye tracker, adjust a refractive power of a first focus adjustment region of a first variable focus lens to change a focal length for displaying a virtual image, and complementarily adjust a refractive power of a second focus adjustment lens with respect to the adjusted refractive power of the first focus adjustment region.

Abstract: Provided are an optical device and a method of outputting light using the optical device. The optical device includes a waveguide, a first diffraction grating receiving at least a portion of light incident on the waveguide and a second diffraction grating receiving a light diffracted from the first diffraction grating, wherein the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating are provided in or on the waveguide, the light diffracted from the first diffraction grating is diffracted, in three-dimensional directions, from the second diffraction grating, and at least a portion of the light diffracted in the three-dimensional directions is output to an outside of the waveguide.

Abstract: An image display apparatus including a first waveguide, a second waveguide, a focus tunable lens positioned between the first waveguide and the second waveguide, a display engine and a processor configured to control a focal length of the focus tunable lens and control the display engine to output first light forming the first virtual image and second light forming the second virtual image, wherein at least a portion of the first light is diffracted from the first waveguide and at least a portion of the second light diffracted from the second waveguide is incident on the first waveguide through the focus tunable lens.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a first waveguide, a second waveguide positioned at one side of the first waveguide, a first diffraction grating positioned at an other side of the first waveguide, a second diffraction grating positioned between the first waveguide and the second waveguide and a display engine configured to control a shape of the second diffraction grating according to a quantity of light diffracted from the first diffraction grating, wherein at least a portion of light incident on the first waveguide is diffracted from the first diffraction grating, and at least a portion of light incident on the second waveguide, is diffracted from the second diffraction grating.