Heads-up Display Patents (Class 349/11)
  • Patent number: 11988830
    Abstract: A head up display including an image-light source, at least one reflector and a light modulation device is provided. The image-light source is configured to provide an image light. The at least one reflector is configured to transmit the image light to leave the head up display. On the transmission path of the image light, the light modulation device is disposed in the head up display. An ambient light enters the image-light source after passing through the light modulation device, and a light energy of the ambient light entering the image-light source is less than or equal to 25% of a light energy of the ambient light entering the head up display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Yi Lin, Yu-An Huang
  • Patent number: 11963722
    Abstract: A measurement instrument and method: produce light having a linear shape; direct the light toward an eye via a first lens located one focal length from the light source; provide returned light, having the linear shape, from the eye to a split-prism; split the returned light into first and second linear segments; image the first and second linear segments onto an image sensor; determine a first lateral offset between the first and second linear segments on the image sensor at a first time; determine a second lateral offset between the first and second linear segments on the image sensor at a second time; determine a difference between the first and second lateral offsets; and determine a distance that the eye moved relative to the first lens between the first time and the second time based on the difference between the first and second lateral offsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AMO Development, LLC
    Inventor: Richard J. Copland
  • Patent number: 11885959
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display system with a pixel array and a catadioptric lens. The display system may include a linear polarizer through which image light from the pixel array passes and a first quarter wave plate through which the light passes after passing through the polarizer. The lens may include a partial mirror, a second quarter wave plate, and a reflective polarizer. A third quarter wave plate may be formed between the linear polarizer and the pixel array to mitigate ghost images. Control circuitry may predict potential ghost images based on the geometry of the lens and data from an image frame. Tone mapping circuitry may adjust contrast of the image frame within a region overlapping the predicted ghost image. The control circuitry may adjust luminance of the image frame outside of the region overlapping the predicted ghost image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Liang Hsu, Sheng Zhang, Mark F. Flynn, Yury A. Petrov, Chaohao Wang
  • Patent number: 11880036
    Abstract: A waveguide head-up display (HUD) includes a waveguide that includes a lower surface and an upper surface and is configured to receive an input and project, based on the input, at least one image from the upper surface and into an eyebox, and a prism arranged at least one of on and above the waveguide. The prism includes a lower surface facing the waveguide and configured to receive the at least one image and an upper surface opposite the lower surface configured to project the at least one image received via the lower surface of the prism. The upper surface of the prism is angled relative to the upper surface of the waveguide such that a first normal of the upper surface of the prism is different from a second normal of the upper surface of the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas A. Seder, Kai-Han Chang
  • Patent number: 11847980
    Abstract: Provided is a head-up display apparatus capable of preventing damage due to sunlight and ensuring user convenience. A reflection mirror M1 reflects an image created by a display panel and projects it onto a display region. A solar radiation sensor detects a sunlight intensity when a position of sun exists within a predetermined detection range. A blocking mechanism forms a projected light path of an image between the display region and the display panel when being turned off, and blocks the projected light path of the image and an incident light path of the sunlight which is direction opposite thereto when being turned on. A protection processor controls ON/OFF of the blocking mechanism based on an estimated temperature of the display panel, which is estimated by using a sunlight intensity from the solar radiation sensor, luminance of a light source, and an ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Yamamoto, Toshinori Sugiyama, Akio Misawa, Nobutaka Amada, Nagayasu Tsutsumi, Yuji Fujita, Souta Sato
  • Patent number: 11726326
    Abstract: An optical device includes an optical assembly having a first end and a second end, the optical assembly including a first optical component and a second optical component, the first optical component having at least a first optical surface, a second optical surface, and a third optical surface that are non-parallel to one another. The first optical surface is curved and extends between the first end and the second end. A first polarization selective redirector is located between the first optical component and the second optical component, and a first polarization rotating redirector is disposed at the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Travis, Babak Amirsolaimani
  • Patent number: 11662587
    Abstract: A virtual image display device includes an image light generation device, a projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the image light generation device, a folding mirror configured to reflect the image light from the projection optical system, a semi-transmissive mirror configured to reflect part of the image light from the folding mirror, and a concave surface mirror configured to reflect, the image light reflected by the semi-transmissive mirror to form an exit pupil, wherein an optical axis of the projection optical system is arranged in a direction intersecting a reference plane including an optical axis extending from the folding mirror to the semi-transmissive mirror and an optical axis extending from the concave surface mirror to the exit pupil, and a display region of the image light generation device is arranged inclined in accordance with inclinations of the folding mirror and the semi-transmissive mirror that are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Matsumoto, Masatoshi Yonekubo, Takashi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11644700
    Abstract: A display system includes: a transmissive liquid crystal display panel; a light control panel having an active area with a light control area; a temperature detector provided in the liquid crystal display panel and having a detection area with a resistive element; a backlight; and a controller. A display area of the liquid crystal display panel, the active area, and the detection area overlap on an optical path of a projection light. The light control panel is disposed at such an angle that, when the light control area is in a light reflection state, the light control panel reflects external light to a position out of the optical path and different from a position of the liquid crystal display panel. The controller causes the light control area to reflect light when an output indicating that the resistive element has a predetermined temperature or higher is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masashi Takahata
  • Patent number: 11614620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle head-up display having an external light blocking function, and more particularly, to a vehicle head-up display having an external light blocking function capable of blocking external light from being emitted to a picture generate unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byung Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 11612085
    Abstract: A vehicular display device includes: an emitting portion; a reflection portion configured to reflect the display light that is emitted from the emitting portion and is subjected to crossing, to a display surface such that the display light is reflected from the display surface to a previously defined eye point; and a casing including: an inner case; and a lower case housing the inner case inside, in which the inner case includes an inner wall part facing a focal area on which external light reflected from the reflection portion after being incident on the reflection portion from outside the casing focuses, the lower case includes a lower wall part located along the inner wall part, and the casing has a heat-discharge structure of conducting heat from the inner wall part to the lower wall part to discharge the heat outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Ichikawa, Tetsuya Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11573423
    Abstract: The image display apparatus includes a light attenuation section that reflects a portion of light emitted from a light source and a scanning section that scans the light reflected by the light attenuation section. The light attenuation section transmits a portion of light emitted from the light source. The light attenuation section has reflectance and transmittance and the reflectance is smaller than the transmittance. The image display apparatus further includes a light receiving element on which the light transmitted through the light attenuation section is incident. The image display apparatus also includes a control section that controls activation of the light source in accordance with detection results of the light receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimizu, Makiko Hino, Shuichi Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11556005
    Abstract: The head-up display apparatus includes a display-light emitting unit having a second inclination angle around the axis parallel to the vertical direction so that the first direction side thereof is closer to the user than the second direction side thereof is, and being configured to emit display light forming a rectangular image corresponding to the rectangular virtual image. The head-up display apparatus includes a reflecting mirror having a third inclination angle around the axis parallel to the vertical direction so that the first direction side thereof is closer to the user than the second direction side thereof is, and being configured to reflect the display light and emit reflected light to the virtual-image display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ken Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11491872
    Abstract: A vehicle and a method for controlling the vehicle are provided. The vehicle includes a first camera configured to capture a front image of the vehicle; a head-up display configured to project an image onto a windshield of the vehicle; an input device configured to input a boundary line for setting an area in which the image is projected from the windshield; and a controller configured to determine a projection area in which the image is projected based on the inputted boundary line, to determine an interest area of the front image based on the determined projection area and a speed of the vehicle, and to display the determined interest area in the determined projection area on the head-up display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Young Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11487120
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for improving the performance and efficiency of optical systems, such as optical systems for using head-mounted display system. The optical systems of the present disclosure may include polarized catadioptric optics, or “pancake optics,” which utilize a wire grid polarizer as a reflective polarizer. Wire grid polarizers may not perform uniformly over wavelength or over varying angles of incidence. To improve performance, a spatially varying polarizer is provided in the optical system that operates to provide polarization compensation for the wire grid polarizer so that the wire grid polarizer performs more uniformly over wavelength and/or over incidence angles (e.g., on-axis and off-axis). The spatially varying polarizer may be formed of a liquid crystal material, such as a multi-twist retarder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventor: Joshua Mark Hudman
  • Patent number: 11474377
    Abstract: A combiner lens includes a first lens, a lightguide, and a second lens. The first lens includes a first lens body and a flange integrally formed with the first lens body. The first lens body and flange define a main cavity. The flange has a first joint surface. The lightguide is disposed at least partially in the main cavity. The second lens includes a second lens body positioned in stack with the lightguide and the first lens body. The second lens has a second joint surface in opposing relation to the first joint surface. The second lens is attached to the first lens by a joint formed between the first joint surface and the second joint surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Adema, Jaehong Choi
  • Patent number: 11428980
    Abstract: A display system in an embodiment according to the present invention includes a display panel, a backlight located at a back surface side of the display panel and that emits light toward the display panel, a reflective panel located at a front surface side of the display panel and having a light receiving surface inclined obliquely in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the backlight, and a magnifying mirror disposed at a position where a reflected light from the reflective panel is received. The reflective panel includes a reflection region and a transmission region in the light receiving surface, and a position and a size of the reflection region and the transmission region are variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Japn Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masashi Takahata
  • Patent number: 11418764
    Abstract: Methods and systems for projecting wave fields use a diffusing medium, a wavefront shaper, an illumination source, and a control system. A system for projecting an object wave field into a projection volume includes a wave scatterer, a wave field projector configured to project a wave field onto the wave scatterer, and a controller coupled to the wave field projector. The controller is configured to cause the wave field projector to project a wave field that, upon interacting with the wave scatterer, is redirected to form an object wave field that forms a predetermined pattern in the projection volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Vuzix Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen P. McGrew
  • Patent number: 11391948
    Abstract: A display assembly includes a light source, a spatial light modulator (SLM) and a grating. The light source is configured to emit illumination light, the SLM is configured to receive the illumination light and reflect at least a portion of the illumination light. The grating is positioned to redirect the illumination light output from the light source toward the SLM, receive at least a portion of the reflected light from the SLM, redirect first light having a first polarization toward the light source, and transmit through the grating second light having a second polarization that is orthogonal to the first polarization. Also disclosed are operations performed by the display assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fenglin Peng, Liangyu Qiu, Ying Geng, Tanya Malhotra
  • Patent number: 11380288
    Abstract: An image display device includes a panel in a curved surface shape that lets through and reflects light, a first display unit that displays a first image based on first image data that reaches a predetermined position through the panel, a second display unit that displays a second image based on second image data that is reflected by the panel and reaches the predetermined position, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating a position of an actual viewpoint of an observer, and an image processing unit that determines a scaling factor of the second image data for each scan line based on the position information and performs a scaling process for each scan line on the second image data to be inputted to the second display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Kikuta, Hideki Yoshii, Yoshitomo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11373610
    Abstract: A display apparatus with low-power consumption is provided. The display apparatus includes an inverter circuit and a pixel having a function of adding data, and the inverter circuit has a function of inverting data supplied from a source driver. The inverter circuit has a function of inverting data supplied from a source driver. The pixel has a function of adding data supplied from the source driver and the inverter circuit. Accordingly, the pixel can generate a voltage several times higher than the output voltage of the source driver and can supply the voltage to a display device. With such a structure, the output voltage of the source driver can be lowered, so that a display apparatus with low power consumption can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Kawashima, Koji Kusunoki, Kazunori Watanabe, Naoto Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11347048
    Abstract: provided is an image display device that can reduce deterioration in image quality in a peripheral portion of an eyepiece optical system, includes an eyepiece optical system having a polarization element and guiding light from an image display element toward eyeballs of an observer, in which the eyepiece optical system includes a first lens for determining an emission angle from the image display element, and a surface of the first lens on the image display element side has an aspherical shape having a convex shape in a region including an optical axis of the first lens, wherein the aspherical shape has an inflection point within an optically effective region in a cross section including the optical axis, and wherein an eye relief E of the eyepiece optical system satisfies 15 mm?E?25 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakazu Tohara, Ryoji Kondo
  • Patent number: 11336872
    Abstract: A light modulating device for a display apparatus includes a light source, and a light modulator including a point illumination source part and a light transmitting part. The point illumination source part is substantially surrounded by the light transmitting part. The point illumination source part is configured to receive polarized light from the light source to form a point illumination source. The point illumination source transmits the polarized light from the light source to a reflective display panel. The light transmitting part is configured to receive light reflected by the reflective display panel and configured to transmit light reflected by the reflective display panel to a light beam collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bingchuan Shi
  • Patent number: 11314097
    Abstract: An optical system for displaying an object to a viewer is described. The optical system includes an integral first optical assembly, an integral second optical assembly, and an integral third optical assembly disposed between the integral first and second optical assemblies. The integral first optical assembly has a first focal length and includes one or more first optical lenses, and a reflective polarizer. The integral second optical assembly has a second focal length and includes one or more second optical lenses, and a partial reflector having an average optical reflectance of at least 30% for a desired plurality of wavelengths. The integral third optical assembly has a third focal length and includes a curved first phase retarder. The third focal length is greater than a smaller of the first and second focal lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Zhisheng Yun, Jo Anne Etter
  • Patent number: 11314083
    Abstract: A near-eye display system includes a display panel to present image frames to the eyes of a user for viewing. The system also includes a beam steering assembly facing the display panel that is configurable to displace a light beam incident on the beam steering assembly, thereby laterally shifting light relative to an optical path of the light beam incident on the beam steering assembly. The beam steering assembly includes a birefringent plate configurable to replicate a light ray incident on the beam steering assembly such that the replicated light ray is laterally shifted relative to an optical path of the light ray incident on the beam steering assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: John D. Perreault, Patrick Llull, Brion Koprowski
  • Patent number: 11287651
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for display configurations for providing an augmented reality heads up display. In one example, a reconfigurable display system includes a display, a moveable optic, an optical element positioned between the display and the moveable optic, a lens actuator configured to control a physical position of the moveable optic, and a display controller comprising a processor and memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to control the lens actuator to move the moveable optic to a position and/or orientation that is selected based on user input and/or dynamic conditions of the reconfigurable display system, the instructions further executable to control an output of image light from the display to pass through the optical element and the moveable optic and impinge upon a transparent plane to generate a viewable image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Rashmi Rao, Benjamin Edward Lewis, Andrew Descisciolo
  • Patent number: 11279288
    Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head having a mirror reflective element with a transflective mirror reflector. A video display device is disposed rearward of the mirror reflective element and has a display screen that occupies at least 85 percent of a reflective region of the transflective mirror reflector that is visible to a driver of the vehicle when viewing the mirror reflective element. The video display device is operable to display video images captured by a rearward viewing camera of the vehicle. When the video display device is operated to display video images, light emitted by the video display device passes through the transflective mirror reflector of the mirror reflective element for viewing of displayed video images by the driver of the vehicle viewing the mirror reflective element. Light emitted by the video display device may exit the mirror reflective element as circularly polarized light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Mark L. Larson, Christopher R. Koetje, Anthony J. LaCross, Eric Peterson
  • Patent number: 11243404
    Abstract: Compact and low mass augmented and fully virtual head mounted display designs are disclosed. The disclosed displays employ a display located between the eye and the main optical element of the head mounted display. These designs additionally afford the ability to support augmented reality displays because the user can see both the virtual image from the display and the real world if desired. The designs use semi-transparent displays where either the display emits circularly polarized light or the displays which emits light from one surface or the view of the display directly from the eye is obscured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Fakespace Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian E. McDowall, Mark T. Bolas
  • Patent number: 11210832
    Abstract: In example implementations, a head mounted display (HMD) is provided. The HMD includes a first display, a sensor, an outward facing camera, a processor, and a second display. The first display is to display an image towards a user wearing the HMD. The sensor captures a gaze of the user wearing the HMD. The outward facing camera captures images of a portion of an environment within a view of the user. The processor is communicatively coupled to the sensor and the outward facing camera to generate an animation of the gaze of the user and an augmented reality image on the first display based on the images captured by the outward facing camera. The second display is communicatively coupled to the processor and the first display. The second display displays the animation of the gaze of the user away from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventors: Rafael Ballagas, Mithra Vankipuram, Sarthak Ghosh, Eric Matthew Faggin, Mary G. Baker
  • Patent number: 11187898
    Abstract: An image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a display surface, an image display section, an acquisition section, and a light-shielding section. The display surface has transparency. The image display section displays a display image on the display surface. The acquisition section acquires eye information regarding an eye of a user. The light-shielding section forms, according to the acquired eye information and information regarding the display image, a light-shielding region in a region corresponding to a display region of the display image. This makes it possible to improve the visibility of the display image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoya Yano
  • Patent number: 11175510
    Abstract: An image projection system according to the present disclosure includes a projection optical system and an eyepiece optical system. The projection optical system projects an image. The eyepiece optical system is configured separately from the projection optical system and is to be mounted on a head of a viewer. The eyepiece optical system includes at least one holographic element. The eyepiece optical system guides projection light from the projection optical system to a pupil of the viewer. The holographic element deflects first-order diffracted light toward the pupil of the viewer, and has a positive focal length for the first-order diffracted light. At a time of viewing of the image, the projection light enters the eyepiece optical system at an angle that is equal to or larger than ? expressed by the following expression, ?=arctan((3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumihiko Hanzawa
  • Patent number: 11175496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display (1) comprising: an image generation unit comprising at least one light emitter (23), a printed circuit support plate (22), on which said emitter (23) is mounted, and a light sensor (30) capable of delivering a signal representative of a light intensity received by same, the display (1) being adapted in such a way that the luminosity of an image generated by the image generation unit is controlled as a function of said signal. According to invention, the light sensor (30) is mounted on said printed circuit support plate (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventors: Laurent Delpierre, Patrick Corduan, François Grandclerc
  • Patent number: 11138842
    Abstract: A system for detecting patterns on objects having reflective or high visibility colored material thereon. The system includes a lighting unit that includes a main housing having a front opening and a cavity, a first visual lighting assembly positioned within the cavity of the main housing that emits light in the visible spectrum, and a second ultraviolet lighting assembly positioned a fixed distance from the first visual lighting assembly within the cavity of the main housing that emits light in the ultraviolet spectrum, a camera having a field of view within which the system is configured to detect patterns of reflective or high visibility colored material on one or more objects, a warning device to alert the operator when a marked object enters the camera's field of view. A controller/processor is programmed to detect when a pattern of reflective or high visibility colored material enters the camera's field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Matrix Design Group LLC
    Inventors: Timothy R. Moore, Ryan Jones, Joel Nichols
  • Patent number: 11131887
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: an organic light-emitting display panel and a liquid crystal display panel disposed on a light-emitting side of the organic light-emitting display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a wave plate, a linear polarizer, a bottom substrate, a liquid crystal layer and an upper substrate which are stacked successively. The bottom substrate is a transparent substrate. The organic light-emitting display panel includes a metal layer; and the metal layer serves as a backlight source of the liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Shihai Zhang, Yu Zhou, Xiaoli Shi, Tieshan Chen
  • Patent number: 11131852
    Abstract: Variable attenuation of an illumination source is provided by an aperture (i.e., an opening in a structure through which light passes) that is sandwiched between two tunable lenses that are configured to apply varying amounts of optical power. A controller operates the first tunable lens to apply optical power to the light to be divergent at the aperture structure so that a portion of the light is clipped. Varying the applied optical power at the first tunable lens can increase or decrease divergence at the aperture structure to thereby increase or decrease clipping and the attenuation of the light. The controller operates the second tunable lens to compensate for changes in light state at the first tunable lens by applying opposite optical power so that collimated light from the illumination source which enters the first tunable lens may exit the second tunable lens in the same collimated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Joshua Owen Miller
  • Patent number: 11133371
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate; an insulating layer in contact with a first surface of the substrate; a display region with a plurality of pixels each including a transistor and a display element on the insulating layer; a terminal region in a region outside the display region over the insulating layer; a wiring between the display region and the terminal region; and a resin film on the substrate. The insulating layer includes an opening in a region between the display region and the terminal region. The resin film is in contact with the first surface in the opening. The wiring is in contact with an upper surface of the resin film through the opening. A surface roughness of the resin film in the opening is larger than a surface roughness of the substrate at a region where the substrate is in contact with the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroki Ohara
  • Patent number: 11128847
    Abstract: An information display device includes a spatial light modulator, configured to emit a holographic three-dimensional light field to a first grating, where the holographic three-dimensional light field corresponds to at least two focal planes, the first grating, configured to deflect the holographic three-dimensional light field emitted by the spatial light modulator, so that the holographic three-dimensional light field is propagated along a first direction and transmitted into an optical waveguide, the optical waveguide, configured to receive the holographic three-dimensional light field transmitted from the first grating, and propagate the holographic three-dimensional light field in the optical waveguide, and a second grating, configured to deflect the holographic three-dimensional light field that is propagated in the optical waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Lin, Pengcheng Zhou, Yan Li
  • Patent number: 11106036
    Abstract: The image display apparatus includes a light attenuation section that reflects a portion of light emitted from a light source and a scanning section that scans the light reflected by the light attenuation section. The light attenuation section transmits a portion of light emitted from the light source. The light attenuation section has reflectance and transmittance and the reflectance is smaller than the transmittance. The image display apparatus further includes a light receiving element on which the light transmitted through the light attenuation section is incident. The image display apparatus also includes a control section that controls activation of the light source in accordance with detection results of the light receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Shimizu, Makiko Hino, Shuichi Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11092813
    Abstract: A near-eye display that employs rapid spherical image scanning using liquid crystal retarder with concentric imaging and optical elements comprising a display with spherically curved concave image surface topped with polarizer; a spherically curved liquid crystal retarder composite reflector having a see-thru mirror topped at the concave side with electronically controlled liquid crystal retarder strips; a see-thru spherically curved mirror-polarizer composite with mirror at the convex side and polarizer at the concave side; a frame to support, protect the device, and mount the device to the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventor: George M. Calm
  • Patent number: 11086127
    Abstract: Optical apparatuses used for so-called immersive virtual reality (VR), as it is, can not be used for augmented reality (AR) that overlays external light and images. An optical apparatus to overlay image light on external light and guide resultant light in a downstream side, including: an image optical system including an optical element having lens power with respect to at least the image light; and a reflecting element to overlay, by reflecting at least part of the image light, the at least part of the image light and the at least part of the external light, wherein the image optical system has a GPH element having inverse dispersibility that is inverse to the wavelength dispersibility of the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ColorLink Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Miho Nishiyama, Takuya Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11068052
    Abstract: A holographic display system includes an eye tracker configured to determine a position of a feature of an eye, a light source configured to output image light, and a digital dynamic hologram. The digital dynamic hologram is configured to receive the image light from the light source. The digital dynamic hologram is further configured to spatially modulate the image light based on a target image to form a reconstructed image in the eye. The reconstructed image includes noise that is non-uniformly distributed across the reconstructed image based on the position of the feature of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Georgiou, Joel Steven Kollin, Charles Thomas Hewitt, Neil Emerton
  • Patent number: 11048081
    Abstract: A display device, a display system, and a mobile object. The display device includes an image forming unit through which image light exits, an imaging optical system having a reflection plane and configured to form an image by reflecting the image light on the reflection plane, and a housing accommodating the image forming unit and the imaging optical system. The housing has a transmissive area through which the image light reflected by the imaging optical system passes through, and an inclination of the reflection plane is changed to reduce a project area of the reflection plane. The project area is projected to outside of the housing through the transmissive area. The display system includes the display device, and a reflector configured to reflect the image light reflected by the imaging optical system. The mobile object includes the display system, and the reflector is a front windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Satoh, Kazuhiro Fujita, Maiko Yasui
  • Patent number: 11009764
    Abstract: Technology for improving performance of a personal display device by variably controlling the emission divergence and/or the emission direction of light from the pixels of the display as a function of the location of the pixel within a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Jiang, Zhiming Zhuang, Ginni Grover, Basel Salahieh, Oscar Nestares, David W. Browning
  • Patent number: 11009709
    Abstract: Aspects for a wearable augmented reality (AR) device are described herein. The aspects may include a light engine that includes a micro-display configured to emit light to form an image, a polarized beam splitter positioned horizontally adjacent to the micro-display and configured to receive the emitted light that passes through the polarized beam splitter, and one or more first imaging lenses positioned horizontally adjacent to the polarized beam splitter and configured to receive the diverged light. One of the first imaging lenses may include a reflection surface configured to reflect and converge the light. The polarized beam splitter may include a reflective coating configured to reflect the converged light. The aspects may further include an optical waveguide configured to guide the converged light to a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: YUTOU TECHNOLOGY (HANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Guan, Kun Li, Lin Cheng
  • Patent number: 10978023
    Abstract: In a display apparatus, a projected member is arranged in a direction in which a driver of a moving body looks while driving, from the perspective of the driver. A projecting unit projects at least one display object in a position that overlaps a background that is visible to the driver through the projected member, so as to be displayed in a superimposed manner as a virtual image. A measuring unit measures a luminance value of the background. A control unit determines a luminance value of the display object based on the luminance value of the background measured by the measuring unit, chromaticity values of the display object, and a sense of superimposition that is a value having a range of 0 or greater and 100 or less, and controls the projecting unit such that the display object is projected at the luminance value of the display object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, WASEDA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ogawa, Katsumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10948877
    Abstract: A mirror and information image display assembly (300) for a vehicle, a holographic information image display system (300, 106, 104), a vehicle (100) comprising such an assembly, and a method of providing image information to an occupant of a vehicle are disclosed. The assembly has a reflective layer (302) and an image display means (304, 306), for displaying image information to an occupant of the vehicle. The image display means comprises a hologram (304), and a lighting means comprising a light source (306) for illuminating the hologram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventors: Elvir Hasedzic, Javid Khan
  • Patent number: 10940802
    Abstract: A display apparatus for a vehicle comprises a display module comprising a display forming a display surface forming a perimeter. A heat sink is in connection with the display module and disposed behind the display module relative to the display surface. A carrier bracket is disposed in connection with the heat sink. A plurality of display mounting brackets is in connection with the carrier bracket. The display mounting brackets are in connection with the carrier bracket outboard of a center line extending vertically along the carrier bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley R. Hamlin, Jason D. Hallack
  • Patent number: 10901205
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) includes an electronic display configured to emit an image. The HMD also includes an eye tracking module configured to determine a position of an eye of a user of the HMD, and a varifocal block. The varifocal block includes a stacked liquid crystal (LC) structure that has a tunable optical power. The varifocal block is configured to present the image to the user of the HMD at an adjustable focal distance that is determined by the tunable optical power and is based in part on the determined position of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lu Lu, Pasi Saarikko, Douglas Robert Lanman
  • Patent number: 10894511
    Abstract: A vehicle window assembly is provided herein and includes an inner layer, an outer layer, and an interlayer therebetween. A light-producing assembly is disposed in the interlayer and includes light sources disposed to emit light toward the inner layer, an optical film configured to collimate light emitted by the light sources, and a variable-transparency switchable glazing configured to vary the transmittance of the light emitted from the light sources based on user-supplied input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Linsheng Chen, Stuart C. Salter, Steven J. Antilla, Tom Xu, Paul Kenneth Dellock
  • Patent number: 10883704
    Abstract: A luminaire and light source are provided. The light source includes first, second, and third arrays of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a beam combiner. The LEDs of the first, second, and third arrays of LEDs emit beams whose optical axes are substantially parallel. Each of the first and second arrays of LEDs produce light of two colors. The third array of LEDs produces light of a single color. Each of the arrays of LEDs includes a plurality of zones, each zone spatially separated from other zones. Each zone of the first and second arrays includes LEDs of two colors. The intensities of the LEDs of each zone are controlled independently from the LEDs of other zones. The beam combiner combines light beams from all three arrays of LEDs and produces an emitted beam of light and maintains the optical axes of the light beams as substantially parallel to each other in the emitted beam of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Robe Lighting s.r.o.
    Inventors: Pavel Jurik, Josef Valchar
  • Patent number: 10859841
    Abstract: An augmented reality image device is provided and includes a display, a mirror, a reflector, and a front mask. The display has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The mirror and the front mask are disposed at the first side of the display. The first reflector is disposed at the second side of the display. The front mask has a reflection area. The display emits an image light from the first side to the mirror. The image light is reflected by the mirror to the reflector. The reflector reflects the image light to the reflection area of the front mask. Therefore, a virtual image caused by the image light in the reflection area is combined with a real image to generate an augmented reality image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
    Inventors: Jui-Ting Chien, Sheng-Hsiu Tseng