Wearable image display system

US10345601B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Tapani Levola · Espoo, FI
• Pasi Saarikko · Kirkland, US
• Steven John Robbins · Redmond, US
• Yarn Chee Poon · Redmond, US
• Lena Adele Wolfe · Seattle, US
• Erica Lee Towle · Lynnwood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 9, 2019
• Expiry date: May 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B2027/0178
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A wearable image display system includes a headpiece, a first and a second light engine, and a first and a second optical component. The first and second light engines generate a first and a second set of beams respectively, each beam substantially collimated so that the first and second set form a first and a second virtual image respectively. Each optical component is located to project an image onto a first and a second eye of a wearer respectively. The first and second sets of beams are directed to incoupling structures of the first and second optical components respectively. Exit structures of the first and second optical components guide the first and second sets of beams onto the first and second eyes respectively. The optical components are located between the light engines and the eyes. Both of the light engines are mounted to a central portion of the headpiece.