Display device with diffusive display and see-through lens assembly

US11372247B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Facebook Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ying Geng · Bellevue, US
• Brian Wheelwright · Tucson, US
• Jacques Gollier · Sammamish, US
• Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai · Bothell, US
• Babak Amirsolaimani · Redmond, US
• Weichuan Gao · Redmond, US
• Gang Li · Dongguan, CN
• Mengfei Wang · Kirkland, US
• Adrian Travis · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 2020
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02F1/133536
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A display device includes a projector and a display that has a first surface and a second surface. The projector is configured to project image light toward the display. The display is configured to output diffused image light from the first surface and to transmit ambient light from the second surface to the first surface. The display device also includes an optical assembly that has a substrate with substantially uniform thickness. The optical assembly is configured to receive the diffused image light and transmit a portion of the diffused image light output from the first surface of the display at a first optical power. The optical assembly is also configured to receive the ambient light and transmit a portion of the ambient light through the optical assembly at a second optical power that is less than the first optical power.