Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for combining an induced image with a scene image

US7110184B1 · kind B1 · utility

103Cited by
6References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 13, 2005
Grant dateSep 19, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 13, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2027/0138
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Device for combining a scene image, produced by an imaging system, with an induced image, the imaging system including an eyepiece optics and at least a display screen producing the scene image, the eyepiece optics being located between the display screen and the eye of the observer, the device including an optical director projecting the induced image toward a diffusive surface, the diffusive surface being located between the display screen and the eyepiece optics, wherein the diffusive surface reflects the induced image back, toward the observer, through the eyepiece optics, and wherein the diffusive surface transmits the scene image from the display screen toward the observer, through the eyepiece optics.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.