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Display apparatus and device

US7997723B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 2008
Grant dateAug 16, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2027/0196
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A near-eye display related apparatus and device is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing configured to receive an optical engine, and a light guiding plate attached to the housing and configured to receive light representing an image from the optical engine, the light guiding plate includes a first diffractive grating adapted to incouple the light into the light guiding plate, and a second diffractive grating adapted to outcouple the light from the light guiding plate such that the light is received by an eye of a user wearing the apparatus. The light guiding plate has a contact surface portion configured to optically couple the light guiding plate to a transparent plate, The contact surface portion being adapted to be in physical contact with the transparent plate.

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