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Waveguides

US8965152B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 2009
Grant dateFeb 24, 2015
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2027/0125
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A projection display 210 arranged to display an image to an observer 212 use waveguide techniques to generate a display defining a large exit pupil at the point of the observer 212 and a large field of view, while using a small image-providing light source device. The projection display 210 uses two parallel waveguides 214, 216 made from a light transmissive material. One waveguide 214 stretches the horizontal pupil of the final display and the other waveguide 216 stretches the vertical pupil of the final display and acts as a combiner through which the observer 212 views an outside world scene 220 and the image overlaid on the scene 220. In a color display, each primary color is transmitted within a separate channel R, G, B.

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