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Method and apparatus for head worn display with multiple exit pupils

US9846307B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 2014
Grant dateDec 19, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03H2222/13
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for displaying an image viewable by an eye, the image being projected from a portable head worn display, comprises steps of: emitting a plurality of light beams of wavelengths that differ amongst the light beams; directing the plurality of light beams to a scanning mirror; modulating in intensity each one of the plurality of light beams in accordance with intensity information provided from the image, whereby the intensity is representative of a pixel value within the image; scanning the plurality of light beams in two distinct axes with the scanning mirror to form the image; and redirecting the plurality of light beams to the eye using a holographic optical element acting as a reflector of the light beams, whereby the redirecting is dependent on the wavelength of the light beam, to create for each light beam an exit pupil at the eye that is spatially separated from the exit pupils of the other light beams.

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