Fresnel lens with reduced draft facet visibility
First Claim
1. A curved Fresnel lens comprising:
- a grooved surface and a smooth surface, the grooved surface comprising a plurality of concentric sloped facets and a plurality of concentric draft facets, pairs of concentric draft facets and concentric sloped facets forming a plurality of concentric grooves in the grooved surface, the plurality of concentric sloped facets configured to focus light received from the grooved surface through the smooth surface toward an eye of a nominal user;
at least some of the plurality of concentric draft facets being angled based in part on an index of refraction of the Fresnel lens to be congruent with conical surfaces of respective light cones that have corresponding vertices that originate from respective focal points, wherein each respective light cone extends through the Fresnel lens at an angle based in part on the index of refraction of the Fresnel lens and extends beyond the grooved surface into free space.
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Abstract
A curved Fresnel lens is provided. The Fresnel lens includes a grooved surface and a smooth surface. The grooved surface includes a plurality of concentric sloped facets and a plurality of concentric draft facets. Pairs of concentric draft facets and concentric sloped facets form a plurality of concentric grooves in the grooved surface. The concentric sloped facets are configured to focus light toward an eye of a nominal user. At least some of the concentric draft facets are congruent with conical surfaces of respective imaginary light cones that have corresponding vertices that originate from respective focal points, wherein each imaginary light cone extends through the Fresnel lens at an angle based in part on an index of refraction of the Fresnel lens and extends beyond the grooved surface into free space.
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17 Claims
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1. A curved Fresnel lens comprising:
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a grooved surface and a smooth surface, the grooved surface comprising a plurality of concentric sloped facets and a plurality of concentric draft facets, pairs of concentric draft facets and concentric sloped facets forming a plurality of concentric grooves in the grooved surface, the plurality of concentric sloped facets configured to focus light received from the grooved surface through the smooth surface toward an eye of a nominal user; at least some of the plurality of concentric draft facets being angled based in part on an index of refraction of the Fresnel lens to be congruent with conical surfaces of respective light cones that have corresponding vertices that originate from respective focal points, wherein each respective light cone extends through the Fresnel lens at an angle based in part on the index of refraction of the Fresnel lens and extends beyond the grooved surface into free space. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A Fresnel lens comprising:
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a grooved surface and a smooth surface, the grooved surface comprising a plurality of concentric sloped facets and a plurality of concentric draft facets, pairs of concentric draft facets and concentric sloped facets forming a plurality of concentric grooves in the grooved surface, the plurality of concentric sloped facets configured to focus light received from the grooved surface to the smooth surface toward an eye of a nominal user; wherein each concentric draft facet of the plurality of concentric draft facets is non-parallel with each other concentric draft facet. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A Fresnel lens comprising:
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a grooved convex exterior surface and a smooth concave interior surface, the grooved convex exterior surface comprising a plurality of concentric sloped facets and a plurality of concentric draft facets, pairs of concentric draft facets and concentric sloped facets forming a plurality of concentric grooves in the grooved convex exterior surface, the concentric sloped facets configured to focus light received from the grooved convex exterior surface to the smooth concave interior surface toward an eye of a nominal user; wherein the Fresnel lens comprises an axis of symmetry about which the Fresnel lens is symmetric, wherein at least two of the plurality of concentric sloped facets are non-parallel with respect to the axis of symmetry. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A head-mountable apparatus comprising:
a first pair of Fresnel lenses, each Fresnel lens of the first pair of Fresnel lenses being curved and comprising; a grooved surface and a smooth surface, the grooved surface comprising a plurality of concentric sloped facets and a plurality of concentric draft facets, pairs of concentric draft facets and concentric sloped facets forming a plurality of concentric grooves in the grooved surface, the plurality of concentric sloped facets configured to focus light received from the grooved surface to the smooth surface toward an eye of a nominal user; at least some of the plurality of concentric draft facets being angled based in part on an index of refraction of the Fresnel lens to be aligned with conical surfaces of respective light cones that have corresponding vertices that originate from respective focal points, wherein each respective light cone extends through the Fresnel lens at an angle based in part on the index of refraction of the Fresnel lens and extends beyond the grooved surface into free space. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A Fresnel lens comprising:
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a grooved surface and a smooth surface, the grooved surface comprising a plurality of concentric sloped facets and a plurality of concentric draft facets, pairs of concentric draft facets and concentric sloped facets forming a plurality of concentric grooves in the grooved surface, the plurality of concentric sloped facets configured to focus light received from the grooved surface to the smooth surface toward an eye of a nominal user; at least some of the plurality of concentric draft facets being oriented to remove ring artifacts caused by external or internal light. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A single curved Fresnel lens comprising:
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a first grooved convex surface, the first grooved convex surface comprising a plurality of first concentric sloped facets and a plurality of first concentric draft facets, pairs of first concentric draft facets and first concentric sloped facets forming a plurality of first concentric grooves in the first grooved convex surface, the plurality of first concentric sloped facets configured to focus light toward an eye of a nominal user; and a second grooved concave surface, the second grooved concave surface comprising a plurality of second concentric sloped facets and a plurality of second concentric draft facets, pairs of second concentric draft facets and second concentric sloped facets forming a plurality of second concentric grooves in the second grooved concave surface, the plurality of second concentric sloped facets configured to focus light toward the eye of the nominal user; wherein the plurality of first concentric sloped facets are configured to focus light received from the first grooved convex surface to the second grooved concave surface toward the eye of the nominal user and at least some of the plurality of first concentric draft facets are angled based in part on an index of refraction of the Fresnel lens to be congruent with conical surfaces of respective light cones that have corresponding vertices that originate from respective focal points, wherein each respective light cone extends through the Fresnel lens at an angle based in part on the index of refraction of the Fresnel lens and extends beyond the first grooved convex surface into free space.
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