Wide field-of-view binocular device
First Claim
1. An optical device for transmitting light striking the optical device at a plurality of angles defining a field-of-view, the optical device comprising a light-transmissive substrate formed with at least one input optical element and a plurality of output optical elements;
- said at least one input optical element being designed and constructed to diffract the light into said light-transmissive substrate in a manner such that different portions of the light, corresponding to different portions of the field-of-view, propagate in different directions within said light-transmissive substrate; and
said plurality of output optical elements being designed and constructed to complementarily diffract said different portions of the light out of said light-transmissive substrate, thereby to substantially preserve the field-of-view.
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Abstract
A binocular device for transmitting an image into the eyes is provided. The binocular device comprises a first monocular device, for providing one eye with a first asymmetric field-of-view, and a second monocular device for providing another eye with a second asymmetric field-of-view, where the first and second asymmetric field-of-views are mutually complementary to a combined field-of-view, wider than each individual asymmetric field-of-view.
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150 Claims
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1. An optical device for transmitting light striking the optical device at a plurality of angles defining a field-of-view, the optical device comprising a light-transmissive substrate formed with at least one input optical element and a plurality of output optical elements;
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said at least one input optical element being designed and constructed to diffract the light into said light-transmissive substrate in a manner such that different portions of the light, corresponding to different portions of the field-of-view, propagate in different directions within said light-transmissive substrate; and
said plurality of output optical elements being designed and constructed to complementarily diffract said different portions of the light out of said light-transmissive substrate, thereby to substantially preserve the field-of-view. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A binocular device for transmitting an image into a first eye and a second eye of a user, the binocular device comprising:
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an input optical element, formed in a light-transmissive substrate and capable of diffracting the image into said light-transmissive substrate;
a first output optical element, formed in said light-transmissive substrate and capable of diffracting a first portion of the image out of said light-transmissive substrate into the first eye; and
a second output optical element, formed in said light-transmissive substrate and capable of diffracting a second portion of the image out of said light-transmissive substrate into the second eye. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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- 74. A binocular device for transmitting an image into a first eye and a second eye of a user, the binocular device comprising a first monocular device for providing the first eye with a first asymmetric field-of-view and a second monocular device for providing the second eye with a second asymmetric field-of-view, said first and second asymmetric field-of-views being mutually complementary to a combined field-of-view.
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94. A method of transmitting light striking light-transmissive substrate at a plurality of angles defining a field-of-view, the method comprising:
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(a) diffracting the light into the light-transmissive substrate in a manner such that different portions of the light, corresponding to different portions of the field-of-view, propagate in different directions within the light-transmissive substrate; and
(b) complementarily diffracting said different portions of the light out of the light-transmissive substrate, so as to substantially preserve the field-of-view. - View Dependent Claims (95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112)
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113. A method of transmitting an image into a first eye and a second eye of a user, the method comprising:
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(a) diffracting the image into a light-transmissive substrate;
(b) diffracting a first portion of the image out of said light-transmissive substrate into the first eye; and
(c) diffracting a second portion of the image out of said light-transmissive substrate into the second eye. - View Dependent Claims (114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 135, 136, 137)
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131. A method of transmitting an image into a first eye and a second eye of a user, the method comprising:
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(a) transmitting a first asymmetric field-of-view to the first eye; and
(b) transmitting a second asymmetric field-of-view to the second eye;
said first and second asymmetric field-of-views being mutually complementary to a combined field-of-view. - View Dependent Claims (132, 133, 134, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150)
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