HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY

• US 20170115490A1
• Filed: 07/06/2016
• Published: 04/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
• Original Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
• Inventors: Hsieh, Chi-Tang, Wei, Chung-Ting, Wang, Hsiang-Hua
• Application Number:
  US15/202,577
• Publication Number:
  US 20170115490A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/011 comprising device for correcting geometrical aberrations, distortion
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/013 comprising a combiner of particular shape, e.g. curvature
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0068 having means for controlling the degree of correction, e.g. using phase modulators, movable elements controlling the phase of light using moving or deformable elements G02B26/06
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3141 Constructional details thereof details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14

Abstract

A head-mounted display including a device body, an assembly and a projection device is provided. The assembly includes a reflective surface, and is pivoted on the device body. The projection device includes a liquid crystal lens element, and is disposed inside the device body. The projection device is used to project an image beam on the assembly, and the assembly reflects the image beam to a projection target. The projection device uses the liquid crystal lens element to calibrate an aberration generated from the reflective surface of the assembly.

Claims

1. A head-mounted display, comprising:

a device body;

an assembly, pivotally disposed on the device body, and comprising a reflective surface; and

a projection device, disposed inside the device body, adapted to project an image beam to the reflective surface of the assembly, and the assembly reflecting a portion of the image beam to a projection target,

wherein the projection device comprises a liquid crystal lens element, and the projection device uses the liquid crystal lens element to calibrate an aberration generated from the reflective surface of the assembly.

2. The head-mounted display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the assembly is a beam combiner with a partial transmission and partial reflection function, and is configured to combine the portion of the image beam and an environment beam to transmit the portion of the image beam and the environment beam to the projection target.

3. The head-mounted display as claimed in claim 2, wherein the assembly has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, the second side of the assembly faces towards the projection target, and the environment beam penetrates the assembly from the first side to the second side.

4. The head-mounted display as claimed in claim 3, wherein the projection device projects the image beam to the reflective surface of the assembly, so as to display an image in front of the assembly, wherein the image is a virtual image.

5. The head-mounted display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reflective surface of the assembly is a plane or a curved surface.

6. The head-mounted display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the assembly, the projection device and the device body have an assembling tolerance, and the projection device uses the liquid crystal lens element to calibrate the aberration generated from the assembling tolerance.

7. The head-mounted display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the projection device comprises a lens module adapted to project the image beam to the assembly, and the lens module comprises the liquid crystal lens element.

8. The head-mounted display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the head-mounted display is a safety helmet, the device body is a helmet body of the safety helmet, and the assembly is a transparent visor of the safety helmet.

9. The head-mounted display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the projection device is embedded in the device body, and the projection device projects the image beam downward to the reflective surface of the assembly.