Virtual retinal display with fiber optic point source
First Claim
1. A virtual image display system comprising:
- a source of light, said light being modulated video information;
a scanning system for scanning said light onto a retina of a user'"'"'s eye; and
a single, monofilament optical fiber having an entrance aperture and an exit aperture, said optical fiber coupling light from said source to said scanning system to provide a point source of light at the exit aperture of said optical fiber.
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Abstract
A virtual retinal display utilizes photon generation and manipulation to create a panoramic, high resolution, color virtual image that is projected directly onto the retina of the eye. The virtual retinal display includes a source of photons, the photons being modulated with video information and scanned by a scanning system in a raster type of pattern directly onto the retina of the user'"'"'s eye. A single, monofilament optical fiber of very small diameter couples light from the photon generator to the scanning system so as to provide to the scanning system a point source of light at the fiber'"'"'s exit aperture. The photon generator may utilize coherent or non-coherent light. Further, the photon generator may utilize color light emitters so as to scan a colored virtual image directly onto the retina of the user'"'"'s eye.
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32 Claims
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1. A virtual image display system comprising:
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a source of light, said light being modulated video information; a scanning system for scanning said light onto a retina of a user'"'"'s eye; and a single, monofilament optical fiber having an entrance aperture and an exit aperture, said optical fiber coupling light from said source to said scanning system to provide a point source of light at the exit aperture of said optical fiber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A virtual image display system comprising:
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a source of non-coherent light, said source having an area of light emission and said light being modulated with video information; a scanning system for scanning said non-coherent light onto a retina of a user'"'"'s eye; a single, monofilament optical fiber having an entrance aperture and an exit aperture, said optical fiber coupling light from said source to said scanning system and said exit aperture being smaller than the area of light emission of said source. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of generating a virtual image comprising:
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modulating light emitted from a source of light with video information; positioning an entrance aperture of a single monofilament optical fiber relative to said source of light to couple light from said source to an exit aperture of said optical fiber; positioning a lens adjacent to said exit aperture of said optical fiber to receive light therefrom; and scanning light from said lens onto a retina of a user'"'"'s eye to form an image of said video information on the retina. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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