Head mounted display device
First Claim
1. A reflective-based, head mounted display device comprising:
- a wearable, head mounted frame; and
at least one near-to-eye optics housing connected to said frame and configured to be positioned at least partially in front of an eye of a user, said optics housing comprising;
a light-emitting visual source for projecting visual content;
a plurality of reflective optical surfaces in optical communication with said light-emitting visual source; and
an optical path defined by said plurality of reflective optical surfaces, said optical path extending from said light-emitting visual source to an eyebox of said optical path,wherein said plurality of reflective optical surfaces are configured to reflect light rays from a projection of said visual content between each one of said reflective optical surfaces in a predefined sequential order along said optical path and into said eyebox, andwherein said optical path is free of refractive optical lenses between said light emitting visual source and a last of said plurality of reflective optical surfaces to reflect light rays from said projection of said visual content, andwherein said reflective optical surfaces are configured to cooperatively magnify said projection of said visual content, such that said projected visual content appears magnified when viewed at said eyebox.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a primarily reflective-based head mounted display device, for displaying and viewing visual content from a visual display source, including a frame, at least one optics housing connected to said frame, wherein the optics housing and frame are configured such that the optics housing may be positioned at least partially in front of an eye of a user, and wherein the optics housing includes a light-emitting visual source disposed within the optics housing for projecting visual content, and a plurality of reflective optical surfaces in optical communication with the light-emitting visual source that are configured to reflect a projection of the visual content into the eye of the user.
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59 Claims
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1. A reflective-based, head mounted display device comprising:
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a wearable, head mounted frame; and at least one near-to-eye optics housing connected to said frame and configured to be positioned at least partially in front of an eye of a user, said optics housing comprising; a light-emitting visual source for projecting visual content; a plurality of reflective optical surfaces in optical communication with said light-emitting visual source; and an optical path defined by said plurality of reflective optical surfaces, said optical path extending from said light-emitting visual source to an eyebox of said optical path, wherein said plurality of reflective optical surfaces are configured to reflect light rays from a projection of said visual content between each one of said reflective optical surfaces in a predefined sequential order along said optical path and into said eyebox, and wherein said optical path is free of refractive optical lenses between said light emitting visual source and a last of said plurality of reflective optical surfaces to reflect light rays from said projection of said visual content, and wherein said reflective optical surfaces are configured to cooperatively magnify said projection of said visual content, such that said projected visual content appears magnified when viewed at said eyebox. - 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)
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26. A reflective-based, head mounted display device comprising:
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a wearable, head mounted frame; and at least one near-to-eye optics housing connected to said frame and configured to be positioned at least partially in front of an eye of a user, said optics housing comprising; a light-emitting visual source for projecting visual content a plurality of reflective optical surfaces in optical communication with said light-emitting visual source; and an optical path defined by said plurality of plurality of reflective optical surfaces, said optical path extending from said light-emitting visual source to an eyebox of said optical path, wherein said plurality of reflective optical surfaces are configured to reflect light rays from a projection of said visual content between each one of said reflective optical surfaces in a predefined sequential order along said optical path and into said eyebox, and wherein said optical path is free of refractive optical lenses between said light emitting visual source and a last of said plurality of reflective optical surfaces to reflect light rays from said projection of said visual content. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A reflective, head mounted display device comprising:
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a frame; and at least one optics housing connected to said frame and configured to be positioned at least partially in front of an eye of a user, said optics housing comprising; a light-emitting visual source disposed within said optics housing for projecting visual content; a plurality of reflective optical surfaces in optical communication with said light-emitting visual source; and an optical path defined by said plurality of plurality of reflective optical surfaces, said optical path extending from said light-emitting visual source to an eyebox of said optical path, wherein said plurality of reflective optical surfaces are configured to reflect a projection of said visual content between each one of said reflective optical surfaces in a predefined sequential order along said optical path and into said eyebox, wherein said optical path is free of refractive optical lenses between said light emitting visual source and a last of said plurality of reflective optical surfaces to reflect light rays from said projection of said visual content. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53)
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54. A method of projecting magnified visual content to an eyebox of a head mounted display device, comprising:
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providing a wearable head mounted display, configured to be placed onto a user'"'"'s head and in front of at least one of said user'"'"'s eyes, said head mounted display comprising a frame and at least one near-to-eye optics housing connected to said frame, said optics housing comprising at least one light-emitting visual source disposed within said optics housing for projecting visual content, and a plurality of reflective optical surfaces disposed within said optics housing defining an optical path along which said projected visual content is reflective from said light-emitting visual source to said eyebox, wherein said reflective optical surfaces are configured to successively reflect a magnified projection of said content to said eyebox, and wherein said optical path is free of refractive optical lenses between said light emitting visual source and a last of said plurality of reflective optical surfaces to reflect light rays from said projection of said visual content; providing an input signal to said light-emitting visual source to produce visual content to be projected; reflecting said projected content off of said reflective optical surfaces such that said last reflective optical surface reflects said content to said eyebox, wherein said content will appear magnified. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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