Optical: systems and elements – Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels – By partial reflection at beam splitting or combining surface
Patent
1995-07-21
1997-12-23
Nelms, David C.
Optical: systems and elements
Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels
By partial reflection at beam splitting or combining surface
359633, G02B 2714
Patent
active
057012024
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is an optical apparatus, e.g. an image display apparatus, which enables observation of a clear image at a wide field angle with substantially no reduction in the brightness of the observation image, and which is extremely small in size and light in weight and hence unlikely to cause the observer to be fatigued. The optical apparatus has an image display device (6), and an ocular optical system (7) for leading an image of the image display device (6) to an observer's eyeball (1). The ocular optical system (7) includes, in order from the image side, a third surface (5) which forms an entrance surface, a first surface (3) which forms both a reflecting surface and an exit surface, and a second surface (4) which forms a reflecting surface. The first to third surfaces (3 to 5) are integrally formed with a medium put therebetween which has a refractive index larger than 1. A bundle of light rays emitted from the image display device (6) enters the ocular optical system (7) while being refracted by the third surface (5) and is internally reflected by the first surface (3) and reflected by the second surface (4). Then, the ray bundle is incident on the first surface (3) again and refracted thereby so as to be projected into the observer's eyeball with the observer's iris position or eyeball rolling center as the exit pupil (1).
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Cornely John P.
Nelms David C.
Olympus Optical Co,. Ltd.
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