Optical: systems and elements – Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels – By partial reflection at beam splitting or combining surface
Patent
1992-02-07
1994-04-12
Henry, Jon W.
Optical: systems and elements
Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels
By partial reflection at beam splitting or combining surface
385116, 385120, G02B 2710, G02B 608
Patent
active
053030850
ABSTRACT:
The present invention eliminates the relay lens systems found in conventional helmet mounted displays (HMDs) by removing field distortions and aberrations with a contoured fiber optic faceplate placed in close proximity to a liquid crystal display (LCD) or cathode ray tube. The optical system typically consists of a spherical dielectric or holographically made collimator-combiner, a dielectric or holographically made fold mirror, and a contoured fiber optic faceplate. The fold mirror is flat, and the collimator-combiner is made by coating a spherical eye glass blank. The system is configured as a folded and tilted catadioptric projector with the novel feature being the contoured faceplate. There are no dispersive elements in the imaging assembly which means it can be completely polychromatic (full color) without the need for additional color correction optics as found in all refractive color systems. When designed for full color, highest brightness, and see through capability it must be made with two or three narrow spectral and angular sensitive coatings on the fold mirror and on the collimator-combiner. These coatings allow the use of a tilt of the collimator-combiner with respect to the fold mirror which induces a small amount of astigmatism and keystone distortion but at the same time allows image light to pass through the folded optics to the eye with a minimum of loss. The elimination of a corrective refractive lens relay system makes this design polychromatic, less expensive, and lighter in weight, compared to a similar system with an achromatized and corrected refractive lens.
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Fehr Thompson E.
Henry Jon W.
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