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公开(公告)号:US20180101013A1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-12
申请号:US15845823
申请日:2017-12-18
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Joshua Moore , Lloyd Frederick Holland
CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 , G02B26/10 , G02B27/0081 , G02B27/017 , G02B27/12 , G02B2027/0112 , G02B2027/0123 , G02B2027/0125 , G02B2027/0174 , G02B2027/0178 , G03H1/2645 , G03H1/265 , G03H2001/266 , G06F1/163 , G06F3/011 , G06F3/013 , G09G3/001
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for optical splitters are described. An optical splitter includes a transparent polygonal structure having an input side to receive light from a light source and an output side that is segmented into multiple facets. Each facet is engineered to provide a respective planar surface that is oriented at a different angle in each of at least two spatial dimensions relative to the other facets in order to refract and route a respective portion of the light along a respective set of optical paths. The input side may be faceted as well to further refine the optical paths. A particular application of the polygonal structure in an optical splitter providing eyebox expansion by exit pupil replication in a scanning laser-based wearable heads-up display is described in detail.
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公开(公告)号:USD855691S1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-06
申请号:US29629792
申请日:2017-12-15
Applicant: Thalmic Labs Inc.
Designer: Marie Stipancik , Joshua Moore
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公开(公告)号:US10274736B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-30
申请号:US15971796
申请日:2018-05-04
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Stefan Alexander , Matthew Bailey , Vance R. Morrison , Lloyd Frederick Holland , Joshua Moore
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for eyebox expansion by exit pupil replication in wearable heads-up displays (“WHUDs”) are described. A WHUD includes a scanning laser projector (“SLP”), a holographic combiner, and an optical splitter positioned in the optical path therebetween. The optical splitter receives light signals generated by the SLP and separates the light signals into N sub-ranges based on the point of incidence of each light signal at the optical splitter. The optical splitter redirects the light signals corresponding to respective ones of the N sub-ranges towards the holographic combiner effectively from respective ones of N spatially-separated virtual positions for the SLP. The holographic combiner converges the light signals to respective ones of N spatially-separated exit pupils at the eye of the user. In this way, multiple instances of the exit pupil are distributed over the area of the eye and the eyebox of the WHUD is expanded.
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公开(公告)号:US20180210216A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-26
申请号:US15852205
申请日:2017-12-22
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Lloyd Frederick Holland , Joshua Moore
CPC classification number: G02B27/141 , G02B27/0172 , G02B27/104 , G02B27/108 , G02B2027/0114 , G02B2027/0178 , H04N9/3129 , H04N9/3161 , H04N9/3164 , H04N9/3182
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for beam combining within laser projectors are described. A laser projector includes first, second, and third laser diodes to generate red, green, and blue laser light respectively, a controllable scan mirror, and a heterogeneous beam splitter system. The red, green, and blue laser light have distinct maximum powers. The heterogeneous beam splitter system splits at least one of the red, green, and blue laser light and combines respective first portions of all three into an aggregate beam. Second portions of laser light are excluded from the aggregate beam. At the maximum power of each laser light the aggregate beam is white as defined by a target white point. The heterogeneous beam splitter system directs the aggregate beam towards the controllable scan mirror which scans the beam onto a projection surface. Decreasing the power of the laser light post-generation provides a larger range of aggregate beam colors.
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公开(公告)号:US20180210213A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-26
申请号:US15852282
申请日:2017-12-22
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Lloyd Frederick Holland , Joshua Moore
CPC classification number: G02B27/141 , G02B27/0172 , G02B27/104 , G02B27/108 , G02B2027/0114 , G02B2027/0178 , H04N9/3129 , H04N9/3161 , H04N9/3164 , H04N9/3182
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for beam combining within laser projectors are described. A laser projector includes first, second, and third laser diodes to generate red, green, and blue laser light respectively, a controllable scan mirror, and a heterogeneous beam splitter system. The red, green, and blue laser light have distinct maximum powers. The heterogeneous beam splitter system splits at least one of the red, green, and blue laser light and combines respective first portions of all three into an aggregate beam. Second portions of laser light are excluded from the aggregate beam. At the maximum power of each laser light the aggregate beam is white as defined by a target white point. The heterogeneous beam splitter system directs the aggregate beam towards the controllable scan mirror which scans the beam onto a projection surface. Decreasing the power of the laser light post-generation provides a larger range of aggregate beam colors.
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公开(公告)号:US20180180886A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-28
申请号:US15848388
申请日:2017-12-20
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Lloyd Frederick Holland , Joshua Moore
CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 , G02B26/0816 , G02B26/101 , G02B27/108 , G02B27/141 , G02B2027/0114 , G02B2027/014 , G02B2027/0178 , G03B21/2013 , G03B21/2033 , G03B33/12 , H04N9/3129 , H04N9/3161 , H04N9/3164
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for beam combining are described. A monolithic beam combiner includes a solid volume of optically transparent material having two orthogonally positioned planar input surfaces, an output surface, and at least two planar dichroic reflectors positioned within the solid volume. Multiple light sources input light into the solid volume through the two planar input surfaces such that each light beam from a respective source is initially incident on one of the planar dichroic reflectors. The light is reflected by and transmitted through the reflectors and an aggregate beam is created. Because the reflectors are within an optically transparent material the beam combiner can be made more compact than a conventional beam combiner. This monolithic beam combiner is particularly well suited for use laser projectors and in wearable heads-up displays that employ laser projectors.
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