SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the embodiments of the present application is to provide an augmented reality display system to solve the technical problem that the augmented reality display scheme existing in the prior art is large in size and high in cost due to consideration of the gap between the myopic lens and the waveguide substrate.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows: an augmented reality display system is provided that includes a light guide display system and a myopia-adjusting optical element; wherein
The light guide body display system comprises a display image source, a light guide body substrate, a light guide body internal reflection surface and a light guide body reflection emergent surface, wherein the light guide body internal reflection surface and the light guide body reflection emergent surface are arranged in the light guide body substrate; the myopia adjusting optical element is provided with a first side face and a second side face which are opposite, the first side face is used for being opposite to eyes of a human body, and the second side face is completely attached to the outer surface of the light guide body substrate;
the light guide body substrate enables the light beam from the display image source to be transmitted in the light guide body substrate in a total reflection mode and is conducted to the internal reflection surface of the light guide body, the internal reflection surface of the light guide body is used for reflecting the light beam to the reflection emergent surface of the light guide body, and the reflection emergent surface of the light guide body is used for enabling the light beam to penetrate through the near vision adjusting optical element and be reflected to human eyes.
In some embodiments, the myopia-modulating optical element is any one of a glass article, a plastic article, a liquid crystal lens, a holographic lens, and a liquid lens.
In some embodiments, the second side is glued completely to the outer surface of the light guide substrate.
In some embodiments, the myopia-adjusting optical element and the light guide substrate are integrally molded from the same type of material.
In some embodiments, the top end of the myopia-adjusting optical element is flush with the top end of the light guide substrate, and the bottom end of the myopia-adjusting optical element is flush with the bottom end of the light guide substrate.
In some embodiments, the top end of the myopia-adjusting optical element is flush with the top end of the light guide substrate, and the light guide internal reflection surface is flush with the bottom end of the myopia-adjusting optical element and extends to the first side surface in the thickness direction of the myopia-adjusting optical element.
In some embodiments, the myopia-adjusting optical element is any one of a flat surface, a spherical surface, and a free-form surface.
In some embodiments, the outer surface of the light guide substrate to which the second side surface is completely attached is shaped as a plane or a curved surface.
In some embodiments, the light guide internal reflection surface has a shape of any one of a plane, a spherical surface, and a free-form surface.
In some embodiments, the light guide internal reflection surface and the light guide reflection exit surface are total reflection surfaces or partial reflection surfaces.
Compared with the prior art, the method has the following advantages:
according to the augmented reality display system of this application, myopia adjustment optical element integration sets up on light conductor substrate of light conductor display system, and myopia adjustment optical element and light conductor substrate are attached completely, and consequently, this augmented reality display system possesses small simultaneously when solving myopia regulatory function, and the characteristics of whole piece cost reduction.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.
It will be understood that the terms "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for ease of description and simplicity of description only, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must be in a particular orientation, constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the present application.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.
According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided an enhancement display system comprising a light guide display system and a myopia-adjusting optical element 5.
The light guide body display system comprises a display image source 1, a light guide body substrate 2, a light guide body internal reflection surface 3 and a light guide body reflection emergent surface 4, wherein the light guide body internal reflection surface 3 and the light guide body reflection emergent surface 4 are arranged in the light guide body substrate 1, the light guide body substrate 2 is used for reflecting light beams from the display image source 1 to the light guide body internal reflection surface 3, the light guide body internal reflection surface 3 is used for reflecting the light beams to the light guide body reflection emergent surface 4, and the light guide body reflection emergent surface 4 is used for reflecting the light beams to human eyes. The light guide internal reflection surface 3 and the light guide reflection and emission surface 4 are located inside the light guide substrate 2.
The myopia adjusting optical element 5 is provided with a first side face and a second side face which are opposite, the first side face is used for being opposite to eyes, the second side face is completely attached to the outer surface of the light guide body substrate 2, and the light guide body reflection emergent face 4 is used for enabling light beams to penetrate through the first side face from the second side face to penetrate through the myopia adjusting optical element 5 and reflect to the eyes.
Here, the term "completely attached" is also understood to mean that the second side surface is attached to and in contact with the outer surface of the light guide substrate 2 without any gap or dot gap, or that the myopia-adjusting optical element 5 and the light guide substrate 2 are integrally injection-molded without any gap or dot gap.
In some embodiments, the second side is in intimate contact with the outer surface of the light guide substrate 2, both glued uniformly in-plane with glue or glued at the periphery, or both are integrally formed.
In some embodiments, the myopia-adjusting optical element 5 may be any one of a glass, plastic, liquid crystal, holographic, liquid lens, or other article or lens that can be used to solve the myopia problem and transmit the light beam from the light guide's reflective exit surface 4.
In some embodiments, the myopia-adjusting optical element 5 may be any one of planar, spherical, aspherical, and free-form. It should be noted that the shape selection of the myopia adjusting optical element 5 is directly related to the type selection of the myopia adjusting optical element 5, and the combination of the shape and the type is diversified, which can be understood as being selected according to actual requirements. It will also be appreciated that the selected types of myopia-modifying optical elements 5 and light guide display systems may be the same or different.
For example, both may be selected from glass articles, or both may be selected from plastic articles.
For another example, one of the two is a glass part and the other is a plastic part.
For another example, the myopia adjusting optical element may be any one of a liquid crystal lens, a hologram lens, and a liquid lens, and the light guide display system may be any one of a glass member and a plastic member.
It should be noted that the various myopia-adjusting optical elements described above are merely examples, and the present application is not intended to be limiting, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that any element or structure for accommodating myopia adjustments of different users is intended to be included within the scope of the myopia-adjusting optical elements described herein.
Referring to fig. 1-3, in one embodiment, the myopia adjusting optical element 5 and the light guide display system are made of glass, and they can be directly bonded together, and the myopia adjusting optical element 5 can be a spherical, aspheric or free-form surface myopia lens. When manufactured, the myopia adjusting optical element 5 can be designed for different diopters, such as 100-degree, 200-degree, 300-degree, 400-degree, 500-degree myopia glasses and the like.
Referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment, a design structure of an augmented reality display system is shown. The top end of the myopia adjusting optical element 5 is flush with the top end of the light guide body substrate 2, and the bottom end of the myopia adjusting optical element 5 is flush with the bottom end of the light guide body substrate 2. In this design, the area of the plane of the myopia-adjusting optical element 5 is substantially the same as the surface size of the light guide substrate 2.
Referring to fig. 3, in one embodiment, another augmented reality display system design is shown. The top end of the myopia regulating optical element 5 is flush with the top end of the light guide body substrate 2, and the light guide body internal reflection surface 3 is flush with the bottom end of the myopia regulating optical element 5 and extends to the first side surface along the thickness direction of the myopia regulating optical element 5. In the design structure, the bottom end of the light guide body substrate 2 extends outwards to form a boss, the myopia adjusting optical element 5 is supported on the boss, and the plane area of the myopia adjusting optical element 5 is smaller than the surface size of the light guide body substrate.
Referring to FIG. 4, in one embodiment, the myopia-adjusting optical element 5 and the light guide display system are both made of plastic, such as resin. The two can be separately injection molded and then glued, or the two can be integrally injection molded. The myopia adjusting optical element 5 and the light guide body substrate are processed by adopting a scheme of die sinking and injection molding, so that the weight-level production cost can be further reduced.
Referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment, the myopia adjusting optical element 5 is a liquid crystal lens, and the liquid crystal lens and fresnel zone plate principle are used to achieve automatic myopia adjustment. For example, near-sighted degrees which need to be adjusted are set for different users, different voltages are applied to the liquid crystal lens according to the degrees set by the users, parameters of the Fresnel zone plate generated on the liquid crystal lens are adjusted, and then adjustment of the different near-sighted degrees is achieved.
The Fresnel zone plate utilizes the diffraction principle to enable light rays to generate a convergence effect, the prior art is adopted, the liquid crystal lens can be used as a myopia adjusting optical element to be used as the prior art, and detailed description is not given to the liquid lens and the related Fresnel zone plate principle in the application.
Referring to FIG. 6, in one embodiment, the myopia-adjusting optical element 5 is a holographic lens. Holographic lenses achieve the function of different myopic lenses by recording different phase functions on the holographic medium.
The holographic lens can be used as a myopia adjusting optical element in the prior art, and the detailed description of the holographic lens and the action principle thereof is omitted.
Referring to FIG. 7, in one embodiment, the myopia-modulating optical element is a liquid lens. The liquid lens is a lens using liquid and changes a focal length by changing a curvature of the liquid. The more mature liquid lenses are now variable focus optical lenses that use the principle of Electrowetting on dielectric (EW) to change the shape of a liquid droplet by an applied voltage, and thus its focal length. When the liquid lens is designed specifically, a user can set the myopia degrees to be adjusted, different voltages are applied to the liquid lens according to the degrees set by the user, the surface type of the liquid lens is adjusted, and then adjustment of different myopia degrees is achieved.
The liquid lens can be used as a myopia adjusting optical element in the prior art, and detailed description of the liquid lens and the action principle thereof is omitted in the present application.
It should be noted that when the optical element 5 for adjusting myopia is any one of a glass product, a plastic product, a liquid crystal lens, a holographic lens, and a liquid lens, the augmented reality display system provided by the present application may adopt any one of the design structures shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3.
Wherein the display image source is used for emitting a light beam for displaying an image, and the display image source includes but is not limited to: LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), micro-OLED (micro Organic Light-Emitting Diode), micro-LED (micro Light-Emitting Diode), and LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon).
It should be noted that the above-mentioned various display image sources are only examples, and the present application does not limit the display image sources, and those skilled in the art will understand that any element or structure for emitting light beams for displaying images is included in the scope of the display image sources described in the present application.
In some embodiments, the light guide substrate is a planar substrate; in other embodiments, the light guide substrate is a curved substrate.
In some embodiments, the shape of the internal reflection surface of the light guide may be any one of a plane, a sphere, an aspheric surface, a free-form surface, or other shapes that can be used to achieve direct or indirect reflection of the light beam to the reflection exit surface of the light guide.
In some embodiments, the light beam from the image source is reflected from the light guide substrate onto the light guide internal reflection surface, reflected from the light guide internal reflection surface onto the light guide substrate, reflected from the light guide substrate onto the light guide reflection exit surface, and then reflected from the light guide reflection exit surface directly to the human eye. Wherein, the light beam from the display image source is reflected to the internal reflection surface of the light guide body after being emitted for one or more times on the light guide body substrate.
The light beam is reflected to the inner emission surface of the light guide body, then reflected to the light guide body substrate from the inner emission surface of the light guide body, and reflected to the reflection and emergence surface of the light guide body on the light guide body substrate after one or more times of reflection.
In some embodiments, the light guide substrate causes the light beam from the display image source to propagate in the light guide substrate in a total reflection manner, and to be transmitted to the internal reflection surface of the light guide, and then to be directly reflected from the internal reflection surface of the light guide to the reflection and exit surface of the light guide, and then to be directly reflected from the reflection and exit surface of the light guide to human eyes.
The light beam from the display image source is reflected to the internal reflection surface of the light guide body after being emitted on the light guide body substrate for one or more times.
The augmented reality display system provided by the application can be used in a head-mounted device. Among them, the head-mounted device includes, but is not limited to, a VR (Virtual Reality) head-mounted device, an AR (Augmented Reality) head-mounted device, and an MR (Mixed Reality) head-mounted device.
The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.
Although the subject matter of the present application has been described in language specific to structural features, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features described above. Rather, the specific features described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present application may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the application being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned. Furthermore, it is obvious that the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the singular does not exclude the plural. A plurality of units or means recited in the system claims may also be implemented by one unit or means in software or hardware. The terms first, second, etc. are used to denote names, but not any particular order.