US5537253A
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Head mounted display utilizing diffractive optical elements
Assignee: Honeywell Inc
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Filing: 1993-02-01
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Granted: 1996-07-16
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Expires: 2013-02-01
Abstract
Abstract A head mounted display having an image source, an optical relay system and a combiner for producing an image from the image source to the eye of a pilot in which the optical system includes at least one diffractive surface to compensate for aberrations and distortions in the display.
Inventors
- 👤 J. Allen Cox
- 👤 Teresa Fritz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 12:27
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B27/00; G02B27/01; G02B27/017; G02B27/0172; G02B27/0101; G02B27/0103; G02B2027/0105; G02B2027/0107; G02B2027/011; G02B2027/0112; G02B2027/0116; G02B27/0149; G02B2027/0161; G02B5/00; G02B5/08; G02B5/10; G02B5/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
56 words
A head mounted display comprising: an image source; an image combiner; a relay optical system for transmitting the image from the source to the combiner, said relay optical system including diffractive optical means for correcting aberrations and; means mounting the image source, the image combiner and the relay optical system to the head of an observer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
56 words
A head mounted display comprising: an image source; an image combiner; a relay optical system for transmitting the image from the source to the combiner, said relay optical system including diffractive optical means for correcting aberrations and; means mounting the image source, the image combiner and the relay optical system to the head of an observer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the image combiner is spherical and tilted, thus introducing tilt errors, and the diffractive optical means is shaped to correct for the tilt errors.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
Apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the tilt of the image combiner also introduces distortion mapping errors and the diffractive optical means is shaped to also correct for the distortion mapping errors.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
Apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the image combiner is partly transparent and the viewer sees the surrounding scene therethrough combined with the image from the image source.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the diffractive optical means includes a diffraction structure formed on an already existing surface in the relay optics.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the diffractive optical means includes two diffraction structures formed on two already existing surfaces in the relay optics.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
11 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the image combiner is elliptical.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
Apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the diffraction optical means is shaped to correct for aberrations and distortions in the image viewed by the observer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the diffractive optical means includes a diffraction structure formed on an already existing surface in the relay optics.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the diffractive optical means includes two diffraction structures formed on two already existing surfaces in the relay optics.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
55 words
The method of correcting for tilt error in a head mounted optical imaging system containing an optical combiner and plurality of optical components in a relay, comprising the steps of: 1) forming a diffraction grating on one surface of one of the optical components; and, 2) shaping the grating to compensate for the tilt error.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
55 words
The method of correcting for tilt error in a head mounted optical imaging system containing an optical combiner and plurality of optical components in a relay, comprising the steps of: 1) forming a diffraction grating on one surface of one of the optical components; and, 2) shaping the grating to compensate for the tilt error.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 11 where the system contains both tilt and distortion mapping errors and Step 2) includes shaping the grating to also compensate for the distortion mapping error.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the aberrations may include one or more of chromatic aberration, spherical aberration, decentering, distortion mapping and tilt correction.
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