IP Library Granted Patent US 11,474,356
Granted Patent B2
US 11,474,356 · App. 16/334,573 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Optical assembly and virtual reality device

Inventors: Peng Luo (Beijing, CN); Zhiqiang Wang (Beijing, CN); Xinchao Cui (Beijing, CN); Delong Zhong (Beijing, CN); Jianfei Tian (Beijing, CN); Yadong Qiu (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
G02B27/0172G02B2027/0134
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Patent No.
US 11,474,356
App. No.
16/334,573
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical assembly and a virtual reality device are provided. The optical assembly includes a light-transmitting device, a light-converging device, and a light-reflecting device. The light-transmitting device is configured to receive light of a left-eye display image and light of a right-eye display image, and transmit the light of the left-eye display image and the light of the right-eye display image to a light-converging device. The light-converging device is configured to converge the light of the left-eye display image and the light of the right-eye display image to a light-reflecting device. A size of a first display image formed by converging the light of the left-eye display image is smaller than a size of the left-eye display image, and a size of a second display image formed by converging the light of the right-eye display image is smaller than a size of the right-eye display image. The light-reflecting device is configured to reflect light of the first display image to a left eye of a user, and reflect light of the second display image to a right eye of the use.

Claims (22)

1. An optical assembly, comprising:

a light-transmitting device configured to receive light of a left-eye display image and light of a right-eye display image, and to transmit the light of the left-eye display image and the light of the right-eye display image to a light-converging device,

wherein the light-converging device is configured to converge the light of the left-eye display image and the light of the right-eye display image to a light-reflecting device, wherein a size of a first display image formed by converging the light of the left-eye display image is smaller than a size of the left-eye display image, and a size of a second display image formed by converging the light of the right-eye display image is smaller than a size of the right-eye display image;

wherein the light-reflecting device is configured to reflect light of the first display image to a left eye of a user, and to reflect light of the second display image to a right eye of the user;

wherein the light-transmitting device is an optical prism;

wherein the light-converging device comprises:

a left-eye lens, configured to converge the light of the left-eye display image to the light-reflecting device; and

a right-eye lens, configured to converge the light of the right-eye display image to the light-reflecting device;

wherein the light-reflecting device comprises an illuminant shield;

wherein the illuminant shield is arranged on an optical path of emergent light of the light-converging device, and the illuminant shield is configured to display the first display image and the second display image, and reflect the light of the first display image and the light of the second display image;

wherein the light-reflecting device further comprises a plane mirror;

wherein the plane mirror is arranged on an optical path of the light reflected by the illuminant shield, and the plane mirror is configured to reflect the light of the first display image reflected by the illuminant shield to the left eye of the user, and reflect the light of the second display image reflected by the illuminant shield to the right eye of the user; and

wherein a geometric center of the optical prism, a geometric center of the left-eye lens, a geometric center of the right-eye lens, and a geometric center of the illuminant shield are arranged on a same plane.

2. The optical assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the left-eye lens and the right-eye lens are both convex lenses.

3. The optical assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the same plane where the geometric center of the optical prism, the geometric center of the left-eye lens, the geometric center of the right-eye lens, and the geometric center of the illuminant shield are arranged in parallel to an XOY plane of a three-dimensional coordinate system;

an angle between a normal of the illuminant shield in a reflection direction of the illuminant shield and a Z-axis of the three-dimensional coordinate system, and an angle between a normal of the plane mirror in a reflection direction of the plane mirror and the Z-axis, are supplementary angles; and

a distance of an optical path from the left-eye display image to the left-eye lens is greater than a focal length of the left-eye lens, and a distance of an optical path from the right-eye display image to the right-eye lens is greater than a focal length of the right-eye lens.

4. A virtual reality (VR) device, comprising the optical assembly according to claim 1 .

5. The VR device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a left-eye display screen, configured to display the left-eye display image; and

a right-eye display screen, configured to display the right-eye display image.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ONR OG YJR SPPLIVSTION NUMERS LISTED PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 060668 FRAME: 0738. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061067/0911 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2022
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060668/0738 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2019
From: LUO, PENG; WANG, ZHIQIANG; CUI, XINCHAO; ZHONG, DELONG; TIAN, JIANFEI; QIU, YADONG
To: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048637/0429 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810288795.9 · Mar 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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