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Granted Patent B2
US 11,644,650 · App. 16/907,175 · Granted May 9, 2023

Optical lens and head-mounted display device including five lenses of +−−++ refractive powers

Inventors: Tao-Hung Kuo (Hsin-Chu, TW); Fu-Ming Chuang (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
G02B13/0045G02B9/60G02B27/0172
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Patent No.
US 11,644,650
App. No.
16/907,175
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical lens and a head-mounted display device including the optical lens are provided. The optical lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens sequentially arranged from a light exit side to a light incident side. An image generator is disposed at the light incident side. The optical lens is configured to receive an image light beam provided by the image generator. A stop is formed at the light exit side of the image light beam. At the stop, the image light beam has a minimum light beam cross-sectional area. The technical solution of the invention may be used to shorten an overall length of the optical lens, so as to reduce an appearance volume of the display.

Claims (32)

1. An optical lens, comprising:

a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens sequentially arranged from a light exit side to a light incident side, wherein an image generator is disposed at the light incident side, the optical lens is configured to receive an image light beam provided by the image generator, wherein a stop is formed at the light exit side, and wherein the image light beam has a minimum light beam cross-sectional area at the stop,

wherein the first lens is a biconvex lens, the second lens is a convexo-concave lens, the third lens is a biconcave lens, the fourth lens is a biconvex lens, and the fifth lens is a biconvex lens.

2. The optical lens of claim 1 , wherein the optical lens is complied with B×D<130 mm 2 , wherein B is a total length of the optical lens, and D is a clear aperture of a largest lens in the optical lens.

3. The optical lens of claim 1 , wherein the optical lens is complied with A+C<20 mm, wherein A is a distance between the stop and the optical lens along an optical axis, and C is a distance between the optical lens and the image generator along the optical axis.

4. The optical lens of claim 1 , wherein the optical lens is complied with FOV/(B×D)>0.4 degrees/mm 2 , wherein B is a total length of the optical lens, D is a clear aperture of a largest lens in the optical lens, and FOV is a field angle of the optical lens.

5. The optical lens of claim 1 , wherein the optical lens is complied with FOV>50 degrees, wherein FOV is a field angle of the optical lens.

6. The optical lens of claim 1 , wherein refractive powers of the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens are sequentially positive, negative, negative, positive, and positive.

7. The optical lens of claim 1 , wherein the first lens is a glass aspherical lens, the second lens is a glass aspherical lens, the third lens is a glass spherical lens, the fourth lens is a glass aspherical lens, and the fifth lens is a glass aspherical lens.

8. The optical lens of claim 1 , wherein the first lens is a plastic aspherical lens, the second lens is a plastic aspherical lens, the third lens is a glass spherical lens, the fourth lens is a glass aspherical lens, and the fifth lens is a glass aspherical lens.

9. The optical lens of claim 1 , wherein the third lens and the fourth lens are formed into a cemented lens.

10. The optical lens of claim 1 , further comprising a first prism disposed between the optical lens and the stop, wherein the image light beam leaves the optical lens, passes through the first prism, and is converged at the stop, wherein the image light beam is diverged after passing through the stop.

11. The optical lens of claim 1 , wherein the stop is formed at a coupling entrance of a waveguide element, and wherein the image light beam enters the waveguide element via the coupling entrance after passing through the stop and is transmitted to a coupling exit of the waveguide element followed by being projected to a target.

12. The optical lens of claim 1 , wherein the optical lens is complied with following conditions:

B×D<130 mm 2 ,

A+C<20 mm,

FOV/(B×D)>0.4 degrees/mm 2 ,

FOV>50 degrees,

wherein A is a distance between the stop and the optical lens along an optical axis, B is a total length of the optical lens, C is a distance between the optical lens and the image generator along the optical axis, D is a clear aperture of a largest lens in the optical lens, and FOV is a field angle of the optical lens, and wherein a shape of the stop is a circle.

13. A head-mounted display device, comprising: an optical lens, an image generator, a stop, and a waveguide element, wherein,

the optical lens comprises a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens sequentially arranged from a light exit side to a light incident side, wherein the first lens is a biconvex lens, the second lens is a convexo-concave lens, the third lens is a biconcave lens, the fourth lens is a biconvex lens, and the fifth lens is a biconvex lens;

the image generator is disposed at the light incident side, and the optical lens is configured to receive an image light beam provided by the image generator,

the stop is formed at the light exit side, wherein at the stop, the image light beam has a minimum light beam cross-sectional area, and

wherein the stop is formed at a coupling entrance of the waveguide element, the image light beam enters the waveguide element via the coupling entrance after passing through the stop and is transmitted to a coupling exit of the waveguide element followed by being projected to a target.

14. The head-mounted display device of claim 13 , further comprising: a first prism disposed between the optical lens and the stop, wherein the image light beam leaves the optical lens, passes through the first prism, and is converged at the stop, wherein the image light beam is diverged after passing through the stop.

15. The head-mounted display device of claim 13 , wherein the waveguide element further comprises optical microstructures disposed at the coupling exit and at the coupling entrance, and the optical microstructures at the coupling exit project the image light beam transmitted to the coupling exit to the target.

16. An optical lens, comprising:

a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens sequentially arranged from a light exit side to a light incident side, wherein an image generator is disposed at the light incident side, the optical lens is configured to receive an image light beam provided by the image generator, wherein a stop is formed at the light exit side, and wherein the image light beam has a minimum light beam cross-sectional area at the stop,

wherein the first lens is a glass aspherical lens, the second lens is a glass aspherical lens, the third lens is a glass spherical lens, the fourth lens is a glass aspherical lens, and the fifth lens is a glass aspherical lens.

17. An optical lens, comprising:

a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens sequentially arranged from a light exit side to a light incident side, wherein an image generator is disposed at the light incident side, the optical lens is configured to receive an image light beam provided by the image generator, wherein a stop is formed at the light exit side, and wherein the image light beam has a minimum light beam cross-sectional area at the stop,

wherein the first lens is a plastic aspherical lens, the second lens is a plastic aspherical lens, the third lens is a glass spherical lens, the fourth lens is a glass aspherical lens, and the fifth lens is a glass aspherical lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2020
From: KUO, TAO-HUNG; CHUANG, FU-MING
To: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053006/0879 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010122430.6 · Feb 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62866633 · Jun 26, 2019
Related Publication 20200409037A1 · Dec 31, 2020
Cited By (1)
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